The Chicago Auto Show is the largest consumer auto exhibition in the USA, but remember when it was the truck show? Or when the Miata was first shown there?
in the United States. It didn't get that reputation simply by being efficiently produced or convenient for locals desperate for something to do in February — it earned it over decades of breaking automotive news and powerhouse reveals, eventually earning an informal designation as America's
2024 may be a down year for Chicago, but let's not forget all of the great things that have come out of it, historically. Here's a look at some of our staff favorites. Bet you didn't know about a few of these cars that were first revealed in the Windy City. , so the few times its unveilings happened elsewhere tend to stick in our minds. The first Challenger SRT-8 was kind of garbage, if we're being honest.
It’s a famous enough story that you’ve probably heard it before, but the Acura NS-X Concept’s debut was one I’m sure the folks in attendance for both Acura and Ford will never forget. You see, just prior to Acura’s press conference at the Drake Hotel, Honda President Tadashi Kume decided it was a good time to fire up the prototype and really let the engine rip. While Kume was revving the hell out of the NS-X Concept’s V6 engine, Ford was next door giving its own Chicago press conference.
All of this happened before anyone even knew that Honda/Acura was developing a supercar that’d change the world of supercars as we knew it back then. Of course, the rest is history, andat the 2019 Chicago Auto Show where it looked back on the events from the hilarious 1989 debut and what transpired after that. From the perspective of someone who adores the original NSX and old Hondas in general, this is peak auto show history.
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