Attendance figures have dropped nearly 500,000 people in less than a decade
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- The Detroit car show attracted only 275,000 visitors last month.
- It is down almost half a million people in less than six years.
- The 2025 show was disappointing because there was not much apart from two new Fords.
The Detroit car show was formerly a Can’t Miss event, but her return was barely worth mentioning. The Ford Mustang RTR and Mustang Gtd Spirit of America were presented before the event, leaving the prices of the car, the utility and the truck of the North American year as the only news the value of the media.
Needless to say, it was not worth assisted and we openly wondered if the Detroit car show was dead. We get a resounding response today and it’s time to take out the defibrillator because the event is on support for life.
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While the organizers tried to make a positive turn on things, the figures are really terrible. In 11 days, only 275,000 people attended. As the Free Press of Detroit noted, which turned out to the 774,179 people who attended in 2019.
It is an amazing decline, but the spectacle did not publish figures of presence at the cocovid time. Consequently, it is difficult to judge how the Terne range and a return to January had an impact on things.
Michael Gauthier / Carscoops
Despite the terrible participation, the organizers proclaimed that it was “one of the largest car shows in the United States”, however, the figures are not much to boast of the old Motor City jewel barely the Chicago 2024 car fair, which had a shorter 10 -Day Run which attracted nearly 260,000 guests.
The dull event is not really a surprise because most car manufacturers have decided that Detroit was not worth it. Consequently, dealers, four interior tracks and chance – including the army, the navies and the Polish investment and commercial agency – helped to fill the remaining space in Huntington Place.
This did not prevent those responsible from proclaiming that the show had a “real energy” and a “robust vehicle range”. Although this is enough to roll your eyes, the event had an estimated economic impact up to $ 370 million.
Michael Gauthier / Carscoops
The organizers also said that there were 34 brands on display as well as nearly 500 vehicles. However, this last figure seems to include “150+ modified personal vehicles” which were shown in partnership with Modded Detroit.
Although it is easy to write the show as a big disappointment, the overview of the charitable organization has raised $ 1.7 million for six charity organizations for children. This is good news, although the future of the show seems far from brilliant if things are not improving.
