Hope you weren't counting on seeing the 2010 Ferrari 458 Italia at next month's LA Auto Show. Ferrari, Maserati, Bentley and Lamborghini have all pulled out of the show due to financial considerations. A source close to the LA Auto Show tells us the decision came months ago, though a report out of Detroit has drawn the Web's attention to it today.
Aston Martin is still on the exhibitor list. Although Aston public relations officials told us recently the company would have no official presence there, the LA-based Aston dealers are still expected to pull together a booth. Our source tells us that show organizers tried to persuade the other exotics to do the same, but Ferrari and Maserati in particular were against that because they wouldn't be able to control the brand message going out to consumers.
rallyandbosox says:
03:56 PM, 11/20/09
Wow big hit for car nuts and the press alike. Obviously the auto industry isn't doing as well as some would like the masses to believe, let's hope that a big manufacturer does not pull out in the coming days.
jederino says:
05:35 PM, 11/20/09
Lame. They showed for the Seattle Auto show last week, but none of the latest stuff.
dreston says:
11:19 PM, 11/21/09
GASP! You might as well run up to me in the middle of the street and shoot me in the face with a shotgun! I look forward to this all year long. I am a sad, sad donkey.
zoomzoomn says:
04:56 AM, 11/23/09
These folks evidently have not been watching the DOW and listening to the news. Better days are on the horizon. ;) If everything does not collapse first. You know it's bad when Biff and the boys can't buy their new Bentley.
deagle13 says:
09:47 AM, 11/23/09
That's pretty weak - none of these manufacturers had very big exhibits to begin with. At leats Porsche and Lotus (and probably Spyker) will still be there...