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Cadillac Sits Out Philadelphia Auto Show

Cadillac has opted not to attend the 2022 Philadelphia Auto Show, currently underway at the Pennsylvania Convention Center. Notably, Cadillac rival Lincoln does have a presence at this year’s show.

Even though Cadillac is not at the 2022 Philadelphia Auto Show, the three remaining General Motors brands are there, including Buick, Chevy, and GMC. As such, the show floor still offers a wide variety of General Motors models, such as:

General Motors crosstown rivals Ford and Stellantis are both at the show, as is Aston Martin, Honda, Hyundai, Kia, Lamborghini, Lexus, McLaren, Nissan, Subaru, and Toyota, among others.

In addition to showing off some of the latest car models, the 2022 Philadelphia Auto Show also offers ride-and-drive experiences that include EV ride-alongs on the new e-Track on the show floor, a classic car display, a customs and aftermarket display, a selection of movie vehicles, and some of the local car club rides, not to mention a number of auto vendors as well.

The 2022 Philadelphia Auto Show is currently taking place at the Pennsylvania Convention Center, located at 1101 Arch Street in Philadelphia. The show first opened on March 5th, and will be open until March 13th. Individual tickets are priced at $16 for general admission (ages 13+), while child tickets (ages 7 to 12) are $10. Children 6 and under are admitted free with a ticketed adult. Senior tickets (ages 62+) are $10, and military tickets are $13.

As GM Authority covered previously, Cadillac also opted to skip the 2022 Chicago Auto Show held last month, although the remaining three GM brands did attend that show as well.

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Jonathan is an automotive journalist based out of Southern California. He loves anything and everything on four wheels.

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  1. I wonder if McLaren is showing a speedtail?

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  2. The automakers have more brand new cars here then they do on the lots lol.

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  3. Interesting that Cadillac had a small but still had a display in Cleveland.

    The shock to me was there CT5 that was very nice on the display. The car I expected to be at least 70k was $48,000. That was my shock of the show.

    I did investigate the Bronco and Maverick and found both disappointing in quality in the areas people fail to look.

    Did love the Z06

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    1. Did they have the updated Sierra on display? Able to check out the interior? If so, how is it?

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      1. No. I was surprised they lacked them but the Yukons are great.

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      2. They had one updated Sierra in the back. If you were not looking for it, you might have missed it. The emphasis was on the Hummer in Cleveland this year.

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    2. C8.R

      I’m from Cleveland, Ohio too. Fondly remember DeLorean Cadillac in Lakewood and Central Cadillac on Carnegie Ave. Central had the best Christmas displays of Cadillacs. Central and DeLorean sold thousands of new Cadillacs each year. It was when the nameplate had swagger, and GM was king of the hill.

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  4. Am not surprised there was no Cadillac. There is no new stuff to show and I have a feeling they are trying to be more of an online “maker” now like the startups. Hopefully the Lyriq will sell so well that they don’t need to show up at car shows anymore!

    They may also be targeting more Cadillac centric events or more exotic car shows.

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  5. Chevy is going to be the only GM brand at the New York Auto show. Interesting since the show is supposed to have a huge ev test drive area and I would think they would want to have the lyriq be a part of it.

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    1. Chevy’s the only GM brand at the Atlanta show too. Doesn’t make any sense to me to not be able to get butts in seats for the Lyriq and GMC Hummer EV.

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  6. Cadillac has not been at Pittsburgh for at least three years . and this year Chevrolet was the only one there

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  7. I wonder if crime and damage may also play a role. In Cleveland most cars were locked and a Bronco had tears in the seats. Vandalism or quality?

    I have heard the horror stories of NYC show. People taking craps in cars etc.

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    1. That’s hilarious.

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    2. The SEMA Show in Sin City should open up to the general public besides people in the trade. I learn 10X’s more at the SEMA show than the San Francisco Auto Show. Many factory people at the SEMA Show. Fun.

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  8. Out of sight, out of mind to the average consumer that uses the auto show for comparison shopping.

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  9. This isn’t news, Cadillac hasn’t displayed at the Philadelphia show in years.

    To be honest, for what is considered to be a major city, the Philly Auto Show is usually pretty lame, never featuring any “dream cars”, or anything of note. In recent years, the biggest draw of the show (for some people, but not me) was usually the Dubs display. It’s also shrunk quite a bit the last five years, going from two floors and the whole convention center, to now just a portion of the main building.

    My dealer offered me free tickets, but I politely declined.

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  10. gbvette62, you made the right decision. I went to see the Chevy 2022 Trailblazer and it was a 2021 instead (98% the same but they advertised it would be a ’22). The GMC area was about half the usual floor space and no Hummer EV. Ford had three Broncos and a constant stream of people in and around them. I stayed less than an hour. Typical Philly too, $11 for a Danish and soda at the snack bar. Kerbeck was there with their dream cars (Bentley, Rolls-Royce, etc) but nothing by GM.

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    1. eddieb

      How much were they charging for a Philladelphia Cheesesteak sandwich? One of my favorite sandwiches. Yummy.

      Very few can make a genuine true Philly Cheesesteak.

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  11. Audi had no vehicles there and Mercedes had no vehicles there I didn’t see any Mini or Fiat.

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    1. Wow!
      The public is now in extreme shock over the meteoric rise in fuel prices over the past two weeks. This is worse than the Arab oil embargo in 1973. This is now the Perfect Storm for the automakers, dealers, Brandon and his team, and Mary and her team. Would love to see the vehicle sales numbers for the past two weeks.

      Putin has added extreme confusion in vehicles and energy. Maybe an element of his master plan.

      By the way: Covid is now ranking as the world’s greatest crime to date.

      Stay tuned and fasten your seat belt for the man made drama in the weeks ahead.

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  12. Truth of the matter is that manufacturers are no longer going to display their brands in every auto show but the main ones that get media coverage. The cost is the main factor to display these vehicles that automakers have to shell out to participate. So, I’m not surprise about Chicago (although get media coverage but less important) and Philly.

    But my main concern is stepping inside the display vehicle and someone in the car with you not wearing a mask.

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  13. Central Cadillac on Carnegie Avenue in Cleveland had some great customized Cadillacs and a huge inventory of “dream cars” in my youth. The salesmen were polished and professional. Tjings have really changed…

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    1. James: Amen to your comment.

      Central Cadillac in Cleveland was a huge player. Central was a dealer’s dealer. They sold several thousand Cadillacs a year. My uncle’s boss, Tom Fawick, of Fawick Airflex in Cleveland, would buy two new Caddy’s a year. One for him, one for his wife.
      Central had awesome displays of the Cadillacs in their huge front picture windows. Visiting Central was a memorable experience in itself. You didn’t walk in dressed in jeans, tee shirt, sneakers and a hoodie. LOL.

      My Dad was a Cherolet fan. Fondly remember the day he traded the family’s 1949 Chevrolet Deluxe for a factory fresh two door, Chevrolet Bel Air V8, two tone, Caribbean turquoise over white, at Downtown Chevrolet in Cleveland, Ohio. He got the Chevy with the optional engine oil filter.

      GM was huge in Cleveland back in the day with Fisher Body on Coit Road, Chevrolet stamping on Brookpark Road, and a trim plant on Euclid Avenue. Clevite on St. Clair Avenue and TRW were huge auto parts vendors to the OEMs, NAPA, etc. back then. Cleveland was car parts city feeding Detroit auto plants. The Motor City was rocking back then. Amazing.

      BTW: Did you know that there were 38 auto plants within the inside boundaries of Detroit in 1960. Amazing.

      Sadly Detroit while in ” Fat City ” back then, was laying on it’s laurels, and slept while the Asians moved in. Knudsen, Ioccocca, DeLorean, Lutz, were the few car guys that were awake. But sadly that was not enough.

      Where have all the great car people gone?

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