Best Way To Navigate The Canadian International Autoshow (in Toronto)?

NTWKid wrote: ↑ went today on cheap Tuesday during the day, place was packed, not as packed as a weekend but still jammed. Would recommend not going on cheap tuesday just to save a few bucks. There is a free shuttle bus that runs from the north to south building that I used, only had to wait a few minutes both times.

speedkar9 wrote: ↑ That's exactly why I chose to head out tomorrow instead of the cheaper tuesday, or Family day, or the weekend.

Since I'm going to commute on the GO, I usually start at the South building.

In the years previous, I always started on one side of the 800 level and was exhausted by the time I got to the other side. This time I'm going to target the cars I want to see (mostly the import brands) and only glance at the big Three since I spent a lot of time in their vehicles in Detroit.

DaVibe wrote: ↑ How much better is the Detroit show? How does it compare to what we have?
Always said I wanted to check out that one ...

DaVibe wrote: ↑ How much better is the Detroit show? How does it compare to what we have?
Always said I wanted to check out that one ...

speedkar9 wrote: ↑ I went to the Toronto autoshow today. It was great, there honestly wasn't too much of a crowd, with the most being around Audi and Tesla.

Its great to see some up and coming luxury brands coming to the market now, I enjoyed the Genesis G70 and G90, Lincoln Navigator, Jaguar XE L, Maserati and Alfa Romeo to name a few. The new Lexus LS500 has a nice interior as well; I'm surprised they let us in seeing that Benz, BMW and Audi kept their top dog cars locked.

Compact SUV's are becoming more popular. Their step in height and the front seat is great, but I don't understand the cramped rear seats and huge C-pillars. Someone make a 2 Door SUV again, will you?

On the flip side you can tell which manufacturers have stale product and aren't doing that well. Acura, Chrysler and Subaru come to mind. Infiniti isn't up to snuff on all their cars; I was more impressed with the Nissan Maxima's interior than their luxury brand's Q50/Q60 cars.



If you add everything together that Toronto has, Detroit is actually a smaller auto-show. Their focus is just on the manufacturers, there's no extras like "electric cars" or "hot wheels" or "classics" or "import tuner" or "exotic" themes. Furthermore, most of the luxury cars were locked in Detroit, so you couldn't try them out. A lot of manufacturers were missing, Mazda was the one I missed the most because their cars are still very popular on the roads.

On the plus side, if you wanted to climb into a car in Detroit you have a higher chance to, it seems like most Americans go to the show and walk around the cars, but don't have much interest in checking out the car's interior. You usually get to see the latest in Detroit, not all of the brand new debuts make it to Toronto. Oh and the best thing, there NO KIDS. On the weekday that I went, everyone there seemed mature and above the age of 18 or so. They don't have high-school trips with loud roudy kids like they do in Toronto.