I've gone to the Canadian International Auto Show in Toronto three years in a row now. I love seeing the concept cars and trying to squeeze my 6'6" frame into the various cars so I know what to watch for when I'm in the market. I've taken quite a few pictures each year as well, and this year will be no different.
I'm excited to be going this weekend and I'll blog the new photos going up shortly after, but it will be a very interesting experience aside from looking at cool cars. This is the year of the auto sector bail-outs. This is the year of everyone from GM to Honda reporting losses and lowering sales. This is the year gas prices peaked and then fell again, and this is the year over a dozen auto manufacturers pulled out of American auto shows.
My wife even asked me if I'd be going this year since so many manufacturers had pulled out. She'd seen it on the news and in the paper, and wasn't sure I knew. Well it turns out they did and they didn't -- they pulled out of American shows, but nobody has pulled out of the Toronto show. This weekend will be very interesting since everyone will be there from Lamborghini to Ferrari as well as the GMs, Fords and Toyotas. More manufacturers will be here in Toronto than at the Detroit show, and that's exciting.
It should be interesting to see everyone's focus. Will Ford still have their massive over-sized trucks on display or more hybrids? Will GM's display fill the Skydome as it has before or be smaller due to cost cutting? Will the interest be around Toyota's high efficiency cars or the exotic sports cars, Bentleys, Rolls and Maseratis?
Two days to go till I find out.
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