2021 San Antonio Auto and Truck Show

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This year’s 52-annual San Antonio Auto and Truck Show opens this coming Friday, Nov. 12, and runs done Sunday, Nov. 14, astatine the Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center downtown. 

Show hours volition beryllium 2 to 9 p.m. Friday, 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday, and 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Sunday. 

Presented by the SA Auto Dealers, this year’s lawsuit features much than 200 caller vehicles nether 1 extortion truthful amusement visitors tin spot each of them without having to thrust to dealerships each implicit town. 

“The amusement volition wow you with the newest cars and trucks, super-cool exotics, and ride-and-drive events, positive tons of amusive kids’ activities, buying successful the Marketplace, and much, overmuch more,” the dealers relation says. 

About 70 new-car dealerships volition beryllium participating, on with automakers representing 17 antithetic conveyance franchises. The amusement features galore of the caller cars, trucks, SUVs and specialty vehicles connected merchantability for exemplary years 2021 and 2022. 

“This is simply a truly absorbing twelvemonth successful the automotive industry, due to the fact that of the large absorption connected vigor ratio and however we tin get the astir retired of our cars,” said SADA President Pam Crail. 

“So, guests volition not lone beryllium capable to look astatine each of the beauteous stars of the show, the cars and trucks, they volition besides beryllium educated connected technological advancements and however they tin crockery up their cars successful the sanction of innovation,” she said. 

There volition beryllium opportunities for ride-and-drive experiences successful caller vehicles from Ford, Chrysler, Jeep, Dodge, Ram and Fiat, and a peculiar pet-adoption diagnostic from Subaru. 

"We can't hold to amusement disconnected the Ford Raptor experience, a large interactive activity; ride-and-drives; a peculiar collaboration with Subaru and the San Antonio Humane Society, wherever we'll beryllium adopting puppies onsite; and different large specialty cars successful the works that person ne'er earlier been seen connected the amusement floor," said car amusement spokesperson Cassandra Lazenby. "There volition beryllium thing for everyone to enjoy." 

This year's amusement volition besides diagnostic “Women successful Automotive,” naming the inaugural San Antonio Woman successful Automotive Award. 

 The eighth-annual Green Truck Award, arsenic good arsenic the Family Green Car of the Year award, volition beryllium presented by Green Car Journal, an internationally-acclaimed publication. 

Past winners of the Green Truck Award person included the Ford F-150 (two times), Ram 1500 (two times), Chevy Colorado and Honda Ridgeline. 

The apical 5 contenders for 2022 Green Truck of the Year are the F-150, Ford Maverick, GMC Hummer EV, Rivian R1T, and Toyota Tundra. 

Finalists for 2022 Family Green Car of the Year are the Chrysler Pacifica Hybrid, Honda Civic, Kia Sorrento Hybrid/PHEV, Toyota Sienna and Volkswagen ID.4. 

This year's amusement volition screen much than 300,000 quadrate feet of grounds abstraction successful the normal center, with vehicles for each tastes and needs. 

Because nary income are permitted connected the amusement floor, visitors tin look astatine the vehicles astatine their leisure without immoderate income pressure. Manufacturer and dealership representatives volition beryllium astatine the amusement lone to reply questions astir the vehicles. 

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Admission is escaped for children ages 5 and under; $6 for children ages 6-10; $12 for adults purchasing tickets online; $15 for adults astatine the door; and $8 for subject and seniors.  

The 2021 San Antonio Auto & Truck Show volition travel each CDC, section and authorities COVID guidelines.  

As usual, the database of vehicles planned for grounds is taxable to last-minute changes due to the fact that of availability and transportation issues, truthful don’t beryllium disappointed if 1 of the vehicles you wanted to spot – including immoderate featured successful the car amusement peculiar conception -- doesn’t marque it to the show. 

San Antonio’s car dealers and their relation person worked for months present to enactment this amusement together, and much than 100,000 radical are expected to attend. 

Discounted $9 parking is disposable successful the store located closest to the Convention Center astatine 849 E. Commerce St. 

For ticketing/parking and different information, sojourn saautoshow.com

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