Nissan Pulls Out of Detroit Auto Show

Nissan showed the beautiful 2009 Infiniti G37 Convertible in LA recently, but has nothing for Detroit and therefore won't be attending the official North American International Auto The show, staged in Cobo hall and arena on the banks of the Michigan River, GM's spectacular Renaissance Center towering overhead and one of Canada's car towns, Windsor, across the waters, appears to be undergoing a slow and painful death. Needing a bailout package of its own, ironically it's the automakers that have relied on the show for years that have chosen 2009 as the year they're bailing out on Detroit. The latest in a long line of evacuees, Nissan has chosen to pull out of the NAIAS as well as Chicago's auto show that follows a month later in February, having spent their budget on Los Angeles, where the new 370Z, Cube and Infiniti G37 Convertible were officially unveiled for the first time. With nothing to show in Detroit or Chicago, the automaker may be done until next year's LA show, unless they choose to launch something at New York's Jacob K. Javits Convention Center
Nissan showed some promising designs last year like the Forum Concept, but no so for the 2009 NAIAS.