Posted: 1/14/2015 10:02:14 AM EDT
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My first time trying to actually pay attention to this.
How does the schedule work? I mean is each manufacturer given a certain amount of time to unveil all there new stuff at once or do they unveil one thing per day? For example does Ford get up and show all their stuff and then the show moves to the next manufacturer? Have we already seen everything thats going to be introduced this year or is there more to come? |
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My first time trying to actually pay attention to this. How does the schedule work? I mean is each manufacturer given a certain amount of time to unveil all there new stuff at once or do they unveil one thing per day? For example does Ford get up and show all their stuff and then the show moves to the next manufacturer? Have we already seen everything thats going to be introduced this year or is there more to come? Are you with the press? Are you willing to pay 1000 per person for the charity days? If you answered NO to both of those. You buy your ticket, and you walk around and look at the cars. All of the 'launches' and big announcements are during the media days where only the press is allowed in. For the Charity days, you might get a little something in the way of a speech from a CEO or something. |
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My first time trying to actually pay attention to this. How does the schedule work? I mean is each manufacturer given a certain amount of time to unveil all there new stuff at once or do they unveil one thing per day? For example does Ford get up and show all their stuff and then the show moves to the next manufacturer? Have we already seen everything thats going to be introduced this year or is there more to come? The format for the times I have attended was that the show is held in a big convention room at Cobo Hall. The manufactures set up displays, some quite elaborate, showing off their models. Some companies introduce new models you'll eventually see on the street and some new prototypes that never see the light of day. Almost all accompanied by glamorous looking models parroting back a script about the cars. Used to be that you could sit in some of the cars - don't know if they still allow that. Your ticket in allows you to wander about the various manufactures displays, all in one big room. Good opportunity to do a lot of comparison shopping. That is the general public show. Don't know about the invitation-only pre-shows that the news people and 1% get to see. I haven't been in the past twenty years. Decided it wasn't worth risking my life to go through deepest, darkest Detroit just to see some cars. |
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My first time trying to actually pay attention to this. How does the schedule work? I mean is each manufacturer given a certain amount of time to unveil all there new stuff at once or do they unveil one thing per day? For example does Ford get up and show all their stuff and then the show moves to the next manufacturer? Have we already seen everything thats going to be introduced this year or is there more to come? All the unveiling is done the week prior to the public access to the auto show. Each day a mfg or a couple will release new things. This is the time where you need VIP access (IE Money, tickets are almost 1k each) or Media access. Otherwise you go with us regular folk and pay your small entrance fee and look at all the cars already unveiled. All the new cars will be on display for the public to look at, finger rape, and eye rape. You have seen a lot of new releases this week, that is because right now the auto show is for media and VIP's only. This Saturday it opens to the general public. Nothing new gets released during the public show. |
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All the unveiling is done the week prior to the public access to the auto show. Each day a mfg or a couple will release new things. This is the time where you need VIP access (IE Money, tickets are almost 1k each) or Media access. Otherwise you go with us regular folk and pay your small entrance fee and look at all the cars already unveiled. All the new cars will be on display for the public to look at, finger rape, and eye rape. You have seen a lot of new releases this week, that is because right now the auto show is for media and VIP's only. This Saturday it opens to the general public. Nothing new gets released during the public show. Quoted:
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My first time trying to actually pay attention to this. How does the schedule work? I mean is each manufacturer given a certain amount of time to unveil all there new stuff at once or do they unveil one thing per day? For example does Ford get up and show all their stuff and then the show moves to the next manufacturer? Have we already seen everything thats going to be introduced this year or is there more to come? All the unveiling is done the week prior to the public access to the auto show. Each day a mfg or a couple will release new things. This is the time where you need VIP access (IE Money, tickets are almost 1k each) or Media access. Otherwise you go with us regular folk and pay your small entrance fee and look at all the cars already unveiled. All the new cars will be on display for the public to look at, finger rape, and eye rape. You have seen a lot of new releases this week, that is because right now the auto show is for media and VIP's only. This Saturday it opens to the general public. Nothing new gets released during the public show. Thank you. Thats exactly what I wanted to know. 
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The format for the times I have attended was that the show is held in a big convention room at Cobo Hall. The manufactures set up displays, some quite elaborate, showing off their models. Some companies introduce new models you'll eventually see on the street and some new prototypes that never see the light of day. Almost all accompanied by glamorous looking models parroting back a script about the cars. Used to be that you could sit in some of the cars - don't know if they still allow that. Your ticket in allows you to wander about the various manufactures displays, all in one big room. Good opportunity to do a lot of comparison shopping. That is the general public show. Don't know about the invitation-only pre-shows that the news people and 1% get to see. I haven't been in the past twenty years. Decided it wasn't worth risking my life to go through deepest, darkest Detroit just to see some cars. Quoted:
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My first time trying to actually pay attention to this. How does the schedule work? I mean is each manufacturer given a certain amount of time to unveil all there new stuff at once or do they unveil one thing per day? For example does Ford get up and show all their stuff and then the show moves to the next manufacturer? Have we already seen everything thats going to be introduced this year or is there more to come? The format for the times I have attended was that the show is held in a big convention room at Cobo Hall. The manufactures set up displays, some quite elaborate, showing off their models. Some companies introduce new models you'll eventually see on the street and some new prototypes that never see the light of day. Almost all accompanied by glamorous looking models parroting back a script about the cars. Used to be that you could sit in some of the cars - don't know if they still allow that. Your ticket in allows you to wander about the various manufactures displays, all in one big room. Good opportunity to do a lot of comparison shopping. That is the general public show. Don't know about the invitation-only pre-shows that the news people and 1% get to see. I haven't been in the past twenty years. Decided it wasn't worth risking my life to go through deepest, darkest Detroit just to see some cars. That part of Detroit is probably the safest. In all of the years that I had spent in Detroit, I had never had anything bad happen to me in the 375 loop... Well, at least not intentionally. I did get accidentally rufied at City Club once. 
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Quoted: My first time trying to actually pay attention to this. How does the schedule work? I mean is each manufacturer given a certain amount of time to unveil all there new stuff at once or do they unveil one thing per day? For example does Ford get up and show all their stuff and then the show moves to the next manufacturer? Have we already seen everything thats going to be introduced this year or is there more to come? I just got back from the press preview for my own site that I run, Vehiblog. I have some lots of photos and a few videos on my facebook/twitter of the NSX and Ram Rebel unveilings. The site and social media isn't monetized but the youtube video's are to various extents so I don't want to get in trouble posting them here you'll just have to search. There's a billion other larger news sources that have similar stuff too though. I'm newer and on a 2-3 year plan to grow out the site and business. For the North American International Auto Show in Detroit there are two press days on Monday and Tuesday. A map and press conference schedule is released in advance. Not every manufacturer there has a press conference either (GMC, Mazda, Subaru, Chrysler, Jeep, Fiat, Dodge, Scion, jaguar, Land Rover, Buick, Tesla, and Kia were there and didn't have an official conference). They get 25 minutes for their conference then there's 5 minutes to get to the next one if you stay the whole time. Not every press conference has an unveiling either. Each manufacturer has their own exhibit area of all shapes, sizes, and designs. Ford has been doing theirs in the Joe Louis Arena though so you walk through a connector from Cobo to get to it. Here's how it typically goes:
Head over to next unveiling and wash/rinse/repeat. This year, instead of going to every press conference I was a bit more choosy so I could get better spots for the manufacturer's I knew were going to put something out interesting or that I know would get some reach. Last year I did everyone one both days and it was tough to get a good spot. Bigger sites have multiple teams that can leapfrog to always have good viewing positions. I was disappointed because a lot of the cars I was looking forward to being unveiled like the Infiniti Q60 concept, Honda FCV and Volvo S60 Cross-Country Sedan were already out on display before their scheduled press conference. It did allow me to get some good photos in advance though without fighting crowds. The manufacturer's spread out unveilings throughout the year during the auto show circuit to keep interest up. The NAIAS in Detroit is the biggest one and kicks off the year. Then you have Chicago, New York, Geneva, and Los Angeles kind of wraps it up in November. There's others too but those are the larger ones where you'll usually see the biggest unveilings. Hope that clears it up. If not feel free to ask any more questions. |
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Quoted: This thread needs more pics. Not my photo's but I guy I use for my bigger articles. These are mainly from The Gallery luxury and supercar showcase on Sunday and the Alfa 4C Spider, Mustang, and NSX was on Monday at the main show. He doesn't have a lot of photo's up yet. I've got more on my site and social media though. The lighting is HORRIBLE at these things so they can take a lot of post-processing.        The crowd for the NSX was INSANE. I have done a few autoshows now and I never saw an almost stampede to get up to the car after it's unveiling lol.  |