Detroit auto show: Google, Camry and the shadow of Trump

Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan, center, and North American International Auto Show Chairman Sam Slaughter, right, are given a tour of the Mopar area from Ron Stallworth, left, of Fiat Chrysler Automobiles, Friday, Jan. 6, 2017, in Detroit. The show opens to the media on Monday, Jan. 9 and to the public on Jan. 14. less Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan, center, and North American International Auto Show Chairman Sam Slaughter, right, are given a tour of the Mopar area from Ron Stallworth, left, of Fiat Chrysler Automobiles, Friday, … more The Ford display is seen at the 2017 North American International Auto show, Friday, Jan. 6, 2017, in Detroit.

Amazon’s Alexa is officially coming to Ford cars

Ford has teamed up with Amazon to bring Alexa into its cars, the automaker announced at a press dinner at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas on Wednesday. The integration will let Ford users with SYNC 3 access Alexa, Amazon’s cloud-based voice service, inside the car to do things like check the weather, play audiobooks, add items to shopping lists, and even control Alexa enabled smart home devices.

TheStreet’s Top Muscle Car of 2016 Is a 707-Horsepower Animal That Will Stop Your Heart

The qualifications for TheStreet ‘s “Top Muscle Car of 2016” were absurdly simple — one, is the car stupid fast and two does it borderline frighten you to death with the gas pedal pressed to the floor? After all, those emotions are what defines driving a piece of American muscle, no? Suffice it to say TheStreet’s hands-down winner this year was the Dodge Challenger Hellcat, which we had the awesome pleasure of driving around for several days. Runner up was the Dodge Charger Scat Pack .