John McElroy is on the floor of the North American International Auto Show in Detroit and he’s walking around to get a look at the most interesting new cars and interviewing some of the big newsmakers at this year’s show. Guests include Max Wolff, the designer of the very production-ready Lincoln MKZ Concept; Saad Chehab, the President and CEO of Chrysler standing front of the curious 700C concept; and Jeff Conrad with a look at the new design direction being taken by Acura with the NSX and ILX.

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John McElroy is on the floor of the North American International Auto Show in Detroit and he’s interviewing some of the most important newsmakers at this year’s show. Guests include Reid Bigland who talks about his brand’s just-unveiled Dodge Dart; Mary Barra, the Senior VP of Global Product Development at GM, with some thoughts about Chevy’s set of provoking concepts; and Ludwig Willisch, the President of BMW North America, who says the company’s i concepts are very close to what you’ll see in production.

Join the Autoline crew for NAIAS 2012 – Day Two at 12PM ET on January 10th as we rove the show floor in search of the coolest cars to make their debut at the show!

John McElroy is LIVE Monday and Tuesday from the North American International Auto Show bringing you coverage of all the latest reveals and in-depth interviews with the biggest newsmakers NAIAS has to offer! Strap in and get a driver’s-seat tour of the auto show by jumping in the interactive chat. Plus, be sure to join us for our LIVE coverage on Day Two when we go wireless and actually walk you around the show floor to get up close and personal with all of the newest product and the people who are making it happen. So, get ready to see the Detroit Auto Show with an All-Access Pass courtesy of Autoline!

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John McElroy reports LIVE from the floor of the 2011 LA Auto Show to bring you all the latest announcements and reveals. We start off with the Cadillac XTS talking to the president of GM North America, get a look at the new Mazda CX-5, see Infiniti’s entry into the crossover segment, check out the new Ford Escape and a whole lot more!

Guests include:
Mark Reuss, GM President, North America
John Krafcik, CEO, Hyundai Motor America
Jim O’Sullivan, President and CEO, Mazda NAO
Ben Poole, VP, Infiniti
Anthony Foulk, Product Mgr., Audi
Derrick Kuzak, VP, Global Product Dev., Ford Motor Co.

John McElroy is LIVE from the Internationale Automobil-Ausstellung, better known as the Frankfurt Motor Show, bringing you coverage direct from the floor of the show! Strap in and get a driver’s-seat tour of one of the world’s largest auto shows. Experience some of the newest product being revealed and the people who are making it happen with representatives from Audi, Continental, BMW, Cadillac, Ford and more.

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John McElroy is LIVE Tuesday from the Internationale Automobil-Ausstellung, better known as the Frankfurt Motor Show, bringing you coverage direct from the floor of the show! Strap in and get a driver’s-seat tour of one of the world’s largest auto shows by jumping in the interactive chat. Join us Tuesday morning to experience some of newest product being revealed and the people who are making it happen. So, get ready to see Frankfurt with an All-Access Pass courtesy of Autoline!

If you missed Autoline’s LIVE coverage from the Washington D.C. Auto Show, watch the replays here. Highlights include Sue Cischke the Group VP of Sustainability, Environment & Safety Energy Engineering for Ford, Jonathan Browning the President & CEO for VW of America, Margo Oge of the U.S. EPA and Ed Welburn the VP of Global Design at General Motors.

If you missed Autoline’s LIVE coverage from the North American International Auto Show in Detroit, watch the replays here. For this webcast we got rid of the wires and used our high-tech mobile broadcasting rig to walk the floor of the show with some of the biggest movers and shakers in the auto industry. Highlights include John Krafcik who heads up Hyundai Motor America, Joel Ewanick who has been charged with turning around GM’s marketing efforts, and John Voelker from GreenCarReports.com talking about some of the environmentally-friendly trends at the show.

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If you missed Autoline’s LIVE coverage from the North American International Auto Show in Detroit, watch the replays here. Highlights include Scott Strong, the head of Ford Interiors, Stefan Jacoby, Volvo’s new CEO, Tom Doll from Subaru of America, Olivier Francois, President & CEO of the Chrysler Brand, and Bob Carter with Toyota Motor Sales, USA.

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Autoline LIVE headed west last month. West as in the “City of Angels” and the increasingly-important LA Auto Show. It was the second year of broadcasting LIVE from the BMW booth on the show floor. But this year was a little different than last. Not only did we travel a tad lighter, but we also managed to literally “cut the cord” and broadcast wirelessly from the LA Convention Center with nary a satellite truck or Criss Angel in sight. How did we do it? It was all thanks to the 15-pound dynamo called LiveU.

LiveU is a student-like backpack, (known in-house as the LU-30) which contains a fairly simple setup. Inside are six cellular data cards (2 AT&T, 2 Verizon, 1 T-Mobile, 1 Sprint) that, once you connect to your video equipment, allow you to broadcast LIVE on the Internet. For instance, during our Autoline LIVE interview with Victor Muller, the chairman of Saab-Spyker Automobiles, our signal was sent back to the LiveU server (known as the LU-1000) on the east coast  and then right to our Ustream channel and out to our audience around the globe.

And if all of this wasn’t mind-blowing enough, what really gave the Autoline LIVE broadcast a totally new look and feel this year was when we actually went for a tour of a portion of South Hall. That’s right, with videographer and the LU-30 in tow, our host John McElroy gave the thousands of eyes and ears watching and listening to his executive interviews an actual look around the manufacturers’ exhibit booths of Mazda, GMC, Cadillac and Audi. Couldn’t do that connected to some T1 line!

Now, of course LiveU isn’t perfect . . . just yet. The technology, at this point, only allows the use of one video signal and limited audio inputs which rationed us on the show floor. However, the next day, when broadcasting our weekly webcast “Autoline After Hours” from the Sofitel Hotel in Beverly Hills, we were able to add an audio mixer that increased our capacity and allowed us a fantastic four-person conversation. And even though we did face video restrictions, LiveU still allowed us to have an a graphic overlay which was key to adding depth to both broadcasts.

In sum, what can the Autoline team say other than “LiveU is GREAT”? From our brief experience with the technology, we’re already discussing new and different ways to take advantage of it. And if our reaction, as well as those of our audience, is any indication, this “toe in the water” with LiveU was only the tip of the iceberg. There’s more to come for sure.