Chicago Auto Show
It’s amazing how many big auto shows have happened already this year; the Detroit Auto Show (last month), the Washington DC Auto Show (last week). We have another one coming up this weekend- the Chicago Auto Show. I’m wondering what makes this show different than the others that have already happened this year. Well according to Scott Burgess of detnews.com, the difference is the audience. At the Detroit Auto Show, the carmakers were trying to sell the automotive future to Congress, and they were doing that in Washington DC last week as well. The automakers were showing electric cars, hybrids, and the most fuel-efficient vehicles that they had. According to Burgess, the Chicago Auto Show is the “biggest auto show in North America.” He says that there will be a “smorgasbord of potential customers. You can chew on a concept (at the Chicago Auto Show), but it’s not nearly as filling as meat and potatoes.”
The buzz at the Chicago Auto Show is the 2010 Ford Taurus SHO (super high output). Taurus lovers have been waiting for this car for years. It will be available this summer for $37,995. It will have 365-horsepower V-6 engine that gets 25 miles per gallon on the highway.
The GM Camaro will be taking center stage at the auto show when it rolls out the Bumblebee Camaro, that will star in the film “Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen.” The Camaro will be available for sale in a few months and there are already 20,000 pre-orders.
The cars at the Chicago Auto Show are “real cars for real people to buy.” The is the main difference between this show and the others. So, if you can, go check out the Chicago Auto Show that runs for the next week.