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Photo from 2007 North American International Auto Show
2007 NAIAS coordinates
NAIAS 2005 overlooking the Volkswagen exhibit

The North American International Auto Show (NAIAS) is an annual auto show held in Detroit, Michigan at Cobo Center, usually in January. It is among the largest auto shows in North America.[1]

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[edit] History

The first auto show was held in Detroit in 1907 at Beller's Beer Garden at Riverside Park and since then annually except 1943-1952. It was renamed the North American International Auto Show in 1989. Since 1965, it has been held at Cobo Center where it occupies nearly 1 million square feet (93,000 m²) of floor space. The show is particularly important because the Metro Detroit area is the location of the headquarters of the Big Three American automakers, Chrysler, Ford, and General Motors.

[edit] The show

The show begins with press preview days, industry preview days and a charity preview event. The charity preview raises money for local children's charities. In 2004 and 2005, the charity preview attracted 17,500 people at $400 a ticket and raised $7 million in total. 2006 was the sixth consecutive year the charity preview event raised over $6 million. 35,711 tickets were sold for the industry preview representing people from 24 countries in 2005 and 6,897 credentialed press from 63 countries. Over 800,000 attended during the days the show was open to the general public in 2004. It is estimated that the show generates a revenue of over $500 million to the local economy.

The NAIAS is the one of only a few auto shows in the United States sanctioned by the Organisation Internationale des Constructeurs d'Automobiles.

[edit] 2012

The 2012 show ran from January 9 through January 22.

  • January 9–10 — Press preview
  • January 11–12 — Industry preview
  • January 13 — Charity preview
  • January 14–22 — Open to the public

Nissan returned to the show after a three-year absence.[2]

Bryan Herta was presented with the Baby Borg trophy for the 2011 Indianapolis 500 during the show, which coincided with the promotion of the return of the IZOD IndyCar Series to Detroit later in June. A replica Baby Borg was also presented to Suzie Wheldon, the widow of the winning driver of the race.

[edit] Car and truck of the year award

The Hyundai Elantra and Range Rover Evoque were selected to receive the show's North American Car and Truck of the Year awards.[3]

[edit] Production car introductions

[edit] Concept car introductions

[edit] EyesOn Design Awards

The Lexus LF-LC won the EyesOn Design "Excellence in Design Award" for concept vehicles debuted at the Detroit show and the 2013 Ford Fusion received the top honor for production vehicles.[37]

[edit] 2011

The 2011 show ran from January 10 through January 23.

  • January 10–11 — Press preview
  • January 12–13 — Industry preview
  • January 14 — Charity preview
  • January 15–23 — Open to the public

Porsche returned to the show for the first time since 2007.[38] A new "Smarter Living in Michigan" section showcased alternative energy technologies outside of the automotive sector, in addition to an electric vehicle track condensed from its 2010 size.

[edit] Car and truck of the year award

The Chevrolet Volt and Ford Explorer were selected to receive the show's North American Car and Truck of the Year awards.[39]

[edit] Production car introductions

[edit] Concept car introductions

[edit] EyesOn Design Awards

The Porsche 918 RSR won the EyesOn Design "Excellence in Design Award" for concept vehicles debuted at the Detroit show and the 2011 Audi A6 received the award for production vehicles.[44]

[edit] 2010

The 2010 show ran from January 11 through January 24.

  • January 11–12 — Press preview
  • January 13–14 — Industry preview
  • January 15 — Charity preview
  • January 16–24 — Open to the public

A new "Electric Avenue" section showcased electric vehicles from around the world, including some entrants for the Automotive X-Prize. Saab, Hummer, Infiniti, Suzuki, and Porsche did not attend the 2010 show.[45] Nissan and Mitsubishi did not have regular floor space, but the Nissan Leaf and Mitsubishi i MiEV appeared in the Electric Avenue section.[46] A small electrical fire at the Audi exhibit caused an evacuation on January 21. Nobody was hurt.[47]

[edit] Car and truck of the year award

The Ford Fusion Hybrid and Ford Transit Connect were selected to receive the show's North American Car and Truck of the Year awards.[48]

[edit] Production car introductions

[edit] Concept car introductions

[edit] EyesOn Design Awards

The GMC Granite won the EyesOn Design "Excellence in Design Award" for concept vehicles debuted at the Detroit show and the Audi A8 received the top honor for production vehicles.

[edit] 2009

The 2009 show ran from January 11 through January 25.[50]

  • January 11–13 — Press days
  • January 14–15 — Industry days
  • January 16 — Charity preview
  • January 17–25 — Open to the public

Nissan, Infiniti, Mitsubishi, Suzuki, Rolls-Royce, Land Rover, Ferrari, and Porsche did not attend the 2009 auto show, the largest number of non-returning automakers in the show's history. As a result, the show became the first with Chinese automakers (BYD and Brilliance) exhibited on the main floor.[51]

[edit] Car and truck of the year award

The Hyundai Genesis and Ford F-150 were selected to receive the show's North American Car and Truck of the Year awards.[52]

[edit] Production car introductions

The 2010 Mercedes-Benz E-Class was announced and shown to invited members of the press, but was not put on public display until the March 2010 Geneva Motor Show.[53]

GM also announced the production of the Chevrolet Spark mini-car (previously shown as the Chevrolet Beat concept), for sale in Europe in 2010 and North America in 2011, as well as the Chevrolet Orlando compact MPV, for sale in North America in 2011. The Spark will be shown at the 2009 Geneva Motor Show.[54]

[edit] Concept car introductions

[edit] 2008

The 2008 show ran from January 13 through January 27.

  • January 13–15 — Press days
  • January 16–17 — Industry days
  • January 18 — Charity preview
  • January 19–27 — Open to the public

[edit] Car and truck of the year award

The 2008 Chevrolet Malibu and Mazda CX-9 were selected to receive the show's North American Car and Truck of the Year awards.[56]

[edit] Production car introductions

[edit] Concept car introductions

[edit] 2007

The 2007 show was held from January 7 through January 21.

  • January 7–9 — Press days
  • January 10–11 — Industry days
  • January 12 — Charity preview
  • January 13–21 — Open to the public

[edit] Car and truck of the year award

The Saturn Aura and Chevrolet Silverado were selected to receive the North American Car and Truck of the Year awards.[57]

[edit] Production car introductions

[edit] Concept car introductions

GM also displayed five "global" concept cars for the first time in North America: Chevrolet T2X, Chevrolet WTCC, Holden Efijy, Opel Antara GTC, and Saab Aero-X.

[edit] 2006

The 2006 show was held from January 8 through January 22.

  • January 8–10 — Press days
  • January 11–12 — Industry days
  • January 13 — Charity preview
  • January 14–22 — Open to the public

[edit] Production car introductions

[edit] Concept car introductions

[edit] 2005

[edit] Production car introductions

[edit] Concept car introductions

[edit] 2002

[edit] Production car introductions

[edit] Concept car introductions

[edit] 2001

[edit] Concept car introductions

The following concept cars were shown:

[edit] 2000

[edit] Concept car introductions

[edit] 1997

[edit] Production car introductions

[edit] Concept car introductions

[edit] 1992

[edit] Production car introductions

[edit] Concept car introductions

[edit] 1989

The Detroit Auto Show was renamed to the North American International Auto Show for 1989, as Lexus and Infiniti debuted. The show opened on January 11, with press previews and introductions for the first two days.

[edit] Production car introductions

[edit] See also

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