MICHIGAN HISTORYThe Detroit Auto Show through the yearsThe Detroit NewsA promotional model poses with the Buick Wildcat at the 1965 Detroit Auto Show, the year it moved into its current home at Cobo. The Motor City has hosted an auto show since 1907.The Detroit News ArchivesThe Detroit Auto Show at the Wayne Gardens, 1910. The first Detroit show was organized by the Detroit Auto Dealers Association in 1907, and was held at various locations over the years.The Detroit News ArchivesBrand new Nash automobiles are on display at the 1929 Detroit Auto Show.The Detroit News ArchivesVisitors check out wheels at the 1931 Detroit Auto Show.The Detroit News ArchivesA couple at the Detroit Auto Show, 1932.The Detroit News ArchivesJohn M. Booth and Mary Sidney in an 1898 model Benz at the Detroit Auto Show in 1932.The Detroit News ArchivesBig Bear, a Cree nation chief, appears at the Pontiac Motor exhibit at the 1934 Detroit Auto Show.The Detroit News ArchivesSpectators check a vehicle at the 1935 Detroit Auto Show. As the show grew in size, it moved to different locations, including the Michigan State Fairgrounds.The Detroit News ArchivesLabor union members protest at the entrance to the auto show in Detroit in 1937.The Detroit News ArchivesOpening ceremonies for the 1939 Detroit Auto Show.The Detroit News ArchivesThe Oldsmobile exhibit at the 1939 Detroit Auto Show.The Detroit News ArchivesThe 1960 Detroit Auto Show draws a crowd.The Detroit News ArchivesA model poses atop a Ford F-100 truck during the 1960 Detroit Auto Show.The Detroit News ArchivesCrowds surround cars in the main exhibit hall in 1960.The Detroit News ArchivesExterior view of the Detroit Artillery Armory, which housed the 1960 Detroit Auto Show.The Detroit News ArchivesCars in parking lot with Cobo Hall in background, in Detroit during the Detroit Auto Show. The show moved to Cobo in 1965.The Detroit News ArchivesAntique cars on display outside Cobo Hall in 1960.The Detroit News ArchivesTraffic from the Detroit Auto Show leaving Cobo Hall in Detroit. Undated photo.The Detroit News ArchivesCrowds of people watch two men make a clay model of an automobile at the Detroit Auto Show. Undated photo.The Detroit News ArchivesThe main Detroit Auto Show floor in 1962.The Detroit News ArchivesThe Detroit Auto Show at Cobo in the 1960s.The Detroit News ArchivesA promotional model for Chrysler shows off the controls on the console of the new gas turbine during the 1964 Detroit Auto Show.The Detroit News ArchivesOldsmobile General Manager Harold N. Metzel displays a model carscape at the 1966 Detroit Auto Show.The Detroit News ArchivesDetroit Auto Show officials release balloons containing tickets for the upcoming auto show on Oct. 30, 1967.The Detroit News ArchivesSpectators check out the Oldsmobile exhibit at the 1968 Detroit Auto Show.The Detroit News ArchivesBeverly Klemola checks out the Milk Wagon at the 1968 Detroit Auto Show.The Detroit News ArchivesPete Estes and Dave Holls check out the Chevrolet Camper at the 1968 Detroit Auto ShowThe Detroit News Photo ArchivesA 1917 Dodge truck on display at the 1968 Auto Show.The Detroit News ArchivesLarge crowds surround a car at the 1968 Detroit Auto Show.The Detroit News ArchivesDon Campbell, Beverly Klemola and Frank Vitale try out the the Way Out Car at the 1968 Detroit Auto Show.The Detroit News ArchivesBeverly Klemola checks out a sand buggy at the 1968 Detroit Auto Show.The Detroit News ArchivesThe Phone Booth Mobile at the 1970 Detroit Auto Show.The Detroit News ArchivesGordie and Colleen Howe at the 1971 Detroit Auto Show Charity Preview.The Detroit News ArchivesAmerican Motors' board chairman Roy D. Chapin checks over the company's new sub-compact Pacer during a preview ceremony at the 1975 Detroit Auto ShowThe Detroit News ArchivesA small crowd wanders through the 59th Detroit Auto Show in Cobo Arena, Jan. 15, 1975 as the show opened its fourth day in a nine-day run.The Detroit News ArchivesA robot display at the 1977 Detroit Auto Show.The Detroit News ArchivesA model for Oldsmobile poses during the 1983 Detroit Auto Show.The Detroit News ArchivesIn 1989, the show changed its name to the North American International Auto Show. Above, preparations are under way for the 1991 NAIAS.The Detroit News ArchivesGeneral Motors unveiled the EV1 Parallel Hybrid vehicle at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit, Sunday, Jan. 4, 1998. GM said it has the technology to build the hybrid cars, which use an engine-powered electric generator and nickel-metal-hydride battery. General Motors Corp., said it may be ready to produce the hybrid-electric vehicle by 2001 and a fuel-cell electric vehicle by 2004.APFord Motor Co. introduces the new Thunderbird at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit, Sunday, Jan. 3, 1999.CARLOS OSORIO, ASSOCIATED PRESSCarroll Shelby, left, shakes hands with with Bill Ford Jr over the new Ford Shebly Cobra concept at the 2004 North American International Auto Show.CHARLES V. TINES, THE DETROIT NEWSTom LaSorda , CEO of Chrysler group, rides in a Jeep Wrangler Rubicon through a window at Cobo Hal during the 2006 North American International Auto Show.CHARLES V. TINESTom LaSorda, CEO of Chrysler group, drives a Jeep Wrangler Rubicon on top of a Jeep mountain across the street from Cobo in 2006.CHARLES V. TINES, THE DETROIT NEWSBob Lutz, co-chairman of GM, introduces the company's first all-electric car, the Chevrolet Volt concept, on January 7, 2007, at the Detroit auto show.CHARLES V. TINES, THE DETROIT NEWSThe 2009 Dodge Ram World Debut breaks from the herd of cattle used in a promotional stunt, Jan.14, 2008. Dodge used a herd of 120 longhorn cattle driven by 10 cowboys to unveil the all-new 2009 Dodge Ram during the truck's world debut.CHRYSLERAuto show attendees pass beneath a Dodge Ram Heavy Duty, Motor Trend's 2010 Truck of the Year, which is mounted upside down on the ceiling at Cobo Center r on Saturday, Jan. 23, 2010.JOHN T. GREILICK, THE DETROIT NEWSErin Welsh of Plymouth admires a Lexus LF-LC concept during the 2012 Charity Preview for the North American International Auto Show at Cobo Center.JOHN T. GREILICK, THE DETROIT NEWSThe Ford F-150 concept the Atlas concept is lowered from the ceiling at Joe Louis Arena at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit on Monday, Jan. 14, 2013.DAVID COATES, THE DETROIT NEWSThe 2019 Ford Bullitt Mustang is surrounded by media members at the Ford display at the North American International Auto Show at Cobo Center on January 14, 2018.ROBIN BUCKSON, THE DETROIT NEWSJacob Rollins takes a selfie with some Lamborghini and Ferarri supercars during open day at Motor Bella. For 2021, The North American International Auto Show in Detroit was reinvented as Motor Bella, and moved to the M1 Concourse in Pontiac.Max Ortiz, The Detroit NewsSpectators use umbrellas to watch the displays at Motor Bella, inside the M1 Concourse, in Pontiac, September 21, 2021. For 2021, The North American International Auto Show in Detroit was reinvented as Motor Bella, and moved to the M1 Concourse in Pontiac.David Guralnick, The Detroit NewsA Dodge Ram 1500 TRX gets airborne during a demo ride at the Motor Bella preview at the M1 Concourse in Pontiac, Tuesday, September 21, 2021. For 2021, The North American International Auto Show in Detroit was reinvented as Motor Bella, and moved to the M1 Concourse in Pontiac.Andy Morrison, The Detroit NewsPeople enter the main public gate for opening day at Motor Bella held at the M1 Concourse in Pontiac on Thursday, September 24, 2021. For 2021, The North American International Auto Show in Detroit was reinvented as Motor Bella, and moved to the M1 Concourse in Pontiac.Max Ortiz, The Detroit NewsA flooded Jeep demonstration obstacle course is seen during opening day of Motor Bella held at the M1 Concourse in Pontiac. For 2021, The North American International Auto Show in Detroit was reinvented as Motor Bella, and moved to the M1 Concourse in Pontiac.Max Ortiz, The Detroit NewsThe unveiling of the new Chrysler 300C model powered by the 6.4-liter Hemi engine. Only 2,000 of them will be produced for the United States with another 200 available in Canada at the Spirit of Detroit Plaza ahead of the Detroit auto show's media day.Dave Reginek, Special To Detroit NewsA huge rubber duck is inflated next to two Jeeps in front of Huntington Place in preparation for the North American International Auto Show in Detroit on Sept. 13, 2022.Robin Buckson, The Detroit NewsPresident Joe Biden and Executive Chair of Ford Motor Company William Clay Ford Jr. walk the Ford display during a tour of the 2022 North American International Auto Show in Detroit, Michigan on September 14, 2022.Daniel Mears, Detroit NewsPresident Joe Biden looking pretty good in a Corvette Z06 convertible during a tour of the 2022 North American International Auto Show in Detroit, Michigan on September 14, 2022.Daniel Mears, Detroit NewsPresident Joe Biden comes out onto the stage for a speech while visiting the North American International Auto Show at Huntington Place, in Detroit, September 14, 2022.David Guralnick, The Detroit NewsMembers of the news media look at the Kia EV6 (left) and the Genesis GV60 at North American International Auto Show on Wednesday September 14, 2022.Max Ortiz, The Detroit NewsThad Szott (from left), President, Detroit Auto Dealers Association, Karl Zimmermann, Vice President, Detroit Auto Dealers Association, and Mayor Mike Duggan give a thumbs up as they take a ride in a 2022 Ford Bronco on the show floor for the North American International Auto Show held at Huntington Place on Tuesday, September 13, 2022.Max Ortiz, The Detroit NewsLincoln L100 concept vehicle at the 2022 North American International Auto Show.Daniel Mears, Detroit NewsDetroit Auto Show 2022: Dinosaur rides in Dinosaur Expedition with Matt FlynnHenry Payne, The Detroit News