The largest and most popular auto shows in North America ‘Chicago Auto Show’ has started this year from February 13 at McCormick Place. This year it marks a significant milestone with 101st edition in the age old history of auto shows around the world.
With 1.3 million square feet of displays, the interactive show floor offers a strong platform for car manufacturers and component manufacturers to distinctively expose their innovations and concepts to the most important constituency, the consumers!
Organised by the Chicago Automobile Trade Association (CATA), the show covers every aspect of auto industry from breathtaking new innovations to interesting debuts. This year the show exhibits a complete range of domestic and imported passenger cars and trucks that counts nearly 1,000 different vehicles including sport utility vehicles, and experimental and concept cars. Additionally, numerous car accessories, competition vehicles, projects, antiques, collector cars, and other auto-related exhibits are displayed.
Brands like Hyundai Suzuki, General Motors, and Ford Motors are ready to steals the hearts of car enthusiasts with the display of their forthcoming concepts and cars. Hyundai presents a variety of cars including the Hyundai Genesis Coupe that is soon to arrive in the market. Even the sister auto manufacturer Kia unwraps a fairly big surprise including its two-door Soul’ster Concept.
Suzuki in an attempt to push its sales brings three SEMA-style offerings to the show. General Motors rolls out an inspiring shape-shifting Bumblebee Camaro. Similarly, Ford Motors and other leading car manufacturers are also on the interactive show floor to expose some of their best offerings to the visitors.
Strewn among the shinning modern cars are interactive displays and a variety of activities that make the 2009 Chicago Auto Show a thrilling event. The show has a special DriveChicago Kid Zone to keep little hands busy while parents feel the beauty and charm of the winning cars.
The Dodge/Jeep Test Track where one can enjoy a ride in the Jeep Wrangler or Dodge Ram is another excitement of the show. The Jeep and Dodge Kidz Court take kids on a fun ride with the kid-sized Jeep. Further to these, cool driving simulators add to the excitement of the show.
The show also features a Tailgate Cafe in association with the Chicago Restaurant Partners to offer auto show attendees a number of tasty and healthy food options. Another most exciting and noble activity in the 2009 show is the Food Drive that facilitates collection of food for the homeless and poor in the city.
With an interesting fleet of new cars, futuristic concepts, and commercial vehicles, the ongoing 2009 Chicago Auto Show is worth a visit.
Does any one know which are the other auto shows that are popular internationally and are acclaimed for displaying variety of new cars, interesting concepts, and even new technologies. In India, I think we have only a few.
Yes, it is true that Paris Motor show is the oldest auto exhibition in the country but may be possible that the number of shows are less than that conducted in Chicago. It never says that the Chicago auto show is the oldest. It only says that it marks its 101st show.
Hi Gitika. There are many many auto shows that take place around the world. I dont know the names of all but some of the most popular shows around the world are paris motor show, benjeing auto show, detroit auto show, los angeles auto show, frankfurt auto show, geneva auto show, tokyo auto show, melbourne auto show and british auto show. In India, I think there are only three auto shows, one bangalore international auto show, secodn auto expo held at new delhi, and the third auto indian automobile trade fair.
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