QOTD: What Do You Hope To See At The 2025 Los Angeles Auto Show?

by Tim Healey

Published: November 19th, 2025

qotd what do you hope to see at the 2025 los angeles auto show

I am in sunny SoCal for the 2025 Los Angeles Auto Show. What, if anything, excites you about it?

I am embargoed to secrecy on most things, but we've already told you Kia will have the Tellurid e here and Jeep the Recon.

Do those move the needle for you?

Or are you looking forward to something else? If you're in the L.A. area, are you planning on attending?

Sound off below.

[Image: LA Auto Show]

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Tim Healey

Tim Healey grew up around the auto-parts business and has always had a love for cars — his parents joke his first word was “‘Vette”. Despite this, he wanted to pursue a career in sports writing but he ended up falling semi-accidentally into the automotive-journalism industry, first at Consumer Guide Automotive and later at Web2Carz.com. He also worked as an industry analyst at Mintel Group and freelanced for About.com, CarFax, Vehix.com, High Gear Media, Torque News, FutureCar.com, Cars.com, among others, and of course Vertical Scope sites such as AutoGuide.com, Off-Road.com, and HybridCars.com. He’s an urbanite and as such, doesn’t need a daily driver, but if he had one, it would be compact, sporty, and have a manual transmission.

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FreedMike on Nov 20, 2025

Will Mercury be reintroduced with a new Marquis, and if so, will it have the coveted, long-awaited De Sade edition?

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- Jkross22 on Nov 20, 2025
  
  I'm more of a Sable guy myself. Release an XR7 version with a manual and a Yamaha built V6.
  
  Makes me sad what Ford has become.
  
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- Grandmaster T on Nov 21, 2025
  
  Jkross22, Ford's plan isn't done. Wait 4 years.
  (Narrator, from 2030: "Things got worse")
  
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Lorenzo on Nov 20, 2025

How about a compact sedan for $25K and a midsize sedan for $30k ? That is probably a pipe dream, but I will settle for a clone of the 1985 Ford Ranger 2-door standard cab for about $22K. Just refrain from the electronics overload. If they can make a drive-by-wire gas pedal, they can do it with knobs and buttons, and dump the touchscreen and distracting infotainment - before its outlawed.

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- KwikShiftPro4X on Nov 20, 2025
  
  Or Toyota's budget trucklet.
  
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- Tane94 on Nov 20, 2025
  
  it would be reality if Chinese manufacturers would import their vehicles.
  
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