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2020. The 2020 Chicago Auto Show was held from February 8 through February 17, with press preview starting on February 6 and the "First Look For Charity" Gala taking place on February 7. [ 40] The 2020 event concluded before government responses to the COVID-19 pandemic in Illinois took effect.
Peerless Motor Company factory, circa 1910s. Established in Cleveland in 1900 at 43 Lisbon Street, Peerless Motors began manufacturing automobiles while using De Dion-Bouton engines under license from the French company. [ 4 ] Engineer Louis P. Mooers designed the first Peerless models, as well as several proprietary engines. [ 3 ]
LaSalle was an American brand of luxury automobiles manufactured and marketed, as a separate brand, by General Motors' Cadillac division from 1927 through 1940. Alfred P. Sloan, GM's Chairman of the Board, developed the concept for four new GM marques - LaSalle, Marquette, Viking and Pontiac - paired with already established brands to fill price gaps he perceived in the General Motors product ...
The Chicago Auto Show is the nation's longest-running car show, dating back to 1901.
The Chicago Auto Show’s return to McCormick Place could be summed up with one word: electric. It’s the coming wave of wheels — sales of EVs made up about 2.6% of the U.S. auto market in 2021 ...
The Ideal Motor Car Company, organized in June 1911 by Harry C. Stutz with his friend, Henry F Campbell, began building Stutz cars in Indianapolis in 1911. [2] They set this business up after a car built by Stutz in under five weeks and entered in the name of his Stutz Auto Parts Co. was placed 11th in the Indianapolis 500 earning it the slogan "the car that made good in a day".
The Detroit Auto Show, formerly known as the North American International Auto Show ( NAIAS ), [ 1] is an annual auto show held in Detroit, Michigan. Hosted at Huntington Place (formerly Cobo Center) since 1965, [ 2] it is among the largest auto shows in North America, and is widely regarded as one of the automotive industry's most important ...
The Cadillac Palace Theatre (originally the New Palace Theatre) is operated by Broadway In Chicago, a Nederlander company and seats 2,344. It is located at 151 West Randolph Street in the Chicago Loop area. Opened in 1926 and designed largely in the French Baroque style, it is connected to the historic Eitel Brothers ' Bismarck Hotel (Allegro ...