This is a departure for the auto Show of Montreal

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Frédéric Mercier

Friday, 19 January, 2018 07:30

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For a 50th consecutive edition and the 75th year since its inception, the Salon International de l auto de Montréal opens its doors today.

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From 19 to 28 January, the Palais des congrès will welcome the biggest brands in the automotive world, to the delight of tens of thousands of fans and consumers who are there year after year.

It is the ideal place to admire the latest creations of the brand as big as Lamborghini, Rolls-Royce or Maserati, but also to compare under one roof, the vehicle likely to end up in your court.

Always popular, the Zone, Performance is back this year, where more than thirty of modified vehicles will be once again in full view.

The popularity of electric grabs hold of Montreal

Fans of electric vehicles are also likely to get their money’s worth. In more than thirty models of electric and hybrid exhibition, the Salon continues to facilitate the discovery of this type of vehicles with test drives of electric vehicles, organized in partnership with CAA-Quebec.

This year, fair visitors will be able to take the wheel of the following models:

Chevrolet Bolt EV
Chevrolet Volt
Chrysler Pacifica Hybrid
Hond Clarity plug-in hybrid
BMW i3 REX
Hyundai Ioniq, electric
Ford Focus electric
Kia Soul EV
Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV

In the last year, nearly 2,000 test drives of green vehicles have been made thanks to the work of the team of CAA-Quebec.

A vehicle to win at the auto Show

By putting the feet at the Salon International de l auto de Montréal, the visitors have not only the opportunity to admire hundreds of cars, but they could also take home with them!

Thanks to a competition carried out in partnership with Mitsubishi Motors, a visitor to the Show will win actually a Outlander PHEV 2018, the all-new plug-in hybrid from Mitsubishi.

Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV 2017

Mitsubishi

The price includes the charging point and its installation. Just fill out an entry form at level 7 of the Palais des congrès. The draw will be made on the 28th of January at 18h, just after the close of the Show.

Rates

General Admission (13 years and older): 16$
Students and 65 years and more: 13$
Children 6 to 12 years old: 6$
Children under 6 years: Free
Family package (2 admissions general and 2 children):$38 per

Schedule

From 19 to 27 January: 10am to 21: 30
Sunday 28 January: 10am to 18pm

Where?

The Palais des congrès de Montréal
1001, Place Jean-Paul Riopelle
Montreal, Quebec
H2Z 1H5