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These were just a few of the highlights we picked out of our virtual panel about the most significant vehicles coming to market in 2021
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It’s certainly been a blow to the events industry. Some, including the Montreal and Toronto auto shows, failed to muster enough commitment or interest to host even a virtual event, after they said they would. It’s enough to make you wonder: Will the auto show as we knew it ever return?
This year, a number of brands – and even some publications (
wink wink) – are attempting to capture some of the attention left in limbo by the mass cancellations. Instead of live events, they’re offering digital events that fans can attend from wherever they may be holed up these days.
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Driving into the Future: 2021 Virtual Auto Show Highlights These were just a few of the highlights we picked out of our virtual panel about the most significant vehicles coming to market in 2021 by Lorraine Sommerfeld
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When you put together a panel of opinions as vast and varied as the automotive journalists at Driving.ca, you’re sure to get some things you might have expected, but also some surprises. Our Virtual Auto Show for 2021 provided plenty of both.
We opened with the 2022 McLaren Artura, that company’s first foray into the hybrid world. It mates a twin-turbo V6 with a battery-electric powertrain. For Booth, of course, we can’t just start here. Nope, to set the stage, as it were, he first takes us back to his favourite supercar of all time even though that first one never came to market, since it was only a prototype The Jaguar C-X75. Booth was one of the lucky few to have ever driven that hyper-hybrid that wouldn’t be matched acro