New York Auto Show 2015 Preview

Derek Kreindler
by Derek Kreindler

Although press days for the 2015 New York Auto Show don’t kick off until April 1st, various preview events are starting on Monday. We’ve got a full list of what to expect in the coming week. As always, we’ll have live coverage of all the important debuts.

BMW X5 xDrive40e: BMW’s first plug-in vehicle comes in the form of an X5.

Cadillac CT6: The long awaited Cadillac flagship debuts in NY.

Chevrolet Malibu: An all-new, coupe like design. Will this be enough to finally vault the Malibu to Tier 1 status?

Chevrolet Spark: The Chevrolet version of GM’s newest minicar, the Opel Karl.

Ford Focus RS : minor aesthetic changes for Ford’s hot hatch.

Jaguar XF: A lighter, redesigned mid-size luxury sedan for the British brand.

Kia Optima: A year after the all-new Hyundai Sonata, its Kia sibling makes its debut.

Lexus RX: The first luxury crossover will debut an all-new design.

Lincoln Continental Concept: A concept previewing Lincoln’s upcoming flagship.

McLaren Automotive Sports Series / 570S Coupe: McLaren’s rival to the Porsche 911 Turbo.

Mercedes-Benz GLE-Class: A renamed, re-styled Mercedes ML.

Mitsubishi Outlander: A facelift for Mitsubishi’s crossover.

Nissan Maxima: After being revealed in a Super Bowl ad, the first public appearance for the new Maxima.

Scion iM: Scion gets a version of the Euro market Toyota Auris.

Scion iA: Scion’s newest sedan is really a Mazda2.

smart fortwo: A U.S. version of the new city car.

Toyota RAV4 Hybrid: The RAV4 gets the same hybrid setup as the Lexus NX.

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  • Marcelo de Vasconcellos Marcelo de Vasconcellos on Mar 29, 2015

    Is the smart the new Twingo? If it is, it is worth a very close look.

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    • Shaker Shaker on Mar 30, 2015

      @Brian P "The Malibu is the important launch for GM. (Mostly because working on the tooling for it has been paying the bills lately.)" I would consider your situation a side effect of the "bailout", which I'm happy to see. Hope this Malibu is a sign of better things to come.

  • Eggsalad Eggsalad on Mar 30, 2015

    I'm hoping the Scion iM comes in at $18.5k with stick, $19.5k if you're too lazy to shift. I will trade in my xB when they hit the lot, if that's the price.

  • Speedlaw Speedlaw on Mar 30, 2015

    The funnest thing about the NY Auto show is watching all the ladies who dressed to distract their dates from the cars..... Oh, cars...I like how you can go from car to car, with no salesfolks, and see what each maker thinks is worth $XX dollars. Mercedes and BMW will have the biggest crowds, mostly of folks who will only sit in one at the Auto Show. Ford will have all the cars locked up, so you won't be able to sit in them or open hoods/trunks. Nissan will put me to sleep. VW will show something we won't get here. Porsche will keep the cars locked but will open them if you ask nicely. There will be unobtanium in the front hallway, always fun to watch. NY folks suck as they steal the interior parts like you'd not believe. I don't know what you do with center stack plastic but by the last day of the show they've given up and you see a lot of how the car is actually assembled. There will be no brochures....the days of taking a big bag home of car stuff is over, sadly. Years past, you'd have cacaphony, as each exhibit would try to be the loudest...they may have toned this one down a bit. Bring your own water bottle. Food and drink is vastly overpriced, and the air in the Javits center is about 0% humidity, so "airplane air" is tropical by comparison. You dry out very quickly, so you can't drink too much water. The water fountains are near the bathrooms...most work.

    • Ronnie Schreiber Ronnie Schreiber on Mar 30, 2015

      I used to sell brochures, swag and press kits to collectors. Yes, there are people who collect Kia sales brochures. Most of that has gone away. Press kits are now on thumbdrives, or they just give you a link to their media site. Printed brochures are being replaced by barcodes for your smartphone. We won't have very much in the way of physical ephemera for future collectors. Maybe I'm just old school but there's something different between reading, and holding, an old Life magazine, than see the same thing in digital reproduction. Funny thing is, even the great museums with all sorts of real artifacts have to install kiosks with "interactive" stuff attendees can do on computers.

  • Ronnie Schreiber Ronnie Schreiber on Mar 30, 2015

    Note to readers: Assuming the virus that seems to not be able to decide if it's a head cold, a chest cold or the stomach flu, subsides in time, I'll be at the NY show's media preview for TTAC on Wed and Thur. If there are any particular cars or features you'd like me to check out and report on, please let us know.

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