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The Koreans starred, the Japanese mounted a comeback, and One Ford hit the headlines with an extended family of Focus-based newcomers that it is certain to make a big hit in Australia. But it was one car and the commitment of its company chief that made the most impact as America fought back on the opening day of the 2011 North American International Motor Show.
Kia has restyled its Europe-only Cee'd hatch - the model that has featured as one of Top Gear's celebrity-thrashed "reasonably-priced cars'' - to lure more buyers.
But the subtle changes won't appear on the Cee'd's clone, the Cerato, for Australia. Kia Australia spokesman Kevin Hepworth says we get a new Cerato - including the coupe version - next year and won't consider the Cee'd.
"It's a different car for a different market,'' he says. "The current planning is to stay with the Cerato.''
Kia is still considering its highly-praised small car, the Picanto, for Australia but on more solid ground, is to make platform enhancements to its Sorento SUV later this year.
The 2012 Cee'd will be launched in Europe from the second quarter and make its world premiere at the 82nd Geneva International Motor Show on March 6, 2012.
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