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

  • edinburghiloveyou44B
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    1 year ago

    It’s COVID. The LA Auto Show in 2018 was legit. A lot of debuts and such. The two auto shows I’ve been to since they started after COVID have been noticeably weaker.

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      1 year ago

      I remember they had the Russian, UAZ-based “Bremach 4x4” at the 2019 or 2020 show.