{"id":158080,"date":"2021-01-11T17:34:39","date_gmt":"2021-01-11T22:34:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thedetroitbureau.com\/?p=158080"},"modified":"2021-01-11T17:38:13","modified_gmt":"2021-01-11T22:38:13","slug":"detroit-auto-show-cancelled-for-2021-due-to-pandemic-replaced-by-smaller-enthusiast-focused-event-at-nearby-racetrack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/2021\/01\/detroit-auto-show-cancelled-for-2021-due-to-pandemic-replaced-by-smaller-enthusiast-focused-event-at-nearby-racetrack\/","title":{"rendered":"Detroit Auto Show Cancelled for 2021 Due to Pandemic; Replaced by Smaller “Enthusiast-Focused” Event at Nearby Racetrack"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The organizers of the Detroit Auto Show cancelled the 2021 event, in favor of an outdoor, enthusiast-focused show called Motor Bella.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The carnage of car shows continues as the Detroit Auto Dealers Association, which organizes the North American International Auto Show, cancelled this year\u2019s event.<\/p>\n

The show, which was last held in 2019, has been cancelled and rescheduled multiple times due to the COVID-19 pandemic. However, instead of shutting the entire event down, the group is scaling it back to make it a more enthusiast-focused show at the M1 Concourse, a private racetrack north of Detroit.<\/p>\n

Describing it as a \u201cbridge to the future,\u201d the new event is called the Motor Bella and will be held Sept. 21-26 at the 87-acre racetrack and vehicle storage facility. It will allow exhibitors to showcase vehicles outdoors while more easily enforcing safety procedures for the pandemic. They plan to a more traditional type of auto show in 2022.<\/p>\n

(Detroit Auto Show organizers moving NAIAS again: Fall 2021.)<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

The event will feature 1.6 million square feet of dynamic vehicle and technology display space, plus a 1.5-mile hot track on the grounds for technology and vehicle demonstrations.\u00a0Originally envisioned as an event\u00a0to take place alongside the auto show in downtown Detroit, it will now become the primary show.<\/p>\n

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The Motor Bella will be held at the M1 Concourse in Pontiac, Michigan, north of Detroit.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

“The pandemic has caused changes in our society and world in ways not previously imagined, and we all should be looking for new and highly creative ways of doing business,” DADA Executive Director Rod Alberts said in a statement.<\/p>\n

“This new event captures that creative spirit. It will provide new mobility experiences and increasingly innovative approaches to tapping into the industry and its products.”<\/p>\n

The Motor Bella schedule, which will include a charitable component like the original NAIAS and its black-tie charity preview, is:<\/p>\n