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Gallery Detroit Auto Show: Auto workers demonstrate near GM headquarters

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Disgruntled car workers staged a noisy protest outside the Detroit motor show to ram home the message that they will not accept swingeing cuts in wages and benefits demanded by the US government

Photograph: Stan Honda/AFP/Getty Images

As America's big three carmakers cut salaries and slash costs, some luxury rivals decided to fly the flag with twig-thin models and unabashed luxury