Recently went to LA Auto Show. It was never world class but a decade or two ago it definitely had all mainstream German brands represented, the mainstream exotic brands (Ferrari, Lamborghini, Maserati) and the small market share brands like Alfa Romeo, Mitsubishi, etc. It had literally none of that. It wasn’t boring but it also wasn’t the “near-complete index of new cars for viewing” it used to be.
Do such shows still exist? Geneva and Detroit come to mind, but have they withered away too?
Maybe some lesser-known shows like Dubai, or Vietnam, Malaysia, Indonesia, India? Mexico?
Would appreciate any input & insight
I went to the industry/press day for Detroit and LA. LA was 1000x better in every way. Detroit is pretty much just the Big 3 now. I don’t think there were any significant reveals at Detroit this year either.
LA at least had the new Santa Fe and the Lucid Gravity. It also had free tasting of Kevin Hart’s tequila on press day which was very nice.
Autoshows as a whole are on the decline. That was the trend before the pandemic but the pandemic put several more nails in the coffin.
As a professional in the automotive industry, I’ve been attending many large auto shows for the past 14 years and I couldn’t agree more, they’ve all declined quite a bit. I miss when there were more concept cars and crazy designs, even if they never came to fruition it was neat to see. Nowadays I’m just like… “where’s Nissan? Where’s Honda?” Haha. :/