Naias
It is the largest auto show in North America.
History
The first auto show was held in Detroit in 1907 at Beller's Beer Garden at Riverside Park and since then annually except 1943-1952. Since 1961, it has been held at Cobo Center where it occupies 1 million square feet (93,000 m²) of floor space.
The show is particularly important because the Metro Detroit area is the location of the headquarters of the Big Three American automakers, Chrysler, Ford, and General Motors.
The show
The show begins with press preview days, industry preview days and a charity preview event. In 2004 and 2005, the charity preview attracted 17,500 people at $400 a ticket and raised $7 million in total.
2006 was the sixth consecutive year the charity preview event raised over $6 million. 35,711 tickets were sold for the industry preview representing people from 24 countries in 2005 and 6,897 credentialed press from 63 countries.
Over 800,000 attended during the days the show was open to the general public in 2004. It is estimated that the show generates a revenue of over $500 million to the local economy.
The NAIAS is the only auto show in the United States sanctioned by the Organisation Internationale des Constructeurs d'Automobiles.
2009
The 2009 show will run from January 11 through January 25.
As a result, this will be the first show with Chinese automakers (BYD and Brilliance) exhibiting on the main floor.
Car and truck of the year award
The Hyundai Genesis and Ford F-150 were selected to receive the show's North American Car and Truck of the Year awards.
Production car introductions
The 2010 Mercedes-Benz E-Class was announced and shown to invited members of the press, but it will not be on public display until the Geneva Motor Show.
GM also announced the production of the Chevrolet Spark mini-car (previously shown as the Chevrolet Beat concept), for sale in Europe in 2010 and North America in 2011, as well as the Chevrolet Orlando compact MPV, for sale in North America in 2011. The Spark will be shown at the 2009 Geneva Motor Show.
Concept car introductions
2008
The 2008 show ran from January 13 through January 27.
January 13-15 — Press days
January 16-17 — Industry days
January 18 — Charity preview
January 19-27 — Open to the public
Car and truck of the year award
The 2008 Chevrolet Malibu and Mazda CX-9 were selected to receive the show's North American Car and Truck of the Year awards.
Production car introductions
Concept car introductions
2007
The 2007 show was held from January 7 through January 21.
January 7-9 — Press days
January 10-11 — Industry days
January 12 — Charity preview
January 13-21 — Open to the public
Car and truck of the year award
The Saturn Aura and Chevrolet Silverado were selected to receive the North American Car and Truck of the Year awards.
Production car introductions
Concept car introductions
GM also displayed five "global" concept cars for the first time in North America: Chevrolet T2X, Chevrolet WTCC, Holden Efijy, Opel Antara GTC, and Saab Aero-X.
2006
2007 Hummer H3
The 2006 show was held from January 8 through January 22.
January 8-10 — Press days
January 11-12 — Industry days
January 13 — Charity preview
January 14-22 — Open to the public
Production car introductions
Concept car introductions
2005
The 2005 show saw the following important introductions:
Production car introductions
2006 Cadillac STS-V
2006 Chevrolet Corvette Z06
2006 Chrysler 300C SRT-8
2006 Dodge Charger
2006 Dodge Viper SRT-10 Coupe
2006 Ford Fusion
2006 Honda Ridgeline
2006 Hyundai Sonata
2006 Infiniti M
2006 Kia Rio
2006 Land Rover Range Rover
2006 Land Rover Range Rover Sport
2006 Lincoln Zephyr
2006 Mercedes-Benz M-Class
2006 Mercury Milan
2006 Mitsubishi Eclipse
2006 Mitsubishi Raider
2006 Porsche 911 Cabrio
2005 Saab 9-7X
2006 Subaru B9 Tribeca
Concept car introductions
Chrysler Firepower
Ford Explorer Sport Trac Concept
Ford Fairlane Concept
Ford Shelby GR-1
Ford SYNUS
General Motors Sequel
GMC Graphyte Hybrid
Jaguar Advanced Lightweight Coupe Concept
Mercury Meta One
Nissan AZEAL
Opel Astra hybrid concept
Saturn Sky concept
Suzuki Concept X
Toyota FT-SX
Volkswagen New Beetle Ragster
2001
Concept car introductions
The following concept cars were shown:
BMW X-Coupe
Volvo SCC
1992
Production car introductions
The following production vehicles debuted at the 1992 show:
1993 Audi 100CS Quattro
1993 Audi Cabriolet
1993 BMW E36 3 Series coupes
1993 Chrysler Concorde
1994 Chrysler New Yorker
1993 Dodge Intrepid
1993 Eagle Vision
1993 Ford Probe GT
1993 Jeep Grand Cherokee
1993 Mercedes-Benz W140 600SEC
1993 Mercury Villager
1993 Nissan Quest
1993 Nissan 240SX convertible
1993 Nissan 300ZX convertible
1993 Saturn SW
Concept car introductions
The following concept cars were shown:
Buick Sceptre
Chevrolet Sizigi
Chrysler Cirrus concept
Dodge EPIC
Ford Connecta
General Motors Ultralite
Hyundai HCD-1
Lincoln Marque X
Oldsmobile Anthem
Pontiac Salsa
1989
The Detroit Auto Show was renamed to the North American International Auto Show for 1989, as Lexus and Infiniti debuted.