Auto Shows

2006 Los Angeles Auto Show

By Allyson Harwood, Brandy Schaffels, Arthur St. Antoine, Matt Stone, Mark Williams & Editors of Motor Trend
Photography by Brandy Schaffels & Melissa Spiering

As we ring in the New Year, we also celebrate the return of auto show season in a big way, with the Los Angeles and Detroit Auto Shows happening back to back during the first days of January. In addition to the assortment of more than a thousand production and concept vehicles on display, the Los Angeles Auto Show is usually a showcase for sunshine and warm weather, though this year we've been surprised by various degrees of warm and cold weather as well as rain!

As diverse as Los Angeles itself, the show covers the entire automotive landscape -- from sport compacts to supercars, and from trucks and SUVs to hybrids and customs. These models reflect the hottest trends in the automotive world today, including expressive designs, luxury crossovers, fuel-efficiency, and of course, high horsepower.

Hybrids and horsepower, luxury and economy are the theme for the 2006 Los Angeles Auto Show, which opens to the public from January 6 to 15 at the Los Angeles Convention Center. This year's show includes more than 30 World and North American debuts, plus dramatic concept cars that offer a preview of possible future production vehicles.

For those who just get here to see it all in person, Motor Trend editors are still posting photos and captions. Video segments on significant vehicles are in the works. Check out our format, which allows us to add even more photos for each vehicle in a Flash-based slideshow feature, and click on the "plus sign" for even bigger zoom images than ever before. And as always, we've got lots of detailed photo galleries of standout specimens. We're wrapping up our coverage here, and are heading out to snowy Detroit to cover the North American International Auto Show, so keep coming back to MotorTrend.com for additional auto show installments!