The sport of auto present musical chairs continues. The New York Auto Present is as soon as once more delayed, with the brand new date now set for late August 2021. The present was initially slated for April of this yr, then postponed to August and finally canceled for 2020. It was rescheduled for April 2021 and now it is pushed again once more, with a public opening slated for August 20, 2021. The occasion opens to the press on August 19.
The worldwide coronavirus pandemic is the explanation behind the present’s continuous delays, although this newest determination is not completely pushed by COVID-19. In accordance with Automotive Information, transferring the occasion to August permits present organizers to make use of a newly expanded Jacob Javits Heart with 100,000 sq. toes of extra house for reveals. The Javits Heart is positioned in New York Metropolis and has hosted the annual present since 1987.
The transfer is the newest in a world reshuffling of just about each main auto present that started earlier this yr as a result of fast unfold of COVID-19. The Chicago Auto Present in February holds the excellence of being the final large-scale automotive present to be held at the start modified. The 2020 Geneva Motor Present was canceled simply days previous to its March 5 launch and that led to a cavalcade of postponements. The Beijing Motor Present was the primary post-COVID auto present to happen, working from September 26 to October 5 in China the place the pandemic was largely introduced beneath management.
Previous to the pandemic, there was already some uncertainty within the main auto present world. Many automakers had been selecting to skip massive occasions in lieu of holding unbiased new-vehicle debuts. The Detroit Auto Present was moved to June in hopes of capturing extra automaker curiosity, nevertheless it’s since been moved to the tip of September the place it would compete with the Frankfurt Motor Present. That’s, it will have competed if the Frankfurt present hadn’t been killed. The notable German present will as a substitute be held at Munich in mid-September, a few weeks sooner than regular. The Detroit present is scheduled to open on September 28.
It is unclear if the New York Auto Present will stay an August occasion after 2021. If it does, it means the late summer time / early fall timeslot will now see three main auto exhibits roughly one month aside.
