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"   GM ignored a herd of elephants in the room. On the small stage, a calm and confident Susan Docherty, GM&amp;#039;s North American vice president of Buick, Pontiac and GMC, revealed the GMC Terrain and GMC Yukon Denali Hybrid. She outlined the specifications and benefits of each vehicle and presented them\u2014and a few of the vehicles within her three brand group as trumping competitors in key areas.   But there was no mention of GM&amp;#039;s troubles, and not a peep about the company&amp;#039;s specific plan moving forward. The tone was, in effect, business as usual without a hint of urgency. It was like a press conference time machine\u2014a trip back before the economy and the domestic auto industry slid into intensive care. A surprising move, considering the concentration on business and finance reporters in the NYC media. It was an oddly vacuous twenty-five minutes.   The Chrysler press conference offered a decidedly different tone. Vice Chairman Jim Press, practically leapt from the Fiat 500 he drove up to the stage. He enthusiastically praised the small Italian car, and in reference to Fiat said, &amp;quot;It&amp;#039;s a great marriage, with no overlaps in our lineups.&amp;quot; He hinted that the Fiat-Chrysler merger was all but one signature away from completion.   Yet he did not confirm the deal.   And that left me particularly unsettled. Was this just a PR stunt? Chrysler needs products quickly. Can a boutique sub-compact provide the volume\u2014and profit margins Chrysler needs right now? Will America buy Fiats rebadged and rebodied as Chryslers? I hope we get a chance to find out.   Ironically, Ford, a company in better health than either GM or Chrysler, didn&amp;#039;t have a press conference. Perhaps that was the smarter move. \u2014Ben Stewart   RELATED STORIES \u2022 MIKE ALLEN: Recession Brings an Auto Show Without the Spin  \u2022 EARLIER: Top 10 Splashy Stunts at the Detroit Auto Show  \u2022 GALLERY: Live Pictures from the Auto Show  \u2022 COMPLETE COVERAGE: The 2009 New York International Auto Show  \u2022 FOLLOW US: Popular Mechanics is on Twitter!  \u2022 FRIEND US: Find PM on Facebook   "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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