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
Monterey Car Week, and the Porsche Rennsport Reunion totally spoiled me. The LAIAS truly seemed boring by comparison. No Porsche, BMW, Audi, Alfa, Lambo, Rolls, Ferrari…you see all those cars in Monterey.
I even saw Frank-Steffen Walliser less than two months ago at Laguna Seca not 10 feet from me. LA really lost something with the auto show this year.
Monterey Car Week is probably the closest I’ve come to Forza Horizon in real life.