Last january , as the industry grappled with its biggest crisis in living memory and at least two of detroit 's big three carmakers teetered on the brink of collapse , the usual razzmatazz was replaced by fear and foreboding .
Hence the razzmatazz on may 25th when sncf and db ran their first high-speed trains from stuttgart and frankfurt to paris , under a joint venture called alleo , which is part of railteam .