‘23 Denver Auto Show staging return to convention center
Positive reports coming out of last week’s Chicago
Auto Show may serve as an indicator that good days may return for auto shows in the country and as encouragement for planners of the upcoming Denver Auto Show.
The Denver Auto Show will return April 12-16 to the Colorado Convention Center after a three-year absence, disrupted by the Covid pandemic. Many other cities also postponed, canceled, rescheduled annual car shows in response to the pandemic and its restrictions.
Of the recent Chicago Auto Show, Kelley Enright, central region communications manager for Stellantis, said, “The Chicago show felt very normal and everyone seemed relaxed and happy to be there. It went really well, with a lot of vehicles on display.”
The 2023 Denver show, presented by the Colorado Automobile Dealers Association (CADA), will open at noonwednesday, April 12, will run from noon to 10 p.m. Thursday and Friday, 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. Saturday and finish from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday, April 16.
Ticket prices will be $16 for adults 13 and older, $8 for kids ages 6 to 12, those 5 and younger will be admitted free. Tickets will be halfprice for Senior’s Day onwednesday and for Active Military and Veteran’s Day on Thursday.
The announcement of new members of the Colorado Automotive Hall of Fame will highlight the annual Denver
Auto Show Preview Gala Tuesday evening, April 11. Cocktails and opening reception will be 5:30 to 6 p.m., the Hall of Fame dinner and awards ceremony 6 to 7:30 and the auto show preview gala 7:30 to 10.
For more information, contact CADA at www.colorado.auto or 303-831-1722.
Reader response
Bud: I enjoy your reviews. Catch them every week. We have a ‘21 Hyundai Palisade. Hyundai’s recall 235 required the dealer to remove the fuse from the trailer brake/ lights controller – there have been instances of melting and fires. Since last August, Hyundai has told us that they were working on a fix, but hadn’t come up with it. It covers Palisades for the last three years. My understanding is that the engineering problems extend to the Kia Telluride. Other than that issue, it sounds like a great car, as is the Palisade. My thoughts are that beating the drum on all the towing capabilities is a little misleading. Owners wanting to pull 5,500 pounds will be really disappointed. – Tom F., Fort Collins
Thanks, Tom, I appreciate your readership, and I do recognize the seriousness of any fire on any
part of an automobile. In three years, approximately 1,100 days, four Palisades and four Tellurides have caught fire in the area of their trailer hitches, that is one every
137 days. So, owners of 352,000 Kias and Hyundais are told to park their vehicles outside. It is not
for me to decide whether that is warranted or not. In deference to you, I will say, had I not mentioned the “tow capacity” in the headline, we wouldn’t be exchanging communications. You’re a good reader.