AM-RB 001 To Debut at CIAS In February

by "chaozbandit" (chaozbandit)
Published 01/12/2017 at 11:50

Tags: CIAS17 ; AMRB001 ; CIAS ; toronto
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This is exciting news. Of all the North American shows to debut the concept at, I’m surprised they picked the Toronto show in a few weeks time. No doubt the dealer network here may have played into that, but I am looking forward to seeing the thing in person.

No idea if anything on the concept has changed since that initial batch of photos from the factory.

Please please please let me get a media pass.

Replies (10)

"Wheelerguy" (wheelerguy)
01/12/2017 at 11:53, STARS: 1

I sure could use a shot of sexy, ultra-exotic cars. All these crossovers...

"The Crazy Kanuck; RIP Oppositelock" (jukesjukesjukes)
01/12/2017 at 12:06, STARS: 1

I guess I’ll go this year.

"404 - User No Longer Available" (toni-cipriani)
01/12/2017 at 12:12, STARS: 0

I haven’t gone in years, actually. There’s almost never any big debuts anymore, even Montreal has some.

"The Crazy Kanuck; RIP Oppositelock" (jukesjukesjukes)
01/12/2017 at 12:57, STARS: 0

Last year was pretty good. Ford was on fire, and automotive exotica was fantastic. There was a Singer, Pagani, lots of McLarens. There was also a display of old Indy Cars.

"DasWauto" (DasWauto)
01/13/2017 at 21:32, STARS: 1

I’m pre-approved for a media pass already but if the media day is a Thursday again, I probably can’t make it. If it’s transferrable, I’ll happily let you have it.

"chaozbandit" (chaozbandit)
01/13/2017 at 22:44, STARS: 0

Pretty sure its a Thursday. Email said it was Feb 16. Guess I’ll wait a bit longer.

"Inliner" (inliner)
01/15/2017 at 22:41, STARS: 0

Well, dang.

I can’t even remember the last time Canada hosted an World Auto Show Debut at all ...

"chaozbandit" (chaozbandit)
01/15/2017 at 22:44, STARS: 0

I can’t either. Everything is usually unveiled at NAIAS, and then sent to Toronto a few weeks later.

It was nice seeing the F1 GTR last year though.

"Inliner" (inliner)
01/15/2017 at 23:16, STARS: 0

Maybe I’m just negative, but most products introduced in Detroit go straight to Chicago after, which is held for 2 weeks, and overlaps Toronto by starting a week earlier.

As an example, the Ford GT was introduced in January 2015 in Detroit, and came to Toronto in February 2016.

"chaozbandit" (chaozbandit)
01/15/2017 at 23:32, STARS: 0

Last year it was a simultaneous double debut for the GT that weekend. Toronto got a yellow car with black stripes, Chicago got the grey car with black stripes.

Too bad the GT LM car couldnt be debuted here, especially with the factory an hour away.

But yeah NAIAS being the very first show, theres no other place to go I guess.