2008 marks the 100th edition of the Chicago Auto Show. Since 1901, Chicago has been home to the largest auto show in the nation, giving us car-loving mid-western corn dwellers something to be proud of.

This year, the show will be featuring over 1,000 vehicles for a full 10 days. If you’re going, admission is $10 for adults, $5 for kids and seniors. The show starts on Friday, Feb. 8th to Sunday, Feb. 17th, and the floor will be open from 10AM to 10PM every day except the last, in which the floor will close at 8PM. One cool display will the special 100th Edition stage featuring some significant cars from the beginning of the 20th Century.

Make sure to head down to the bottom of this article for a full map of the show this year.

Update: 2008 Chicago Auto Show

We’ve been attending the Chicago Auto Show for quite a few years now, and every year we’re just as excited to go as the last. This year looks pretty promising, although a bit lacking in terms of concept cars. It seems manufacturers are starting to pay closer attention to their budgets, and aren’t going as all-out on concepts as they used to. Regardless, here are a few concept cars on display this year: Continue Reading…

You may recognize this car form back in 2005 at the Detroit Auto Show, where Toyota’s Jim Press unveiled the Lexus LF-A. It was, at the time, truly a concept car. Now they have a new version out and reports of spy cars are coming in from all over, and we were lucky enough to see it at the 2007 Chicago Auto Show. The interior has changed and is very close to what it will look like come production. As you can see the car itself has morphed into a more realistic production vehicle. Its sharp lines and aggressive stance make it look like it will very easily tear up its competition, and why not?

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Scion showed off their redesigned tC Coupe at the 2007 Chicago Auto Show, which will be released as a 2008 model. It has a slightly modified front-end, including headlights with black trim, which look great (similar to the Toyota Camry SE.)

Also included in the update are modified taillights with round combo lights, similar to some of the aftermarket taillights available for the current models. Interior enhancements include new orange combination guages, silver enhancements to the doors, a Pioneer subwoofer, and new seat fabric. Keep reading for a gallery and more… Continue Reading…

While the 2007 Chicago Auto Show was altogether a great time (see Part 1 and Part 2 of my reviews,) there were a few things that I was disappointed about. Just like every year, there were cars that I was hoping to see and weren’t there, but of course there were some surprises that made up for the shortcomings. Here are some of the things that I wish were at the show but weren’t:

I was expecting Infiniti to display the next G35 Coupe as they did last year, but it was nowhere to be found. When I spoke with an Infiniti representative, he said they will be revealing the final production version at the New York Auto Show in April, and that it will be going on sale later this year for the 2008 model year. It’s going on sale earlier than I thought, so the fact that it wasn’t there is totally worth it.

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Here’s the second part of the 2007 Chicago Auto Show Update. Be sure and view Part 1 if you haven’t yet. Continuing on, here is an overview of the Auto Show. Don’t worry, only the coolest cars are listed here, nothing boring In Part 1, I went over some of the major concepts and unveilings that the manufacturers had for us. In Part 2 I would like to continue on, starting with this beautiful concept:

Mazda didn’t do much at this years show, other than showing off the Ryuga Concept at their display.

The Ryuga is really cool looking in person, but it’s really hard to see it’s nice curves in photos. The Ryuga is simply a design concept, meant to show you the direction Mazda is facing in the design of its new vehicles. The Ryuga shows this well with its curvy, nature-inspired lines.

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We recently got back from the 2007 Chicago Auto Show. While a lot of the bigger auto sites already have some posts reviewing the cars, little old me is still sifting through and editing the hundreds of pictures and notes. You should expect to see many more posts regarding some of the awesome cars displayed and revealed. In the mean time, here is an overview of the show in general.

Altogether the show was a great experience this year. While it lacked in some of the “wow-factor” of previous years, there were some very interesting unveilings this year, as well as some very cool concept cars you have to see.

Audi showed us the gorgeous R8 pre-production model, which should be released to it’s first customers in the second quarter of this year. Boasting 420 horsepower from a high-RPM V8, the R8 should run 0-62 mph in 4.6 seconds with the help of a Launch Control feature and R-tronic sequential gearshifting.

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