Waayy too dramatic. Lmfao. North Dakota sounds like a better option for them.

 

I will miss it this year but went last year and yea it's nowhere near as big of a show as it used to be. Its awful to see it this way honestly.

​​​​​To fill up all the space in the Javits, they had a lot of indoor EV ride alongs on both floors. Did they do the same thing this year?

 

Actually the West Side - 10th and 11th Avenues are much safer today than any time in the past due to all the new condo development. There are plenty of stores and restaurants now.

I will say that me and my son had to avoid lots of poop all over the sidewalks but that is the charm of NYC!

 

Yep lots of ride alongs on both floors.
I didn’t try it because you can’t drive yourself lol

Pre Covid - The lower level used to be devoted to Suvs and Trucks now its just EV space and this year there were some JDM tuner cars.

 

There is no car manufacturer that operates like Rolex.
The business model is vastly different with Rolex compared to even other watchmakers.

I think its a huge miss for Brands like MB, BMW, etc not to promote their products especially the EV models.

Even brands like Porsche still need to sell their boring cars - nobody is on a waitlist anymore to buy a Macan or Cayenne.

 

sure there is. porsche and ferrari to name two. waiting lists for both their high end models.

i think they're doing just fine. i somehow doubt many potential macan and cayenne buyers will actually or want to venture into the javits center if they were there.

 

Porsche is doing well for sure but the Suvs are readily available and plenty of discounts. The 911 and Cayman/Boxster are still hard to get but not impossible. In the last 2 months I was offered msrp allocations for 911 T and 911 GTS.

I think its also a good opportunity to educate consumers on EVs and the range that certain models deliver. Porsche also offers several plug-in hybrids.

 

To think about it, this may be the reason why big brands decided to skip these shows. The "usual event goers" around these cars are usually not the usual buyers for sure. Kind of similar to what's going on here. We mostly talk/discuss about cars. Sometimes even on the ones we have no user experience or intention to buy.

 

If even Buick is skipping the NY Auto Show, it really tells you something about how many sales any manufacturer thinks can be traced to people seeing products at any auto show....