Global Vehicles

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January 2008

L.A. fights the good fight

While the organizers of the Los Angeles Auto Show are fighting the good fight in their attempt to unseat Detroit's North American International Auto Show (NAIAS) as the North American industry's premier event, the Motor City still displays considerably more clout in luring automakers to unveil cream-of-the-crop concept and production vehicles. Offerings from the automakers in L.A. weren't necessarily humdrum, but world debuts—especially when it came to concepts—were in short supply. With only 14 world premieres (there were 21 last year), the Frankfurt and Tokyo motor shows were quickly cited for stealing L.A.'s thunder. But plainly speaking, it may just be the case that L.A. is, and may always be, a more customer-oriented (vs. industry) show.
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