QOTD: What's The Star Of The 2026 New York Auto Show?

by Tim Healey

Published: April 1st, 2026

qotd what s the star of the 2026 new york auto show

NEW YORK -- Which vehicle stole the show at the 2026 New York International Auto Show?

Is it Volkswagen's Atlas? Either Subaru? The Hyundai Boulder Concept? Kia's Seltos or EV3? Something from Chrysler or Dodge?

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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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Oldsaltydog 21 hours ago

That Hyundai looks just like those Bronco Concepts that the media was speculating about years ago. Besides all that rich off-roading history of Hyundai should make it sell itself, oh wait a minute...never mind. Then again Chrysler dragged up that amazing "Stow and Go" design from 20 years ago so that one ranks right up there too. Of course there's always the new Atlas which somehow VW successfully created devoid of any character and convenience! I suppose the new leather seating and paint scheme of the latest Durango is the true innovation, who would think of something so radical! I guess the NY auto show was for me not inspiring. It seems to me the Auto industry has been so busy creating EV's nobody wants that when that experiement so epically and miserably failed they didn't have anything to turn to having ignored the very cars that actually make them money.

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- Bd2 19 hours ago
  
  Hyundai recently sold all 50 of a 2 million dollar offroading sports coupe to rich oil barons in the middle east. You just don't know what you're talking about Hyundai is the premier offroading luxury brand out there. Plebian.
  
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Bd2 19 hours ago

The star of the show was probably Tim Healey and most likely not in any good way.

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Oldsaltydog 19 hours ago

Give me 2 milion dollars and I'll build a "premium" off road car too. Give me a break, 50 vehicles whoa, they are masters no doubt! lol! Probably can steal it with a nokia flip phone and the gerber multi-tool too!

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- Bd2 15 hours ago
  
  Better get started because while you are talking Hyundai is becoming the #1 premier automater. Soon competing with Rolls and Bentley, Koenigsegg too with the Magma line.
  
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- Lloyd Bonified 10 hours ago
  
  Becoming?!?! You are behind the times...they are there and really have been for some time
  
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