The coronavirus pandemic has thrown the auto show calendar into chaos and things have gotten so crazy that the Los Angeles Auto Show has now moved back to November.
The show didn’t say much about the move, but this year’s event is now slated to run from November 19-28 at the Los Angeles Convention Center.
This is interesting as the show was originally postponed from November 18-29 of 2020 to May 19-31 of 2021. With the latest move, the event is now slated to take place a full year later.
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The decision to postpone the Los Angeles Auto Show for a second time is no doubt related to the continuing coronavirus pandemic. While people are now getting vaccinated, the rollout has been slow and it could be months before much of the population is protected.
The North American International Auto Show has been cancelled for the second year in a row, but it’s not all bad news as the event is being reborn as Motor Bella for 2021.
It’s set to take place at the M1 Concourse in Pontiac, Michigan this September. Given the continuing pandemic, Motor Bella will be an outdoor event that is smaller in scale than the North American International Auto Show and only open to the public from September 23-26.
The change isn’t sitting well with Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan, who is apparently afraid the Motor City could lose the North American International Auto Show to Pontiac. According to The Detroit News, Duggan reached out to officials at the Big Three and sought commitments to hosting the event in Detroit moving forward.