Mike Pevets doesn't just look at cars when he makes his annual trek to the North American International Auto Show in Detroit. He tries them on. "There's plenty of room for me in this, which is surprising," the 6-foot, 7-inch Oak Harbor, Ohio, resident said as he climbed out of the driver's seat of a new apple-green Chevrolet Camaro sportscar. "I thought for sure that I would hit my head getting in. It was very comfortable." Across the massive show floor yesterday, men and women from all around the region stared at and studied and sat in vehicles that ranged in price from just under $8,000 to more than $1 million. Some dreamed of better economic times, when job-security issues didn't put the thought of a new vehicle out of reach, while others marveled at the pace of technological and design advances, such as hybrid engines, that are becoming commonplace.Mr. Pevets and fellow auto enthusiast John Klaehn of Marblehead, Ohio, were among tens of thousands of attendees on the opening day yesterday of this year's annual auto show in Detroit's Cobo Center. Displaying approximately 700 cars, trucks, vans, sport utility vehicles, and modes of transportation that otherwise would defy description, the annual show in Detroit is Nirvana to those who embrace the car culture. "Car guys live for this show," said Mr. Klaehn, adding that he and Mr. Pevets have made the journey to Detroit each winter "for the last 15 or 20 years. It's something to do in mid-January, when our own [classic] cars are put away for the winter."
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