Porsche Canada says it won't have display at 2009 Toronto auto show

[.Lefteris.]

MISSISSAUGA, Ont. — Porsche Cars Canada says it won't have a display at the Toronto auto show in 2009 as it re-evaluates its marketing strategies.
The automaker says it wants to find "better, more targeted ways" to reach potential customers and must look beyond auto shows.
Porsche Canada marketing director Jasmin Rawlinson says the Toronto auto show is important and the company "did not take this decision lightly."
The auto show runs from Feb. 13 to 22 at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre and the Rogers Centre.
Nissan recently said it is pulling out of the Detroit and Chicago auto shows, citing the tough economy and the lack of new vehicles to unveil.
Mitsubishi, Land Rover, Rolls-Royce and Suzuki will also skip the Detroit show next month as automakers trim their budgets in a difficult economy.

[BlueMaxMtl]

No big loss to the potential canadian buyer since most new models as well as the experimental prototypes usually come after the Detroit auto show.

We all know that on the North American front, the Detroit auto show is THE auto show.;)

I believe that the europeans have the Geneva auto show which is the flagship show of the year (Lefteris, correct me if I'm wrong).:)

[.Lefteris.]

No big loss to the potential canadian buyer since most new models as well as the experimental prototypes usually come after the Detroit auto show.

We all know that on the North American front, the Detroit auto show is THE auto show.;)

I believe that the europeans have the Geneva auto show which is the flagship show of the year (Lefteris, correct me if I'm wrong).:)

You are correct, 15 years a go it was the London Motor Show also, and I was there in 1992 for the 993 first! :)
Now is Geneva, and if things keep going as it is today, I dont think that we have any auto shows at all in a few years time....