DETROIT—The North American International Auto Show in Detroit has a bit of a problem. You see, CES takes place in the days directly before it, and in recent years automakers have started making big announcements in Las Vegas. This also affects the annual Los Angeles Auto Show (which takes place in November), but the effect is more pronounced at Detroit. The result—in my view at least—is three underwhelming events in a row. That’s not to say there weren’t big announcements in Detroit. It doesn’t get much bigger than Toyota’s eighth-generation Camry or BMW’s seventh-generation 5 Series, for example.

We’ve covered the headliners already, so the gallery here represents all the little wonders we stumbled across in Cobo Hall. There was a face-lifted Ford F-150, the cabin of which was more Range Rover-like than ever. The venerable F-150 is Ford’s top seller, and the refreshed 2018 model gets a full complement of advanced driver assists.