While we wrote a pretty extensive writeup on the details of BMW's 1-Series M Coupe just about a month ago, but what wasn't included was the price. With the car's official launch at NAIAS, that has changed.

And you thought the 918 Concept looked good the first time around.

Volkswagen has been rather coy about its North American-focused New Midsize Sedan. After months of speculating, we now know it will be called Passat, and that it looks like a plus-size clone of the new Jetta.

Finally, wealthy Americans will get what wealthy Europeans have appreciated for some time. A diesel S-class debuts for our consumption at the Detroit show and goes on sale later this year.

In one of the most unexpected unions we've ever experienced, Fiat has teamed up with Chrysler's Mopar Accessories division for a set of 500 bolt-on parts.

Since Volkswagen has completed its new plant in Chattanooga, Tennessee, we've been waiting to see what will be built there. It seems that in just five days, VW will indulge us, by pulling the wraps off its yet-to-be-named sedan.

Once again the new year launches with the who’s who of the auto industry flooding into a frigid Detroit for another edition of the North American International Auto Show. While the show generally does have a Big Three bias to the big news, the 2011 show might be one of the best yet for European car fans. After all, Chrysler is continuing its long-awaited and exciting launch of the Fiat 500 here on our shores and Ford will bring yet another European model, the C-Max, to its home market.

But we’re more excited about Porsche. After a stretch of years when the company ignored Detroit completely, Stuttgart’s finest have returned to Cobo Hall in style with a thrilling look at the company’s future, plus we can never get enough of that new Cayman R. Mini will look to the future as well with the Paceman concept, while Mercedes-Benz, BMW, and Audi have big news in key parts of each company’s lineup as well. What else is in store? Keep checking in with our index below to find out.

We still haven't seen the upcoming coupe or a revised AMG model, but the regular C-class sedan redesign is now out there, new four-cylinder and all.