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North American International Auto Show
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The North American International Auto Show (previously called the Detroit Auto Show and often abbreviated NAIAS) is an annual auto show held in Detroit, Michigan. It is among the largest auto shows in North America.
first auto show was held in Detroit in 1907 at Beller's Beer Garden at Riverside Park and since then annually except 1943-1952.
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The North American International Auto Show (previously called the Detroit Auto Show and often abbreviated NAIAS) is an annual auto show held in Detroit, Michigan. It is among the largest auto shows in North America.
History
The first auto show was held in Detroit in 1907 at Beller's Beer Garden at Riverside Park and since then annually except 1943-1952. It was renamed the North American International Auto Show in 1989. Since 1961, it has been held at Cobo Center where it occupies 1 million square feet (93,000 mē) of floor space. The show is particularly important because the Metro Detroit area is the location of the headquarters of the Big Three American automakers, Chrysler, Ford, and General Motors.
The show
The show begins with press preview days, industry preview days and a charity preview event. The charity preview raises money for local children's charities. In 2004 and 2005, the charity preview attracted 17,500 people at $400 a ticket and raised $7 million in total. 2006 was the sixth consecutive year the charity preview event raised over $6 million. 35,711 tickets were sold for the industry preview representing people from 24 countries in 2005 and 6,897 credentialed press from 63 countries. Over 800,000 attended during the days the show was open to the general public in 2004. It is estimated that the show generates a revenue of over $500 million to the local economy.
The NAIAS is the only auto show in the United States sanctioned by the Organisation Internationale des Constructeurs d'Automobiles.
2009
The 2009 show ran from January 11 through January 25.
- January 11-13 Press days
- January 14-15 Industry days
- January 16 Charity preview
- January 17-25 Open to the public
Nissan, Infiniti, Mitsubishi, Suzuki, Rolls-Royce, Land Rover, Ferrari, and Porsche did not attend the 2009 auto show, the largest number of non-returning automakers in the show's history. As a result, the show became the first with Chinese automakers (BYD and Brilliance) exhibited on the main floor.
Car and truck of the year award
The Hyundai Genesis and Ford F-150 were selected to receive the show's North American Car and Truck of the Year awards.
Production car introductions
The 2010 Mercedes-Benz E-Class was announced and shown to invited members of the press, but it will not be on public display until the Geneva Motor Show.
GM also announced the production of the Chevrolet Spark mini-car (previously shown as the Chevrolet Beat concept), for sale in Europe in 2010 and North America in 2011, as well as the Chevrolet Orlando compact MPV, for sale in North America in 2011. The Spark will be shown at the 2009 Geneva Motor Show.
Concept car introductions
2008
The 2008 show ran from January 13 through January 27.
- January 13-15 Press days
- January 16-17 Industry days
- January 18 Charity preview
- January 19-27 Open to the public
Car and truck of the year award
The 2008 Chevrolet Malibu and Mazda CX-9 were selected to receive the show's North American Car and Truck of the Year awards.
Production car introductions
Concept car introductions
2007
The 2007 show was held from January 7 through January 21.
- January 7-9 Press days
- January 10-11 Industry days
- January 12 Charity preview
- January 13-21 Open to the public
Car and truck of the year award
The Saturn Aura and Chevrolet Silverado were selected to receive the North American Car and Truck of the Year awards.
Production car introductions
Concept car introductions
GM also displayed five "global" concept cars for the first time in North America: Chevrolet T2X, Chevrolet WTCC, Holden Efijy, Opel Antara GTC, and Saab Aero-X.
2006
The 2006 show was held from January 8 through January 22.
- January 8-10 Press days
- January 11-12 Industry days
- January 13 Charity preview
- January 14-22 Open to the public
Production car introductions
Concept car introductions
2005
The 2005 show saw the following important introductions:
Production car introductions
Concept car introductions
2001
Concept car introductions
The following concept cars were shown:
1992
Production car introductions
The following production vehicles debuted at the 1992 show:
Concept car introductions
The following concept cars were shown:
1989
The Detroit Auto Show was renamed to the North American International Auto Show for 1989, as Lexus and Infiniti debuted. The show opened on January 11, with press previews and introductions for the first two days.
Introductions:
See also
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