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Going Home Again: Detroit Auto Show Returns to January

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After a brief flirtation with warmer-weather months, the North American International Auto Show, also known as the Detroit Auto Show, is returning to a January date. The move to summer was initially meant to take advantage of outdoor spaces in downtown Detroit. The public days matter the most, the media days just follow.

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Hagerty Canceling Detroit Concours d'Elegance for 2024

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The annual Detroit Concours d'Elegance is being canceled this year so Hagerty can reassess the event. It’s been a privilege to unite car lovers in the heart of the Motor City at the Detroit Concours,” the organizers explained on the event website. Detroit is a special automotive city, full of very special car lovers.

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2023 Detroit Auto Show Recap – Where Have All the Cars Gone?

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The press day at the 2023 Detroit Auto Show was so quiet that I ended my day two states away – sleeping in my own bed in Chicago. I’ve said it before and I will say it again – I have no worries about the future of auto shows as public events. I believe as long as people can buy cars, they will pay to attend auto shows.

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2020 Detroit Auto Show cancels amid COVID-19 pandemic; expected conversion of TCF Center to field hospital

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The North American International Auto Show (NAIAS) will cancel its June 2020 show in Detroit in light of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic sweeping across the world and the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s expected plans to repurpose TCF Center into a temporary field hospital. NAIAS will hold its next annual show in June 2021.

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Statement: Detroit auto display all set to disappoint once more

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Honda had already informed us that auto presentations were delegated to native broker teams. Hyundai, Genesis and Kia had been most probably the Detroit display’s very best wager for including impressive manufacturers. However Detroit had negative good fortune with the ones 3 Korean manufacturers.

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Opinion: Making Sense of the Stellantis Auto Show Decision

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News broke earlier this week that Stellantis would pull out of auto shows, including the upcoming Chicago Auto Show, for the foreseeable future. We reached out to the Chicago Auto Show folks about that, and have not yet heard back. Having one of the Detroit Three pull out of auto shows leads to ringing of alarm bells.

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GM plans Detroit EV portions bank in former AMC Development

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The automaker’s passion within the 50-acre website used to be first reported via Crain’s Detroit Industry terminating September. In Auburn Hills, the $200 million “value-added assembly” plant will lend EV manufacturing at GM Orion Meeting in Orion Township Northwest of Detroit.

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