The 2026 Detroit Auto Show runs through Sunday, Jan. 25, and long-time fans of a place to go on a cold day in Chicago or Detroit to kick tires indoors and dream of the next vehicular purchase have bemoaned the demise of auto shows as we remember them.
It was here that 120 head of longhorn cattle (some of them randy) were herded through downtown Detroit to mark the launch of the Dodge Ram pickup truck in 2008.
It was here that Cirque du Soleil performed, where Mercedes CEO Dieter Zetsche served drinks from behind the bar, where Chrysler’s Bob Lutz and Detroit Mayor Coleman Young (purposely) crashed a Jeep Grand Cherokee through a huge glass window, where tethers and hydraulics allowed the Dodge Grand Caravan to literally leapfrog competitors mired in a fake pond in 1995, where Volkswagen CEO Matthias Mueller blurted out, “We are not a criminal brand,” under pointed media questioning following the 2015 Dieselgate scandal.
It’s A Different Show These Days
What used to be the North American International Auto Show, where the world’s automakers came to reveal product news and their executives spoke for the cameras and forged alliances, has evolved into a much smaller, regional event, reflected in the new name: the Detroit Auto Show.
And that might be just fine for the intended audience of car shoppers who line up for rides in battery-electric vehicles and in Jeeps and Ford Broncos on undulating off-road courses that now take up much of the space inside Detroit’s Huntington Place that was surrendered even before COVID by Bugatti, Ferrari, Bentley, Rolls-Royce and Lamborghini, not to mention Volvo, Tesla, Jaguar, Land Rover, Audi, BMW, Porsche…
Yes, you will see some of those cars on carpet today in Detroit (the show wraps up Sunday, Jan. 25), but only because show organizers called in favors with local dealers and car collectors (some of them from Chicago) to add some flair.
TopSpeed walked the floor and assembled four photo galleries looking at key vehicle segments represented. Today, we focus on exotics and sports cars, including the Ferrari Enzo below.
2025 Porsche GT3 RS
Directly next to the gallery of exotics was the large indoor test track where all-electric Hummers, Cadillacs, Fords, Dodges and Polestars could take shoppers for a spin, like the Jeep Wagoneer below, seen behind this 2025 Porsche GT3 RS.
And there was a celebrity car too: the 1933 Ford “Tool Time” Roadster owned by Detroit’s Tim Allen, who starred in the sitcom Home Improvement.
Take a look through the gallery below to see more of the exotics and sports cars from the floor of the Detroit Auto Show.
2025 McLaren Artura
Ferrari La Ferrari
2019 McLaren Senna
2024 Lamborghini Huracan Sterrato
Dallara EXP
Multiple Aston Martins
2021 Ford GT
Dodge Charger
Three Chevy Corvette Concepts
Chevy Corvette ZR1X Stars & Steel Limited Edition
2026 Honda Prelude
2025 Ford Mustang GTD
1991 Lamborghini Diablo
2025 Lotus Emira
Pagani Huayra
1995 Porsche 911
2023 Maserati MC20
Vintage Muscle Cars
2025 Morgan Plus Four
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