but many other luxury car makers including b.m.w. and mercedes skipped the event this year this as the global car market contracts and uncertainty grows over the threat of u.s. tariffs. are in a transition in the industry we've had a great run of strong car sales over the last decade or so we're probably going to have a dip in the next couple of years at the same time the auto companies are have to focus on today's business to generate profits so they can finance a future that's going to be very different. speaking of the future one major carmaker that is making an appearance in detroit this year is vox wagon the car maker from berg announced an alliance with the u.s. auto giant ford. this year particular detroit we're looking for to see what g.a.c. is doing and the past few years they've had some pretty big displays of detroit and it showed off their car their new car lineup. and this year they're also going to