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January 23, 2008
The Providence Auto Show, which opens tomorrow and runs through Sunday, features at least six concept cars in addition to some 2009 preproduction vehicles and nearly all current models on dealers lots ...
Excuse me, I'm quite forgetting myself. Make that the Northeast International Auto Show.
Oh dear, why is it that so many provincial auto shows feel the need to sex up their titles with "International?" What is international about them? The fact that they include foreign manufacturers?
Not only does Providence have its Northeast International, but Boston has the New England International Auto Show and Hartford the Connecticut International Auto Show.
Even Detroit, which hosts the world's biggest and most important auto show, calls its show the North American International Auto Show.
So does New York - which really is an international city; it calls its show the New York International Auto Show.
So kudos to two of the most important North American shows which eschew the "International" appellation/affectation: the Chicago Auto Show and the Los Angeles Auto Show.
PS Providence Auto Show sounds just fine by me!
- Peter C. T. Elsworth
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