On April 24, 2019, the IMRRC will embark on a trip to the New York International Auto Show. Join us as we make our third-annual pilgrimage to “automotive heaven.”

2019 Trip Details

Tour includes: round trip motor coach transportation, auto show admission, services of an IMRRC escort.

Price: $100 for current IMRRC members. $125 for non-members. Full payment is due at the time of reservation, and the final day for reservations is Friday, April 5.

When: Wednesday, April 24. Pick-up locations are in Ithaca (5:15 a.m.), Horseheads (6:00 a.m.), and Binghamton (7:00 a.m.).

Anticipated arrival at the Jacob Javits Convention Center in New York City at 11:00am. Departure from New York City at approximately 8:15 p.m.

For information and reservations contact Kip Zeiter at kip@racingarchives.org or by phone at (607) 535-9044.

The IMRRC tour group at the 2018 New York International Auto Show.

History of the Auto Show

In 1900, North America’s first automotive exhibition was held in New York’s Madison Square Garden. Sixty-nine exhibitors displayed approximately 160 vehicles. The vehicles on display ranged in price from $280 to $4,000. An estimated 48,000 visitors attended this first “auto show.” For more than one hundred years – through depression, war, boom times, crisis, recession and growth, there has been a New York Automobile Show. The first truly international show was held in 1949 as post-war interest in European cars was rising drastically.

For the automotive enthusiast, a trip to the auto show is almost a rite of passage. The snow is melting, spring is in the air, and new cars are on the floor! These are exciting times for the automotive industry as new technology has changed almost every aspect of the driving experience.

For over 100 years New York has been the place to go to see the latest and best automobiles in the world.

IMRRC Historian Bill Green and SCCA Archives Technician Rick Hughey at the 2018 New York International Auto Show.

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