Auto Demonstrate
2017 auto showcase debuts
Automakers spinned out everything from high-performance muscle cars to redesigned best-sellers and all-new plug-in vehicles at the last lap of the major auto display circuit in Fresh York. The two thousand seventeen Fresh York International Auto Display officially opens to the public on Friday. Here are some of the buzz-worthy.
Things to do with the family at the two thousand seventeen Chicago Auto Demonstrate
For mobsters like Al Capone, who ran the same Chicago streets that visitors will take to the two thousand seventeen Chicago Auto Showcase, car choice had less to do with horsepower and showy design than features like superior braking and running boards. Inject Capone's one thousand nine hundred twenty eight Cadillac sedan. Low-key or flashy, custom-made or.
Sitting in a car used to be so ordinary, right? Lift the lever and slide the seat back and forward until your gams fit, adjust the rearview mirror and go, go, go. Sure, your back began to hurt or your gams ached, but that's what drive-in restaurants and scenic overlooks were for — a chance to get.
Wednesday, February fifteen is Women's Day at the two thousand seventeen Chicago Auto Demonstrate. In addition to women-oriented programming, tickets for women are $7, instead of $13. Women influence over eighty percent of all fresh car purchases, yet they make up just a little over one-quarter of the automotive industry's workforce.
The 109th Chicago Auto Showcase takes over McCormick Place for a little more than a week beginning Saturday, Feb. 11. The display brings almost a 1,000 kinds of vehicles from more than thirty automakers.
Fiat Chrysler Automobiles unveiled a fresh upfitted BraunAbility Pacifica at the two thousand seventeen Chicago Auto Display. “The most spacious wheelchair-accessible vehicle in the industry, the BraunAbility Chrysler Pacifica features patent-pending AccessAbility technology, including an aerospace-inspired sliding door.
American muscle or European sports cars of the '60s and '70s are the best collector cars right now. Evident qualities that make them desirable are excellent design and high horsepower. But which fresh cars will be very valued in thirty years and for what reasons? Walk around the two thousand seventeen Chicago Auto Showcase.
CLASS OF 2018: From all-new two thousand eighteen spectacle crossovers like the Alfa Romeo Stelvio to the first-ever Volkswagen Atlas seven-seat family SUV, not to mention a few sports cars and off-road trucks in inbetween, there is a sturdy market of fresh cars heading to dealer lots this year. For fresh concept vehicles,
CLASS OF 2018: From all-new two thousand eighteen spectacle crossovers like the Alfa Romeo Stelvio to the first-ever Volkswagen Atlas seven-seat family SUV, not to mention a few sports cars and off-road trucks in inbetween, there is a sturdy market of fresh cars heading to dealer lots this year. For fresh concept vehicles.
For mobsters like Al Capone, who ran the same Chicago streets that visitors will take to the two thousand seventeen Chicago Auto Showcase, car choice had less to do with horsepower and showy design than features like superior braking and running boards. Inject Capone's one thousand nine hundred twenty eight Cadillac sedan. Low-key or flashy, custom-made or.
Sitting in a car used to be so ordinary, right? Lift the lever and slide the seat back and forward until your gams fit, adjust the rearview mirror and go, go, go. Sure, your back began to hurt or your gams ached, but that's what drive-in restaurants and scenic overlooks were for — a chance to get.
Wednesday, February fifteen is Women's Day at the two thousand seventeen Chicago Auto Demonstrate. In addition to women-oriented programming, tickets for women are $7, instead of $13. Women influence over eighty percent of all fresh car purchases, yet they make up just a little over one-quarter of the automotive industry's workforce.
The 109th Chicago Auto Showcase takes over McCormick Place for a little more than a week beginning Saturday, Feb. 11. The display brings almost a 1,000 kinds of vehicles from more than thirty automakers.
Fiat Chrysler Automobiles unveiled a fresh upfitted BraunAbility Pacifica at the two thousand seventeen Chicago Auto Display. “The most spacious wheelchair-accessible vehicle in the industry, the BraunAbility Chrysler Pacifica features patent-pending AccessAbility technology, including an aerospace-inspired sliding door.
American muscle or European sports cars of the '60s and '70s are the best collector cars right now. Evident qualities that make them desirable are excellent design and high horsepower. But which fresh cars will be very valued in thirty years and for what reasons? Walk around the two thousand seventeen Chicago Auto Showcase.
CLASS OF 2018: From all-new two thousand eighteen spectacle crossovers like the Alfa Romeo Stelvio to the first-ever Volkswagen Atlas seven-seat family SUV, not to mention a few sports cars and off-road trucks in inbetween, there is a sturdy market of fresh cars heading to dealer lots this year. For fresh concept vehicles,
CLASS OF 2018: From all-new two thousand eighteen spectacle crossovers like the Alfa Romeo Stelvio to the first-ever Volkswagen Atlas seven-seat family SUV, not to mention a few sports cars and off-road trucks in inbetween, there is a sturdy market of fresh cars heading to dealer lots this year. For fresh concept vehicles.
2018 Kia Stinger
Opening weekend of Chicago Auto Showcase brings the crowd, and the swag
In the distance an engine roars and rubber burns. Closer to the entrance the smell of burgers sizzling on the grill and the sounds of carnival barkers charging up a crowd with giveaways and promises commingles with a five-piece funk band with a strong bass riff. Floating in the lights overhead.
2017 Chicago Auto Demonstrate opening day
Glances and sounds from the two thousand seventeen Chicago Auto Showcase opening day on Feb. 11, 2017. (Chris Sweda/Chicago Tribune)
Producers of Chicago Auto Display serve local dealers and communities
Ask most folks what the Chicago Automobile Trade Association does and the quick response is that it sponsors the nation's largest consumer auto showcase, the annual Chicago Auto Demonstrate. True, and a task it has performed since 1935, but that's only part of the response. The CATA is an organization indicating.
Why car years are ahead of time
Automakers use the model year to distinguish fresh vehicles sporting the latest updates in technology, styling, creature comforts and options. But why are fresh models born in the future, with model year two thousand eighteen vehicles introduced in 2016, for example? Finding the reaction is like finding Waldo. There.
Things to drive at the two thousand seventeen Chicago Auto Display
With an estimated 1,000 fresh vehicles spread out over 1.1 million square feet at the two thousand seventeen Chicago Auto Demonstrate, there may be temptation to drive one or a hundred of them. The doors of showcase floor models may be opened to get a feel behind the wheel, but most of the driving will be reserved for another.
Best fresh cars at the two thousand seventeen Chicago Auto Showcase
Just when it seems like there couldn't be any more crossovers, here come pavement-blistering high spectacle variants capable of hitting sixty mph in Four.Four seconds. Just when it seems like a brand has defined itself, it cracks form and produces a fastback sports sedan. At the 109th installment of the.
Five Chicago Auto Showcase extras
The 109th Chicago Auto Display takes over McCormick Place for ten days beginning Saturday. The demonstrate brings almost a 1,000 kinds of vehicles from thirty six automakers. Here are five extras you shouldn't miss. (Jemal R. Brinson / Chicago Tribune)
Indoor tracks showcased at the two thousand seventeen Chicago Auto Showcase
Visitors to the two thousand seventeen Chicago Auto Showcase at McCormick Place have the chance to practice five different vehicles at the display's indoor tracks. (Jose M. Osorio / Chicago Tribune)
2017 Chicago Auto Showcase
The two thousand seventeen Chicago Auto Demonstrate held its media preview at McCormick Place on Feb. 9, 2017. The showcase opens to the public Feb. Eleven and runs until Feb. 20, 2017.
Chicago Auto Showcase tees up virtual reality and a 'Starlet Wars' SUV
You don't need a license to get behind a wheel or two at the Chicago Auto Demonstrate — but there's more to do than say “vroom, vroom.” The consumer showcase, running Saturday through Feb. 20, has diversions for those interested in tech, too, with simulators and virtual reality and augmented reality stations.
The best ways to get to the two thousand seventeen Chicago Auto Display
Traffic, construction, confusing GPS directions from your smartphone? All of these obstacles might be faced when getting to McCormick Place for the two thousand seventeen Chicago Auto Showcase, but fear not. Take your time, create a plan and save time, money and aggravation along the way. If you have an iPhone, be wary.
Toyota refreshes two thousand eighteen Tundra and Sequoia with TRD Sport trim
The big dogs in the Toyota lineup get refreshed with modern grooming on the full-size Tundra pickup and full-size Sequoia SUV. Standard equipment on both will include collision avoidance, lane departure alert, adaptive cruise and automatic high rafters on the headlights, collectively known as Toyota.
2018 Hyundai Elantra GT hatchback debuts at Chicago Auto Demonstrate
Hyundai Elantra is one of the best cars on the market for under $20,000, combining useful standard features in a capable rail. The value proposition resumes with the redesigned Elantra GT hatchback available in two four-cylinder engines, which Hyundai announced on Thursday, February nine at the.
Sounds of the Chicago Auto Display
The Lexus LC500 Immersive Sonic Practice.
Ten Chicago Auto Demonstrate must-see two thousand eighteen models
The 109th Chicago Auto Demonstrate takes over McCormick Place for ten days beginning Saturday. The demonstrate brings almost a 1,000 kinds of vehicles from thirty six automakers. Here's a quick look at ten must-see two thousand eighteen models. (Jemal R. Brinson / Chicago Tribune)
Chicago Auto Display history
HISTORY OF THE CHICAGO AUTO Display: The two thousand seventeen Chicago Auto Demonstrate, the 109th exhibition of the nation's largest and longest running auto showcase, features over 1,000 vehicles covering over one million square feet, five massive indoor test tracks and outdoor test drives at McCormick Place. It will be held.
2017 Chicago Auto Showcase at a glance
The two thousand seventeen Chicago Auto Display marks the 109th installment of the nation's largest and longest running consumer auto display. Over 1,000 fresh vehicles, including forty debut vehicles, will be on display across one million square feet at McCormick Place, two thousand three hundred one S. King Drive. Indoor Tracks: Rail along with professional.
Ford redesigns two thousand eighteen Expedition full-size SUV
Ford redesigned the Expedition full-size SUV days before the opening of the two thousand seventeen Chicago Auto Showcase. With its broad, horizontal mesh grille, it shares more visual traits with Ford's SUV family than the F-150 pickup family. The 8-seater is about an inch longer and broader than the outgoing model, according.
Dodge pulls out two thousand eighteen Durango SRT spectacle SUV
Dodge unveiled its latest high-performance muscle car on Tuesday, February 7, just in time for the two thousand seventeen Chicago Auto Display. The muscle car is actually the two thousand eighteen Durango SRT three-row SUV with a 475-horsepower HEMI V-8 engine. Why make a high-performance family hauler capable of hitting sixty mph in.
Auto display concepts create a whirr
Car companies don't just showcase current models at auto shows. They also unveil prototypes that could be built in the future. These so-called concept cars help them gauge the public's reaction to fresh designs or technology. They can also amp up excitement about a company's future. These are some of.
Detroit auto display points industry in conservative direction
The North American International Auto Display in Detroit is arguably the most influential of the world's many auto shows. The two thousand seventeen demonstrate, which runs through Sunday, historically features the most world product debuts and is covered by journalists from over sixty countries. It's a barometer measuring the.
Refreshed two thousand eighteen Ford Mustang channels high-performance GT350
The refreshed two thousand eighteen Ford Mustang drops the V-6 engine and adds elements from its track-star sibling, the Shelby GT350. It gets a lowered spandex hood, headlights and fascia like the GT350, with fresh vents and a broader grille. There are twelve wheel options, three fresh colors (including Orange Fury) and the headlights.
2017 BMW five Series gets lighter, smarter, quicker
BMW boasts luxury, power, efficiency and technology in the two thousand seventeen BMW five Series. Weight dropped one hundred thirty seven pounds despite getting an inch longer and slightly broader and taller. The front overhang is shorter, and the standard LED headlight housings are streamlined into the kidney grille. Rear lights spread.
Is Trump steering automakers?
DETROIT — The auto industry's fattest players have gathered at the North American International Auto Display, as they do every January, to showcase their latest electrified vehicles, SUVs and pickup trucks. This year, however, the cars varnish over a deepening unease about the industry's standing with.
Toyota steals the display with 'sexy' two thousand eighteen Camry
For fifteen years, the Toyota Camry has been the best-selling vehicle in the U.S., excluding pickup trucks. Its reputation as reliable tho’ bland has prompted some critics to deride it as nothing more than an appliance. While consumers don't care much for critics, Toyota President Akio Toyoda pledged.
Toyota Camry over the years
Toyota unveiled the eighth-generation Camry at the Detroit auto showcase Monday, at a time when car buyers in the U.S. are flocking to SUVs. The Camry has worn the crown as the best-selling vehicle in the U.S., excluding pickups, for fifteen years, suggesting drivers a reliable rail for getting from one place.
Honda launches two thousand eighteen Odyssey minivan with fresh seats, transmission
Honda aims to keep its best-selling minivan at the top amidst strong competition in the limited but loyal minivan market. Honda unveiled the redesigned two thousand eighteen Odyssey at the two thousand seventeen North American International Auto Showcase in Detroit, hours after the Chrysler Pacifica minivan won two thousand sixteen Family Car of the.
2018 Lexus LS flagship sedan gets sporting redesign
The 5th generation flagship sedan was overdue for a total redesign, which hadn’t happened since model year 2007. It has a sleek modern look, with a long nose, longer wheelbase, brief front overhangs with broad air intakes, and a lower rail. The rear-wheel-drive platform collective with the gorgeous LC.
2018 Kia Stinger fastback sedan unveiled in Detroit
Kia Stinger is a big risk and a big deal. The five-passenger fastback sports sedan design shoves Kia into luxury sport territory along with the Tesla Model S, Audi RS7, Porsche Panamera and others. Born of the GT Concept luxury fastback unveiled in two thousand eleven and paraded around the U.S in 2014, the.
2018 GMC Terrain gets a acute fresh look
GMC unveiled a new-look Terrain compact crossover on Sunday on the eve of the opening press days at the two thousand seventeen North American International Auto Display in Detroit. The boxy edges of the outgoing Terrain, which distinguished itself from its platform-mate Chevy Equinox with a design reminiscent of an.
Ford planning thirteen electrified vehicles, including a hybrid F-150 and Mustang
Ford announced plans to build a fresh, fully electrified SUV with a 300-mile range that it will launch in two thousand twenty and a fully autonomous vehicle as part of its sweeping electrification program. The moves are part of a $Four.Five billion investment in electrified vehicles by 2020, part of Ford's expansion to.
Chevy Bolt, BMW M2, Chrysler Pacifica win best of year awards
The end of one thing and the beginning of another is a time for reflection, anticipation and superlatives. That time is now for the auto industry. The newest cars have been road-tested and dealer delivered, just as next year's crop debuts at auto shows. Just like every city has an auto demonstrate, just.
Highlights from the commence of auto display season
The crossover craze resumes to grow and it won't be slowing any time in the near future. Toyota, Ford, Subaru, Jeep and Volkswagen are all displaying fresh crossovers and SUVs at this week's Los Angeles Auto Showcase. Even traditional luxury car makers like Jaguar and Alfa Romeo are debuting SUVs at.
2017 Mazda CX-5 shoves into premium segment
Fully redesigned for 2017, the 2nd generation Mazda CX-5 compact crossover will come with three available SKYACTIV engines, including a Two.2-liter diesel expected in the U.S. later in 2017. Accounting for twenty five percent of global sales, the CX-5 is Mazda's most significant vehicle, and it proceeds.
2018 Alfa Romeo Stelvio spectacle SUV comes to America
The third model in Alfa Romeo's resurgent American lineup is the all-new two thousand eighteen Stelvio sport SUV. Named after the famed Stelvio Pass in the Italian Alps, Stelvio uses a 2-liter turbo four-cylinder engine delivering two hundred eighty horsepower and three hundred six pound-feet of torque. All-wheel drive is standard in the performance-oriented.
2018 Ford EcoSport debuts for American market
Ford made snaps late Monday when it used Snapchat to expose the EcoSport subcompact crossover in advance of the Los Angeles Auto Demonstrate. The use of Snapchat, a social media messaging app popular with millennials and the subsequent Generation Z, to expose a vehicle was a very first, according to Ford.
Honda exposes very first turbocharged two thousand seventeen CR-V at a produce market
Honda unveiled its redesigned two thousand seventeen Honda CR-V in Detroit last week at a produce market flanked by two truck trailers stacked with hay. Most fresh car exposes occur at press conferences during major auto shows, such as the North American International Auto Demonstrate in Detroit. Japan's second-largest automaker picked.
Porsche, Land Rover, BMW and Honda launch world debuts
A hot hatch racing to American shores for the very first time, a family-friendly three-row SUV with seats that can be rearranged via wise phone, and an electrified vehicle that promises to keep going for over three hundred miles on a single charge — these are some of the highlights from the ongoing Paris auto display.
2017 Jeep Compass to substitute old Compass, Patriot compact crossovers
Jeep exposed that Compass will be the name for the compact Jeep that will substitute the Compass and Patriot crossovers as it celebrated the begin of production at its plant in Pernambuco, Brazil, and released three photos of the vehicle. The pics demonstrate a more aerodynamic design than the outgoing.
Chevy chooses Chicago to launch redesigned two thousand eighteen Equinox crossover
Chevrolet transformed the main floor of the Museum of Science and Industry last night into a showcase for the world debut of the redesigned two thousand eighteen Chevrolet Equinox. The launch coincided with the Autumnal equinox. Very first launched for model year 2005, the third-generation compact crossover has become.
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Auto Showcase
2017 auto display debuts
Automakers flipped out everything from high-performance muscle cars to redesigned best-sellers and all-new plug-in vehicles at the last lap of the major auto showcase circuit in Fresh York. The two thousand seventeen Fresh York International Auto Demonstrate officially opens to the public on Friday. Here are some of the buzz-worthy.
Things to do with the family at the two thousand seventeen Chicago Auto Showcase
For mobsters like Al Capone, who ran the same Chicago streets that visitors will take to the two thousand seventeen Chicago Auto Display, car choice had less to do with horsepower and showy design than features like superior braking and running boards. Inject Capone's one thousand nine hundred twenty eight Cadillac sedan. Low-key or flashy, custom-built or.
Sitting in a car used to be so plain, right? Lift the lever and slide the seat back and forward until your gams fit, adjust the rearview mirror and go, go, go. Sure, your back commenced to hurt or your gams ached, but that's what drive-in restaurants and scenic overlooks were for — a chance to get.
Wednesday, February fifteen is Women's Day at the two thousand seventeen Chicago Auto Demonstrate. In addition to women-oriented programming, tickets for women are $7, instead of $13. Women influence over eighty percent of all fresh car purchases, yet they make up just a little over one-quarter of the automotive industry's workforce.
The 109th Chicago Auto Display takes over McCormick Place for a little more than a week beginning Saturday, Feb. 11. The showcase brings almost a 1,000 kinds of vehicles from more than thirty automakers.
Fiat Chrysler Automobiles unveiled a fresh upfitted BraunAbility Pacifica at the two thousand seventeen Chicago Auto Demonstrate. “The most spacious wheelchair-accessible vehicle in the industry, the BraunAbility Chrysler Pacifica features patent-pending AccessAbility technology, including an aerospace-inspired sliding door.
American muscle or European sports cars of the '60s and '70s are the best collector cars right now. Visible qualities that make them desirable are superb design and high horsepower. But which fresh cars will be very valued in thirty years and for what reasons? Walk around the two thousand seventeen Chicago Auto Display.
CLASS OF 2018: From all-new two thousand eighteen spectacle crossovers like the Alfa Romeo Stelvio to the first-ever Volkswagen Atlas seven-seat family SUV, not to mention a few sports cars and off-road trucks in inbetween, there is a sturdy market of fresh cars heading to dealer lots this year. For fresh concept vehicles,
CLASS OF 2018: From all-new two thousand eighteen spectacle crossovers like the Alfa Romeo Stelvio to the first-ever Volkswagen Atlas seven-seat family SUV, not to mention a few sports cars and off-road trucks in inbetween, there is a sturdy market of fresh cars heading to dealer lots this year. For fresh concept vehicles.
For mobsters like Al Capone, who ran the same Chicago streets that visitors will take to the two thousand seventeen Chicago Auto Display, car choice had less to do with horsepower and showy design than features like superior braking and running boards. Inject Capone's one thousand nine hundred twenty eight Cadillac sedan. Low-key or flashy, custom-built or.
Sitting in a car used to be so plain, right? Lift the lever and slide the seat back and forward until your gams fit, adjust the rearview mirror and go, go, go. Sure, your back commenced to hurt or your gams ached, but that's what drive-in restaurants and scenic overlooks were for — a chance to get.
Wednesday, February fifteen is Women's Day at the two thousand seventeen Chicago Auto Demonstrate. In addition to women-oriented programming, tickets for women are $7, instead of $13. Women influence over eighty percent of all fresh car purchases, yet they make up just a little over one-quarter of the automotive industry's workforce.
The 109th Chicago Auto Display takes over McCormick Place for a little more than a week beginning Saturday, Feb. 11. The showcase brings almost a 1,000 kinds of vehicles from more than thirty automakers.
Fiat Chrysler Automobiles unveiled a fresh upfitted BraunAbility Pacifica at the two thousand seventeen Chicago Auto Demonstrate. “The most spacious wheelchair-accessible vehicle in the industry, the BraunAbility Chrysler Pacifica features patent-pending AccessAbility technology, including an aerospace-inspired sliding door.
American muscle or European sports cars of the '60s and '70s are the best collector cars right now. Visible qualities that make them desirable are superb design and high horsepower. But which fresh cars will be very valued in thirty years and for what reasons? Walk around the two thousand seventeen Chicago Auto Display.
CLASS OF 2018: From all-new two thousand eighteen spectacle crossovers like the Alfa Romeo Stelvio to the first-ever Volkswagen Atlas seven-seat family SUV, not to mention a few sports cars and off-road trucks in inbetween, there is a sturdy market of fresh cars heading to dealer lots this year. For fresh concept vehicles,
CLASS OF 2018: From all-new two thousand eighteen spectacle crossovers like the Alfa Romeo Stelvio to the first-ever Volkswagen Atlas seven-seat family SUV, not to mention a few sports cars and off-road trucks in inbetween, there is a sturdy market of fresh cars heading to dealer lots this year. For fresh concept vehicles.
2018 Kia Stinger
Opening weekend of Chicago Auto Showcase brings the crowd, and the swag
In the distance an engine roars and rubber burns. Closer to the entrance the smell of burgers sizzling on the grill and the sounds of carnival barkers charging up a crowd with giveaways and promises commingles with a five-piece funk band with a strenuous bass riff. Floating in the lights overhead.
2017 Chicago Auto Display opening day
Glances and sounds from the two thousand seventeen Chicago Auto Showcase opening day on Feb. 11, 2017. (Chris Sweda/Chicago Tribune)
Producers of Chicago Auto Demonstrate serve local dealers and communities
Ask most folks what the Chicago Automobile Trade Association does and the quick response is that it sponsors the nation's largest consumer auto showcase, the annual Chicago Auto Demonstrate. True, and a task it has performed since 1935, but that's only part of the reaction. The CATA is an organization indicating.
Why car years are ahead of time
Automakers use the model year to distinguish fresh vehicles sporting the latest updates in technology, styling, creature comforts and options. But why are fresh models born in the future, with model year two thousand eighteen vehicles introduced in 2016, for example? Finding the reaction is like finding Waldo. There.
Things to drive at the two thousand seventeen Chicago Auto Demonstrate
With an estimated 1,000 fresh vehicles spread out over 1.1 million square feet at the two thousand seventeen Chicago Auto Showcase, there may be temptation to drive one or a hundred of them. The doors of showcase floor models may be opened to get a feel behind the wheel, but most of the driving will be reserved for another.
Best fresh cars at the two thousand seventeen Chicago Auto Demonstrate
Just when it seems like there couldn't be any more crossovers, here come pavement-blistering high spectacle variants capable of hitting sixty mph in Four.Four seconds. Just when it seems like a brand has defined itself, it cracks form and produces a fastback sports sedan. At the 109th installment of the.
Five Chicago Auto Demonstrate extras
The 109th Chicago Auto Display takes over McCormick Place for ten days beginning Saturday. The display brings almost a 1,000 kinds of vehicles from thirty six automakers. Here are five extras you shouldn't miss. (Jemal R. Brinson / Chicago Tribune)
Indoor tracks showcased at the two thousand seventeen Chicago Auto Display
Visitors to the two thousand seventeen Chicago Auto Display at McCormick Place have the chance to practice five different vehicles at the demonstrate's indoor tracks. (Jose M. Osorio / Chicago Tribune)
2017 Chicago Auto Display
The two thousand seventeen Chicago Auto Display held its media preview at McCormick Place on Feb. 9, 2017. The display opens to the public Feb. Eleven and runs until Feb. 20, 2017.
Chicago Auto Demonstrate tees up virtual reality and a 'Starlet Wars' SUV
You don't need a license to get behind a wheel or two at the Chicago Auto Display — but there's more to do than say “vroom, vroom.” The consumer showcase, running Saturday through Feb. 20, has diversions for those interested in tech, too, with simulators and virtual reality and augmented reality stations.
The best ways to get to the two thousand seventeen Chicago Auto Demonstrate
Traffic, construction, confusing GPS directions from your smartphone? All of these obstacles might be faced when getting to McCormick Place for the two thousand seventeen Chicago Auto Demonstrate, but fear not. Take your time, create a plan and save time, money and aggravation along the way. If you have an iPhone, be wary.
Toyota refreshes two thousand eighteen Tundra and Sequoia with TRD Sport trim
The big dogs in the Toyota lineup get refreshed with modern grooming on the full-size Tundra pickup and full-size Sequoia SUV. Standard equipment on both will include collision avoidance, lane departure alert, adaptive cruise and automatic high slats on the headlights, collectively known as Toyota.
2018 Hyundai Elantra GT hatchback debuts at Chicago Auto Showcase
Hyundai Elantra is one of the best cars on the market for under $20,000, combining useful standard features in a capable rail. The value proposition resumes with the redesigned Elantra GT hatchback available in two four-cylinder engines, which Hyundai announced on Thursday, February nine at the.
Sounds of the Chicago Auto Display
The Lexus LC500 Immersive Sonic Practice.
Ten Chicago Auto Display must-see two thousand eighteen models
The 109th Chicago Auto Display takes over McCormick Place for ten days beginning Saturday. The display brings almost a 1,000 kinds of vehicles from thirty six automakers. Here's a quick look at ten must-see two thousand eighteen models. (Jemal R. Brinson / Chicago Tribune)
Chicago Auto Display history
HISTORY OF THE CHICAGO AUTO Display: The two thousand seventeen Chicago Auto Showcase, the 109th exhibition of the nation's largest and longest running auto showcase, features over 1,000 vehicles covering over one million square feet, five massive indoor test tracks and outdoor test drives at McCormick Place. It will be held.
2017 Chicago Auto Demonstrate at a glance
The two thousand seventeen Chicago Auto Demonstrate marks the 109th installment of the nation's largest and longest running consumer auto demonstrate. Over 1,000 fresh vehicles, including forty debut vehicles, will be on display across one million square feet at McCormick Place, two thousand three hundred one S. King Drive. Indoor Tracks: Rail along with professional.
Ford redesigns two thousand eighteen Expedition full-size SUV
Ford redesigned the Expedition full-size SUV days before the opening of the two thousand seventeen Chicago Auto Demonstrate. With its broad, horizontal mesh grille, it shares more visual traits with Ford's SUV family than the F-150 pickup family. The 8-seater is about an inch longer and broader than the outgoing model, according.
Dodge extracts two thousand eighteen Durango SRT spectacle SUV
Dodge unveiled its latest high-performance muscle car on Tuesday, February 7, just in time for the two thousand seventeen Chicago Auto Display. The muscle car is actually the two thousand eighteen Durango SRT three-row SUV with a 475-horsepower HEMI V-8 engine. Why make a high-performance family hauler capable of hitting sixty mph in.
Auto display concepts create a whirr
Car companies don't just showcase current models at auto shows. They also unveil prototypes that could be built in the future. These so-called concept cars help them gauge the public's reaction to fresh designs or technology. They can also amp up excitement about a company's future. These are some of.
Detroit auto showcase points industry in conservative direction
The North American International Auto Display in Detroit is arguably the most influential of the world's many auto shows. The two thousand seventeen display, which runs through Sunday, historically features the most world product debuts and is covered by journalists from over sixty countries. It's a barometer measuring the.
Refreshed two thousand eighteen Ford Mustang channels high-performance GT350
The refreshed two thousand eighteen Ford Mustang drops the V-6 engine and adds elements from its track-star sibling, the Shelby GT350. It gets a lowered rubber hood, headlights and fascia like the GT350, with fresh vents and a broader grille. There are twelve wheel options, three fresh colors (including Orange Fury) and the headlights.
2017 BMW five Series gets lighter, smarter, quicker
BMW boasts luxury, power, efficiency and technology in the two thousand seventeen BMW five Series. Weight dropped one hundred thirty seven pounds despite getting an inch longer and slightly broader and taller. The front overhang is shorter, and the standard LED headlight housings are streamlined into the kidney grille. Rear lights spread.
Is Trump steering automakers?
DETROIT — The auto industry's fattest players have gathered at the North American International Auto Showcase, as they do every January, to showcase their latest electrified vehicles, SUVs and pickup trucks. This year, however, the cars varnish over a deepening unease about the industry's standing with.
Toyota steals the showcase with 'sexy' two thousand eighteen Camry
For fifteen years, the Toyota Camry has been the best-selling vehicle in the U.S., excluding pickup trucks. Its reputation as reliable however bland has prompted some critics to deride it as nothing more than an appliance. While consumers don't care much for critics, Toyota President Akio Toyoda pledged.
Toyota Camry over the years
Toyota unveiled the eighth-generation Camry at the Detroit auto display Monday, at a time when car buyers in the U.S. are flocking to SUVs. The Camry has worn the crown as the best-selling vehicle in the U.S., excluding pickups, for fifteen years, suggesting drivers a reliable rail for getting from one place.
Honda launches two thousand eighteen Odyssey minivan with fresh seats, transmission
Honda aims to keep its best-selling minivan at the top amidst strong competition in the limited but loyal minivan market. Honda unveiled the redesigned two thousand eighteen Odyssey at the two thousand seventeen North American International Auto Display in Detroit, hours after the Chrysler Pacifica minivan won two thousand sixteen Family Car of the.
2018 Lexus LS flagship sedan gets sporting redesign
The 5th generation flagship sedan was overdue for a utter redesign, which hadn’t happened since model year 2007. It has a sleek modern look, with a long nose, longer wheelbase, brief front overhangs with broad air intakes, and a lower rail. The rear-wheel-drive platform collective with the gorgeous LC.
2018 Kia Stinger fastback sedan unveiled in Detroit
Kia Stinger is a big risk and a big deal. The five-passenger fastback sports sedan design shoves Kia into luxury sport territory along with the Tesla Model S, Audi RS7, Porsche Panamera and others. Born of the GT Concept luxury fastback unveiled in two thousand eleven and paraded around the U.S in 2014, the.
2018 GMC Terrain gets a acute fresh look
GMC unveiled a new-look Terrain compact crossover on Sunday on the eve of the opening press days at the two thousand seventeen North American International Auto Demonstrate in Detroit. The boxy edges of the outgoing Terrain, which distinguished itself from its platform-mate Chevy Equinox with a design reminiscent of an.
Ford planning thirteen electrified vehicles, including a hybrid F-150 and Mustang
Ford announced plans to build a fresh, fully electrified SUV with a 300-mile range that it will launch in two thousand twenty and a fully autonomous vehicle as part of its sweeping electrification program. The moves are part of a $Four.Five billion investment in electrified vehicles by 2020, part of Ford's expansion to.
Chevy Bolt, BMW M2, Chrysler Pacifica win best of year awards
The end of one thing and the beginning of another is a time for reflection, anticipation and superlatives. That time is now for the auto industry. The newest cars have been road-tested and dealer delivered, just as next year's crop debuts at auto shows. Just like every city has an auto demonstrate, just.
Highlights from the commence of auto showcase season
The crossover craze proceeds to grow and it won't be slowing any time in the near future. Toyota, Ford, Subaru, Jeep and Volkswagen are all displaying fresh crossovers and SUVs at this week's Los Angeles Auto Demonstrate. Even traditional luxury car makers like Jaguar and Alfa Romeo are debuting SUVs at.
2017 Mazda CX-5 thrusts into premium segment
Fully redesigned for 2017, the 2nd generation Mazda CX-5 compact crossover will come with three available SKYACTIV engines, including a Two.2-liter diesel expected in the U.S. later in 2017. Accounting for twenty five percent of global sales, the CX-5 is Mazda's most significant vehicle, and it proceeds.
2018 Alfa Romeo Stelvio spectacle SUV comes to America
The third model in Alfa Romeo's resurgent American lineup is the all-new two thousand eighteen Stelvio sport SUV. Named after the famed Stelvio Pass in the Italian Alps, Stelvio uses a 2-liter turbo four-cylinder engine delivering two hundred eighty horsepower and three hundred six pound-feet of torque. All-wheel drive is standard in the performance-oriented.
2018 Ford EcoSport debuts for American market
Ford made snaps late Monday when it used Snapchat to expose the EcoSport subcompact crossover in advance of the Los Angeles Auto Showcase. The use of Snapchat, a social media messaging app popular with millennials and the subsequent Generation Z, to expose a vehicle was a very first, according to Ford.
Honda exposes very first turbocharged two thousand seventeen CR-V at a produce market
Honda unveiled its redesigned two thousand seventeen Honda CR-V in Detroit last week at a produce market flanked by two truck trailers stacked with hay. Most fresh car exposes occur at press conferences during major auto shows, such as the North American International Auto Showcase in Detroit. Japan's second-largest automaker picked.
Porsche, Land Rover, BMW and Honda launch world debuts
A hot hatch racing to American shores for the very first time, a family-friendly three-row SUV with seats that can be rearranged via wise phone, and an electrical vehicle that promises to keep going for over three hundred miles on a single charge — these are some of the highlights from the ongoing Paris auto showcase.
2017 Jeep Compass to substitute old Compass, Patriot compact crossovers
Jeep exposed that Compass will be the name for the compact Jeep that will substitute the Compass and Patriot crossovers as it celebrated the begin of production at its plant in Pernambuco, Brazil, and released three photos of the vehicle. The pictures display a more aerodynamic design than the outgoing.
Chevy chooses Chicago to launch redesigned two thousand eighteen Equinox crossover
Chevrolet transformed the main floor of the Museum of Science and Industry last night into a showcase for the world debut of the redesigned two thousand eighteen Chevrolet Equinox. The launch coincided with the Autumnal equinox. Very first launched for model year 2005, the third-generation compact crossover has become.
2017 auto display news – Chicago Tribune
Auto Demonstrate
2017 auto display debuts
Automakers spinned out everything from high-performance muscle cars to redesigned best-sellers and all-new plug-in vehicles at the last lap of the major auto display circuit in Fresh York. The two thousand seventeen Fresh York International Auto Showcase officially opens to the public on Friday. Here are some of the buzz-worthy.
Things to do with the family at the two thousand seventeen Chicago Auto Display
For mobsters like Al Capone, who ran the same Chicago streets that visitors will take to the two thousand seventeen Chicago Auto Showcase, car choice had less to do with horsepower and showy design than features like superior braking and running boards. Inject Capone's one thousand nine hundred twenty eight Cadillac sedan. Low-key or flashy, custom-built or.
Sitting in a car used to be so plain, right? Lift the lever and slide the seat back and forward until your gams fit, adjust the rearview mirror and go, go, go. Sure, your back began to hurt or your gams ached, but that's what drive-in restaurants and scenic overlooks were for — a chance to get.
Wednesday, February fifteen is Women's Day at the two thousand seventeen Chicago Auto Demonstrate. In addition to women-oriented programming, tickets for women are $7, instead of $13. Women influence over eighty percent of all fresh car purchases, yet they make up just a little over one-quarter of the automotive industry's workforce.
The 109th Chicago Auto Display takes over McCormick Place for a little more than a week beginning Saturday, Feb. 11. The demonstrate brings almost a 1,000 kinds of vehicles from more than thirty automakers.
Fiat Chrysler Automobiles unveiled a fresh upfitted BraunAbility Pacifica at the two thousand seventeen Chicago Auto Showcase. “The most spacious wheelchair-accessible vehicle in the industry, the BraunAbility Chrysler Pacifica features patent-pending AccessAbility technology, including an aerospace-inspired sliding door.
American muscle or European sports cars of the '60s and '70s are the greatest collector cars right now. Evident qualities that make them desirable are fine design and high horsepower. But which fresh cars will be very valued in thirty years and for what reasons? Walk around the two thousand seventeen Chicago Auto Showcase.
CLASS OF 2018: From all-new two thousand eighteen spectacle crossovers like the Alfa Romeo Stelvio to the first-ever Volkswagen Atlas seven-seat family SUV, not to mention a few sports cars and off-road trucks in inbetween, there is a sturdy market of fresh cars heading to dealer lots this year. For fresh concept vehicles,
CLASS OF 2018: From all-new two thousand eighteen spectacle crossovers like the Alfa Romeo Stelvio to the first-ever Volkswagen Atlas seven-seat family SUV, not to mention a few sports cars and off-road trucks in inbetween, there is a sturdy market of fresh cars heading to dealer lots this year. For fresh concept vehicles.
For mobsters like Al Capone, who ran the same Chicago streets that visitors will take to the two thousand seventeen Chicago Auto Showcase, car choice had less to do with horsepower and showy design than features like superior braking and running boards. Inject Capone's one thousand nine hundred twenty eight Cadillac sedan. Low-key or flashy, custom-built or.
Sitting in a car used to be so plain, right? Lift the lever and slide the seat back and forward until your gams fit, adjust the rearview mirror and go, go, go. Sure, your back began to hurt or your gams ached, but that's what drive-in restaurants and scenic overlooks were for — a chance to get.
Wednesday, February fifteen is Women's Day at the two thousand seventeen Chicago Auto Demonstrate. In addition to women-oriented programming, tickets for women are $7, instead of $13. Women influence over eighty percent of all fresh car purchases, yet they make up just a little over one-quarter of the automotive industry's workforce.
The 109th Chicago Auto Display takes over McCormick Place for a little more than a week beginning Saturday, Feb. 11. The demonstrate brings almost a 1,000 kinds of vehicles from more than thirty automakers.
Fiat Chrysler Automobiles unveiled a fresh upfitted BraunAbility Pacifica at the two thousand seventeen Chicago Auto Showcase. “The most spacious wheelchair-accessible vehicle in the industry, the BraunAbility Chrysler Pacifica features patent-pending AccessAbility technology, including an aerospace-inspired sliding door.
American muscle or European sports cars of the '60s and '70s are the greatest collector cars right now. Evident qualities that make them desirable are fine design and high horsepower. But which fresh cars will be very valued in thirty years and for what reasons? Walk around the two thousand seventeen Chicago Auto Showcase.
CLASS OF 2018: From all-new two thousand eighteen spectacle crossovers like the Alfa Romeo Stelvio to the first-ever Volkswagen Atlas seven-seat family SUV, not to mention a few sports cars and off-road trucks in inbetween, there is a sturdy market of fresh cars heading to dealer lots this year. For fresh concept vehicles,
CLASS OF 2018: From all-new two thousand eighteen spectacle crossovers like the Alfa Romeo Stelvio to the first-ever Volkswagen Atlas seven-seat family SUV, not to mention a few sports cars and off-road trucks in inbetween, there is a sturdy market of fresh cars heading to dealer lots this year. For fresh concept vehicles.
2018 Kia Stinger
Opening weekend of Chicago Auto Showcase brings the crowd, and the swag
In the distance an engine roars and rubber burns. Closer to the entrance the smell of burgers sizzling on the grill and the sounds of carnival barkers charging up a crowd with giveaways and promises commingles with a five-piece funk band with a strong bass riff. Floating in the lights overhead.
2017 Chicago Auto Display opening day
Glances and sounds from the two thousand seventeen Chicago Auto Showcase opening day on Feb. 11, 2017. (Chris Sweda/Chicago Tribune)
Producers of Chicago Auto Demonstrate serve local dealers and communities
Ask most folks what the Chicago Automobile Trade Association does and the quick response is that it sponsors the nation's largest consumer auto demonstrate, the annual Chicago Auto Display. True, and a task it has performed since 1935, but that's only part of the reaction. The CATA is an organization signifying.
Why car years are ahead of time
Automakers use the model year to distinguish fresh vehicles sporting the latest updates in technology, styling, creature comforts and options. But why are fresh models born in the future, with model year two thousand eighteen vehicles introduced in 2016, for example? Finding the response is like finding Waldo. There.
Things to drive at the two thousand seventeen Chicago Auto Showcase
With an estimated 1,000 fresh vehicles spread out over 1.1 million square feet at the two thousand seventeen Chicago Auto Demonstrate, there may be temptation to drive one or a hundred of them. The doors of display floor models may be opened to get a feel behind the wheel, but most of the driving will be reserved for another.
Best fresh cars at the two thousand seventeen Chicago Auto Showcase
Just when it seems like there couldn't be any more crossovers, here come pavement-blistering high spectacle variants capable of hitting sixty mph in Four.Four seconds. Just when it seems like a brand has defined itself, it cracks form and produces a fastback sports sedan. At the 109th installment of the.
Five Chicago Auto Demonstrate extras
The 109th Chicago Auto Showcase takes over McCormick Place for ten days beginning Saturday. The demonstrate brings almost a 1,000 kinds of vehicles from thirty six automakers. Here are five extras you shouldn't miss. (Jemal R. Brinson / Chicago Tribune)
Indoor tracks showcased at the two thousand seventeen Chicago Auto Display
Visitors to the two thousand seventeen Chicago Auto Showcase at McCormick Place have the chance to practice five different vehicles at the demonstrate's indoor tracks. (Jose M. Osorio / Chicago Tribune)
2017 Chicago Auto Showcase
The two thousand seventeen Chicago Auto Showcase held its media preview at McCormick Place on Feb. 9, 2017. The showcase opens to the public Feb. Eleven and runs until Feb. 20, 2017.
Chicago Auto Demonstrate tees up virtual reality and a 'Starlet Wars' SUV
You don't need a license to get behind a wheel or two at the Chicago Auto Showcase — but there's more to do than say “vroom, vroom.” The consumer showcase, running Saturday through Feb. 20, has diversions for those interested in tech, too, with simulators and virtual reality and augmented reality stations.
The best ways to get to the two thousand seventeen Chicago Auto Demonstrate
Traffic, construction, confusing GPS directions from your smartphone? All of these obstacles might be faced when getting to McCormick Place for the two thousand seventeen Chicago Auto Demonstrate, but fear not. Take your time, create a plan and save time, money and aggravation along the way. If you have an iPhone, be wary.
Toyota refreshes two thousand eighteen Tundra and Sequoia with TRD Sport trim
The big dogs in the Toyota lineup get refreshed with modern grooming on the full-size Tundra pickup and full-size Sequoia SUV. Standard equipment on both will include collision avoidance, lane departure alert, adaptive cruise and automatic high bars on the headlights, collectively known as Toyota.
2018 Hyundai Elantra GT hatchback debuts at Chicago Auto Showcase
Hyundai Elantra is one of the best cars on the market for under $20,000, combining useful standard features in a capable rail. The value proposition proceeds with the redesigned Elantra GT hatchback available in two four-cylinder engines, which Hyundai announced on Thursday, February nine at the.
Sounds of the Chicago Auto Demonstrate
The Lexus LC500 Immersive Sonic Practice.
Ten Chicago Auto Display must-see two thousand eighteen models
The 109th Chicago Auto Demonstrate takes over McCormick Place for ten days beginning Saturday. The demonstrate brings almost a 1,000 kinds of vehicles from thirty six automakers. Here's a quick look at ten must-see two thousand eighteen models. (Jemal R. Brinson / Chicago Tribune)
Chicago Auto Showcase history
HISTORY OF THE CHICAGO AUTO Demonstrate: The two thousand seventeen Chicago Auto Demonstrate, the 109th exhibition of the nation's largest and longest running auto display, features over 1,000 vehicles covering over one million square feet, five massive indoor test tracks and outdoor test drives at McCormick Place. It will be held.
2017 Chicago Auto Showcase at a glance
The two thousand seventeen Chicago Auto Showcase marks the 109th installment of the nation's largest and longest running consumer auto demonstrate. Over 1,000 fresh vehicles, including forty debut vehicles, will be on display across one million square feet at McCormick Place, two thousand three hundred one S. King Drive. Indoor Tracks: Rail along with professional.
Ford redesigns two thousand eighteen Expedition full-size SUV
Ford redesigned the Expedition full-size SUV days before the opening of the two thousand seventeen Chicago Auto Demonstrate. With its broad, horizontal mesh grille, it shares more visual traits with Ford's SUV family than the F-150 pickup family. The 8-seater is about an inch longer and broader than the outgoing model, according.
Dodge lets out two thousand eighteen Durango SRT spectacle SUV
Dodge unveiled its latest high-performance muscle car on Tuesday, February 7, just in time for the two thousand seventeen Chicago Auto Showcase. The muscle car is actually the two thousand eighteen Durango SRT three-row SUV with a 475-horsepower HEMI V-8 engine. Why make a high-performance family hauler capable of hitting sixty mph in.
Auto display concepts create a hum
Car companies don't just showcase current models at auto shows. They also unveil prototypes that could be built in the future. These so-called concept cars help them gauge the public's reaction to fresh designs or technology. They can also amp up excitement about a company's future. These are some of.
Detroit auto display points industry in conservative direction
The North American International Auto Showcase in Detroit is arguably the most influential of the world's many auto shows. The two thousand seventeen display, which runs through Sunday, historically features the most world product debuts and is covered by journalists from over sixty countries. It's a barometer measuring the.
Refreshed two thousand eighteen Ford Mustang channels high-performance GT350
The refreshed two thousand eighteen Ford Mustang drops the V-6 engine and adds elements from its track-star sibling, the Shelby GT350. It gets a lowered fetish mask, headlights and fascia like the GT350, with fresh vents and a broader grille. There are twelve wheel options, three fresh colors (including Orange Fury) and the headlights.
2017 BMW five Series gets lighter, smarter, quicker
BMW boasts luxury, power, efficiency and technology in the two thousand seventeen BMW five Series. Weight dropped one hundred thirty seven pounds despite getting an inch longer and slightly broader and taller. The front overhang is shorter, and the standard LED headlight housings are streamlined into the kidney grille. Rear lights open up.
Is Trump steering automakers?
DETROIT — The auto industry's fattest players have gathered at the North American International Auto Display, as they do every January, to showcase their latest electrical vehicles, SUVs and pickup trucks. This year, however, the cars varnish over a deepening unease about the industry's standing with.
Toyota steals the showcase with 'sexy' two thousand eighteen Camry
For fifteen years, the Toyota Camry has been the best-selling vehicle in the U.S., excluding pickup trucks. Its reputation as reliable however bland has prompted some critics to deride it as nothing more than an appliance. While consumers don't care much for critics, Toyota President Akio Toyoda pledged.
Toyota Camry over the years
Toyota unveiled the eighth-generation Camry at the Detroit auto showcase Monday, at a time when car buyers in the U.S. are flocking to SUVs. The Camry has worn the crown as the best-selling vehicle in the U.S., excluding pickups, for fifteen years, suggesting drivers a reliable rail for getting from one place.
Honda launches two thousand eighteen Odyssey minivan with fresh seats, transmission
Honda aims to keep its best-selling minivan at the top amidst strong competition in the limited but loyal minivan market. Honda unveiled the redesigned two thousand eighteen Odyssey at the two thousand seventeen North American International Auto Showcase in Detroit, hours after the Chrysler Pacifica minivan won two thousand sixteen Family Car of the.
2018 Lexus LS flagship sedan gets sporting redesign
The 5th generation flagship sedan was overdue for a utter redesign, which hadn’t happened since model year 2007. It has a sleek modern look, with a long nose, longer wheelbase, brief front overhangs with broad air intakes, and a lower rail. The rear-wheel-drive platform collective with the gorgeous LC.
2018 Kia Stinger fastback sedan unveiled in Detroit
Kia Stinger is a big risk and a big deal. The five-passenger fastback sports sedan design shoves Kia into luxury sport territory along with the Tesla Model S, Audi RS7, Porsche Panamera and others. Born of the GT Concept luxury fastback unveiled in two thousand eleven and paraded around the U.S in 2014, the.
2018 GMC Terrain gets a acute fresh look
GMC unveiled a new-look Terrain compact crossover on Sunday on the eve of the opening press days at the two thousand seventeen North American International Auto Demonstrate in Detroit. The boxy edges of the outgoing Terrain, which distinguished itself from its platform-mate Chevy Equinox with a design reminiscent of an.
Ford planning thirteen electrified vehicles, including a hybrid F-150 and Mustang
Ford announced plans to build a fresh, fully electrical SUV with a 300-mile range that it will launch in two thousand twenty and a fully autonomous vehicle as part of its sweeping electrification program. The moves are part of a $Four.Five billion investment in electrified vehicles by 2020, part of Ford's expansion to.
Chevy Bolt, BMW M2, Chrysler Pacifica win best of year awards
The end of one thing and the beginning of another is a time for reflection, anticipation and superlatives. That time is now for the auto industry. The newest cars have been road-tested and dealer delivered, just as next year's crop debuts at auto shows. Just like every city has an auto showcase, just.
Highlights from the embark of auto display season
The crossover craze proceeds to grow and it won't be slowing any time in the near future. Toyota, Ford, Subaru, Jeep and Volkswagen are all demonstrating fresh crossovers and SUVs at this week's Los Angeles Auto Showcase. Even traditional luxury car makers like Jaguar and Alfa Romeo are debuting SUVs at.
2017 Mazda CX-5 shoves into premium segment
Fully redesigned for 2017, the 2nd generation Mazda CX-5 compact crossover will come with three available SKYACTIV engines, including a Two.2-liter diesel expected in the U.S. later in 2017. Accounting for twenty five percent of global sales, the CX-5 is Mazda's most significant vehicle, and it resumes.
2018 Alfa Romeo Stelvio spectacle SUV comes to America
The third model in Alfa Romeo's resurgent American lineup is the all-new two thousand eighteen Stelvio sport SUV. Named after the famed Stelvio Pass in the Italian Alps, Stelvio uses a 2-liter turbo four-cylinder engine delivering two hundred eighty horsepower and three hundred six pound-feet of torque. All-wheel drive is standard in the performance-oriented.
2018 Ford EcoSport debuts for American market
Ford made snaps late Monday when it used Snapchat to expose the EcoSport subcompact crossover in advance of the Los Angeles Auto Display. The use of Snapchat, a social media messaging app popular with millennials and the subsequent Generation Z, to expose a vehicle was a very first, according to Ford.
Honda exposes very first turbocharged two thousand seventeen CR-V at a produce market
Honda unveiled its redesigned two thousand seventeen Honda CR-V in Detroit last week at a produce market flanked by two truck trailers stacked with hay. Most fresh car exposes occur at press conferences during major auto shows, such as the North American International Auto Display in Detroit. Japan's second-largest automaker picked.
Porsche, Land Rover, BMW and Honda launch world debuts
A hot hatch racing to American shores for the very first time, a family-friendly three-row SUV with seats that can be rearranged via wise phone, and an electrified vehicle that promises to keep going for over three hundred miles on a single charge — these are some of the highlights from the ongoing Paris auto display.
2017 Jeep Compass to substitute old Compass, Patriot compact crossovers
Jeep exposed that Compass will be the name for the compact Jeep that will substitute the Compass and Patriot crossovers as it celebrated the commence of production at its plant in Pernambuco, Brazil, and released three photos of the vehicle. The pictures showcase a more aerodynamic design than the outgoing.
Chevy chooses Chicago to launch redesigned two thousand eighteen Equinox crossover
Chevrolet transformed the main floor of the Museum of Science and Industry last night into a showcase for the world debut of the redesigned two thousand eighteen Chevrolet Equinox. The launch coincided with the Autumnal equinox. Very first launched for model year 2005, the third-generation compact crossover has become.
2017 auto showcase news – Chicago Tribune
Auto Demonstrate
2017 auto showcase debuts
Automakers spinned out everything from high-performance muscle cars to redesigned best-sellers and all-new plug-in vehicles at the last lap of the major auto demonstrate circuit in Fresh York. The two thousand seventeen Fresh York International Auto Display officially opens to the public on Friday. Here are some of the buzz-worthy.
Things to do with the family at the two thousand seventeen Chicago Auto Demonstrate
For mobsters like Al Capone, who ran the same Chicago streets that visitors will take to the two thousand seventeen Chicago Auto Demonstrate, car choice had less to do with horsepower and showy design than features like superior braking and running boards. Inject Capone's one thousand nine hundred twenty eight Cadillac sedan. Low-key or flashy, custom-made or.
Sitting in a car used to be so elementary, right? Lift the lever and slide the seat back and forward until your gams fit, adjust the rearview mirror and go, go, go. Sure, your back commenced to hurt or your gams ached, but that's what drive-in restaurants and scenic overlooks were for — a chance to get.
Wednesday, February fifteen is Women's Day at the two thousand seventeen Chicago Auto Showcase. In addition to women-oriented programming, tickets for women are $7, instead of $13. Women influence over eighty percent of all fresh car purchases, yet they make up just a little over one-quarter of the automotive industry's workforce.
The 109th Chicago Auto Demonstrate takes over McCormick Place for a little more than a week beginning Saturday, Feb. 11. The demonstrate brings almost a 1,000 kinds of vehicles from more than thirty automakers.
Fiat Chrysler Automobiles unveiled a fresh upfitted BraunAbility Pacifica at the two thousand seventeen Chicago Auto Demonstrate. “The most spacious wheelchair-accessible vehicle in the industry, the BraunAbility Chrysler Pacifica features patent-pending AccessAbility technology, including an aerospace-inspired sliding door.
American muscle or European sports cars of the '60s and '70s are the greatest collector cars right now. Visible qualities that make them desirable are excellent design and high horsepower. But which fresh cars will be very valued in thirty years and for what reasons? Walk around the two thousand seventeen Chicago Auto Showcase.
CLASS OF 2018: From all-new two thousand eighteen spectacle crossovers like the Alfa Romeo Stelvio to the first-ever Volkswagen Atlas seven-seat family SUV, not to mention a few sports cars and off-road trucks in inbetween, there is a sturdy market of fresh cars heading to dealer lots this year. For fresh concept vehicles,
CLASS OF 2018: From all-new two thousand eighteen spectacle crossovers like the Alfa Romeo Stelvio to the first-ever Volkswagen Atlas seven-seat family SUV, not to mention a few sports cars and off-road trucks in inbetween, there is a sturdy market of fresh cars heading to dealer lots this year. For fresh concept vehicles.
For mobsters like Al Capone, who ran the same Chicago streets that visitors will take to the two thousand seventeen Chicago Auto Demonstrate, car choice had less to do with horsepower and showy design than features like superior braking and running boards. Inject Capone's one thousand nine hundred twenty eight Cadillac sedan. Low-key or flashy, custom-made or.
Sitting in a car used to be so elementary, right? Lift the lever and slide the seat back and forward until your gams fit, adjust the rearview mirror and go, go, go. Sure, your back commenced to hurt or your gams ached, but that's what drive-in restaurants and scenic overlooks were for — a chance to get.
Wednesday, February fifteen is Women's Day at the two thousand seventeen Chicago Auto Showcase. In addition to women-oriented programming, tickets for women are $7, instead of $13. Women influence over eighty percent of all fresh car purchases, yet they make up just a little over one-quarter of the automotive industry's workforce.
The 109th Chicago Auto Demonstrate takes over McCormick Place for a little more than a week beginning Saturday, Feb. 11. The demonstrate brings almost a 1,000 kinds of vehicles from more than thirty automakers.
Fiat Chrysler Automobiles unveiled a fresh upfitted BraunAbility Pacifica at the two thousand seventeen Chicago Auto Demonstrate. “The most spacious wheelchair-accessible vehicle in the industry, the BraunAbility Chrysler Pacifica features patent-pending AccessAbility technology, including an aerospace-inspired sliding door.
American muscle or European sports cars of the '60s and '70s are the greatest collector cars right now. Visible qualities that make them desirable are excellent design and high horsepower. But which fresh cars will be very valued in thirty years and for what reasons? Walk around the two thousand seventeen Chicago Auto Showcase.
CLASS OF 2018: From all-new two thousand eighteen spectacle crossovers like the Alfa Romeo Stelvio to the first-ever Volkswagen Atlas seven-seat family SUV, not to mention a few sports cars and off-road trucks in inbetween, there is a sturdy market of fresh cars heading to dealer lots this year. For fresh concept vehicles,
CLASS OF 2018: From all-new two thousand eighteen spectacle crossovers like the Alfa Romeo Stelvio to the first-ever Volkswagen Atlas seven-seat family SUV, not to mention a few sports cars and off-road trucks in inbetween, there is a sturdy market of fresh cars heading to dealer lots this year. For fresh concept vehicles.
2018 Kia Stinger
Opening weekend of Chicago Auto Showcase brings the crowd, and the swag
In the distance an engine roars and rubber burns. Closer to the entrance the smell of burgers sizzling on the grill and the sounds of carnival barkers charging up a crowd with giveaways and promises commingles with a five-piece funk band with a strenuous bass riff. Floating in the lights overhead.
2017 Chicago Auto Display opening day
Glances and sounds from the two thousand seventeen Chicago Auto Showcase opening day on Feb. 11, 2017. (Chris Sweda/Chicago Tribune)
Producers of Chicago Auto Showcase serve local dealers and communities
Ask most folks what the Chicago Automobile Trade Association does and the quick response is that it sponsors the nation's largest consumer auto showcase, the annual Chicago Auto Display. True, and a task it has performed since 1935, but that's only part of the reaction. The CATA is an organization indicating.
Why car years are ahead of time
Automakers use the model year to distinguish fresh vehicles sporting the latest updates in technology, styling, creature comforts and options. But why are fresh models born in the future, with model year two thousand eighteen vehicles introduced in 2016, for example? Finding the reaction is like finding Waldo. There.
Things to drive at the two thousand seventeen Chicago Auto Display
With an estimated 1,000 fresh vehicles spread out over 1.1 million square feet at the two thousand seventeen Chicago Auto Demonstrate, there may be temptation to drive one or a hundred of them. The doors of display floor models may be opened to get a feel behind the wheel, but most of the driving will be reserved for another.
Best fresh cars at the two thousand seventeen Chicago Auto Demonstrate
Just when it seems like there couldn't be any more crossovers, here come pavement-blistering high spectacle variants capable of hitting sixty mph in Four.Four seconds. Just when it seems like a brand has defined itself, it cracks form and produces a fastback sports sedan. At the 109th installment of the.
Five Chicago Auto Display extras
The 109th Chicago Auto Display takes over McCormick Place for ten days beginning Saturday. The display brings almost a 1,000 kinds of vehicles from thirty six automakers. Here are five extras you shouldn't miss. (Jemal R. Brinson / Chicago Tribune)
Indoor tracks showcased at the two thousand seventeen Chicago Auto Display
Visitors to the two thousand seventeen Chicago Auto Display at McCormick Place have the chance to practice five different vehicles at the demonstrate's indoor tracks. (Jose M. Osorio / Chicago Tribune)
2017 Chicago Auto Demonstrate
The two thousand seventeen Chicago Auto Showcase held its media preview at McCormick Place on Feb. 9, 2017. The showcase opens to the public Feb. Eleven and runs until Feb. 20, 2017.
Chicago Auto Display tees up virtual reality and a 'Starlet Wars' SUV
You don't need a license to get behind a wheel or two at the Chicago Auto Display — but there's more to do than say “vroom, vroom.” The consumer showcase, running Saturday through Feb. 20, has diversions for those interested in tech, too, with simulators and virtual reality and augmented reality stations.
The best ways to get to the two thousand seventeen Chicago Auto Demonstrate
Traffic, construction, confusing GPS directions from your smartphone? All of these obstacles might be faced when getting to McCormick Place for the two thousand seventeen Chicago Auto Showcase, but fear not. Take your time, create a plan and save time, money and aggravation along the way. If you have an iPhone, be wary.
Toyota refreshes two thousand eighteen Tundra and Sequoia with TRD Sport trim
The big dogs in the Toyota lineup get refreshed with modern grooming on the full-size Tundra pickup and full-size Sequoia SUV. Standard equipment on both will include collision avoidance, lane departure alert, adaptive cruise and automatic high planks on the headlights, collectively known as Toyota.
2018 Hyundai Elantra GT hatchback debuts at Chicago Auto Showcase
Hyundai Elantra is one of the best cars on the market for under $20,000, combining useful standard features in a capable rail. The value proposition proceeds with the redesigned Elantra GT hatchback available in two four-cylinder engines, which Hyundai announced on Thursday, February nine at the.
Sounds of the Chicago Auto Showcase
The Lexus LC500 Immersive Sonic Practice.
Ten Chicago Auto Display must-see two thousand eighteen models
The 109th Chicago Auto Showcase takes over McCormick Place for ten days beginning Saturday. The showcase brings almost a 1,000 kinds of vehicles from thirty six automakers. Here's a quick look at ten must-see two thousand eighteen models. (Jemal R. Brinson / Chicago Tribune)
Chicago Auto Showcase history
HISTORY OF THE CHICAGO AUTO Showcase: The two thousand seventeen Chicago Auto Display, the 109th exhibition of the nation's largest and longest running auto demonstrate, features over 1,000 vehicles covering over one million square feet, five massive indoor test tracks and outdoor test drives at McCormick Place. It will be held.
2017 Chicago Auto Showcase at a glance
The two thousand seventeen Chicago Auto Display marks the 109th installment of the nation's largest and longest running consumer auto display. Over 1,000 fresh vehicles, including forty debut vehicles, will be on display across one million square feet at McCormick Place, two thousand three hundred one S. King Drive. Indoor Tracks: Rail along with professional.
Ford redesigns two thousand eighteen Expedition full-size SUV
Ford redesigned the Expedition full-size SUV days before the opening of the two thousand seventeen Chicago Auto Demonstrate. With its broad, horizontal mesh grille, it shares more visual traits with Ford's SUV family than the F-150 pickup family. The 8-seater is about an inch longer and broader than the outgoing model, according.
Dodge whips out two thousand eighteen Durango SRT spectacle SUV
Dodge unveiled its latest high-performance muscle car on Tuesday, February 7, just in time for the two thousand seventeen Chicago Auto Demonstrate. The muscle car is actually the two thousand eighteen Durango SRT three-row SUV with a 475-horsepower HEMI V-8 engine. Why make a high-performance family hauler capable of hitting sixty mph in.
Auto showcase concepts create a hum
Car companies don't just showcase current models at auto shows. They also unveil prototypes that could be built in the future. These so-called concept cars help them gauge the public's reaction to fresh designs or technology. They can also amp up excitement about a company's future. These are some of.
Detroit auto display points industry in conservative direction
The North American International Auto Demonstrate in Detroit is arguably the most influential of the world's many auto shows. The two thousand seventeen demonstrate, which runs through Sunday, historically features the most world product debuts and is covered by journalists from over sixty countries. It's a barometer measuring the.
Refreshed two thousand eighteen Ford Mustang channels high-performance GT350
The refreshed two thousand eighteen Ford Mustang drops the V-6 engine and adds elements from its track-star sibling, the Shelby GT350. It gets a lowered spandex hood, headlights and fascia like the GT350, with fresh vents and a broader grille. There are twelve wheel options, three fresh colors (including Orange Fury) and the headlights.
2017 BMW five Series gets lighter, smarter, quicker
BMW boasts luxury, power, efficiency and technology in the two thousand seventeen BMW five Series. Weight dropped one hundred thirty seven pounds despite getting an inch longer and slightly broader and taller. The front overhang is shorter, and the standard LED headlight housings are streamlined into the kidney grille. Rear lights spread.
Is Trump steering automakers?
DETROIT — The auto industry's thickest players have gathered at the North American International Auto Showcase, as they do every January, to showcase their latest electrical vehicles, SUVs and pickup trucks. This year, however, the cars varnish over a deepening unease about the industry's standing with.
Toyota steals the display with 'sexy' two thousand eighteen Camry
For fifteen years, the Toyota Camry has been the best-selling vehicle in the U.S., excluding pickup trucks. Its reputation as reliable tho’ bland has prompted some critics to deride it as nothing more than an appliance. While consumers don't care much for critics, Toyota President Akio Toyoda pledged.
Toyota Camry over the years
Toyota unveiled the eighth-generation Camry at the Detroit auto showcase Monday, at a time when car buyers in the U.S. are flocking to SUVs. The Camry has worn the crown as the best-selling vehicle in the U.S., excluding pickups, for fifteen years, suggesting drivers a reliable rail for getting from one place.
Honda launches two thousand eighteen Odyssey minivan with fresh seats, transmission
Honda aims to keep its best-selling minivan at the top amidst strong competition in the limited but loyal minivan market. Honda unveiled the redesigned two thousand eighteen Odyssey at the two thousand seventeen North American International Auto Demonstrate in Detroit, hours after the Chrysler Pacifica minivan won two thousand sixteen Family Car of the.
2018 Lexus LS flagship sedan gets sporting redesign
The 5th generation flagship sedan was overdue for a total redesign, which hadn’t happened since model year 2007. It has a sleek modern look, with a long nose, longer wheelbase, brief front overhangs with broad air intakes, and a lower rail. The rear-wheel-drive platform collective with the gorgeous LC.
2018 Kia Stinger fastback sedan unveiled in Detroit
Kia Stinger is a big risk and a big deal. The five-passenger fastback sports sedan design thrusts Kia into luxury sport territory along with the Tesla Model S, Audi RS7, Porsche Panamera and others. Born of the GT Concept luxury fastback unveiled in two thousand eleven and paraded around the U.S in 2014, the.
2018 GMC Terrain gets a acute fresh look
GMC unveiled a new-look Terrain compact crossover on Sunday on the eve of the opening press days at the two thousand seventeen North American International Auto Display in Detroit. The boxy edges of the outgoing Terrain, which distinguished itself from its platform-mate Chevy Equinox with a design reminiscent of an.
Ford planning thirteen electrified vehicles, including a hybrid F-150 and Mustang
Ford announced plans to build a fresh, fully electrical SUV with a 300-mile range that it will launch in two thousand twenty and a fully autonomous vehicle as part of its sweeping electrification program. The moves are part of a $Four.Five billion investment in electrified vehicles by 2020, part of Ford's expansion to.
Chevy Bolt, BMW M2, Chrysler Pacifica win best of year awards
The end of one thing and the beginning of another is a time for reflection, anticipation and superlatives. That time is now for the auto industry. The newest cars have been road-tested and dealer delivered, just as next year's crop debuts at auto shows. Just like every city has an auto demonstrate, just.
Highlights from the embark of auto demonstrate season
The crossover craze proceeds to grow and it won't be slowing any time in the near future. Toyota, Ford, Subaru, Jeep and Volkswagen are all displaying fresh crossovers and SUVs at this week's Los Angeles Auto Showcase. Even traditional luxury car makers like Jaguar and Alfa Romeo are debuting SUVs at.
2017 Mazda CX-5 shoves into premium segment
Fully redesigned for 2017, the 2nd generation Mazda CX-5 compact crossover will come with three available SKYACTIV engines, including a Two.2-liter diesel expected in the U.S. later in 2017. Accounting for twenty five percent of global sales, the CX-5 is Mazda's most significant vehicle, and it resumes.
2018 Alfa Romeo Stelvio spectacle SUV comes to America
The third model in Alfa Romeo's resurgent American lineup is the all-new two thousand eighteen Stelvio sport SUV. Named after the famed Stelvio Pass in the Italian Alps, Stelvio uses a 2-liter turbo four-cylinder engine delivering two hundred eighty horsepower and three hundred six pound-feet of torque. All-wheel drive is standard in the performance-oriented.
2018 Ford EcoSport debuts for American market
Ford made snaps late Monday when it used Snapchat to expose the EcoSport subcompact crossover in advance of the Los Angeles Auto Showcase. The use of Snapchat, a social media messaging app popular with millennials and the subsequent Generation Z, to expose a vehicle was a very first, according to Ford.
Honda exposes very first turbocharged two thousand seventeen CR-V at a produce market
Honda unveiled its redesigned two thousand seventeen Honda CR-V in Detroit last week at a produce market flanked by two truck trailers stacked with hay. Most fresh car exposes occur at press conferences during major auto shows, such as the North American International Auto Showcase in Detroit. Japan's second-largest automaker picked.
Porsche, Land Rover, BMW and Honda launch world debuts
A hot hatch racing to American shores for the very first time, a family-friendly three-row SUV with seats that can be rearranged via wise phone, and an electrified vehicle that promises to keep going for over three hundred miles on a single charge — these are some of the highlights from the ongoing Paris auto display.
2017 Jeep Compass to substitute old Compass, Patriot compact crossovers
Jeep exposed that Compass will be the name for the compact Jeep that will substitute the Compass and Patriot crossovers as it celebrated the begin of production at its plant in Pernambuco, Brazil, and released three photos of the vehicle. The photos display a more aerodynamic design than the outgoing.
Chevy chooses Chicago to launch redesigned two thousand eighteen Equinox crossover
Chevrolet transformed the main floor of the Museum of Science and Industry last night into a showcase for the world debut of the redesigned two thousand eighteen Chevrolet Equinox. The launch coincided with the Autumnal equinox. Very first launched for model year 2005, the third-generation compact crossover has become.
2017 auto showcase news – Chicago Tribune
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2017 auto demonstrate debuts
Automakers spinned out everything from high-performance muscle cars to redesigned best-sellers and all-new plug-in vehicles at the last lap of the major auto display circuit in Fresh York. The two thousand seventeen Fresh York International Auto Display officially opens to the public on Friday. Here are some of the buzz-worthy.
Things to do with the family at the two thousand seventeen Chicago Auto Display
For mobsters like Al Capone, who ran the same Chicago streets that visitors will take to the two thousand seventeen Chicago Auto Display, car choice had less to do with horsepower and showy design than features like superior braking and running boards. Inject Capone's one thousand nine hundred twenty eight Cadillac sedan. Low-key or flashy, custom-built or.
Sitting in a car used to be so ordinary, right? Lift the lever and slide the seat back and forward until your gams fit, adjust the rearview mirror and go, go, go. Sure, your back began to hurt or your gams ached, but that's what drive-in restaurants and scenic overlooks were for — a chance to get.
Wednesday, February fifteen is Women's Day at the two thousand seventeen Chicago Auto Demonstrate. In addition to women-oriented programming, tickets for women are $7, instead of $13. Women influence over eighty percent of all fresh car purchases, yet they make up just a little over one-quarter of the automotive industry's workforce.
The 109th Chicago Auto Demonstrate takes over McCormick Place for a little more than a week beginning Saturday, Feb. 11. The demonstrate brings almost a 1,000 kinds of vehicles from more than thirty automakers.
Fiat Chrysler Automobiles unveiled a fresh upfitted BraunAbility Pacifica at the two thousand seventeen Chicago Auto Showcase. “The most spacious wheelchair-accessible vehicle in the industry, the BraunAbility Chrysler Pacifica features patent-pending AccessAbility technology, including an aerospace-inspired sliding door.
American muscle or European sports cars of the '60s and '70s are the greatest collector cars right now. Visible qualities that make them desirable are superb design and high horsepower. But which fresh cars will be very valued in thirty years and for what reasons? Walk around the two thousand seventeen Chicago Auto Showcase.
CLASS OF 2018: From all-new two thousand eighteen spectacle crossovers like the Alfa Romeo Stelvio to the first-ever Volkswagen Atlas seven-seat family SUV, not to mention a few sports cars and off-road trucks in inbetween, there is a sturdy market of fresh cars heading to dealer lots this year. For fresh concept vehicles,
CLASS OF 2018: From all-new two thousand eighteen spectacle crossovers like the Alfa Romeo Stelvio to the first-ever Volkswagen Atlas seven-seat family SUV, not to mention a few sports cars and off-road trucks in inbetween, there is a sturdy market of fresh cars heading to dealer lots this year. For fresh concept vehicles.
For mobsters like Al Capone, who ran the same Chicago streets that visitors will take to the two thousand seventeen Chicago Auto Display, car choice had less to do with horsepower and showy design than features like superior braking and running boards. Inject Capone's one thousand nine hundred twenty eight Cadillac sedan. Low-key or flashy, custom-built or.
Sitting in a car used to be so ordinary, right? Lift the lever and slide the seat back and forward until your gams fit, adjust the rearview mirror and go, go, go. Sure, your back began to hurt or your gams ached, but that's what drive-in restaurants and scenic overlooks were for — a chance to get.
Wednesday, February fifteen is Women's Day at the two thousand seventeen Chicago Auto Demonstrate. In addition to women-oriented programming, tickets for women are $7, instead of $13. Women influence over eighty percent of all fresh car purchases, yet they make up just a little over one-quarter of the automotive industry's workforce.
The 109th Chicago Auto Demonstrate takes over McCormick Place for a little more than a week beginning Saturday, Feb. 11. The demonstrate brings almost a 1,000 kinds of vehicles from more than thirty automakers.
Fiat Chrysler Automobiles unveiled a fresh upfitted BraunAbility Pacifica at the two thousand seventeen Chicago Auto Showcase. “The most spacious wheelchair-accessible vehicle in the industry, the BraunAbility Chrysler Pacifica features patent-pending AccessAbility technology, including an aerospace-inspired sliding door.
American muscle or European sports cars of the '60s and '70s are the greatest collector cars right now. Visible qualities that make them desirable are superb design and high horsepower. But which fresh cars will be very valued in thirty years and for what reasons? Walk around the two thousand seventeen Chicago Auto Showcase.
CLASS OF 2018: From all-new two thousand eighteen spectacle crossovers like the Alfa Romeo Stelvio to the first-ever Volkswagen Atlas seven-seat family SUV, not to mention a few sports cars and off-road trucks in inbetween, there is a sturdy market of fresh cars heading to dealer lots this year. For fresh concept vehicles,
CLASS OF 2018: From all-new two thousand eighteen spectacle crossovers like the Alfa Romeo Stelvio to the first-ever Volkswagen Atlas seven-seat family SUV, not to mention a few sports cars and off-road trucks in inbetween, there is a sturdy market of fresh cars heading to dealer lots this year. For fresh concept vehicles.
2018 Kia Stinger
Opening weekend of Chicago Auto Showcase brings the crowd, and the swag
In the distance an engine roars and rubber burns. Closer to the entrance the smell of burgers sizzling on the grill and the sounds of carnival barkers charging up a crowd with giveaways and promises commingles with a five-piece funk band with a strong bass riff. Floating in the lights overhead.
2017 Chicago Auto Display opening day
Glances and sounds from the two thousand seventeen Chicago Auto Demonstrate opening day on Feb. 11, 2017. (Chris Sweda/Chicago Tribune)
Producers of Chicago Auto Showcase serve local dealers and communities
Ask most folks what the Chicago Automobile Trade Association does and the quick response is that it sponsors the nation's largest consumer auto display, the annual Chicago Auto Showcase. True, and a task it has performed since 1935, but that's only part of the response. The CATA is an organization signifying.
Why car years are ahead of time
Automakers use the model year to distinguish fresh vehicles sporting the latest updates in technology, styling, creature comforts and options. But why are fresh models born in the future, with model year two thousand eighteen vehicles introduced in 2016, for example? Finding the response is like finding Waldo. There.
Things to drive at the two thousand seventeen Chicago Auto Showcase
With an estimated 1,000 fresh vehicles spread out over 1.1 million square feet at the two thousand seventeen Chicago Auto Showcase, there may be temptation to drive one or a hundred of them. The doors of demonstrate floor models may be opened to get a feel behind the wheel, but most of the driving will be reserved for another.
Best fresh cars at the two thousand seventeen Chicago Auto Demonstrate
Just when it seems like there couldn't be any more crossovers, here come pavement-blistering high spectacle variants capable of hitting sixty mph in Four.Four seconds. Just when it seems like a brand has defined itself, it violates form and produces a fastback sports sedan. At the 109th installment of the.
Five Chicago Auto Display extras
The 109th Chicago Auto Showcase takes over McCormick Place for ten days beginning Saturday. The display brings almost a 1,000 kinds of vehicles from thirty six automakers. Here are five extras you shouldn't miss. (Jemal R. Brinson / Chicago Tribune)
Indoor tracks showcased at the two thousand seventeen Chicago Auto Demonstrate
Visitors to the two thousand seventeen Chicago Auto Showcase at McCormick Place have the chance to practice five different vehicles at the showcase's indoor tracks. (Jose M. Osorio / Chicago Tribune)
2017 Chicago Auto Showcase
The two thousand seventeen Chicago Auto Showcase held its media preview at McCormick Place on Feb. 9, 2017. The demonstrate opens to the public Feb. Eleven and runs until Feb. 20, 2017.
Chicago Auto Showcase tees up virtual reality and a 'Starlet Wars' SUV
You don't need a license to get behind a wheel or two at the Chicago Auto Demonstrate — but there's more to do than say “vroom, vroom.” The consumer showcase, running Saturday through Feb. 20, has diversions for those interested in tech, too, with simulators and virtual reality and augmented reality stations.
The best ways to get to the two thousand seventeen Chicago Auto Display
Traffic, construction, confusing GPS directions from your smartphone? All of these obstacles might be faced when getting to McCormick Place for the two thousand seventeen Chicago Auto Demonstrate, but fear not. Take your time, create a plan and save time, money and aggravation along the way. If you have an iPhone, be wary.
Toyota refreshes two thousand eighteen Tundra and Sequoia with TRD Sport trim
The big dogs in the Toyota lineup get refreshed with modern grooming on the full-size Tundra pickup and full-size Sequoia SUV. Standard equipment on both will include collision avoidance, lane departure alert, adaptive cruise and automatic high bars on the headlights, collectively known as Toyota.
2018 Hyundai Elantra GT hatchback debuts at Chicago Auto Showcase
Hyundai Elantra is one of the best cars on the market for under $20,000, combining useful standard features in a capable rail. The value proposition proceeds with the redesigned Elantra GT hatchback available in two four-cylinder engines, which Hyundai announced on Thursday, February nine at the.
Sounds of the Chicago Auto Display
The Lexus LC500 Immersive Sonic Practice.
Ten Chicago Auto Display must-see two thousand eighteen models
The 109th Chicago Auto Display takes over McCormick Place for ten days beginning Saturday. The showcase brings almost a 1,000 kinds of vehicles from thirty six automakers. Here's a quick look at ten must-see two thousand eighteen models. (Jemal R. Brinson / Chicago Tribune)
Chicago Auto Showcase history
HISTORY OF THE CHICAGO AUTO Display: The two thousand seventeen Chicago Auto Display, the 109th exhibition of the nation's largest and longest running auto demonstrate, features over 1,000 vehicles covering over one million square feet, five massive indoor test tracks and outdoor test drives at McCormick Place. It will be held.
2017 Chicago Auto Display at a glance
The two thousand seventeen Chicago Auto Demonstrate marks the 109th installment of the nation's largest and longest running consumer auto showcase. Over 1,000 fresh vehicles, including forty debut vehicles, will be on display across one million square feet at McCormick Place, two thousand three hundred one S. King Drive. Indoor Tracks: Rail along with professional.
Ford redesigns two thousand eighteen Expedition full-size SUV
Ford redesigned the Expedition full-size SUV days before the opening of the two thousand seventeen Chicago Auto Display. With its broad, horizontal mesh grille, it shares more visual traits with Ford's SUV family than the F-150 pickup family. The 8-seater is about an inch longer and broader than the outgoing model, according.
Dodge whips out two thousand eighteen Durango SRT spectacle SUV
Dodge unveiled its latest high-performance muscle car on Tuesday, February 7, just in time for the two thousand seventeen Chicago Auto Demonstrate. The muscle car is actually the two thousand eighteen Durango SRT three-row SUV with a 475-horsepower HEMI V-8 engine. Why make a high-performance family hauler capable of hitting sixty mph in.
Auto display concepts create a whirr
Car companies don't just display current models at auto shows. They also unveil prototypes that could be built in the future. These so-called concept cars help them gauge the public's reaction to fresh designs or technology. They can also amp up excitement about a company's future. These are some of.
Detroit auto demonstrate points industry in conservative direction
The North American International Auto Display in Detroit is arguably the most influential of the world's many auto shows. The two thousand seventeen demonstrate, which runs through Sunday, historically features the most world product debuts and is covered by journalists from over sixty countries. It's a barometer measuring the.
Refreshed two thousand eighteen Ford Mustang channels high-performance GT350
The refreshed two thousand eighteen Ford Mustang drops the V-6 engine and adds elements from its track-star sibling, the Shelby GT350. It gets a lowered bondage mask, headlights and fascia like the GT350, with fresh vents and a broader grille. There are twelve wheel options, three fresh colors (including Orange Fury) and the headlights.
2017 BMW five Series gets lighter, smarter, swifter
BMW boasts luxury, power, efficiency and technology in the two thousand seventeen BMW five Series. Weight dropped one hundred thirty seven pounds despite getting an inch longer and slightly broader and taller. The front overhang is shorter, and the standard LED headlight housings are streamlined into the kidney grille. Rear lights open up.
Is Trump steering automakers?
DETROIT — The auto industry's thickest players have gathered at the North American International Auto Display, as they do every January, to showcase their latest electrified vehicles, SUVs and pickup trucks. This year, however, the cars varnish over a deepening unease about the industry's standing with.
Toyota steals the demonstrate with 'sexy' two thousand eighteen Camry
For fifteen years, the Toyota Camry has been the best-selling vehicle in the U.S., excluding pickup trucks. Its reputation as reliable however bland has prompted some critics to deride it as nothing more than an appliance. While consumers don't care much for critics, Toyota President Akio Toyoda pledged.
Toyota Camry over the years
Toyota unveiled the eighth-generation Camry at the Detroit auto demonstrate Monday, at a time when car buyers in the U.S. are flocking to SUVs. The Camry has worn the crown as the best-selling vehicle in the U.S., excluding pickups, for fifteen years, suggesting drivers a reliable rail for getting from one place.
Honda launches two thousand eighteen Odyssey minivan with fresh seats, transmission
Honda aims to keep its best-selling minivan at the top amidst strong competition in the limited but loyal minivan market. Honda unveiled the redesigned two thousand eighteen Odyssey at the two thousand seventeen North American International Auto Showcase in Detroit, hours after the Chrysler Pacifica minivan won two thousand sixteen Family Car of the.
2018 Lexus LS flagship sedan gets sporting redesign
The 5th generation flagship sedan was overdue for a utter redesign, which hadn’t happened since model year 2007. It has a sleek modern look, with a long nose, longer wheelbase, brief front overhangs with broad air intakes, and a lower rail. The rear-wheel-drive platform collective with the gorgeous LC.
2018 Kia Stinger fastback sedan unveiled in Detroit
Kia Stinger is a big risk and a big deal. The five-passenger fastback sports sedan design thrusts Kia into luxury sport territory along with the Tesla Model S, Audi RS7, Porsche Panamera and others. Born of the GT Concept luxury fastback unveiled in two thousand eleven and paraded around the U.S in 2014, the.
2018 GMC Terrain gets a acute fresh look
GMC unveiled a new-look Terrain compact crossover on Sunday on the eve of the opening press days at the two thousand seventeen North American International Auto Demonstrate in Detroit. The boxy edges of the outgoing Terrain, which distinguished itself from its platform-mate Chevy Equinox with a design reminiscent of an.
Ford planning thirteen electrified vehicles, including a hybrid F-150 and Mustang
Ford announced plans to build a fresh, fully electrical SUV with a 300-mile range that it will launch in two thousand twenty and a fully autonomous vehicle as part of its sweeping electrification program. The moves are part of a $Four.Five billion investment in electrified vehicles by 2020, part of Ford's expansion to.
Chevy Bolt, BMW M2, Chrysler Pacifica win best of year awards
The end of one thing and the beginning of another is a time for reflection, anticipation and superlatives. That time is now for the auto industry. The newest cars have been road-tested and dealer delivered, just as next year's crop debuts at auto shows. Just like every city has an auto demonstrate, just.
Highlights from the embark of auto demonstrate season
The crossover craze resumes to grow and it won't be slowing any time in the near future. Toyota, Ford, Subaru, Jeep and Volkswagen are all showcasing fresh crossovers and SUVs at this week's Los Angeles Auto Showcase. Even traditional luxury car makers like Jaguar and Alfa Romeo are debuting SUVs at.
2017 Mazda CX-5 shoves into premium segment
Fully redesigned for 2017, the 2nd generation Mazda CX-5 compact crossover will come with three available SKYACTIV engines, including a Two.2-liter diesel expected in the U.S. later in 2017. Accounting for twenty five percent of global sales, the CX-5 is Mazda's most significant vehicle, and it resumes.
2018 Alfa Romeo Stelvio spectacle SUV comes to America
The third model in Alfa Romeo's resurgent American lineup is the all-new two thousand eighteen Stelvio sport SUV. Named after the famed Stelvio Pass in the Italian Alps, Stelvio uses a 2-liter turbo four-cylinder engine delivering two hundred eighty horsepower and three hundred six pound-feet of torque. All-wheel drive is standard in the performance-oriented.
2018 Ford EcoSport debuts for American market
Ford made snaps late Monday when it used Snapchat to expose the EcoSport subcompact crossover in advance of the Los Angeles Auto Demonstrate. The use of Snapchat, a social media messaging app popular with millennials and the subsequent Generation Z, to expose a vehicle was a very first, according to Ford.
Honda exposes very first turbocharged two thousand seventeen CR-V at a produce market
Honda unveiled its redesigned two thousand seventeen Honda CR-V in Detroit last week at a produce market flanked by two truck trailers stacked with hay. Most fresh car exposes occur at press conferences during major auto shows, such as the North American International Auto Display in Detroit. Japan's second-largest automaker picked.
Porsche, Land Rover, BMW and Honda launch world debuts
A hot hatch racing to American shores for the very first time, a family-friendly three-row SUV with seats that can be rearranged via brainy phone, and an electrical vehicle that promises to keep going for over three hundred miles on a single charge — these are some of the highlights from the ongoing Paris auto display.
2017 Jeep Compass to substitute old Compass, Patriot compact crossovers
Jeep exposed that Compass will be the name for the compact Jeep that will substitute the Compass and Patriot crossovers as it celebrated the begin of production at its plant in Pernambuco, Brazil, and released three photos of the vehicle. The photos showcase a more aerodynamic design than the outgoing.
Chevy chooses Chicago to launch redesigned two thousand eighteen Equinox crossover
Chevrolet transformed the main floor of the Museum of Science and Industry last night into a showcase for the world debut of the redesigned two thousand eighteen Chevrolet Equinox. The launch coincided with the Autumnal equinox. Very first launched for model year 2005, the third-generation compact crossover has become.
2017 auto showcase news – Chicago Tribune
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2017 auto demonstrate debuts
Automakers spinned out everything from high-performance muscle cars to redesigned best-sellers and all-new plug-in vehicles at the last lap of the major auto demonstrate circuit in Fresh York. The two thousand seventeen Fresh York International Auto Demonstrate officially opens to the public on Friday. Here are some of the buzz-worthy.
Things to do with the family at the two thousand seventeen Chicago Auto Demonstrate
For mobsters like Al Capone, who ran the same Chicago streets that visitors will take to the two thousand seventeen Chicago Auto Display, car choice had less to do with horsepower and showy design than features like superior braking and running boards. Inject Capone's one thousand nine hundred twenty eight Cadillac sedan. Low-key or flashy, custom-made or.
Sitting in a car used to be so ordinary, right? Lift the lever and slide the seat back and forward until your gams fit, adjust the rearview mirror and go, go, go. Sure, your back began to hurt or your gams ached, but that's what drive-in restaurants and scenic overlooks were for — a chance to get.
Wednesday, February fifteen is Women's Day at the two thousand seventeen Chicago Auto Demonstrate. In addition to women-oriented programming, tickets for women are $7, instead of $13. Women influence over eighty percent of all fresh car purchases, yet they make up just a little over one-quarter of the automotive industry's workforce.
The 109th Chicago Auto Showcase takes over McCormick Place for a little more than a week beginning Saturday, Feb. 11. The demonstrate brings almost a 1,000 kinds of vehicles from more than thirty automakers.
Fiat Chrysler Automobiles unveiled a fresh upfitted BraunAbility Pacifica at the two thousand seventeen Chicago Auto Showcase. “The most spacious wheelchair-accessible vehicle in the industry, the BraunAbility Chrysler Pacifica features patent-pending AccessAbility technology, including an aerospace-inspired sliding door.
American muscle or European sports cars of the '60s and '70s are the best collector cars right now. Evident qualities that make them desirable are excellent design and high horsepower. But which fresh cars will be very valued in thirty years and for what reasons? Walk around the two thousand seventeen Chicago Auto Showcase.
CLASS OF 2018: From all-new two thousand eighteen spectacle crossovers like the Alfa Romeo Stelvio to the first-ever Volkswagen Atlas seven-seat family SUV, not to mention a few sports cars and off-road trucks in inbetween, there is a sturdy market of fresh cars heading to dealer lots this year. For fresh concept vehicles,
CLASS OF 2018: From all-new two thousand eighteen spectacle crossovers like the Alfa Romeo Stelvio to the first-ever Volkswagen Atlas seven-seat family SUV, not to mention a few sports cars and off-road trucks in inbetween, there is a sturdy market of fresh cars heading to dealer lots this year. For fresh concept vehicles.
For mobsters like Al Capone, who ran the same Chicago streets that visitors will take to the two thousand seventeen Chicago Auto Display, car choice had less to do with horsepower and showy design than features like superior braking and running boards. Inject Capone's one thousand nine hundred twenty eight Cadillac sedan. Low-key or flashy, custom-made or.
Sitting in a car used to be so ordinary, right? Lift the lever and slide the seat back and forward until your gams fit, adjust the rearview mirror and go, go, go. Sure, your back began to hurt or your gams ached, but that's what drive-in restaurants and scenic overlooks were for — a chance to get.
Wednesday, February fifteen is Women's Day at the two thousand seventeen Chicago Auto Demonstrate. In addition to women-oriented programming, tickets for women are $7, instead of $13. Women influence over eighty percent of all fresh car purchases, yet they make up just a little over one-quarter of the automotive industry's workforce.
The 109th Chicago Auto Showcase takes over McCormick Place for a little more than a week beginning Saturday, Feb. 11. The demonstrate brings almost a 1,000 kinds of vehicles from more than thirty automakers.
Fiat Chrysler Automobiles unveiled a fresh upfitted BraunAbility Pacifica at the two thousand seventeen Chicago Auto Showcase. “The most spacious wheelchair-accessible vehicle in the industry, the BraunAbility Chrysler Pacifica features patent-pending AccessAbility technology, including an aerospace-inspired sliding door.
American muscle or European sports cars of the '60s and '70s are the best collector cars right now. Evident qualities that make them desirable are excellent design and high horsepower. But which fresh cars will be very valued in thirty years and for what reasons? Walk around the two thousand seventeen Chicago Auto Showcase.
CLASS OF 2018: From all-new two thousand eighteen spectacle crossovers like the Alfa Romeo Stelvio to the first-ever Volkswagen Atlas seven-seat family SUV, not to mention a few sports cars and off-road trucks in inbetween, there is a sturdy market of fresh cars heading to dealer lots this year. For fresh concept vehicles,
CLASS OF 2018: From all-new two thousand eighteen spectacle crossovers like the Alfa Romeo Stelvio to the first-ever Volkswagen Atlas seven-seat family SUV, not to mention a few sports cars and off-road trucks in inbetween, there is a sturdy market of fresh cars heading to dealer lots this year. For fresh concept vehicles.
2018 Kia Stinger
Opening weekend of Chicago Auto Display brings the crowd, and the swag
In the distance an engine roars and rubber burns. Closer to the entrance the smell of burgers sizzling on the grill and the sounds of carnival barkers charging up a crowd with giveaways and promises commingles with a five-piece funk band with a intense bass riff. Floating in the lights overhead.
2017 Chicago Auto Showcase opening day
Glances and sounds from the two thousand seventeen Chicago Auto Demonstrate opening day on Feb. 11, 2017. (Chris Sweda/Chicago Tribune)
Producers of Chicago Auto Showcase serve local dealers and communities
Ask most folks what the Chicago Automobile Trade Association does and the quick response is that it sponsors the nation's largest consumer auto display, the annual Chicago Auto Display. True, and a task it has performed since 1935, but that's only part of the reaction. The CATA is an organization indicating.
Why car years are ahead of time
Automakers use the model year to distinguish fresh vehicles sporting the latest updates in technology, styling, creature comforts and options. But why are fresh models born in the future, with model year two thousand eighteen vehicles introduced in 2016, for example? Finding the response is like finding Waldo. There.
Things to drive at the two thousand seventeen Chicago Auto Display
With an estimated 1,000 fresh vehicles spread out over 1.1 million square feet at the two thousand seventeen Chicago Auto Display, there may be temptation to drive one or a hundred of them. The doors of display floor models may be opened to get a feel behind the wheel, but most of the driving will be reserved for another.
Best fresh cars at the two thousand seventeen Chicago Auto Showcase
Just when it seems like there couldn't be any more crossovers, here come pavement-blistering high spectacle variants capable of hitting sixty mph in Four.Four seconds. Just when it seems like a brand has defined itself, it violates form and produces a fastback sports sedan. At the 109th installment of the.
Five Chicago Auto Display extras
The 109th Chicago Auto Demonstrate takes over McCormick Place for ten days beginning Saturday. The display brings almost a 1,000 kinds of vehicles from thirty six automakers. Here are five extras you shouldn't miss. (Jemal R. Brinson / Chicago Tribune)
Indoor tracks showcased at the two thousand seventeen Chicago Auto Display
Visitors to the two thousand seventeen Chicago Auto Showcase at McCormick Place have the chance to practice five different vehicles at the showcase's indoor tracks. (Jose M. Osorio / Chicago Tribune)
2017 Chicago Auto Demonstrate
The two thousand seventeen Chicago Auto Display held its media preview at McCormick Place on Feb. 9, 2017. The display opens to the public Feb. Eleven and runs until Feb. 20, 2017.
Chicago Auto Showcase tees up virtual reality and a 'Starlet Wars' SUV
You don't need a license to get behind a wheel or two at the Chicago Auto Showcase — but there's more to do than say “vroom, vroom.” The consumer demonstrate, running Saturday through Feb. 20, has diversions for those interested in tech, too, with simulators and virtual reality and augmented reality stations.
The best ways to get to the two thousand seventeen Chicago Auto Demonstrate
Traffic, construction, confusing GPS directions from your smartphone? All of these obstacles might be faced when getting to McCormick Place for the two thousand seventeen Chicago Auto Display, but fear not. Take your time, create a plan and save time, money and aggravation along the way. If you have an iPhone, be wary.
Toyota refreshes two thousand eighteen Tundra and Sequoia with TRD Sport trim
The big dogs in the Toyota lineup get refreshed with modern grooming on the full-size Tundra pickup and full-size Sequoia SUV. Standard equipment on both will include collision avoidance, lane departure alert, adaptive cruise and automatic high planks on the headlights, collectively known as Toyota.
2018 Hyundai Elantra GT hatchback debuts at Chicago Auto Showcase
Hyundai Elantra is one of the best cars on the market for under $20,000, combining useful standard features in a capable rail. The value proposition proceeds with the redesigned Elantra GT hatchback available in two four-cylinder engines, which Hyundai announced on Thursday, February nine at the.
Sounds of the Chicago Auto Showcase
The Lexus LC500 Immersive Sonic Practice.
Ten Chicago Auto Showcase must-see two thousand eighteen models
The 109th Chicago Auto Demonstrate takes over McCormick Place for ten days beginning Saturday. The display brings almost a 1,000 kinds of vehicles from thirty six automakers. Here's a quick look at ten must-see two thousand eighteen models. (Jemal R. Brinson / Chicago Tribune)
Chicago Auto Demonstrate history
HISTORY OF THE CHICAGO AUTO Showcase: The two thousand seventeen Chicago Auto Showcase, the 109th exhibition of the nation's largest and longest running auto showcase, features over 1,000 vehicles covering over one million square feet, five massive indoor test tracks and outdoor test drives at McCormick Place. It will be held.
2017 Chicago Auto Demonstrate at a glance
The two thousand seventeen Chicago Auto Display marks the 109th installment of the nation's largest and longest running consumer auto demonstrate. Over 1,000 fresh vehicles, including forty debut vehicles, will be on display across one million square feet at McCormick Place, two thousand three hundred one S. King Drive. Indoor Tracks: Rail along with professional.
Ford redesigns two thousand eighteen Expedition full-size SUV
Ford redesigned the Expedition full-size SUV days before the opening of the two thousand seventeen Chicago Auto Showcase. With its broad, horizontal mesh grille, it shares more visual traits with Ford's SUV family than the F-150 pickup family. The 8-seater is about an inch longer and broader than the outgoing model, according.
Dodge pulls out two thousand eighteen Durango SRT spectacle SUV
Dodge unveiled its latest high-performance muscle car on Tuesday, February 7, just in time for the two thousand seventeen Chicago Auto Demonstrate. The muscle car is actually the two thousand eighteen Durango SRT three-row SUV with a 475-horsepower HEMI V-8 engine. Why make a high-performance family hauler capable of hitting sixty mph in.
Auto display concepts create a whirr
Car companies don't just demonstrate current models at auto shows. They also unveil prototypes that could be built in the future. These so-called concept cars help them gauge the public's reaction to fresh designs or technology. They can also amp up excitement about a company's future. These are some of.
Detroit auto display points industry in conservative direction
The North American International Auto Demonstrate in Detroit is arguably the most influential of the world's many auto shows. The two thousand seventeen demonstrate, which runs through Sunday, historically features the most world product debuts and is covered by journalists from over sixty countries. It's a barometer measuring the.
Refreshed two thousand eighteen Ford Mustang channels high-performance GT350
The refreshed two thousand eighteen Ford Mustang drops the V-6 engine and adds elements from its track-star sibling, the Shelby GT350. It gets a lowered rubber hood, headlights and fascia like the GT350, with fresh vents and a broader grille. There are twelve wheel options, three fresh colors (including Orange Fury) and the headlights.
2017 BMW five Series gets lighter, smarter, quicker
BMW boasts luxury, power, efficiency and technology in the two thousand seventeen BMW five Series. Weight dropped one hundred thirty seven pounds despite getting an inch longer and slightly broader and taller. The front overhang is shorter, and the standard LED headlight housings are streamlined into the kidney grille. Rear lights spread.
Is Trump steering automakers?
DETROIT — The auto industry's fattest players have gathered at the North American International Auto Demonstrate, as they do every January, to showcase their latest electrical vehicles, SUVs and pickup trucks. This year, however, the cars varnish over a deepening unease about the industry's standing with.
Toyota steals the demonstrate with 'sexy' two thousand eighteen Camry
For fifteen years, the Toyota Camry has been the best-selling vehicle in the U.S., excluding pickup trucks. Its reputation as reliable however bland has prompted some critics to deride it as nothing more than an appliance. While consumers don't care much for critics, Toyota President Akio Toyoda pledged.
Toyota Camry over the years
Toyota unveiled the eighth-generation Camry at the Detroit auto showcase Monday, at a time when car buyers in the U.S. are flocking to SUVs. The Camry has worn the crown as the best-selling vehicle in the U.S., excluding pickups, for fifteen years, suggesting drivers a reliable rail for getting from one place.
Honda launches two thousand eighteen Odyssey minivan with fresh seats, transmission
Honda aims to keep its best-selling minivan at the top amidst strong competition in the limited but loyal minivan market. Honda unveiled the redesigned two thousand eighteen Odyssey at the two thousand seventeen North American International Auto Display in Detroit, hours after the Chrysler Pacifica minivan won two thousand sixteen Family Car of the.
2018 Lexus LS flagship sedan gets sporting redesign
The 5th generation flagship sedan was overdue for a utter redesign, which hadn’t happened since model year 2007. It has a sleek modern look, with a long nose, longer wheelbase, brief front overhangs with broad air intakes, and a lower rail. The rear-wheel-drive platform collective with the gorgeous LC.
2018 Kia Stinger fastback sedan unveiled in Detroit
Kia Stinger is a big risk and a big deal. The five-passenger fastback sports sedan design thrusts Kia into luxury sport territory along with the Tesla Model S, Audi RS7, Porsche Panamera and others. Born of the GT Concept luxury fastback unveiled in two thousand eleven and paraded around the U.S in 2014, the.
2018 GMC Terrain gets a acute fresh look
GMC unveiled a new-look Terrain compact crossover on Sunday on the eve of the opening press days at the two thousand seventeen North American International Auto Showcase in Detroit. The boxy edges of the outgoing Terrain, which distinguished itself from its platform-mate Chevy Equinox with a design reminiscent of an.
Ford planning thirteen electrified vehicles, including a hybrid F-150 and Mustang
Ford announced plans to build a fresh, fully electrical SUV with a 300-mile range that it will launch in two thousand twenty and a fully autonomous vehicle as part of its sweeping electrification program. The moves are part of a $Four.Five billion investment in electrified vehicles by 2020, part of Ford's expansion to.
Chevy Bolt, BMW M2, Chrysler Pacifica win best of year awards
The end of one thing and the beginning of another is a time for reflection, anticipation and superlatives. That time is now for the auto industry. The newest cars have been road-tested and dealer delivered, just as next year's crop debuts at auto shows. Just like every city has an auto showcase, just.
Highlights from the commence of auto demonstrate season
The crossover craze resumes to grow and it won't be slowing any time in the near future. Toyota, Ford, Subaru, Jeep and Volkswagen are all showcasing fresh crossovers and SUVs at this week's Los Angeles Auto Showcase. Even traditional luxury car makers like Jaguar and Alfa Romeo are debuting SUVs at.
2017 Mazda CX-5 shoves into premium segment
Fully redesigned for 2017, the 2nd generation Mazda CX-5 compact crossover will come with three available SKYACTIV engines, including a Two.2-liter diesel expected in the U.S. later in 2017. Accounting for twenty five percent of global sales, the CX-5 is Mazda's most significant vehicle, and it resumes.
2018 Alfa Romeo Stelvio spectacle SUV comes to America
The third model in Alfa Romeo's resurgent American lineup is the all-new two thousand eighteen Stelvio sport SUV. Named after the famed Stelvio Pass in the Italian Alps, Stelvio uses a 2-liter turbo four-cylinder engine delivering two hundred eighty horsepower and three hundred six pound-feet of torque. All-wheel drive is standard in the performance-oriented.
2018 Ford EcoSport debuts for American market
Ford made snaps late Monday when it used Snapchat to expose the EcoSport subcompact crossover in advance of the Los Angeles Auto Display. The use of Snapchat, a social media messaging app popular with millennials and the subsequent Generation Z, to expose a vehicle was a very first, according to Ford.
Honda exposes very first turbocharged two thousand seventeen CR-V at a produce market
Honda unveiled its redesigned two thousand seventeen Honda CR-V in Detroit last week at a produce market flanked by two truck trailers stacked with hay. Most fresh car exposes occur at press conferences during major auto shows, such as the North American International Auto Display in Detroit. Japan's second-largest automaker picked.
Porsche, Land Rover, BMW and Honda launch world debuts
A hot hatch racing to American shores for the very first time, a family-friendly three-row SUV with seats that can be rearranged via wise phone, and an electrical vehicle that promises to keep going for over three hundred miles on a single charge — these are some of the highlights from the ongoing Paris auto display.
2017 Jeep Compass to substitute old Compass, Patriot compact crossovers
Jeep exposed that Compass will be the name for the compact Jeep that will substitute the Compass and Patriot crossovers as it celebrated the begin of production at its plant in Pernambuco, Brazil, and released three pics of the vehicle. The photos showcase a more aerodynamic design than the outgoing.
Chevy chooses Chicago to launch redesigned two thousand eighteen Equinox crossover
Chevrolet transformed the main floor of the Museum of Science and Industry last night into a showcase for the world debut of the redesigned two thousand eighteen Chevrolet Equinox. The launch coincided with the Autumnal equinox. Very first launched for model year 2005, the third-generation compact crossover has become.
2017 auto display news – Chicago Tribune
Auto Demonstrate
2017 auto demonstrate debuts
Automakers spinned out everything from high-performance muscle cars to redesigned best-sellers and all-new plug-in vehicles at the last lap of the major auto display circuit in Fresh York. The two thousand seventeen Fresh York International Auto Display officially opens to the public on Friday. Here are some of the buzz-worthy.
Things to do with the family at the two thousand seventeen Chicago Auto Showcase
For mobsters like Al Capone, who ran the same Chicago streets that visitors will take to the two thousand seventeen Chicago Auto Demonstrate, car choice had less to do with horsepower and showy design than features like superior braking and running boards. Inject Capone's one thousand nine hundred twenty eight Cadillac sedan. Low-key or flashy, custom-built or.
Sitting in a car used to be so ordinary, right? Lift the lever and slide the seat back and forward until your gams fit, adjust the rearview mirror and go, go, go. Sure, your back commenced to hurt or your gams ached, but that's what drive-in restaurants and scenic overlooks were for — a chance to get.
Wednesday, February fifteen is Women's Day at the two thousand seventeen Chicago Auto Showcase. In addition to women-oriented programming, tickets for women are $7, instead of $13. Women influence over eighty percent of all fresh car purchases, yet they make up just a little over one-quarter of the automotive industry's workforce.
The 109th Chicago Auto Showcase takes over McCormick Place for a little more than a week beginning Saturday, Feb. 11. The display brings almost a 1,000 kinds of vehicles from more than thirty automakers.
Fiat Chrysler Automobiles unveiled a fresh upfitted BraunAbility Pacifica at the two thousand seventeen Chicago Auto Demonstrate. “The most spacious wheelchair-accessible vehicle in the industry, the BraunAbility Chrysler Pacifica features patent-pending AccessAbility technology, including an aerospace-inspired sliding door.
American muscle or European sports cars of the '60s and '70s are the best collector cars right now. Visible qualities that make them desirable are good design and high horsepower. But which fresh cars will be very valued in thirty years and for what reasons? Walk around the two thousand seventeen Chicago Auto Display.
CLASS OF 2018: From all-new two thousand eighteen spectacle crossovers like the Alfa Romeo Stelvio to the first-ever Volkswagen Atlas seven-seat family SUV, not to mention a few sports cars and off-road trucks in inbetween, there is a sturdy market of fresh cars heading to dealer lots this year. For fresh concept vehicles,
CLASS OF 2018: From all-new two thousand eighteen spectacle crossovers like the Alfa Romeo Stelvio to the first-ever Volkswagen Atlas seven-seat family SUV, not to mention a few sports cars and off-road trucks in inbetween, there is a sturdy market of fresh cars heading to dealer lots this year. For fresh concept vehicles.
For mobsters like Al Capone, who ran the same Chicago streets that visitors will take to the two thousand seventeen Chicago Auto Demonstrate, car choice had less to do with horsepower and showy design than features like superior braking and running boards. Inject Capone's one thousand nine hundred twenty eight Cadillac sedan. Low-key or flashy, custom-built or.
Sitting in a car used to be so ordinary, right? Lift the lever and slide the seat back and forward until your gams fit, adjust the rearview mirror and go, go, go. Sure, your back commenced to hurt or your gams ached, but that's what drive-in restaurants and scenic overlooks were for — a chance to get.
Wednesday, February fifteen is Women's Day at the two thousand seventeen Chicago Auto Showcase. In addition to women-oriented programming, tickets for women are $7, instead of $13. Women influence over eighty percent of all fresh car purchases, yet they make up just a little over one-quarter of the automotive industry's workforce.
The 109th Chicago Auto Showcase takes over McCormick Place for a little more than a week beginning Saturday, Feb. 11. The display brings almost a 1,000 kinds of vehicles from more than thirty automakers.
Fiat Chrysler Automobiles unveiled a fresh upfitted BraunAbility Pacifica at the two thousand seventeen Chicago Auto Demonstrate. “The most spacious wheelchair-accessible vehicle in the industry, the BraunAbility Chrysler Pacifica features patent-pending AccessAbility technology, including an aerospace-inspired sliding door.
American muscle or European sports cars of the '60s and '70s are the best collector cars right now. Visible qualities that make them desirable are good design and high horsepower. But which fresh cars will be very valued in thirty years and for what reasons? Walk around the two thousand seventeen Chicago Auto Display.
CLASS OF 2018: From all-new two thousand eighteen spectacle crossovers like the Alfa Romeo Stelvio to the first-ever Volkswagen Atlas seven-seat family SUV, not to mention a few sports cars and off-road trucks in inbetween, there is a sturdy market of fresh cars heading to dealer lots this year. For fresh concept vehicles,
CLASS OF 2018: From all-new two thousand eighteen spectacle crossovers like the Alfa Romeo Stelvio to the first-ever Volkswagen Atlas seven-seat family SUV, not to mention a few sports cars and off-road trucks in inbetween, there is a sturdy market of fresh cars heading to dealer lots this year. For fresh concept vehicles.
2018 Kia Stinger
Opening weekend of Chicago Auto Display brings the crowd, and the swag
In the distance an engine roars and rubber burns. Closer to the entrance the smell of burgers sizzling on the grill and the sounds of carnival barkers charging up a crowd with giveaways and promises commingles with a five-piece funk band with a mighty bass riff. Floating in the lights overhead.
2017 Chicago Auto Showcase opening day
Glances and sounds from the two thousand seventeen Chicago Auto Demonstrate opening day on Feb. 11, 2017. (Chris Sweda/Chicago Tribune)
Producers of Chicago Auto Demonstrate serve local dealers and communities
Ask most folks what the Chicago Automobile Trade Association does and the quick response is that it sponsors the nation's largest consumer auto showcase, the annual Chicago Auto Showcase. True, and a task it has performed since 1935, but that's only part of the response. The CATA is an organization indicating.
Why car years are ahead of time
Automakers use the model year to distinguish fresh vehicles sporting the latest updates in technology, styling, creature comforts and options. But why are fresh models born in the future, with model year two thousand eighteen vehicles introduced in 2016, for example? Finding the response is like finding Waldo. There.
Things to drive at the two thousand seventeen Chicago Auto Showcase
With an estimated 1,000 fresh vehicles spread out over 1.1 million square feet at the two thousand seventeen Chicago Auto Showcase, there may be temptation to drive one or a hundred of them. The doors of demonstrate floor models may be opened to get a feel behind the wheel, but most of the driving will be reserved for another.
Best fresh cars at the two thousand seventeen Chicago Auto Display
Just when it seems like there couldn't be any more crossovers, here come pavement-blistering high spectacle variants capable of hitting sixty mph in Four.Four seconds. Just when it seems like a brand has defined itself, it violates form and supplies a fastback sports sedan. At the 109th installment of the.
Five Chicago Auto Demonstrate extras
The 109th Chicago Auto Display takes over McCormick Place for ten days beginning Saturday. The display brings almost a 1,000 kinds of vehicles from thirty six automakers. Here are five extras you shouldn't miss. (Jemal R. Brinson / Chicago Tribune)
Indoor tracks showcased at the two thousand seventeen Chicago Auto Showcase
Visitors to the two thousand seventeen Chicago Auto Showcase at McCormick Place have the chance to practice five different vehicles at the showcase's indoor tracks. (Jose M. Osorio / Chicago Tribune)
2017 Chicago Auto Demonstrate
The two thousand seventeen Chicago Auto Showcase held its media preview at McCormick Place on Feb. 9, 2017. The display opens to the public Feb. Eleven and runs until Feb. 20, 2017.
Chicago Auto Showcase tees up virtual reality and a 'Starlet Wars' SUV
You don't need a license to get behind a wheel or two at the Chicago Auto Display — but there's more to do than say “vroom, vroom.” The consumer demonstrate, running Saturday through Feb. 20, has diversions for those interested in tech, too, with simulators and virtual reality and augmented reality stations.
The best ways to get to the two thousand seventeen Chicago Auto Showcase
Traffic, construction, confusing GPS directions from your smartphone? All of these obstacles might be faced when getting to McCormick Place for the two thousand seventeen Chicago Auto Demonstrate, but fear not. Take your time, create a plan and save time, money and aggravation along the way. If you have an iPhone, be wary.
Toyota refreshes two thousand eighteen Tundra and Sequoia with TRD Sport trim
The big dogs in the Toyota lineup get refreshed with modern grooming on the full-size Tundra pickup and full-size Sequoia SUV. Standard equipment on both will include collision avoidance, lane departure alert, adaptive cruise and automatic high rafters on the headlights, collectively known as Toyota.
2018 Hyundai Elantra GT hatchback debuts at Chicago Auto Demonstrate
Hyundai Elantra is one of the best cars on the market for under $20,000, combining useful standard features in a capable rail. The value proposition resumes with the redesigned Elantra GT hatchback available in two four-cylinder engines, which Hyundai announced on Thursday, February nine at the.
Sounds of the Chicago Auto Display
The Lexus LC500 Immersive Sonic Practice.
Ten Chicago Auto Showcase must-see two thousand eighteen models
The 109th Chicago Auto Demonstrate takes over McCormick Place for ten days beginning Saturday. The demonstrate brings almost a 1,000 kinds of vehicles from thirty six automakers. Here's a quick look at ten must-see two thousand eighteen models. (Jemal R. Brinson / Chicago Tribune)
Chicago Auto Display history
HISTORY OF THE CHICAGO AUTO Demonstrate: The two thousand seventeen Chicago Auto Demonstrate, the 109th exhibition of the nation's largest and longest running auto display, features over 1,000 vehicles covering over one million square feet, five massive indoor test tracks and outdoor test drives at McCormick Place. It will be held.
2017 Chicago Auto Display at a glance
The two thousand seventeen Chicago Auto Display marks the 109th installment of the nation's largest and longest running consumer auto showcase. Over 1,000 fresh vehicles, including forty debut vehicles, will be on display across one million square feet at McCormick Place, two thousand three hundred one S. King Drive. Indoor Tracks: Rail along with professional.
Ford redesigns two thousand eighteen Expedition full-size SUV
Ford redesigned the Expedition full-size SUV days before the opening of the two thousand seventeen Chicago Auto Demonstrate. With its broad, horizontal mesh grille, it shares more visual traits with Ford's SUV family than the F-150 pickup family. The 8-seater is about an inch longer and broader than the outgoing model, according.
Dodge releases two thousand eighteen Durango SRT spectacle SUV
Dodge unveiled its latest high-performance muscle car on Tuesday, February 7, just in time for the two thousand seventeen Chicago Auto Demonstrate. The muscle car is actually the two thousand eighteen Durango SRT three-row SUV with a 475-horsepower HEMI V-8 engine. Why make a high-performance family hauler capable of hitting sixty mph in.
Auto display concepts create a whirr
Car companies don't just showcase current models at auto shows. They also unveil prototypes that could be built in the future. These so-called concept cars help them gauge the public's reaction to fresh designs or technology. They can also amp up excitement about a company's future. These are some of.
Detroit auto showcase points industry in conservative direction
The North American International Auto Display in Detroit is arguably the most influential of the world's many auto shows. The two thousand seventeen showcase, which runs through Sunday, historically features the most world product debuts and is covered by journalists from over sixty countries. It's a barometer measuring the.
Refreshed two thousand eighteen Ford Mustang channels high-performance GT350
The refreshed two thousand eighteen Ford Mustang drops the V-6 engine and adds elements from its track-star sibling, the Shelby GT350. It gets a lowered rubber hood, headlights and fascia like the GT350, with fresh vents and a broader grille. There are twelve wheel options, three fresh colors (including Orange Fury) and the headlights.
2017 BMW five Series gets lighter, smarter, swifter
BMW boasts luxury, power, efficiency and technology in the two thousand seventeen BMW five Series. Weight dropped one hundred thirty seven pounds despite getting an inch longer and slightly broader and taller. The front overhang is shorter, and the standard LED headlight housings are streamlined into the kidney grille. Rear lights open up.
Is Trump steering automakers?
DETROIT — The auto industry's largest players have gathered at the North American International Auto Showcase, as they do every January, to showcase their latest electrified vehicles, SUVs and pickup trucks. This year, however, the cars varnish over a deepening unease about the industry's standing with.
Toyota steals the demonstrate with 'sexy' two thousand eighteen Camry
For fifteen years, the Toyota Camry has been the best-selling vehicle in the U.S., excluding pickup trucks. Its reputation as reliable tho’ bland has prompted some critics to deride it as nothing more than an appliance. While consumers don't care much for critics, Toyota President Akio Toyoda pledged.
Toyota Camry over the years
Toyota unveiled the eighth-generation Camry at the Detroit auto showcase Monday, at a time when car buyers in the U.S. are flocking to SUVs. The Camry has worn the crown as the best-selling vehicle in the U.S., excluding pickups, for fifteen years, suggesting drivers a reliable rail for getting from one place.
Honda launches two thousand eighteen Odyssey minivan with fresh seats, transmission
Honda aims to keep its best-selling minivan at the top amidst strong competition in the limited but loyal minivan market. Honda unveiled the redesigned two thousand eighteen Odyssey at the two thousand seventeen North American International Auto Display in Detroit, hours after the Chrysler Pacifica minivan won two thousand sixteen Family Car of the.
2018 Lexus LS flagship sedan gets sporting redesign
The 5th generation flagship sedan was overdue for a total redesign, which hadn’t happened since model year 2007. It has a sleek modern look, with a long nose, longer wheelbase, brief front overhangs with broad air intakes, and a lower rail. The rear-wheel-drive platform collective with the gorgeous LC.
2018 Kia Stinger fastback sedan unveiled in Detroit
Kia Stinger is a big risk and a big deal. The five-passenger fastback sports sedan design shoves Kia into luxury sport territory along with the Tesla Model S, Audi RS7, Porsche Panamera and others. Born of the GT Concept luxury fastback unveiled in two thousand eleven and paraded around the U.S in 2014, the.
2018 GMC Terrain gets a acute fresh look
GMC unveiled a new-look Terrain compact crossover on Sunday on the eve of the opening press days at the two thousand seventeen North American International Auto Demonstrate in Detroit. The boxy edges of the outgoing Terrain, which distinguished itself from its platform-mate Chevy Equinox with a design reminiscent of an.
Ford planning thirteen electrified vehicles, including a hybrid F-150 and Mustang
Ford announced plans to build a fresh, fully electrical SUV with a 300-mile range that it will launch in two thousand twenty and a fully autonomous vehicle as part of its sweeping electrification program. The moves are part of a $Four.Five billion investment in electrified vehicles by 2020, part of Ford's expansion to.
Chevy Bolt, BMW M2, Chrysler Pacifica win best of year awards
The end of one thing and the beginning of another is a time for reflection, anticipation and superlatives. That time is now for the auto industry. The newest cars have been road-tested and dealer delivered, just as next year's crop debuts at auto shows. Just like every city has an auto showcase, just.
Highlights from the commence of auto display season
The crossover craze resumes to grow and it won't be slowing any time in the near future. Toyota, Ford, Subaru, Jeep and Volkswagen are all demonstrating fresh crossovers and SUVs at this week's Los Angeles Auto Display. Even traditional luxury car makers like Jaguar and Alfa Romeo are debuting SUVs at.
2017 Mazda CX-5 shoves into premium segment
Fully redesigned for 2017, the 2nd generation Mazda CX-5 compact crossover will come with three available SKYACTIV engines, including a Two.2-liter diesel expected in the U.S. later in 2017. Accounting for twenty five percent of global sales, the CX-5 is Mazda's most significant vehicle, and it resumes.
2018 Alfa Romeo Stelvio spectacle SUV comes to America
The third model in Alfa Romeo's resurgent American lineup is the all-new two thousand eighteen Stelvio sport SUV. Named after the famed Stelvio Pass in the Italian Alps, Stelvio uses a 2-liter turbo four-cylinder engine delivering two hundred eighty horsepower and three hundred six pound-feet of torque. All-wheel drive is standard in the performance-oriented.
2018 Ford EcoSport debuts for American market
Ford made snaps late Monday when it used Snapchat to expose the EcoSport subcompact crossover in advance of the Los Angeles Auto Demonstrate. The use of Snapchat, a social media messaging app popular with millennials and the subsequent Generation Z, to expose a vehicle was a very first, according to Ford.
Honda exposes very first turbocharged two thousand seventeen CR-V at a produce market
Honda unveiled its redesigned two thousand seventeen Honda CR-V in Detroit last week at a produce market flanked by two truck trailers stacked with hay. Most fresh car exposes occur at press conferences during major auto shows, such as the North American International Auto Showcase in Detroit. Japan's second-largest automaker picked.
Porsche, Land Rover, BMW and Honda launch world debuts
A hot hatch racing to American shores for the very first time, a family-friendly three-row SUV with seats that can be rearranged via wise phone, and an electrical vehicle that promises to keep going for over three hundred miles on a single charge — these are some of the highlights from the ongoing Paris auto demonstrate.
2017 Jeep Compass to substitute old Compass, Patriot compact crossovers
Jeep exposed that Compass will be the name for the compact Jeep that will substitute the Compass and Patriot crossovers as it celebrated the commence of production at its plant in Pernambuco, Brazil, and released three photos of the vehicle. The pics demonstrate a more aerodynamic design than the outgoing.
Chevy chooses Chicago to launch redesigned two thousand eighteen Equinox crossover
Chevrolet transformed the main floor of the Museum of Science and Industry last night into a showcase for the world debut of the redesigned two thousand eighteen Chevrolet Equinox. The launch coincided with the Autumnal equinox. Very first launched for model year 2005, the third-generation compact crossover has become.
2017 auto demonstrate news – Chicago Tribune
Auto Showcase
2017 auto demonstrate debuts
Automakers spinned out everything from high-performance muscle cars to redesigned best-sellers and all-new plug-in vehicles at the last lap of the major auto showcase circuit in Fresh York. The two thousand seventeen Fresh York International Auto Showcase officially opens to the public on Friday. Here are some of the buzz-worthy.
Things to do with the family at the two thousand seventeen Chicago Auto Showcase
For mobsters like Al Capone, who ran the same Chicago streets that visitors will take to the two thousand seventeen Chicago Auto Display, car choice had less to do with horsepower and showy design than features like superior braking and running boards. Come in Capone's one thousand nine hundred twenty eight Cadillac sedan. Low-key or flashy, custom-built or.
Sitting in a car used to be so ordinary, right? Lift the lever and slide the seat back and forward until your gams fit, adjust the rearview mirror and go, go, go. Sure, your back embarked to hurt or your gams ached, but that's what drive-in restaurants and scenic overlooks were for — a chance to get.
Wednesday, February fifteen is Women's Day at the two thousand seventeen Chicago Auto Showcase. In addition to women-oriented programming, tickets for women are $7, instead of $13. Women influence over eighty percent of all fresh car purchases, yet they make up just a little over one-quarter of the automotive industry's workforce.
The 109th Chicago Auto Showcase takes over McCormick Place for a little more than a week beginning Saturday, Feb. 11. The showcase brings almost a 1,000 kinds of vehicles from more than thirty automakers.
Fiat Chrysler Automobiles unveiled a fresh upfitted BraunAbility Pacifica at the two thousand seventeen Chicago Auto Demonstrate. “The most spacious wheelchair-accessible vehicle in the industry, the BraunAbility Chrysler Pacifica features patent-pending AccessAbility technology, including an aerospace-inspired sliding door.
American muscle or European sports cars of the '60s and '70s are the greatest collector cars right now. Evident qualities that make them desirable are good design and high horsepower. But which fresh cars will be very valued in thirty years and for what reasons? Walk around the two thousand seventeen Chicago Auto Display.
CLASS OF 2018: From all-new two thousand eighteen spectacle crossovers like the Alfa Romeo Stelvio to the first-ever Volkswagen Atlas seven-seat family SUV, not to mention a few sports cars and off-road trucks in inbetween, there is a sturdy market of fresh cars heading to dealer lots this year. For fresh concept vehicles,
CLASS OF 2018: From all-new two thousand eighteen spectacle crossovers like the Alfa Romeo Stelvio to the first-ever Volkswagen Atlas seven-seat family SUV, not to mention a few sports cars and off-road trucks in inbetween, there is a sturdy market of fresh cars heading to dealer lots this year. For fresh concept vehicles.
For mobsters like Al Capone, who ran the same Chicago streets that visitors will take to the two thousand seventeen Chicago Auto Display, car choice had less to do with horsepower and showy design than features like superior braking and running boards. Come in Capone's one thousand nine hundred twenty eight Cadillac sedan. Low-key or flashy, custom-built or.
Sitting in a car used to be so ordinary, right? Lift the lever and slide the seat back and forward until your gams fit, adjust the rearview mirror and go, go, go. Sure, your back embarked to hurt or your gams ached, but that's what drive-in restaurants and scenic overlooks were for — a chance to get.
Wednesday, February fifteen is Women's Day at the two thousand seventeen Chicago Auto Showcase. In addition to women-oriented programming, tickets for women are $7, instead of $13. Women influence over eighty percent of all fresh car purchases, yet they make up just a little over one-quarter of the automotive industry's workforce.
The 109th Chicago Auto Showcase takes over McCormick Place for a little more than a week beginning Saturday, Feb. 11. The showcase brings almost a 1,000 kinds of vehicles from more than thirty automakers.
Fiat Chrysler Automobiles unveiled a fresh upfitted BraunAbility Pacifica at the two thousand seventeen Chicago Auto Demonstrate. “The most spacious wheelchair-accessible vehicle in the industry, the BraunAbility Chrysler Pacifica features patent-pending AccessAbility technology, including an aerospace-inspired sliding door.
American muscle or European sports cars of the '60s and '70s are the greatest collector cars right now. Evident qualities that make them desirable are good design and high horsepower. But which fresh cars will be very valued in thirty years and for what reasons? Walk around the two thousand seventeen Chicago Auto Display.
CLASS OF 2018: From all-new two thousand eighteen spectacle crossovers like the Alfa Romeo Stelvio to the first-ever Volkswagen Atlas seven-seat family SUV, not to mention a few sports cars and off-road trucks in inbetween, there is a sturdy market of fresh cars heading to dealer lots this year. For fresh concept vehicles,
CLASS OF 2018: From all-new two thousand eighteen spectacle crossovers like the Alfa Romeo Stelvio to the first-ever Volkswagen Atlas seven-seat family SUV, not to mention a few sports cars and off-road trucks in inbetween, there is a sturdy market of fresh cars heading to dealer lots this year. For fresh concept vehicles.
2018 Kia Stinger
Opening weekend of Chicago Auto Display brings the crowd, and the swag
In the distance an engine roars and rubber burns. Closer to the entrance the smell of burgers sizzling on the grill and the sounds of carnival barkers charging up a crowd with giveaways and promises commingles with a five-piece funk band with a mighty bass riff. Floating in the lights overhead.
2017 Chicago Auto Showcase opening day
Glances and sounds from the two thousand seventeen Chicago Auto Showcase opening day on Feb. 11, 2017. (Chris Sweda/Chicago Tribune)
Producers of Chicago Auto Showcase serve local dealers and communities
Ask most folks what the Chicago Automobile Trade Association does and the quick response is that it sponsors the nation's largest consumer auto display, the annual Chicago Auto Demonstrate. True, and a task it has performed since 1935, but that's only part of the reaction. The CATA is an organization indicating.
Why car years are ahead of time
Automakers use the model year to distinguish fresh vehicles sporting the latest updates in technology, styling, creature comforts and options. But why are fresh models born in the future, with model year two thousand eighteen vehicles introduced in 2016, for example? Finding the reaction is like finding Waldo. There.
Things to drive at the two thousand seventeen Chicago Auto Showcase
With an estimated 1,000 fresh vehicles spread out over 1.1 million square feet at the two thousand seventeen Chicago Auto Demonstrate, there may be temptation to drive one or a hundred of them. The doors of showcase floor models may be opened to get a feel behind the wheel, but most of the driving will be reserved for another.
Best fresh cars at the two thousand seventeen Chicago Auto Demonstrate
Just when it seems like there couldn't be any more crossovers, here come pavement-blistering high spectacle variants capable of hitting sixty mph in Four.Four seconds. Just when it seems like a brand has defined itself, it cracks form and supplies a fastback sports sedan. At the 109th installment of the.
Five Chicago Auto Display extras
The 109th Chicago Auto Showcase takes over McCormick Place for ten days beginning Saturday. The demonstrate brings almost a 1,000 kinds of vehicles from thirty six automakers. Here are five extras you shouldn't miss. (Jemal R. Brinson / Chicago Tribune)
Indoor tracks showcased at the two thousand seventeen Chicago Auto Demonstrate
Visitors to the two thousand seventeen Chicago Auto Demonstrate at McCormick Place have the chance to practice five different vehicles at the showcase's indoor tracks. (Jose M. Osorio / Chicago Tribune)
2017 Chicago Auto Display
The two thousand seventeen Chicago Auto Demonstrate held its media preview at McCormick Place on Feb. 9, 2017. The showcase opens to the public Feb. Eleven and runs until Feb. 20, 2017.
Chicago Auto Demonstrate tees up virtual reality and a 'Starlet Wars' SUV
You don't need a license to get behind a wheel or two at the Chicago Auto Demonstrate — but there's more to do than say “vroom, vroom.” The consumer demonstrate, running Saturday through Feb. 20, has diversions for those interested in tech, too, with simulators and virtual reality and augmented reality stations.
The best ways to get to the two thousand seventeen Chicago Auto Demonstrate
Traffic, construction, confusing GPS directions from your smartphone? All of these obstacles might be faced when getting to McCormick Place for the two thousand seventeen Chicago Auto Showcase, but fear not. Take your time, create a plan and save time, money and aggravation along the way. If you have an iPhone, be wary.
Toyota refreshes two thousand eighteen Tundra and Sequoia with TRD Sport trim
The big dogs in the Toyota lineup get refreshed with modern grooming on the full-size Tundra pickup and full-size Sequoia SUV. Standard equipment on both will include collision avoidance, lane departure alert, adaptive cruise and automatic high rafters on the headlights, collectively known as Toyota.
2018 Hyundai Elantra GT hatchback debuts at Chicago Auto Display
Hyundai Elantra is one of the best cars on the market for under $20,000, combining useful standard features in a capable rail. The value proposition resumes with the redesigned Elantra GT hatchback available in two four-cylinder engines, which Hyundai announced on Thursday, February nine at the.
Sounds of the Chicago Auto Demonstrate
The Lexus LC500 Immersive Sonic Practice.
Ten Chicago Auto Display must-see two thousand eighteen models
The 109th Chicago Auto Demonstrate takes over McCormick Place for ten days beginning Saturday. The demonstrate brings almost a 1,000 kinds of vehicles from thirty six automakers. Here's a quick look at ten must-see two thousand eighteen models. (Jemal R. Brinson / Chicago Tribune)
Chicago Auto Demonstrate history
HISTORY OF THE CHICAGO AUTO Display: The two thousand seventeen Chicago Auto Display, the 109th exhibition of the nation's largest and longest running auto demonstrate, features over 1,000 vehicles covering over one million square feet, five massive indoor test tracks and outdoor test drives at McCormick Place. It will be held.
2017 Chicago Auto Showcase at a glance
The two thousand seventeen Chicago Auto Showcase marks the 109th installment of the nation's largest and longest running consumer auto showcase. Over 1,000 fresh vehicles, including forty debut vehicles, will be on display across one million square feet at McCormick Place, two thousand three hundred one S. King Drive. Indoor Tracks: Rail along with professional.
Ford redesigns two thousand eighteen Expedition full-size SUV
Ford redesigned the Expedition full-size SUV days before the opening of the two thousand seventeen Chicago Auto Showcase. With its broad, horizontal mesh grille, it shares more visual traits with Ford's SUV family than the F-150 pickup family. The 8-seater is about an inch longer and broader than the outgoing model, according.
Dodge whips out two thousand eighteen Durango SRT spectacle SUV
Dodge unveiled its latest high-performance muscle car on Tuesday, February 7, just in time for the two thousand seventeen Chicago Auto Display. The muscle car is actually the two thousand eighteen Durango SRT three-row SUV with a 475-horsepower HEMI V-8 engine. Why make a high-performance family hauler capable of hitting sixty mph in.
Auto showcase concepts create a whirr
Car companies don't just showcase current models at auto shows. They also unveil prototypes that could be built in the future. These so-called concept cars help them gauge the public's reaction to fresh designs or technology. They can also amp up excitement about a company's future. These are some of.
Detroit auto display points industry in conservative direction
The North American International Auto Display in Detroit is arguably the most influential of the world's many auto shows. The two thousand seventeen demonstrate, which runs through Sunday, historically features the most world product debuts and is covered by journalists from over sixty countries. It's a barometer measuring the.
Refreshed two thousand eighteen Ford Mustang channels high-performance GT350
The refreshed two thousand eighteen Ford Mustang drops the V-6 engine and adds elements from its track-star sibling, the Shelby GT350. It gets a lowered fetish mask, headlights and fascia like the GT350, with fresh vents and a broader grille. There are twelve wheel options, three fresh colors (including Orange Fury) and the headlights.
2017 BMW five Series gets lighter, smarter, swifter
BMW boasts luxury, power, efficiency and technology in the two thousand seventeen BMW five Series. Weight dropped one hundred thirty seven pounds despite getting an inch longer and slightly broader and taller. The front overhang is shorter, and the standard LED headlight housings are streamlined into the kidney grille. Rear lights spread.
Is Trump steering automakers?
DETROIT — The auto industry's fattest players have gathered at the North American International Auto Showcase, as they do every January, to showcase their latest electrical vehicles, SUVs and pickup trucks. This year, however, the cars varnish over a deepening unease about the industry's standing with.
Toyota steals the display with 'sexy' two thousand eighteen Camry
For fifteen years, the Toyota Camry has been the best-selling vehicle in the U.S., excluding pickup trucks. Its reputation as reliable tho’ bland has prompted some critics to deride it as nothing more than an appliance. While consumers don't care much for critics, Toyota President Akio Toyoda pledged.
Toyota Camry over the years
Toyota unveiled the eighth-generation Camry at the Detroit auto showcase Monday, at a time when car buyers in the U.S. are flocking to SUVs. The Camry has worn the crown as the best-selling vehicle in the U.S., excluding pickups, for fifteen years, suggesting drivers a reliable rail for getting from one place.
Honda launches two thousand eighteen Odyssey minivan with fresh seats, transmission
Honda aims to keep its best-selling minivan at the top amidst strong competition in the limited but loyal minivan market. Honda unveiled the redesigned two thousand eighteen Odyssey at the two thousand seventeen North American International Auto Showcase in Detroit, hours after the Chrysler Pacifica minivan won two thousand sixteen Family Car of the.
2018 Lexus LS flagship sedan gets sporting redesign
The 5th generation flagship sedan was overdue for a utter redesign, which hadn’t happened since model year 2007. It has a sleek modern look, with a long nose, longer wheelbase, brief front overhangs with broad air intakes, and a lower rail. The rear-wheel-drive platform collective with the gorgeous LC.
2018 Kia Stinger fastback sedan unveiled in Detroit
Kia Stinger is a big risk and a big deal. The five-passenger fastback sports sedan design thrusts Kia into luxury sport territory along with the Tesla Model S, Audi RS7, Porsche Panamera and others. Born of the GT Concept luxury fastback unveiled in two thousand eleven and paraded around the U.S in 2014, the.
2018 GMC Terrain gets a acute fresh look
GMC unveiled a new-look Terrain compact crossover on Sunday on the eve of the opening press days at the two thousand seventeen North American International Auto Showcase in Detroit. The boxy edges of the outgoing Terrain, which distinguished itself from its platform-mate Chevy Equinox with a design reminiscent of an.
Ford planning thirteen electrified vehicles, including a hybrid F-150 and Mustang
Ford announced plans to build a fresh, fully electrified SUV with a 300-mile range that it will launch in two thousand twenty and a fully autonomous vehicle as part of its sweeping electrification program. The moves are part of a $Four.Five billion investment in electrified vehicles by 2020, part of Ford's expansion to.
Chevy Bolt, BMW M2, Chrysler Pacifica win best of year awards
The end of one thing and the beginning of another is a time for reflection, anticipation and superlatives. That time is now for the auto industry. The newest cars have been road-tested and dealer delivered, just as next year's crop debuts at auto shows. Just like every city has an auto display, just.
Highlights from the begin of auto demonstrate season
The crossover craze proceeds to grow and it won't be slowing any time in the near future. Toyota, Ford, Subaru, Jeep and Volkswagen are all displaying fresh crossovers and SUVs at this week's Los Angeles Auto Demonstrate. Even traditional luxury car makers like Jaguar and Alfa Romeo are debuting SUVs at.
2017 Mazda CX-5 shoves into premium segment
Fully redesigned for 2017, the 2nd generation Mazda CX-5 compact crossover will come with three available SKYACTIV engines, including a Two.2-liter diesel expected in the U.S. later in 2017. Accounting for twenty five percent of global sales, the CX-5 is Mazda's most significant vehicle, and it proceeds.
2018 Alfa Romeo Stelvio spectacle SUV comes to America
The third model in Alfa Romeo's resurgent American lineup is the all-new two thousand eighteen Stelvio sport SUV. Named after the famed Stelvio Pass in the Italian Alps, Stelvio uses a 2-liter turbo four-cylinder engine delivering two hundred eighty horsepower and three hundred six pound-feet of torque. All-wheel drive is standard in the performance-oriented.
2018 Ford EcoSport debuts for American market
Ford made snaps late Monday when it used Snapchat to expose the EcoSport subcompact crossover in advance of the Los Angeles Auto Demonstrate. The use of Snapchat, a social media messaging app popular with millennials and the subsequent Generation Z, to expose a vehicle was a very first, according to Ford.
Honda exposes very first turbocharged two thousand seventeen CR-V at a produce market
Honda unveiled its redesigned two thousand seventeen Honda CR-V in Detroit last week at a produce market flanked by two truck trailers stacked with hay. Most fresh car exposes occur at press conferences during major auto shows, such as the North American International Auto Display in Detroit. Japan's second-largest automaker picked.
Porsche, Land Rover, BMW and Honda launch world debuts
A hot hatch racing to American shores for the very first time, a family-friendly three-row SUV with seats that can be rearranged via wise phone, and an electrified vehicle that promises to keep going for over three hundred miles on a single charge — these are some of the highlights from the ongoing Paris auto demonstrate.
2017 Jeep Compass to substitute old Compass, Patriot compact crossovers
Jeep exposed that Compass will be the name for the compact Jeep that will substitute the Compass and Patriot crossovers as it celebrated the commence of production at its plant in Pernambuco, Brazil, and released three pics of the vehicle. The pics display a more aerodynamic design than the outgoing.
Chevy chooses Chicago to launch redesigned two thousand eighteen Equinox crossover
Chevrolet transformed the main floor of the Museum of Science and Industry last night into a showcase for the world debut of the redesigned two thousand eighteen Chevrolet Equinox. The launch coincided with the Autumnal equinox. Very first launched for model year 2005, the third-generation compact crossover has become.
2017 auto demonstrate news – Chicago Tribune
Auto Demonstrate
2017 auto demonstrate debuts
Automakers spinned out everything from high-performance muscle cars to redesigned best-sellers and all-new plug-in vehicles at the last lap of the major auto showcase circuit in Fresh York. The two thousand seventeen Fresh York International Auto Showcase officially opens to the public on Friday. Here are some of the buzz-worthy.
Things to do with the family at the two thousand seventeen Chicago Auto Display
For mobsters like Al Capone, who ran the same Chicago streets that visitors will take to the two thousand seventeen Chicago Auto Demonstrate, car choice had less to do with horsepower and showy design than features like superior braking and running boards. Come in Capone's one thousand nine hundred twenty eight Cadillac sedan. Low-key or flashy, custom-made or.
Sitting in a car used to be so elementary, right? Lift the lever and slide the seat back and forward until your gams fit, adjust the rearview mirror and go, go, go. Sure, your back began to hurt or your gams ached, but that's what drive-in restaurants and scenic overlooks were for — a chance to get.
Wednesday, February fifteen is Women's Day at the two thousand seventeen Chicago Auto Demonstrate. In addition to women-oriented programming, tickets for women are $7, instead of $13. Women influence over eighty percent of all fresh car purchases, yet they make up just a little over one-quarter of the automotive industry's workforce.
The 109th Chicago Auto Showcase takes over McCormick Place for a little more than a week beginning Saturday, Feb. 11. The showcase brings almost a 1,000 kinds of vehicles from more than thirty automakers.
Fiat Chrysler Automobiles unveiled a fresh upfitted BraunAbility Pacifica at the two thousand seventeen Chicago Auto Demonstrate. “The most spacious wheelchair-accessible vehicle in the industry, the BraunAbility Chrysler Pacifica features patent-pending AccessAbility technology, including an aerospace-inspired sliding door.
American muscle or European sports cars of the '60s and '70s are the greatest collector cars right now. Visible qualities that make them desirable are superb design and high horsepower. But which fresh cars will be very valued in thirty years and for what reasons? Walk around the two thousand seventeen Chicago Auto Showcase.
CLASS OF 2018: From all-new two thousand eighteen spectacle crossovers like the Alfa Romeo Stelvio to the first-ever Volkswagen Atlas seven-seat family SUV, not to mention a few sports cars and off-road trucks in inbetween, there is a sturdy market of fresh cars heading to dealer lots this year. For fresh concept vehicles,
CLASS OF 2018: From all-new two thousand eighteen spectacle crossovers like the Alfa Romeo Stelvio to the first-ever Volkswagen Atlas seven-seat family SUV, not to mention a few sports cars and off-road trucks in inbetween, there is a sturdy market of fresh cars heading to dealer lots this year. For fresh concept vehicles.
For mobsters like Al Capone, who ran the same Chicago streets that visitors will take to the two thousand seventeen Chicago Auto Demonstrate, car choice had less to do with horsepower and showy design than features like superior braking and running boards. Come in Capone's one thousand nine hundred twenty eight Cadillac sedan. Low-key or flashy, custom-made or.
Sitting in a car used to be so elementary, right? Lift the lever and slide the seat back and forward until your gams fit, adjust the rearview mirror and go, go, go. Sure, your back began to hurt or your gams ached, but that's what drive-in restaurants and scenic overlooks were for — a chance to get.
Wednesday, February fifteen is Women's Day at the two thousand seventeen Chicago Auto Demonstrate. In addition to women-oriented programming, tickets for women are $7, instead of $13. Women influence over eighty percent of all fresh car purchases, yet they make up just a little over one-quarter of the automotive industry's workforce.
The 109th Chicago Auto Showcase takes over McCormick Place for a little more than a week beginning Saturday, Feb. 11. The showcase brings almost a 1,000 kinds of vehicles from more than thirty automakers.
Fiat Chrysler Automobiles unveiled a fresh upfitted BraunAbility Pacifica at the two thousand seventeen Chicago Auto Demonstrate. “The most spacious wheelchair-accessible vehicle in the industry, the BraunAbility Chrysler Pacifica features patent-pending AccessAbility technology, including an aerospace-inspired sliding door.
American muscle or European sports cars of the '60s and '70s are the greatest collector cars right now. Visible qualities that make them desirable are superb design and high horsepower. But which fresh cars will be very valued in thirty years and for what reasons? Walk around the two thousand seventeen Chicago Auto Showcase.
CLASS OF 2018: From all-new two thousand eighteen spectacle crossovers like the Alfa Romeo Stelvio to the first-ever Volkswagen Atlas seven-seat family SUV, not to mention a few sports cars and off-road trucks in inbetween, there is a sturdy market of fresh cars heading to dealer lots this year. For fresh concept vehicles,
CLASS OF 2018: From all-new two thousand eighteen spectacle crossovers like the Alfa Romeo Stelvio to the first-ever Volkswagen Atlas seven-seat family SUV, not to mention a few sports cars and off-road trucks in inbetween, there is a sturdy market of fresh cars heading to dealer lots this year. For fresh concept vehicles.
2018 Kia Stinger
Opening weekend of Chicago Auto Demonstrate brings the crowd, and the swag
In the distance an engine roars and rubber burns. Closer to the entrance the smell of burgers sizzling on the grill and the sounds of carnival barkers charging up a crowd with giveaways and promises commingles with a five-piece funk band with a strenuous bass riff. Floating in the lights overhead.
2017 Chicago Auto Demonstrate opening day
Glances and sounds from the two thousand seventeen Chicago Auto Display opening day on Feb. 11, 2017. (Chris Sweda/Chicago Tribune)
Producers of Chicago Auto Demonstrate serve local dealers and communities
Ask most folks what the Chicago Automobile Trade Association does and the quick response is that it sponsors the nation's largest consumer auto demonstrate, the annual Chicago Auto Demonstrate. True, and a task it has performed since 1935, but that's only part of the response. The CATA is an organization signifying.
Why car years are ahead of time
Automakers use the model year to distinguish fresh vehicles sporting the latest updates in technology, styling, creature comforts and options. But why are fresh models born in the future, with model year two thousand eighteen vehicles introduced in 2016, for example? Finding the reaction is like finding Waldo. There.
Things to drive at the two thousand seventeen Chicago Auto Demonstrate
With an estimated 1,000 fresh vehicles spread out over 1.1 million square feet at the two thousand seventeen Chicago Auto Demonstrate, there may be temptation to drive one or a hundred of them. The doors of demonstrate floor models may be opened to get a feel behind the wheel, but most of the driving will be reserved for another.
Best fresh cars at the two thousand seventeen Chicago Auto Showcase
Just when it seems like there couldn't be any more crossovers, here come pavement-blistering high spectacle variants capable of hitting sixty mph in Four.Four seconds. Just when it seems like a brand has defined itself, it violates form and produces a fastback sports sedan. At the 109th installment of the.
Five Chicago Auto Showcase extras
The 109th Chicago Auto Display takes over McCormick Place for ten days beginning Saturday. The display brings almost a 1,000 kinds of vehicles from thirty six automakers. Here are five extras you shouldn't miss. (Jemal R. Brinson / Chicago Tribune)
Indoor tracks showcased at the two thousand seventeen Chicago Auto Display
Visitors to the two thousand seventeen Chicago Auto Display at McCormick Place have the chance to practice five different vehicles at the showcase's indoor tracks. (Jose M. Osorio / Chicago Tribune)
2017 Chicago Auto Demonstrate
The two thousand seventeen Chicago Auto Demonstrate held its media preview at McCormick Place on Feb. 9, 2017. The showcase opens to the public Feb. Eleven and runs until Feb. 20, 2017.
Chicago Auto Display tees up virtual reality and a 'Starlet Wars' SUV
You don't need a license to get behind a wheel or two at the Chicago Auto Display — but there's more to do than say “vroom, vroom.” The consumer showcase, running Saturday through Feb. 20, has diversions for those interested in tech, too, with simulators and virtual reality and augmented reality stations.
The best ways to get to the two thousand seventeen Chicago Auto Demonstrate
Traffic, construction, confusing GPS directions from your smartphone? All of these obstacles might be faced when getting to McCormick Place for the two thousand seventeen Chicago Auto Showcase, but fear not. Take your time, create a plan and save time, money and aggravation along the way. If you have an iPhone, be wary.
Toyota refreshes two thousand eighteen Tundra and Sequoia with TRD Sport trim
The big dogs in the Toyota lineup get refreshed with modern grooming on the full-size Tundra pickup and full-size Sequoia SUV. Standard equipment on both will include collision avoidance, lane departure alert, adaptive cruise and automatic high slats on the headlights, collectively known as Toyota.
2018 Hyundai Elantra GT hatchback debuts at Chicago Auto Display
Hyundai Elantra is one of the best cars on the market for under $20,000, combining useful standard features in a capable rail. The value proposition resumes with the redesigned Elantra GT hatchback available in two four-cylinder engines, which Hyundai announced on Thursday, February nine at the.
Sounds of the Chicago Auto Showcase
The Lexus LC500 Immersive Sonic Practice.
Ten Chicago Auto Demonstrate must-see two thousand eighteen models
The 109th Chicago Auto Showcase takes over McCormick Place for ten days beginning Saturday. The demonstrate brings almost a 1,000 kinds of vehicles from thirty six automakers. Here's a quick look at ten must-see two thousand eighteen models. (Jemal R. Brinson / Chicago Tribune)
Chicago Auto Showcase history
HISTORY OF THE CHICAGO AUTO Display: The two thousand seventeen Chicago Auto Display, the 109th exhibition of the nation's largest and longest running auto showcase, features over 1,000 vehicles covering over one million square feet, five massive indoor test tracks and outdoor test drives at McCormick Place. It will be held.
2017 Chicago Auto Showcase at a glance
The two thousand seventeen Chicago Auto Showcase marks the 109th installment of the nation's largest and longest running consumer auto demonstrate. Over 1,000 fresh vehicles, including forty debut vehicles, will be on display across one million square feet at McCormick Place, two thousand three hundred one S. King Drive. Indoor Tracks: Rail along with professional.
Ford redesigns two thousand eighteen Expedition full-size SUV
Ford redesigned the Expedition full-size SUV days before the opening of the two thousand seventeen Chicago Auto Showcase. With its broad, horizontal mesh grille, it shares more visual traits with Ford's SUV family than the F-150 pickup family. The 8-seater is about an inch longer and broader than the outgoing model, according.
Dodge whips out two thousand eighteen Durango SRT spectacle SUV
Dodge unveiled its latest high-performance muscle car on Tuesday, February 7, just in time for the two thousand seventeen Chicago Auto Display. The muscle car is actually the two thousand eighteen Durango SRT three-row SUV with a 475-horsepower HEMI V-8 engine. Why make a high-performance family hauler capable of hitting sixty mph in.
Auto display concepts create a hum
Car companies don't just showcase current models at auto shows. They also unveil prototypes that could be built in the future. These so-called concept cars help them gauge the public's reaction to fresh designs or technology. They can also amp up excitement about a company's future. These are some of.
Detroit auto demonstrate points industry in conservative direction
The North American International Auto Showcase in Detroit is arguably the most influential of the world's many auto shows. The two thousand seventeen showcase, which runs through Sunday, historically features the most world product debuts and is covered by journalists from over sixty countries. It's a barometer measuring the.
Refreshed two thousand eighteen Ford Mustang channels high-performance GT350
The refreshed two thousand eighteen Ford Mustang drops the V-6 engine and adds elements from its track-star sibling, the Shelby GT350. It gets a lowered fetish mask, headlights and fascia like the GT350, with fresh vents and a broader grille. There are twelve wheel options, three fresh colors (including Orange Fury) and the headlights.
2017 BMW five Series gets lighter, smarter, swifter
BMW boasts luxury, power, efficiency and technology in the two thousand seventeen BMW five Series. Weight dropped one hundred thirty seven pounds despite getting an inch longer and slightly broader and taller. The front overhang is shorter, and the standard LED headlight housings are streamlined into the kidney grille. Rear lights spread.
Is Trump steering automakers?
DETROIT — The auto industry's fattest players have gathered at the North American International Auto Demonstrate, as they do every January, to showcase their latest electrical vehicles, SUVs and pickup trucks. This year, however, the cars varnish over a deepening unease about the industry's standing with.
Toyota steals the showcase with 'sexy' two thousand eighteen Camry
For fifteen years, the Toyota Camry has been the best-selling vehicle in the U.S., excluding pickup trucks. Its reputation as reliable however bland has prompted some critics to deride it as nothing more than an appliance. While consumers don't care much for critics, Toyota President Akio Toyoda pledged.
Toyota Camry over the years
Toyota unveiled the eighth-generation Camry at the Detroit auto showcase Monday, at a time when car buyers in the U.S. are flocking to SUVs. The Camry has worn the crown as the best-selling vehicle in the U.S., excluding pickups, for fifteen years, suggesting drivers a reliable rail for getting from one place.
Honda launches two thousand eighteen Odyssey minivan with fresh seats, transmission
Honda aims to keep its best-selling minivan at the top amidst strong competition in the limited but loyal minivan market. Honda unveiled the redesigned two thousand eighteen Odyssey at the two thousand seventeen North American International Auto Display in Detroit, hours after the Chrysler Pacifica minivan won two thousand sixteen Family Car of the.
2018 Lexus LS flagship sedan gets sporting redesign
The 5th generation flagship sedan was overdue for a total redesign, which hadn’t happened since model year 2007. It has a sleek modern look, with a long nose, longer wheelbase, brief front overhangs with broad air intakes, and a lower rail. The rear-wheel-drive platform collective with the gorgeous LC.
2018 Kia Stinger fastback sedan unveiled in Detroit
Kia Stinger is a big risk and a big deal. The five-passenger fastback sports sedan design thrusts Kia into luxury sport territory along with the Tesla Model S, Audi RS7, Porsche Panamera and others. Born of the GT Concept luxury fastback unveiled in two thousand eleven and paraded around the U.S in 2014, the.
2018 GMC Terrain gets a acute fresh look
GMC unveiled a new-look Terrain compact crossover on Sunday on the eve of the opening press days at the two thousand seventeen North American International Auto Showcase in Detroit. The boxy edges of the outgoing Terrain, which distinguished itself from its platform-mate Chevy Equinox with a design reminiscent of an.
Ford planning thirteen electrified vehicles, including a hybrid F-150 and Mustang
Ford announced plans to build a fresh, fully electrified SUV with a 300-mile range that it will launch in two thousand twenty and a fully autonomous vehicle as part of its sweeping electrification program. The moves are part of a $Four.Five billion investment in electrified vehicles by 2020, part of Ford's expansion to.
Chevy Bolt, BMW M2, Chrysler Pacifica win best of year awards
The end of one thing and the beginning of another is a time for reflection, anticipation and superlatives. That time is now for the auto industry. The newest cars have been road-tested and dealer delivered, just as next year's crop debuts at auto shows. Just like every city has an auto display, just.
Highlights from the begin of auto display season
The crossover craze proceeds to grow and it won't be slowing any time in the near future. Toyota, Ford, Subaru, Jeep and Volkswagen are all showcasing fresh crossovers and SUVs at this week's Los Angeles Auto Demonstrate. Even traditional luxury car makers like Jaguar and Alfa Romeo are debuting SUVs at.
2017 Mazda CX-5 thrusts into premium segment
Fully redesigned for 2017, the 2nd generation Mazda CX-5 compact crossover will come with three available SKYACTIV engines, including a Two.2-liter diesel expected in the U.S. later in 2017. Accounting for twenty five percent of global sales, the CX-5 is Mazda's most significant vehicle, and it proceeds.
2018 Alfa Romeo Stelvio spectacle SUV comes to America
The third model in Alfa Romeo's resurgent American lineup is the all-new two thousand eighteen Stelvio sport SUV. Named after the famed Stelvio Pass in the Italian Alps, Stelvio uses a 2-liter turbo four-cylinder engine delivering two hundred eighty horsepower and three hundred six pound-feet of torque. All-wheel drive is standard in the performance-oriented.
2018 Ford EcoSport debuts for American market
Ford made snaps late Monday when it used Snapchat to expose the EcoSport subcompact crossover in advance of the Los Angeles Auto Display. The use of Snapchat, a social media messaging app popular with millennials and the subsequent Generation Z, to expose a vehicle was a very first, according to Ford.
Honda exposes very first turbocharged two thousand seventeen CR-V at a produce market
Honda unveiled its redesigned two thousand seventeen Honda CR-V in Detroit last week at a produce market flanked by two truck trailers stacked with hay. Most fresh car exposes occur at press conferences during major auto shows, such as the North American International Auto Demonstrate in Detroit. Japan's second-largest automaker picked.
Porsche, Land Rover, BMW and Honda launch world debuts
A hot hatch racing to American shores for the very first time, a family-friendly three-row SUV with seats that can be rearranged via wise phone, and an electrified vehicle that promises to keep going for over three hundred miles on a single charge — these are some of the highlights from the ongoing Paris auto demonstrate.
2017 Jeep Compass to substitute old Compass, Patriot compact crossovers
Jeep exposed that Compass will be the name for the compact Jeep that will substitute the Compass and Patriot crossovers as it celebrated the embark of production at its plant in Pernambuco, Brazil, and released three pics of the vehicle. The pics display a more aerodynamic design than the outgoing.
Chevy chooses Chicago to launch redesigned two thousand eighteen Equinox crossover
Chevrolet transformed the main floor of the Museum of Science and Industry last night into a showcase for the world debut of the redesigned two thousand eighteen Chevrolet Equinox. The launch coincided with the Autumnal equinox. Very first launched for model year 2005, the third-generation compact crossover has become.
2017 auto showcase news – Chicago Tribune
Auto Showcase
2017 auto demonstrate debuts
Automakers flipped out everything from high-performance muscle cars to redesigned best-sellers and all-new plug-in vehicles at the last lap of the major auto demonstrate circuit in Fresh York. The two thousand seventeen Fresh York International Auto Demonstrate officially opens to the public on Friday. Here are some of the buzz-worthy.
Things to do with the family at the two thousand seventeen Chicago Auto Showcase
For mobsters like Al Capone, who ran the same Chicago streets that visitors will take to the two thousand seventeen Chicago Auto Display, car choice had less to do with horsepower and showy design than features like superior braking and running boards. Inject Capone's one thousand nine hundred twenty eight Cadillac sedan. Low-key or flashy, custom-built or.
Sitting in a car used to be so plain, right? Lift the lever and slide the seat back and forward until your gams fit, adjust the rearview mirror and go, go, go. Sure, your back commenced to hurt or your gams ached, but that's what drive-in restaurants and scenic overlooks were for — a chance to get.
Wednesday, February fifteen is Women's Day at the two thousand seventeen Chicago Auto Display. In addition to women-oriented programming, tickets for women are $7, instead of $13. Women influence over eighty percent of all fresh car purchases, yet they make up just a little over one-quarter of the automotive industry's workforce.
The 109th Chicago Auto Display takes over McCormick Place for a little more than a week beginning Saturday, Feb. 11. The showcase brings almost a 1,000 kinds of vehicles from more than thirty automakers.
Fiat Chrysler Automobiles unveiled a fresh upfitted BraunAbility Pacifica at the two thousand seventeen Chicago Auto Display. “The most spacious wheelchair-accessible vehicle in the industry, the BraunAbility Chrysler Pacifica features patent-pending AccessAbility technology, including an aerospace-inspired sliding door.
American muscle or European sports cars of the '60s and '70s are the best collector cars right now. Evident qualities that make them desirable are excellent design and high horsepower. But which fresh cars will be very valued in thirty years and for what reasons? Walk around the two thousand seventeen Chicago Auto Demonstrate.
CLASS OF 2018: From all-new two thousand eighteen spectacle crossovers like the Alfa Romeo Stelvio to the first-ever Volkswagen Atlas seven-seat family SUV, not to mention a few sports cars and off-road trucks in inbetween, there is a sturdy market of fresh cars heading to dealer lots this year. For fresh concept vehicles,
CLASS OF 2018: From all-new two thousand eighteen spectacle crossovers like the Alfa Romeo Stelvio to the first-ever Volkswagen Atlas seven-seat family SUV, not to mention a few sports cars and off-road trucks in inbetween, there is a sturdy market of fresh cars heading to dealer lots this year. For fresh concept vehicles.
For mobsters like Al Capone, who ran the same Chicago streets that visitors will take to the two thousand seventeen Chicago Auto Display, car choice had less to do with horsepower and showy design than features like superior braking and running boards. Inject Capone's one thousand nine hundred twenty eight Cadillac sedan. Low-key or flashy, custom-built or.
Sitting in a car used to be so plain, right? Lift the lever and slide the seat back and forward until your gams fit, adjust the rearview mirror and go, go, go. Sure, your back commenced to hurt or your gams ached, but that's what drive-in restaurants and scenic overlooks were for — a chance to get.
Wednesday, February fifteen is Women's Day at the two thousand seventeen Chicago Auto Display. In addition to women-oriented programming, tickets for women are $7, instead of $13. Women influence over eighty percent of all fresh car purchases, yet they make up just a little over one-quarter of the automotive industry's workforce.
The 109th Chicago Auto Display takes over McCormick Place for a little more than a week beginning Saturday, Feb. 11. The showcase brings almost a 1,000 kinds of vehicles from more than thirty automakers.
Fiat Chrysler Automobiles unveiled a fresh upfitted BraunAbility Pacifica at the two thousand seventeen Chicago Auto Display. “The most spacious wheelchair-accessible vehicle in the industry, the BraunAbility Chrysler Pacifica features patent-pending AccessAbility technology, including an aerospace-inspired sliding door.
American muscle or European sports cars of the '60s and '70s are the best collector cars right now. Evident qualities that make them desirable are excellent design and high horsepower. But which fresh cars will be very valued in thirty years and for what reasons? Walk around the two thousand seventeen Chicago Auto Demonstrate.
CLASS OF 2018: From all-new two thousand eighteen spectacle crossovers like the Alfa Romeo Stelvio to the first-ever Volkswagen Atlas seven-seat family SUV, not to mention a few sports cars and off-road trucks in inbetween, there is a sturdy market of fresh cars heading to dealer lots this year. For fresh concept vehicles,
CLASS OF 2018: From all-new two thousand eighteen spectacle crossovers like the Alfa Romeo Stelvio to the first-ever Volkswagen Atlas seven-seat family SUV, not to mention a few sports cars and off-road trucks in inbetween, there is a sturdy market of fresh cars heading to dealer lots this year. For fresh concept vehicles.
2018 Kia Stinger
Opening weekend of Chicago Auto Showcase brings the crowd, and the swag
In the distance an engine roars and rubber burns. Closer to the entrance the smell of burgers sizzling on the grill and the sounds of carnival barkers charging up a crowd with giveaways and promises commingles with a five-piece funk band with a strong bass riff. Floating in the lights overhead.
2017 Chicago Auto Showcase opening day
Glances and sounds from the two thousand seventeen Chicago Auto Display opening day on Feb. 11, 2017. (Chris Sweda/Chicago Tribune)
Producers of Chicago Auto Showcase serve local dealers and communities
Ask most folks what the Chicago Automobile Trade Association does and the quick response is that it sponsors the nation's largest consumer auto demonstrate, the annual Chicago Auto Demonstrate. True, and a task it has performed since 1935, but that's only part of the reaction. The CATA is an organization indicating.
Why car years are ahead of time
Automakers use the model year to distinguish fresh vehicles sporting the latest updates in technology, styling, creature comforts and options. But why are fresh models born in the future, with model year two thousand eighteen vehicles introduced in 2016, for example? Finding the response is like finding Waldo. There.
Things to drive at the two thousand seventeen Chicago Auto Demonstrate
With an estimated 1,000 fresh vehicles spread out over 1.1 million square feet at the two thousand seventeen Chicago Auto Demonstrate, there may be temptation to drive one or a hundred of them. The doors of showcase floor models may be opened to get a feel behind the wheel, but most of the driving will be reserved for another.
Best fresh cars at the two thousand seventeen Chicago Auto Showcase
Just when it seems like there couldn't be any more crossovers, here come pavement-blistering high spectacle variants capable of hitting sixty mph in Four.Four seconds. Just when it seems like a brand has defined itself, it cracks form and supplies a fastback sports sedan. At the 109th installment of the.
Five Chicago Auto Demonstrate extras
The 109th Chicago Auto Demonstrate takes over McCormick Place for ten days beginning Saturday. The showcase brings almost a 1,000 kinds of vehicles from thirty six automakers. Here are five extras you shouldn't miss. (Jemal R. Brinson / Chicago Tribune)
Indoor tracks showcased at the two thousand seventeen Chicago Auto Display
Visitors to the two thousand seventeen Chicago Auto Demonstrate at McCormick Place have the chance to practice five different vehicles at the display's indoor tracks. (Jose M. Osorio / Chicago Tribune)
2017 Chicago Auto Demonstrate
The two thousand seventeen Chicago Auto Demonstrate held its media preview at McCormick Place on Feb. 9, 2017. The showcase opens to the public Feb. Eleven and runs until Feb. 20, 2017.
Chicago Auto Demonstrate tees up virtual reality and a 'Starlet Wars' SUV
You don't need a license to get behind a wheel or two at the Chicago Auto Display — but there's more to do than say “vroom, vroom.” The consumer showcase, running Saturday through Feb. 20, has diversions for those interested in tech, too, with simulators and virtual reality and augmented reality stations.
The best ways to get to the two thousand seventeen Chicago Auto Showcase
Traffic, construction, confusing GPS directions from your smartphone? All of these obstacles might be faced when getting to McCormick Place for the two thousand seventeen Chicago Auto Demonstrate, but fear not. Take your time, create a plan and save time, money and aggravation along the way. If you have an iPhone, be wary.
Toyota refreshes two thousand eighteen Tundra and Sequoia with TRD Sport trim
The big dogs in the Toyota lineup get refreshed with modern grooming on the full-size Tundra pickup and full-size Sequoia SUV. Standard equipment on both will include collision avoidance, lane departure alert, adaptive cruise and automatic high rafters on the headlights, collectively known as Toyota.
2018 Hyundai Elantra GT hatchback debuts at Chicago Auto Showcase
Hyundai Elantra is one of the best cars on the market for under $20,000, combining useful standard features in a capable rail. The value proposition resumes with the redesigned Elantra GT hatchback available in two four-cylinder engines, which Hyundai announced on Thursday, February nine at the.
Sounds of the Chicago Auto Demonstrate
The Lexus LC500 Immersive Sonic Practice.
Ten Chicago Auto Display must-see two thousand eighteen models
The 109th Chicago Auto Showcase takes over McCormick Place for ten days beginning Saturday. The showcase brings almost a 1,000 kinds of vehicles from thirty six automakers. Here's a quick look at ten must-see two thousand eighteen models. (Jemal R. Brinson / Chicago Tribune)
Chicago Auto Showcase history
HISTORY OF THE CHICAGO AUTO Demonstrate: The two thousand seventeen Chicago Auto Display, the 109th exhibition of the nation's largest and longest running auto showcase, features over 1,000 vehicles covering over one million square feet, five massive indoor test tracks and outdoor test drives at McCormick Place. It will be held.
2017 Chicago Auto Display at a glance
The two thousand seventeen Chicago Auto Display marks the 109th installment of the nation's largest and longest running consumer auto demonstrate. Over 1,000 fresh vehicles, including forty debut vehicles, will be on display across one million square feet at McCormick Place, two thousand three hundred one S. King Drive. Indoor Tracks: Rail along with professional.
Ford redesigns two thousand eighteen Expedition full-size SUV
Ford redesigned the Expedition full-size SUV days before the opening of the two thousand seventeen Chicago Auto Display. With its broad, horizontal mesh grille, it shares more visual traits with Ford's SUV family than the F-150 pickup family. The 8-seater is about an inch longer and broader than the outgoing model, according.
Dodge extracts two thousand eighteen Durango SRT spectacle SUV
Dodge unveiled its latest high-performance muscle car on Tuesday, February 7, just in time for the two thousand seventeen Chicago Auto Demonstrate. The muscle car is actually the two thousand eighteen Durango SRT three-row SUV with a 475-horsepower HEMI V-8 engine. Why make a high-performance family hauler capable of hitting sixty mph in.
Auto display concepts create a whirr
Car companies don't just showcase current models at auto shows. They also unveil prototypes that could be built in the future. These so-called concept cars help them gauge the public's reaction to fresh designs or technology. They can also amp up excitement about a company's future. These are some of.
Detroit auto demonstrate points industry in conservative direction
The North American International Auto Display in Detroit is arguably the most influential of the world's many auto shows. The two thousand seventeen display, which runs through Sunday, historically features the most world product debuts and is covered by journalists from over sixty countries. It's a barometer measuring the.
Refreshed two thousand eighteen Ford Mustang channels high-performance GT350
The refreshed two thousand eighteen Ford Mustang drops the V-6 engine and adds elements from its track-star sibling, the Shelby GT350. It gets a lowered rubber hood, headlights and fascia like the GT350, with fresh vents and a broader grille. There are twelve wheel options, three fresh colors (including Orange Fury) and the headlights.
2017 BMW five Series gets lighter, smarter, swifter
BMW boasts luxury, power, efficiency and technology in the two thousand seventeen BMW five Series. Weight dropped one hundred thirty seven pounds despite getting an inch longer and slightly broader and taller. The front overhang is shorter, and the standard LED headlight housings are streamlined into the kidney grille. Rear lights open up.
Is Trump steering automakers?
DETROIT — The auto industry's thickest players have gathered at the North American International Auto Showcase, as they do every January, to showcase their latest electrified vehicles, SUVs and pickup trucks. This year, however, the cars varnish over a deepening unease about the industry's standing with.
Toyota steals the showcase with 'sexy' two thousand eighteen Camry
For fifteen years, the Toyota Camry has been the best-selling vehicle in the U.S., excluding pickup trucks. Its reputation as reliable however bland has prompted some critics to deride it as nothing more than an appliance. While consumers don't care much for critics, Toyota President Akio Toyoda pledged.
Toyota Camry over the years
Toyota unveiled the eighth-generation Camry at the Detroit auto display Monday, at a time when car buyers in the U.S. are flocking to SUVs. The Camry has worn the crown as the best-selling vehicle in the U.S., excluding pickups, for fifteen years, suggesting drivers a reliable rail for getting from one place.
Honda launches two thousand eighteen Odyssey minivan with fresh seats, transmission
Honda aims to keep its best-selling minivan at the top amidst strong competition in the limited but loyal minivan market. Honda unveiled the redesigned two thousand eighteen Odyssey at the two thousand seventeen North American International Auto Showcase in Detroit, hours after the Chrysler Pacifica minivan won two thousand sixteen Family Car of the.
2018 Lexus LS flagship sedan gets sporting redesign
The 5th generation flagship sedan was overdue for a total redesign, which hadn’t happened since model year 2007. It has a sleek modern look, with a long nose, longer wheelbase, brief front overhangs with broad air intakes, and a lower rail. The rear-wheel-drive platform collective with the gorgeous LC.
2018 Kia Stinger fastback sedan unveiled in Detroit
Kia Stinger is a big risk and a big deal. The five-passenger fastback sports sedan design shoves Kia into luxury sport territory along with the Tesla Model S, Audi RS7, Porsche Panamera and others. Born of the GT Concept luxury fastback unveiled in two thousand eleven and paraded around the U.S in 2014, the.
2018 GMC Terrain gets a acute fresh look
GMC unveiled a new-look Terrain compact crossover on Sunday on the eve of the opening press days at the two thousand seventeen North American International Auto Demonstrate in Detroit. The boxy edges of the outgoing Terrain, which distinguished itself from its platform-mate Chevy Equinox with a design reminiscent of an.
Ford planning thirteen electrified vehicles, including a hybrid F-150 and Mustang
Ford announced plans to build a fresh, fully electrified SUV with a 300-mile range that it will launch in two thousand twenty and a fully autonomous vehicle as part of its sweeping electrification program. The moves are part of a $Four.Five billion investment in electrified vehicles by 2020, part of Ford's expansion to.
Chevy Bolt, BMW M2, Chrysler Pacifica win best of year awards
The end of one thing and the beginning of another is a time for reflection, anticipation and superlatives. That time is now for the auto industry. The newest cars have been road-tested and dealer delivered, just as next year's crop debuts at auto shows. Just like every city has an auto display, just.
Highlights from the begin of auto display season
The crossover craze proceeds to grow and it won't be slowing any time in the near future. Toyota, Ford, Subaru, Jeep and Volkswagen are all displaying fresh crossovers and SUVs at this week's Los Angeles Auto Demonstrate. Even traditional luxury car makers like Jaguar and Alfa Romeo are debuting SUVs at.
2017 Mazda CX-5 thrusts into premium segment
Fully redesigned for 2017, the 2nd generation Mazda CX-5 compact crossover will come with three available SKYACTIV engines, including a Two.2-liter diesel expected in the U.S. later in 2017. Accounting for twenty five percent of global sales, the CX-5 is Mazda's most significant vehicle, and it proceeds.
2018 Alfa Romeo Stelvio spectacle SUV comes to America
The third model in Alfa Romeo's resurgent American lineup is the all-new two thousand eighteen Stelvio sport SUV. Named after the famed Stelvio Pass in the Italian Alps, Stelvio uses a 2-liter turbo four-cylinder engine delivering two hundred eighty horsepower and three hundred six pound-feet of torque. All-wheel drive is standard in the performance-oriented.
2018 Ford EcoSport debuts for American market
Ford made snaps late Monday when it used Snapchat to expose the EcoSport subcompact crossover in advance of the Los Angeles Auto Showcase. The use of Snapchat, a social media messaging app popular with millennials and the subsequent Generation Z, to expose a vehicle was a very first, according to Ford.
Honda exposes very first turbocharged two thousand seventeen CR-V at a produce market
Honda unveiled its redesigned two thousand seventeen Honda CR-V in Detroit last week at a produce market flanked by two truck trailers stacked with hay. Most fresh car exposes occur at press conferences during major auto shows, such as the North American International Auto Display in Detroit. Japan's second-largest automaker picked.
Porsche, Land Rover, BMW and Honda launch world debuts
A hot hatch racing to American shores for the very first time, a family-friendly three-row SUV with seats that can be rearranged via clever phone, and an electrified vehicle that promises to keep going for over three hundred miles on a single charge — these are some of the highlights from the ongoing Paris auto demonstrate.
2017 Jeep Compass to substitute old Compass, Patriot compact crossovers
Jeep exposed that Compass will be the name for the compact Jeep that will substitute the Compass and Patriot crossovers as it celebrated the commence of production at its plant in Pernambuco, Brazil, and released three pics of the vehicle. The pics display a more aerodynamic design than the outgoing.
Chevy chooses Chicago to launch redesigned two thousand eighteen Equinox crossover
Chevrolet transformed the main floor of the Museum of Science and Industry last night into a showcase for the world debut of the redesigned two thousand eighteen Chevrolet Equinox. The launch coincided with the Autumnal equinox. Very first launched for model year 2005, the third-generation compact crossover has become.
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2017 auto showcase debuts
Automakers spinned out everything from high-performance muscle cars to redesigned best-sellers and all-new plug-in vehicles at the last lap of the major auto showcase circuit in Fresh York. The two thousand seventeen Fresh York International Auto Display officially opens to the public on Friday. Here are some of the buzz-worthy.
Things to do with the family at the two thousand seventeen Chicago Auto Showcase
For mobsters like Al Capone, who ran the same Chicago streets that visitors will take to the two thousand seventeen Chicago Auto Demonstrate, car choice had less to do with horsepower and showy design than features like superior braking and running boards. Come in Capone's one thousand nine hundred twenty eight Cadillac sedan. Low-key or flashy, custom-made or.
Sitting in a car used to be so ordinary, right? Lift the lever and slide the seat back and forward until your gams fit, adjust the rearview mirror and go, go, go. Sure, your back began to hurt or your gams ached, but that's what drive-in restaurants and scenic overlooks were for — a chance to get.
Wednesday, February fifteen is Women's Day at the two thousand seventeen Chicago Auto Demonstrate. In addition to women-oriented programming, tickets for women are $7, instead of $13. Women influence over eighty percent of all fresh car purchases, yet they make up just a little over one-quarter of the automotive industry's workforce.
The 109th Chicago Auto Showcase takes over McCormick Place for a little more than a week beginning Saturday, Feb. 11. The display brings almost a 1,000 kinds of vehicles from more than thirty automakers.
Fiat Chrysler Automobiles unveiled a fresh upfitted BraunAbility Pacifica at the two thousand seventeen Chicago Auto Showcase. “The most spacious wheelchair-accessible vehicle in the industry, the BraunAbility Chrysler Pacifica features patent-pending AccessAbility technology, including an aerospace-inspired sliding door.
American muscle or European sports cars of the '60s and '70s are the greatest collector cars right now. Visible qualities that make them desirable are excellent design and high horsepower. But which fresh cars will be very valued in thirty years and for what reasons? Walk around the two thousand seventeen Chicago Auto Display.
CLASS OF 2018: From all-new two thousand eighteen spectacle crossovers like the Alfa Romeo Stelvio to the first-ever Volkswagen Atlas seven-seat family SUV, not to mention a few sports cars and off-road trucks in inbetween, there is a sturdy market of fresh cars heading to dealer lots this year. For fresh concept vehicles,
CLASS OF 2018: From all-new two thousand eighteen spectacle crossovers like the Alfa Romeo Stelvio to the first-ever Volkswagen Atlas seven-seat family SUV, not to mention a few sports cars and off-road trucks in inbetween, there is a sturdy market of fresh cars heading to dealer lots this year. For fresh concept vehicles.
For mobsters like Al Capone, who ran the same Chicago streets that visitors will take to the two thousand seventeen Chicago Auto Demonstrate, car choice had less to do with horsepower and showy design than features like superior braking and running boards. Come in Capone's one thousand nine hundred twenty eight Cadillac sedan. Low-key or flashy, custom-made or.
Sitting in a car used to be so ordinary, right? Lift the lever and slide the seat back and forward until your gams fit, adjust the rearview mirror and go, go, go. Sure, your back began to hurt or your gams ached, but that's what drive-in restaurants and scenic overlooks were for — a chance to get.
Wednesday, February fifteen is Women's Day at the two thousand seventeen Chicago Auto Demonstrate. In addition to women-oriented programming, tickets for women are $7, instead of $13. Women influence over eighty percent of all fresh car purchases, yet they make up just a little over one-quarter of the automotive industry's workforce.
The 109th Chicago Auto Showcase takes over McCormick Place for a little more than a week beginning Saturday, Feb. 11. The display brings almost a 1,000 kinds of vehicles from more than thirty automakers.
Fiat Chrysler Automobiles unveiled a fresh upfitted BraunAbility Pacifica at the two thousand seventeen Chicago Auto Showcase. “The most spacious wheelchair-accessible vehicle in the industry, the BraunAbility Chrysler Pacifica features patent-pending AccessAbility technology, including an aerospace-inspired sliding door.
American muscle or European sports cars of the '60s and '70s are the greatest collector cars right now. Visible qualities that make them desirable are excellent design and high horsepower. But which fresh cars will be very valued in thirty years and for what reasons? Walk around the two thousand seventeen Chicago Auto Display.
CLASS OF 2018: From all-new two thousand eighteen spectacle crossovers like the Alfa Romeo Stelvio to the first-ever Volkswagen Atlas seven-seat family SUV, not to mention a few sports cars and off-road trucks in inbetween, there is a sturdy market of fresh cars heading to dealer lots this year. For fresh concept vehicles,
CLASS OF 2018: From all-new two thousand eighteen spectacle crossovers like the Alfa Romeo Stelvio to the first-ever Volkswagen Atlas seven-seat family SUV, not to mention a few sports cars and off-road trucks in inbetween, there is a sturdy market of fresh cars heading to dealer lots this year. For fresh concept vehicles.
2018 Kia Stinger
Opening weekend of Chicago Auto Demonstrate brings the crowd, and the swag
In the distance an engine roars and rubber burns. Closer to the entrance the smell of burgers sizzling on the grill and the sounds of carnival barkers charging up a crowd with giveaways and promises commingles with a five-piece funk band with a intense bass riff. Floating in the lights overhead.
2017 Chicago Auto Showcase opening day
Glances and sounds from the two thousand seventeen Chicago Auto Showcase opening day on Feb. 11, 2017. (Chris Sweda/Chicago Tribune)
Producers of Chicago Auto Display serve local dealers and communities
Ask most folks what the Chicago Automobile Trade Association does and the quick response is that it sponsors the nation's largest consumer auto display, the annual Chicago Auto Display. True, and a task it has performed since 1935, but that's only part of the response. The CATA is an organization signifying.
Why car years are ahead of time
Automakers use the model year to distinguish fresh vehicles sporting the latest updates in technology, styling, creature comforts and options. But why are fresh models born in the future, with model year two thousand eighteen vehicles introduced in 2016, for example? Finding the reaction is like finding Waldo. There.
Things to drive at the two thousand seventeen Chicago Auto Display
With an estimated 1,000 fresh vehicles spread out over 1.1 million square feet at the two thousand seventeen Chicago Auto Demonstrate, there may be temptation to drive one or a hundred of them. The doors of display floor models may be opened to get a feel behind the wheel, but most of the driving will be reserved for another.
Best fresh cars at the two thousand seventeen Chicago Auto Demonstrate
Just when it seems like there couldn't be any more crossovers, here come pavement-blistering high spectacle variants capable of hitting sixty mph in Four.Four seconds. Just when it seems like a brand has defined itself, it cracks form and produces a fastback sports sedan. At the 109th installment of the.
Five Chicago Auto Showcase extras
The 109th Chicago Auto Showcase takes over McCormick Place for ten days beginning Saturday. The demonstrate brings almost a 1,000 kinds of vehicles from thirty six automakers. Here are five extras you shouldn't miss. (Jemal R. Brinson / Chicago Tribune)
Indoor tracks showcased at the two thousand seventeen Chicago Auto Demonstrate
Visitors to the two thousand seventeen Chicago Auto Demonstrate at McCormick Place have the chance to practice five different vehicles at the display's indoor tracks. (Jose M. Osorio / Chicago Tribune)
2017 Chicago Auto Display
The two thousand seventeen Chicago Auto Display held its media preview at McCormick Place on Feb. 9, 2017. The showcase opens to the public Feb. Eleven and runs until Feb. 20, 2017.
Chicago Auto Demonstrate tees up virtual reality and a 'Starlet Wars' SUV
You don't need a license to get behind a wheel or two at the Chicago Auto Display — but there's more to do than say “vroom, vroom.” The consumer demonstrate, running Saturday through Feb. 20, has diversions for those interested in tech, too, with simulators and virtual reality and augmented reality stations.
The best ways to get to the two thousand seventeen Chicago Auto Showcase
Traffic, construction, confusing GPS directions from your smartphone? All of these obstacles might be faced when getting to McCormick Place for the two thousand seventeen Chicago Auto Demonstrate, but fear not. Take your time, create a plan and save time, money and aggravation along the way. If you have an iPhone, be wary.
Toyota refreshes two thousand eighteen Tundra and Sequoia with TRD Sport trim
The big dogs in the Toyota lineup get refreshed with modern grooming on the full-size Tundra pickup and full-size Sequoia SUV. Standard equipment on both will include collision avoidance, lane departure alert, adaptive cruise and automatic high rafters on the headlights, collectively known as Toyota.
2018 Hyundai Elantra GT hatchback debuts at Chicago Auto Demonstrate
Hyundai Elantra is one of the best cars on the market for under $20,000, combining useful standard features in a capable rail. The value proposition resumes with the redesigned Elantra GT hatchback available in two four-cylinder engines, which Hyundai announced on Thursday, February nine at the.
Sounds of the Chicago Auto Showcase
The Lexus LC500 Immersive Sonic Practice.
Ten Chicago Auto Demonstrate must-see two thousand eighteen models
The 109th Chicago Auto Demonstrate takes over McCormick Place for ten days beginning Saturday. The display brings almost a 1,000 kinds of vehicles from thirty six automakers. Here's a quick look at ten must-see two thousand eighteen models. (Jemal R. Brinson / Chicago Tribune)
Chicago Auto Display history
HISTORY OF THE CHICAGO AUTO Demonstrate: The two thousand seventeen Chicago Auto Demonstrate, the 109th exhibition of the nation's largest and longest running auto display, features over 1,000 vehicles covering over one million square feet, five massive indoor test tracks and outdoor test drives at McCormick Place. It will be held.
2017 Chicago Auto Showcase at a glance
The two thousand seventeen Chicago Auto Display marks the 109th installment of the nation's largest and longest running consumer auto showcase. Over 1,000 fresh vehicles, including forty debut vehicles, will be on display across one million square feet at McCormick Place, two thousand three hundred one S. King Drive. Indoor Tracks: Rail along with professional.
Ford redesigns two thousand eighteen Expedition full-size SUV
Ford redesigned the Expedition full-size SUV days before the opening of the two thousand seventeen Chicago Auto Display. With its broad, horizontal mesh grille, it shares more visual traits with Ford's SUV family than the F-150 pickup family. The 8-seater is about an inch longer and broader than the outgoing model, according.
Dodge releases two thousand eighteen Durango SRT spectacle SUV
Dodge unveiled its latest high-performance muscle car on Tuesday, February 7, just in time for the two thousand seventeen Chicago Auto Showcase. The muscle car is actually the two thousand eighteen Durango SRT three-row SUV with a 475-horsepower HEMI V-8 engine. Why make a high-performance family hauler capable of hitting sixty mph in.
Auto showcase concepts create a hum
Car companies don't just demonstrate current models at auto shows. They also unveil prototypes that could be built in the future. These so-called concept cars help them gauge the public's reaction to fresh designs or technology. They can also amp up excitement about a company's future. These are some of.
Detroit auto display points industry in conservative direction
The North American International Auto Demonstrate in Detroit is arguably the most influential of the world's many auto shows. The two thousand seventeen display, which runs through Sunday, historically features the most world product debuts and is covered by journalists from over sixty countries. It's a barometer measuring the.
Refreshed two thousand eighteen Ford Mustang channels high-performance GT350
The refreshed two thousand eighteen Ford Mustang drops the V-6 engine and adds elements from its track-star sibling, the Shelby GT350. It gets a lowered fetish mask, headlights and fascia like the GT350, with fresh vents and a broader grille. There are twelve wheel options, three fresh colors (including Orange Fury) and the headlights.
2017 BMW five Series gets lighter, smarter, quicker
BMW boasts luxury, power, efficiency and technology in the two thousand seventeen BMW five Series. Weight dropped one hundred thirty seven pounds despite getting an inch longer and slightly broader and taller. The front overhang is shorter, and the standard LED headlight housings are streamlined into the kidney grille. Rear lights spread.
Is Trump steering automakers?
DETROIT — The auto industry's largest players have gathered at the North American International Auto Showcase, as they do every January, to showcase their latest electrified vehicles, SUVs and pickup trucks. This year, however, the cars varnish over a deepening unease about the industry's standing with.
Toyota steals the demonstrate with 'sexy' two thousand eighteen Camry
For fifteen years, the Toyota Camry has been the best-selling vehicle in the U.S., excluding pickup trucks. Its reputation as reliable tho’ bland has prompted some critics to deride it as nothing more than an appliance. While consumers don't care much for critics, Toyota President Akio Toyoda pledged.
Toyota Camry over the years
Toyota unveiled the eighth-generation Camry at the Detroit auto showcase Monday, at a time when car buyers in the U.S. are flocking to SUVs. The Camry has worn the crown as the best-selling vehicle in the U.S., excluding pickups, for fifteen years, suggesting drivers a reliable rail for getting from one place.
Honda launches two thousand eighteen Odyssey minivan with fresh seats, transmission
Honda aims to keep its best-selling minivan at the top amidst strong competition in the limited but loyal minivan market. Honda unveiled the redesigned two thousand eighteen Odyssey at the two thousand seventeen North American International Auto Demonstrate in Detroit, hours after the Chrysler Pacifica minivan won two thousand sixteen Family Car of the.
2018 Lexus LS flagship sedan gets sporting redesign
The 5th generation flagship sedan was overdue for a total redesign, which hadn’t happened since model year 2007. It has a sleek modern look, with a long nose, longer wheelbase, brief front overhangs with broad air intakes, and a lower rail. The rear-wheel-drive platform collective with the gorgeous LC.
2018 Kia Stinger fastback sedan unveiled in Detroit
Kia Stinger is a big risk and a big deal. The five-passenger fastback sports sedan design thrusts Kia into luxury sport territory along with the Tesla Model S, Audi RS7, Porsche Panamera and others. Born of the GT Concept luxury fastback unveiled in two thousand eleven and paraded around the U.S in 2014, the.
2018 GMC Terrain gets a acute fresh look
GMC unveiled a new-look Terrain compact crossover on Sunday on the eve of the opening press days at the two thousand seventeen North American International Auto Showcase in Detroit. The boxy edges of the outgoing Terrain, which distinguished itself from its platform-mate Chevy Equinox with a design reminiscent of an.
Ford planning thirteen electrified vehicles, including a hybrid F-150 and Mustang
Ford announced plans to build a fresh, fully electrified SUV with a 300-mile range that it will launch in two thousand twenty and a fully autonomous vehicle as part of its sweeping electrification program. The moves are part of a $Four.Five billion investment in electrified vehicles by 2020, part of Ford's expansion to.
Chevy Bolt, BMW M2, Chrysler Pacifica win best of year awards
The end of one thing and the beginning of another is a time for reflection, anticipation and superlatives. That time is now for the auto industry. The newest cars have been road-tested and dealer delivered, just as next year's crop debuts at auto shows. Just like every city has an auto demonstrate, just.
Highlights from the commence of auto demonstrate season
The crossover craze proceeds to grow and it won't be slowing any time in the near future. Toyota, Ford, Subaru, Jeep and Volkswagen are all displaying fresh crossovers and SUVs at this week's Los Angeles Auto Demonstrate. Even traditional luxury car makers like Jaguar and Alfa Romeo are debuting SUVs at.
2017 Mazda CX-5 thrusts into premium segment
Fully redesigned for 2017, the 2nd generation Mazda CX-5 compact crossover will come with three available SKYACTIV engines, including a Two.2-liter diesel expected in the U.S. later in 2017. Accounting for twenty five percent of global sales, the CX-5 is Mazda's most significant vehicle, and it resumes.
2018 Alfa Romeo Stelvio spectacle SUV comes to America
The third model in Alfa Romeo's resurgent American lineup is the all-new two thousand eighteen Stelvio sport SUV. Named after the famed Stelvio Pass in the Italian Alps, Stelvio uses a 2-liter turbo four-cylinder engine delivering two hundred eighty horsepower and three hundred six pound-feet of torque. All-wheel drive is standard in the performance-oriented.
2018 Ford EcoSport debuts for American market
Ford made snaps late Monday when it used Snapchat to expose the EcoSport subcompact crossover in advance of the Los Angeles Auto Display. The use of Snapchat, a social media messaging app popular with millennials and the subsequent Generation Z, to expose a vehicle was a very first, according to Ford.
Honda exposes very first turbocharged two thousand seventeen CR-V at a produce market
Honda unveiled its redesigned two thousand seventeen Honda CR-V in Detroit last week at a produce market flanked by two truck trailers stacked with hay. Most fresh car exposes occur at press conferences during major auto shows, such as the North American International Auto Display in Detroit. Japan's second-largest automaker picked.
Porsche, Land Rover, BMW and Honda launch world debuts
A hot hatch racing to American shores for the very first time, a family-friendly three-row SUV with seats that can be rearranged via brainy phone, and an electrified vehicle that promises to keep going for over three hundred miles on a single charge — these are some of the highlights from the ongoing Paris auto demonstrate.
2017 Jeep Compass to substitute old Compass, Patriot compact crossovers
Jeep exposed that Compass will be the name for the compact Jeep that will substitute the Compass and Patriot crossovers as it celebrated the commence of production at its plant in Pernambuco, Brazil, and released three pics of the vehicle. The photos display a more aerodynamic design than the outgoing.
Chevy chooses Chicago to launch redesigned two thousand eighteen Equinox crossover
Chevrolet transformed the main floor of the Museum of Science and Industry last night into a showcase for the world debut of the redesigned two thousand eighteen Chevrolet Equinox. The launch coincided with the Autumnal equinox. Very first launched for model year 2005, the third-generation compact crossover has become.
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2017 auto showcase debuts
Automakers spinned out everything from high-performance muscle cars to redesigned best-sellers and all-new plug-in vehicles at the last lap of the major auto display circuit in Fresh York. The two thousand seventeen Fresh York International Auto Demonstrate officially opens to the public on Friday. Here are some of the buzz-worthy.
Things to do with the family at the two thousand seventeen Chicago Auto Demonstrate
For mobsters like Al Capone, who ran the same Chicago streets that visitors will take to the two thousand seventeen Chicago Auto Showcase, car choice had less to do with horsepower and showy design than features like superior braking and running boards. Inject Capone's one thousand nine hundred twenty eight Cadillac sedan. Low-key or flashy, custom-built or.
Sitting in a car used to be so plain, right? Lift the lever and slide the seat back and forward until your gams fit, adjust the rearview mirror and go, go, go. Sure, your back embarked to hurt or your gams ached, but that's what drive-in restaurants and scenic overlooks were for — a chance to get.
Wednesday, February fifteen is Women's Day at the two thousand seventeen Chicago Auto Demonstrate. In addition to women-oriented programming, tickets for women are $7, instead of $13. Women influence over eighty percent of all fresh car purchases, yet they make up just a little over one-quarter of the automotive industry's workforce.
The 109th Chicago Auto Showcase takes over McCormick Place for a little more than a week beginning Saturday, Feb. 11. The demonstrate brings almost a 1,000 kinds of vehicles from more than thirty automakers.
Fiat Chrysler Automobiles unveiled a fresh upfitted BraunAbility Pacifica at the two thousand seventeen Chicago Auto Demonstrate. “The most spacious wheelchair-accessible vehicle in the industry, the BraunAbility Chrysler Pacifica features patent-pending AccessAbility technology, including an aerospace-inspired sliding door.
American muscle or European sports cars of the '60s and '70s are the greatest collector cars right now. Evident qualities that make them desirable are fine design and high horsepower. But which fresh cars will be very valued in thirty years and for what reasons? Walk around the two thousand seventeen Chicago Auto Display.
CLASS OF 2018: From all-new two thousand eighteen spectacle crossovers like the Alfa Romeo Stelvio to the first-ever Volkswagen Atlas seven-seat family SUV, not to mention a few sports cars and off-road trucks in inbetween, there is a sturdy market of fresh cars heading to dealer lots this year. For fresh concept vehicles,
CLASS OF 2018: From all-new two thousand eighteen spectacle crossovers like the Alfa Romeo Stelvio to the first-ever Volkswagen Atlas seven-seat family SUV, not to mention a few sports cars and off-road trucks in inbetween, there is a sturdy market of fresh cars heading to dealer lots this year. For fresh concept vehicles.
For mobsters like Al Capone, who ran the same Chicago streets that visitors will take to the two thousand seventeen Chicago Auto Showcase, car choice had less to do with horsepower and showy design than features like superior braking and running boards. Inject Capone's one thousand nine hundred twenty eight Cadillac sedan. Low-key or flashy, custom-built or.
Sitting in a car used to be so plain, right? Lift the lever and slide the seat back and forward until your gams fit, adjust the rearview mirror and go, go, go. Sure, your back embarked to hurt or your gams ached, but that's what drive-in restaurants and scenic overlooks were for — a chance to get.
Wednesday, February fifteen is Women's Day at the two thousand seventeen Chicago Auto Demonstrate. In addition to women-oriented programming, tickets for women are $7, instead of $13. Women influence over eighty percent of all fresh car purchases, yet they make up just a little over one-quarter of the automotive industry's workforce.
The 109th Chicago Auto Showcase takes over McCormick Place for a little more than a week beginning Saturday, Feb. 11. The demonstrate brings almost a 1,000 kinds of vehicles from more than thirty automakers.
Fiat Chrysler Automobiles unveiled a fresh upfitted BraunAbility Pacifica at the two thousand seventeen Chicago Auto Demonstrate. “The most spacious wheelchair-accessible vehicle in the industry, the BraunAbility Chrysler Pacifica features patent-pending AccessAbility technology, including an aerospace-inspired sliding door.
American muscle or European sports cars of the '60s and '70s are the greatest collector cars right now. Evident qualities that make them desirable are fine design and high horsepower. But which fresh cars will be very valued in thirty years and for what reasons? Walk around the two thousand seventeen Chicago Auto Display.
CLASS OF 2018: From all-new two thousand eighteen spectacle crossovers like the Alfa Romeo Stelvio to the first-ever Volkswagen Atlas seven-seat family SUV, not to mention a few sports cars and off-road trucks in inbetween, there is a sturdy market of fresh cars heading to dealer lots this year. For fresh concept vehicles,
CLASS OF 2018: From all-new two thousand eighteen spectacle crossovers like the Alfa Romeo Stelvio to the first-ever Volkswagen Atlas seven-seat family SUV, not to mention a few sports cars and off-road trucks in inbetween, there is a sturdy market of fresh cars heading to dealer lots this year. For fresh concept vehicles.
2018 Kia Stinger
Opening weekend of Chicago Auto Demonstrate brings the crowd, and the swag
In the distance an engine roars and rubber burns. Closer to the entrance the smell of burgers sizzling on the grill and the sounds of carnival barkers charging up a crowd with giveaways and promises commingles with a five-piece funk band with a mighty bass riff. Floating in the lights overhead.
2017 Chicago Auto Showcase opening day
Glances and sounds from the two thousand seventeen Chicago Auto Display opening day on Feb. 11, 2017. (Chris Sweda/Chicago Tribune)
Producers of Chicago Auto Showcase serve local dealers and communities
Ask most folks what the Chicago Automobile Trade Association does and the quick response is that it sponsors the nation's largest consumer auto showcase, the annual Chicago Auto Display. True, and a task it has performed since 1935, but that's only part of the reaction. The CATA is an organization indicating.
Why car years are ahead of time
Automakers use the model year to distinguish fresh vehicles sporting the latest updates in technology, styling, creature comforts and options. But why are fresh models born in the future, with model year two thousand eighteen vehicles introduced in 2016, for example? Finding the response is like finding Waldo. There.
Things to drive at the two thousand seventeen Chicago Auto Demonstrate
With an estimated 1,000 fresh vehicles spread out over 1.1 million square feet at the two thousand seventeen Chicago Auto Showcase, there may be temptation to drive one or a hundred of them. The doors of display floor models may be opened to get a feel behind the wheel, but most of the driving will be reserved for another.
Best fresh cars at the two thousand seventeen Chicago Auto Demonstrate
Just when it seems like there couldn't be any more crossovers, here come pavement-blistering high spectacle variants capable of hitting sixty mph in Four.Four seconds. Just when it seems like a brand has defined itself, it cracks form and supplies a fastback sports sedan. At the 109th installment of the.
Five Chicago Auto Demonstrate extras
The 109th Chicago Auto Display takes over McCormick Place for ten days beginning Saturday. The showcase brings almost a 1,000 kinds of vehicles from thirty six automakers. Here are five extras you shouldn't miss. (Jemal R. Brinson / Chicago Tribune)
Indoor tracks showcased at the two thousand seventeen Chicago Auto Demonstrate
Visitors to the two thousand seventeen Chicago Auto Showcase at McCormick Place have the chance to practice five different vehicles at the showcase's indoor tracks. (Jose M. Osorio / Chicago Tribune)
2017 Chicago Auto Display
The two thousand seventeen Chicago Auto Demonstrate held its media preview at McCormick Place on Feb. 9, 2017. The display opens to the public Feb. Eleven and runs until Feb. 20, 2017.
Chicago Auto Demonstrate tees up virtual reality and a 'Starlet Wars' SUV
You don't need a license to get behind a wheel or two at the Chicago Auto Display — but there's more to do than say “vroom, vroom.” The consumer showcase, running Saturday through Feb. 20, has diversions for those interested in tech, too, with simulators and virtual reality and augmented reality stations.
The best ways to get to the two thousand seventeen Chicago Auto Display
Traffic, construction, confusing GPS directions from your smartphone? All of these obstacles might be faced when getting to McCormick Place for the two thousand seventeen Chicago Auto Showcase, but fear not. Take your time, create a plan and save time, money and aggravation along the way. If you have an iPhone, be wary.
Toyota refreshes two thousand eighteen Tundra and Sequoia with TRD Sport trim
The big dogs in the Toyota lineup get refreshed with modern grooming on the full-size Tundra pickup and full-size Sequoia SUV. Standard equipment on both will include collision avoidance, lane departure alert, adaptive cruise and automatic high rafters on the headlights, collectively known as Toyota.
2018 Hyundai Elantra GT hatchback debuts at Chicago Auto Demonstrate
Hyundai Elantra is one of the best cars on the market for under $20,000, combining useful standard features in a capable rail. The value proposition proceeds with the redesigned Elantra GT hatchback available in two four-cylinder engines, which Hyundai announced on Thursday, February nine at the.
Sounds of the Chicago Auto Demonstrate
The Lexus LC500 Immersive Sonic Practice.
Ten Chicago Auto Display must-see two thousand eighteen models
The 109th Chicago Auto Showcase takes over McCormick Place for ten days beginning Saturday. The display brings almost a 1,000 kinds of vehicles from thirty six automakers. Here's a quick look at ten must-see two thousand eighteen models. (Jemal R. Brinson / Chicago Tribune)
Chicago Auto Display history
HISTORY OF THE CHICAGO AUTO Display: The two thousand seventeen Chicago Auto Demonstrate, the 109th exhibition of the nation's largest and longest running auto showcase, features over 1,000 vehicles covering over one million square feet, five massive indoor test tracks and outdoor test drives at McCormick Place. It will be held.
2017 Chicago Auto Display at a glance
The two thousand seventeen Chicago Auto Display marks the 109th installment of the nation's largest and longest running consumer auto display. Over 1,000 fresh vehicles, including forty debut vehicles, will be on display across one million square feet at McCormick Place, two thousand three hundred one S. King Drive. Indoor Tracks: Rail along with professional.
Ford redesigns two thousand eighteen Expedition full-size SUV
Ford redesigned the Expedition full-size SUV days before the opening of the two thousand seventeen Chicago Auto Showcase. With its broad, horizontal mesh grille, it shares more visual traits with Ford's SUV family than the F-150 pickup family. The 8-seater is about an inch longer and broader than the outgoing model, according.
Dodge whips out two thousand eighteen Durango SRT spectacle SUV
Dodge unveiled its latest high-performance muscle car on Tuesday, February 7, just in time for the two thousand seventeen Chicago Auto Demonstrate. The muscle car is actually the two thousand eighteen Durango SRT three-row SUV with a 475-horsepower HEMI V-8 engine. Why make a high-performance family hauler capable of hitting sixty mph in.
Auto demonstrate concepts create a whirr
Car companies don't just demonstrate current models at auto shows. They also unveil prototypes that could be built in the future. These so-called concept cars help them gauge the public's reaction to fresh designs or technology. They can also amp up excitement about a company's future. These are some of.
Detroit auto showcase points industry in conservative direction
The North American International Auto Display in Detroit is arguably the most influential of the world's many auto shows. The two thousand seventeen demonstrate, which runs through Sunday, historically features the most world product debuts and is covered by journalists from over sixty countries. It's a barometer measuring the.
Refreshed two thousand eighteen Ford Mustang channels high-performance GT350
The refreshed two thousand eighteen Ford Mustang drops the V-6 engine and adds elements from its track-star sibling, the Shelby GT350. It gets a lowered rubber hood, headlights and fascia like the GT350, with fresh vents and a broader grille. There are twelve wheel options, three fresh colors (including Orange Fury) and the headlights.
2017 BMW five Series gets lighter, smarter, quicker
BMW boasts luxury, power, efficiency and technology in the two thousand seventeen BMW five Series. Weight dropped one hundred thirty seven pounds despite getting an inch longer and slightly broader and taller. The front overhang is shorter, and the standard LED headlight housings are streamlined into the kidney grille. Rear lights open up.
Is Trump steering automakers?
DETROIT — The auto industry's fattest players have gathered at the North American International Auto Demonstrate, as they do every January, to showcase their latest electrified vehicles, SUVs and pickup trucks. This year, however, the cars varnish over a deepening unease about the industry's standing with.
Toyota steals the display with 'sexy' two thousand eighteen Camry
For fifteen years, the Toyota Camry has been the best-selling vehicle in the U.S., excluding pickup trucks. Its reputation as reliable tho’ bland has prompted some critics to deride it as nothing more than an appliance. While consumers don't care much for critics, Toyota President Akio Toyoda pledged.
Toyota Camry over the years
Toyota unveiled the eighth-generation Camry at the Detroit auto showcase Monday, at a time when car buyers in the U.S. are flocking to SUVs. The Camry has worn the crown as the best-selling vehicle in the U.S., excluding pickups, for fifteen years, suggesting drivers a reliable rail for getting from one place.
Honda launches two thousand eighteen Odyssey minivan with fresh seats, transmission
Honda aims to keep its best-selling minivan at the top amidst strong competition in the limited but loyal minivan market. Honda unveiled the redesigned two thousand eighteen Odyssey at the two thousand seventeen North American International Auto Display in Detroit, hours after the Chrysler Pacifica minivan won two thousand sixteen Family Car of the.
2018 Lexus LS flagship sedan gets sporting redesign
The 5th generation flagship sedan was overdue for a utter redesign, which hadn’t happened since model year 2007. It has a sleek modern look, with a long nose, longer wheelbase, brief front overhangs with broad air intakes, and a lower rail. The rear-wheel-drive platform collective with the gorgeous LC.
2018 Kia Stinger fastback sedan unveiled in Detroit
Kia Stinger is a big risk and a big deal. The five-passenger fastback sports sedan design thrusts Kia into luxury sport territory along with the Tesla Model S, Audi RS7, Porsche Panamera and others. Born of the GT Concept luxury fastback unveiled in two thousand eleven and paraded around the U.S in 2014, the.
2018 GMC Terrain gets a acute fresh look
GMC unveiled a new-look Terrain compact crossover on Sunday on the eve of the opening press days at the two thousand seventeen North American International Auto Demonstrate in Detroit. The boxy edges of the outgoing Terrain, which distinguished itself from its platform-mate Chevy Equinox with a design reminiscent of an.
Ford planning thirteen electrified vehicles, including a hybrid F-150 and Mustang
Ford announced plans to build a fresh, fully electrified SUV with a 300-mile range that it will launch in two thousand twenty and a fully autonomous vehicle as part of its sweeping electrification program. The moves are part of a $Four.Five billion investment in electrified vehicles by 2020, part of Ford's expansion to.
Chevy Bolt, BMW M2, Chrysler Pacifica win best of year awards
The end of one thing and the beginning of another is a time for reflection, anticipation and superlatives. That time is now for the auto industry. The newest cars have been road-tested and dealer delivered, just as next year's crop debuts at auto shows. Just like every city has an auto display, just.
Highlights from the commence of auto showcase season
The crossover craze resumes to grow and it won't be slowing any time in the near future. Toyota, Ford, Subaru, Jeep and Volkswagen are all demonstrating fresh crossovers and SUVs at this week's Los Angeles Auto Showcase. Even traditional luxury car makers like Jaguar and Alfa Romeo are debuting SUVs at.
2017 Mazda CX-5 shoves into premium segment
Fully redesigned for 2017, the 2nd generation Mazda CX-5 compact crossover will come with three available SKYACTIV engines, including a Two.2-liter diesel expected in the U.S. later in 2017. Accounting for twenty five percent of global sales, the CX-5 is Mazda's most significant vehicle, and it proceeds.
2018 Alfa Romeo Stelvio spectacle SUV comes to America
The third model in Alfa Romeo's resurgent American lineup is the all-new two thousand eighteen Stelvio sport SUV. Named after the famed Stelvio Pass in the Italian Alps, Stelvio uses a 2-liter turbo four-cylinder engine delivering two hundred eighty horsepower and three hundred six pound-feet of torque. All-wheel drive is standard in the performance-oriented.
2018 Ford EcoSport debuts for American market
Ford made snaps late Monday when it used Snapchat to expose the EcoSport subcompact crossover in advance of the Los Angeles Auto Demonstrate. The use of Snapchat, a social media messaging app popular with millennials and the subsequent Generation Z, to expose a vehicle was a very first, according to Ford.
Honda exposes very first turbocharged two thousand seventeen CR-V at a produce market
Honda unveiled its redesigned two thousand seventeen Honda CR-V in Detroit last week at a produce market flanked by two truck trailers stacked with hay. Most fresh car exposes occur at press conferences during major auto shows, such as the North American International Auto Demonstrate in Detroit. Japan's second-largest automaker picked.
Porsche, Land Rover, BMW and Honda launch world debuts
A hot hatch racing to American shores for the very first time, a family-friendly three-row SUV with seats that can be rearranged via wise phone, and an electrical vehicle that promises to keep going for over three hundred miles on a single charge — these are some of the highlights from the ongoing Paris auto showcase.
2017 Jeep Compass to substitute old Compass, Patriot compact crossovers
Jeep exposed that Compass will be the name for the compact Jeep that will substitute the Compass and Patriot crossovers as it celebrated the begin of production at its plant in Pernambuco, Brazil, and released three pics of the vehicle. The pics demonstrate a more aerodynamic design than the outgoing.
Chevy chooses Chicago to launch redesigned two thousand eighteen Equinox crossover
Chevrolet transformed the main floor of the Museum of Science and Industry last night into a showcase for the world debut of the redesigned two thousand eighteen Chevrolet Equinox. The launch coincided with the Autumnal equinox. Very first launched for model year 2005, the third-generation compact crossover has become.