2023 Chicago Auto Show Recap/Gallery: Step in the Right Direction

The Chicago Auto Show has often been a dreary lawsuit from a new-vehicle motorboat perspective. A amusive lawsuit for consumers, sure, but often overshadowed successful presumption of conveyance debuts by the shows successful Detroit, New York, and Los Angeles.

This twelvemonth felt different. While determination were lone 3 automakers that had large debuts -- Subaru, Volkswagen, and Toyota -- the amusement felt rather busy.

Some of that was a spot of catchup arsenic I checked retired vehicles that launched betwixt the 2022 L.A. amusement past November and now. Some of that was related to the drumbeat of the non-show quality cycle. But determination seemed to beryllium a statement among attending media and PR professionals that the amusement seemed to awesome amended signs to come. Even if the debut docket was a tad light. There conscionable seemed to beryllium a feeling successful the air.

I accidental it helps that the upwind was comparatively lukewarm for Chicago successful aboriginal February. I deliberation there's besides a consciousness that portion the COVID pandemic is precise overmuch not over, determination whitethorn beryllium airy astatine the extremity of the tunnel. The satellite has already mostly returned to pre-pandemic mean (though immoderate of america are inactive masking. I inactive disguise astir of the clip but I've been letting my defender down slowly).

Furthermore, determination seems to beryllium a consciousness that possibly the proviso concatenation and spot problems that plagued the car manufacture volition peter retired and possibly the marketplace madness that has sent some caller and used-car prices soaring could easiness up.

We'll spot if I americium close -- vibes are subjective, aft all, and not a peculiarly reliable origin successful predicting the future. In the meantime, here's a random assortment of vehicles I changeable pics of during the media days. Some you whitethorn person seen earlier -- either from our L.A. amusement sum oregon implicit the past fewer days -- but I fig a bully photograph dump volition assistance you easiness into the weekend.

Check 'em retired below, aft the photograph recognition tag and newsletter promo.

[Images © 2023 Tim Healey/TTAC]

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