Payne: NY Auto Show touts muscle, off-road challenge to Detroit icons

Posted by Talbot Payne on April 4, 2026

The New York International Auto Show 2026: The affordable, $24k Nissan Sentra welcomes show visitors wo a floor stuffed with expensive hardware.

The New York International Auto Show 2026: The affordable, $24k Nissan Sentra welcomes show visitors wo a floor stuffed with expensive hardware.

Henry Payne, The Detroit News

New York — The New York International Auto Show opened in 1900 at Madison Square Garden and it’s still going strong in the Javits Convention Center 126 years later.

This week the Big Apple’s big show kicked off featuring 32 brands, 10 new model reveals, two outdoor test tracks, an indoor EV track, and the World Car of the Year Awards.

The BMW iX3 won World Car of the Year, the Chinese-made Firefly won Urban Car, and the Corvette E-Ray was a World Luxury Car finalist even as Chevy announced last month it is ceasing the hybrid’s production. The show floor is littered with everything from $3 million Koenigsegg Regera to electric Lucids to a Mustang v Corvette muscle war. In addition to the sheet metal, there’s a Subaru dog pen, racing simulators, and the United States Marine Band.

Here are the new model highlights.

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