A Slimmed-Down Detroit Show Is Coming in September

The last time Detroit held an car show was in January 2019. At that time, a decision had already been made to move the event to June for 2020. When the novel coronavirus hit the planet in March of that year, that was the end of that.

The pandemic kiboshed the show in 2021 as well. The coming 2022 Detroit Auto Show, or NAIAS, for North American International Auto Show, will thus the first to be held in three and a half years when it gets underway in mid-September. There was a gathering of sorts last year, called Motor Bella, but not an actual show with cars and presentations and large crowds.

Up to now, we have confirmation that Chevrolet will be making a presentation and we’ll be on hand for that. Ditto for Ford, which is presenting the next-generation Mustang in what should make THE big splash of the show. Organizers have also confirmed that Jeep and Chrysler will be presenting something. Overall, though, it will be much leaner than in the past.

For the moment, there are a lot of no-shows. Still, the traditional media day has 16 separate events on its schedule, so we're still going to be busy on site.

NAIAS officials say there may be other additions to the schedule.

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