As I mentioned in my previous post, I had bough tickets to attend a day at Toronto's International Auto Show in which I went to on Friday the 21st. As I had stated, I had not yet been to an auto show that met the size of the International shows. With this said I was pretty excited to check it out, and today I will be reviewing my overall experience at the show and if it met my expectations.
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| McLaren Display |
So to start the journey at the Auto Show I needed to buy tickets which I found at a discounted rate online, even the full price tickets however are no more than $25 per person which is fairly reasonable for the admission. To start my experience I had went to a Starbucks on Front Street to get myself a hot beverage, but when it came time to enter the gates I was told I had to finish my drink before entering which was a bit of an inconvinience but I understand the reasoning none the less.
Once I finished and passed the admission the real fun began, there were tonnes of cars, promotions, and kiosks to interact with. As far as cars go, there was essentially every type of car sold in Canada for you to browse through and in some you could even sit in. The Honda showcase consisted of their vehicle lineup as well as their other branches of motorcycles, boat engines, and utility equipment which was unique to the others. In addition to the displays I came across a few prototype cars, one that really stood out was the Nissan prototype on display that is still yet to be manufactured. Among theses showcases many manufactures brought other branches of their business similar to Honda,
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| Ferrari's Display |
some were Formula 1, 2, and 3 cars, or classical cars. Once I finished wandering around the north side of The Convention Centre, I wandered to the south side where there were tonnes of other manufactures and showcases from well-known vehicles. There was a "Classical Alley" section dedicated to classical cars that have been re-done and even a motorway showcase presented by Canadian Tire that showcased different generation box cars. Once I had finished the main levels on either side of the building I thought the fun was over so I headed back to the entrance from where I entered and realized there was also an escalator going downstairs! This is what I had been waiting for, a showcase of exotic cars from; Bentley, Lamborghini, McLaren, Ferrari and more. This is the main reason why I came to the show.
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| Dodge Viper SRT |
To summarize my experience, overall it was a good day spent, I didn't feel as if it was a waste. I got to see and learn about many new cars, sit and interact with some displays, and if you were interested in purchasing a specific car, I even saw some people do that. For contests there were a wide variety of contests throughout the event, all relatively the same, to be honest these go annoying as there were multiples of each floor, and representatives approaching you for the same thing over and over again. In addition to the promotions, some irrelevant kiosks felt out of place when promoting hardwood floors, newspapers, kitchen-ware, and so on. Lastly the only thing that would have made it better would be a larger section for exotic cars, and more variety, there were only a few cars if you're lucky from only some of the exotic manufacturers, some only had a single car on display.
Other than this, I enjoyed my time there and will likely be returning to any shows in the future.
