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The 2015 Silicon Valley Auto Show is going to be held on January 8th – 11th at the San Jose Mcenery County Convention Center on San Carlos Street in San Jose. The show hours will be Thursday-Saturday from 10am-10pm and Sunday 10am-6pm. Admission for adults is a bargain at $11. Senior Citizens (62 and over), Military with ID, students under 21 with school ID and children ages 7-12 are all $8. Children 6 and under are free. Many manufacturers will be present, historically a very few will be missing. Scheduled to be present, but missing from the San Francisco show is the Chevrolet Corvette Z06. Other debuts scheduled are the Mercedes Benz C-Class, Honda CR-V, Fiat 500X, Mazda 3, Dodge Charger, Hyundai Genesis, Ford F-150, Acura RDX, Dodge Ram 1500 EcoDiesel and upcoming model(s) from Audi. Will a 707hp Dodge Challenger or Charger Hellcat be there? Go and find out! The advantage this show offers with the Ride and Drives is the quick access highways instead of trying to thread through a con...

As mentioned in my previous article here , one of the highlights of the show was the South Hall with numerous custom and modified cars, low riders, trucks, etc. There was even some live entertainment and dancing. __________ Have a question about cars you would like answered? Want to know about performance, racing, modifying, shopping, makes, models, events, etc? Ask me here: AskRobAboutCars@gmail.com and I'll do my best to answer your question and publish it here on Examiner.com!

Mixed emotions is how I would describe the 2010 San Jose Auto Show. If it wasn't for club participation and the South Hall display of customs, it would have been downright dismal. Lack of manufacturer participation is the biggest reason. San Jose being a 3rd tier market in the auto show circuit with limited show space doesn't help either. It was a sea of drab colored SUVs, crossovers and trucks with no concept cars. Silver is a classy color, but this is a show so lets see some colors in the palettes. Unheard of was a used car section filling space on the main floor. What was missing was especially notable. Audi, Mercedes Benz , Nissan and Porsche were nowhere to be seen so listing them on the auto show program was in poor taste. I went two days and never noticed Infiniti despite the show map. There was no Dodge Viper or ACR (the fastest production car around the famous Nurburgring). Ford didn't have a GT500 or Mustang GT unless it was hidden behind some trucks. Lexus didn...