Los Angeles Auto Show 2026

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You are allowed to open the door and sit in a car that has not gone on sale and may never go on sale. Nobody stops you. That is the whole appeal, and it is a strange kind of privilege.

For over a century this has been where automakers make the announcements that decide the next few years. Concepts still months away from a yes or no. Battery platforms shown in public for the first time. Model years kept secret until somebody pulls a sheet off. The trade days come first and take most of the reveals, and the public days that follow add ride-alongs, driving demos and enough floor space to lose an afternoon in. Performance, luxury, trucks and the electrified stuff each get their own territory.

Downtown at the convention center in November, Metro to Pico Station.

Take the kid who draws cars in the margins of their homework. Then watch what happens to their face.