The Car Connection - Autos Shows

2008 New York Auto Show Coverage

Mon, 10 Mar 2008 03:00:00 -0400

New York's auto show opens to the media on March 19, 2008 - and TheCarConnection.com has details on the new cars and concepts coming to Javits Center!

2008 Geneva Motor Show Coverage

Tue, 04 Mar 2008 03:00:00 -0500

The Geneva show hails the beginning of auto show season in Europe. As the second big international auto show , after Detroit, the Geneva show is traditionally the kick-off of the spring selling season on the Continent, as well as a way for the world's automotive braintrust to gather over new concepts and production vehicles and gauge the ...

2008 Chicago Auto Show Coverage

Tue, 05 Feb 2008 03:00:00 -0500

Industry days and the public opening of the Detroit auto show are still happening this week -- but here at TheCarConnection.com, we're already looking forward to February 6, the opening day of press conferences for the 2008 Chicago auto show. Which new cars and trucks will take a bow at McCormick Place?

2008 Detroit Auto Show Coverage

Mon, 14 Jan 2008 03:00:00 -0500

2008 Detroit Show: TCC's Top Picks (1/14/2008) Our favorite cars, concepts and moments from Cobo. 2008 Detroit Auto Show: Getting There by Rex Roy (1/9/2008) Make it easy, make it fun. PREVIEWS 2009 Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 Preview by TCC Team (12/19/2007) A supercar by any name. 2009 Audi TTS by ...

2008 Detroit Show: TCC's Top Picks

Mon, 14 Jan 2008 03:00:00 -0500

The 2008 Detroit auto show hosted more than 50 concept and production-car debuts. Which ones did our editors like best--and which ones are headed for showrooms soon?

2008 Detroit Auto Show: Getting There

Wed, 09 Jan 2008 03:00:00 -0500

Despite the griping about the weather, Detroit draws crowds downtown the North American International Auto Show. Hosted, as always (almost) at Cobo, the show dates for this year are January 18th-27th. Here's the inside scoop so you can make the best of your visit whether you're a first timer or an experienced show veteran. Of ...

BMW "Blue" Diesels to Bow in Detroit

Wed, 02 Jan 2008 03:00:00 -0500

BMW's latest green-car gambit arrives at the Detroit auto show in two weeks, as the German automaker plans to show off two new diesels that it will sell in all 50 states starting later this year. The two new models are the X5 xDrive35d and the 335d. Both are powered by twin-turbo, 3.0-liter in-line six diesels that use a ...

Chrysler's '08 Detroit Concepts Go Hybrid

Tue, 20 Nov 2007 03:00:00 -0500

Chrysler has provided an advance preview of its three concept cars for the Detroit show, about seven weeks in advance of the preview days when they'll be formally revealed to the press. But we can understand why they're quick on the trigger; if these concepts are any indication, the automaker, which has long been resistant to change and ...

2007 Los Angeles Auto Show Coverage

Wed, 14 Nov 2007 03:00:00 -0500

PREVIEWS 2009 Lincoln MKS Preview by TCC Team (11/13/2007)From obscurity to mainstream? 2008 Ford Mustang Bullitt Preview by TCC Team (11/6/2007)Hidden in darkness, an L.A. show debut. 2009 Cadillac Escalade Hybrid Preview by Marty Padgett (11/9/2007)Two modes and batteries - in a big ute? 2008 Chevrolet Tahoe Hybrid Preview byMarty ...

Ford Musters 'Stang, Escape for Tokyo

Wed, 24 Oct 2007 03:00:00 -0400

Like most Western automakers, Ford Motor Co. has largely written off the Japanese market, where domestic-oriented consumers - and strict import laws - have largely limited the market potential for automotive imports. That said, Ford hasn't given up entirely, as it demonstrated at this year's Tokyo Motor Show, rolling out a pair of ...

Daihatsu in Tokyo: Tanto, Mud Master

Wed, 24 Oct 2007 03:00:00 -0400

Happy birthday to Daihatsu! The Japanese brand best known for its city cars is celebrating 100 years in business and marked the occasion with new concept and production cars at the Tokyo Motor Show. The most striking was the Mud Master, a small transporter prototype. Gull-wing doors open on three sides to create a convenient and ...

2007 Tokyo Motor Show Coverage

Wed, 24 Oct 2007 03:00:00 -0400

The 40th edition of the Tokyo Motor Show opens Saturday, October 27 for the public and runs through Sunday, November 11. But as is custom, the world's automotive press will get their own preview starting next week - and TheCarConnection.com will be reporting live from the show floor. TheCar Connection will hand at Makuhari Messe ...

2007 L.A. Show Design Challenge

Mon, 22 Oct 2007 03:00:00 -0400

For the fourth year, the Los Angeles Auto Show is hosting Design Los Angeles, a world conference for designers, along with the Design Challenge, a design contest that garners entries from some of the brightest rising stars at top North American design studios. We've come to expect the Design Challenge to be an auto show of its own, with ...

Opel Dumping Vectra Name

Thu, 13 Sep 2007 03:00:00 -0400

At last summer's British Motor Show Vauxhall launched the new Corsa supermini. At next year's event it looks like it will be the Vectra. Jonathan Browning, GM Europe vice-president of sales, marketing and aftersales - as well as chairman of Vauxhall, the U.S. company's UK division - wouldn't give a definite ...

Hyundai Veloster For Real?

Thu, 13 Sep 2007 03:00:00 -0400

The Hyundai Veloster is one of the Frankfurt Motor Show's more striking concept cars. But according to the company it's not as outlandish as you might think and is a real production possibility. A spokesman for the Korea firm explained: "The Hyundai Tiburon will be replaced next year with a new larger model, currently known by ...