Next year’s Detroit Motor Show might lack some attraction with automakers deciding to skip it. Joining Porsche’s decision to skip the show is Suzuki citing the lack of space as their reason. Immediately this raises the question as to the quality of the Cobo Center as a motor show venue. If even Suzuki feels that the space they’re given, then there’s something wrong there.
Suzuki was supposed to unleash the Kizashi 3 (which is supposed to hit the market in late 2009) in next year’s show. So we’ll just have to wait for another venue for that.
Remember last year when Porsche announced that they will be skipping the Detroit show last January? While it wasn’t a space issue, Porsche was clear to announce that participating in trade shows wasn’t really their way of marketing to the US and Canada.
Well, you can say that Suzuki isn’t at the same level with Porsche but if you have two automakers opting to skip out in what is supposed to be one of the country’s top show, then organizers should start worrying.
Jun 26