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I’m At The Toronto Auto Show And Things Are About To Get Awesome

Toronto Auto Show 2024
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Forgive me readers, for today is about to get weird. Instead of helping with normal day-to-day operations at The Autopian’s Toronto satellite office, I’m back at the Toronto Auto Show (officially called the Canadian International AutoShow), and this year’s event is shaping up to be unlike any other. That’s saying something, because at the last Toronto show, we brought you a Nissan Sentra race car and a neat little tidbit about the Hyundai N Vision 74.

Toronto has historically played second-fiddle to the big shows in Detroit and Los Angeles. but things are different this season. In addition to the adorable honey-I-shrunk-the-blue-chip-classics from The Little Car Company, there’s a whole lot here that we didn’t see in Los Angeles or Detroit. Rimac is here, Volvo is here, Infiniti is here, Porsche is here, Tesla is here, Zagato is here, and VinFast is bringing its, well, everything here.

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Needless to say, we don’t just want to see all the awesome cars, we want to learn why the Toronto Auto Show is absolutely booming while Detroit is skipping a year and Los Angeles felt oddly sparse. Sure, it helps that Toronto’s a big fish in a small market, but is there a bigger reason than that?

Porsche Vision Gran Turismo

Basically, fasten your seatbelts and get your poutine ready because this is about to be interesting. Neither of the main show floors have officially opened to the press yet, but the handful of vehicles I’ve seen so far are mighty fascinating indeed. Porsche Vision Gran Turismo, anyone?

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i3 Driving Indicator Fetishist
i3 Driving Indicator Fetishist
8 months ago

I’ve always loved attending the Toronto show, have been going for 25+ years. Unfortunately the last time was Feb 2020 :/

Chris D
Chris D
8 months ago

Now THAT is what cars should look like!

Dolsh
Dolsh
8 months ago

OK… now I’m stoked. I’ll be there on Saturday. First car show since before the pandemic (after going 15+ years in a row), and there might even be cool stuff to see.

I really want to see the Volvo EX30 in person…

Vanillasludge
Vanillasludge
8 months ago

Meanwhile at the Chicago Auto Show you can purchase a fake license plate that says “ASSMAN”. So we’ve got that going for us.

Maymar
Maymar
8 months ago

I’m taking my kid for the first time tomorrow, he’s about the same age as when I went for the first time. I’m assuming we’ll both be pretty stoked on the Little Car Company, no matter how out of our price range it is.

Manwich Sandwich
Manwich Sandwich
8 months ago

I’m looking forward to going myself. I took the day off next Tuesday to go.

Andrew Wyman
Andrew Wyman
8 months ago

As a half-Canadian, I spend most of my time with family in the West and Mid-West of Canada, but I really want to visit Toronto, and for some reason have never done so. I even have friends up there!

This would be a good excuse for the future.

Canopysaurus
Canopysaurus
8 months ago

I think Toronto is getting the royal treatment from manufacturers because Canadians are just so darn nice and it’s hard to say no when they politely invite you to attend.

AlterId
AlterId
8 months ago
Reply to  Canopysaurus

Now, now. I’m sure this is going to be an exciting and important event by Canadian standards. And pretty damn sexy, by anglophone Canadian standards.

TOSSABL
TOSSABL
8 months ago

One of those Bugatti Little Cars is high on the fantasy list were I ever to mysteriously come into Fuck-it money

Ananda22
Ananda22
8 months ago

I’m coming to the show this Saturday. Can’t wait!

Chronometric
Chronometric
8 months ago

Taking one for the team, eh. I am sure the multitudes back in the Autopian Toronto Satellite Office are mighty jelly.

JMJR
JMJR
8 months ago

I used to go to the Toronto Autoshow every year, dating back to when my dad first took me in 4th grade.

I haven’t been since COVID however due to so many mainstream automakers pulling out. You can longer check out the latest from Mazda, Honda or VW, nor luxury brands like Acura, Audi and Mercedes-Benz. They’ve found other exhibitors to fill in the floorspace vacated by all those brands, but most of those are either vapourware or very expensive vehicles.

Collegiate Autodidact
Collegiate Autodidact
8 months ago

Get in, hoser, we’re going shopping, eh?

Last edited 8 months ago by Collegiate Autodidact
CSRoad
CSRoad
8 months ago

Wow! I haven’t been to one in about 40 years, when I got conned into helping at the CASC booth, the high point of the event was finally having a beer in the exhibitors lounge.
Things seem to have changed for the better. (-:

James Davidson
James Davidson
8 months ago

The Porsche Vision Gran Turismo looks fantastic, eh?

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