Tribune photo by Heather Stone.The Mitsubishi SUW concept car went on display at the 2000 Chicago Auto Show.
Tribune File PhotoFor smaller dreams, Volkswagen offered a display of its Beetles in 1970.
Tribune File PhotoThe future is always present at the show. Crowds gather around a Simca Fulgur at the 53rd exhibition, which was at McCormick Place in 1961. It was the show's first year in the new venue.
Scott Olson/GettyBugatti shows off its $1.5 million Veyron at the 2014 Chicago Auto Show.
Tribune File PhotoNew autos crowd the 1934 show in the Chicago Coliseum, amid "decorations and lighting effects as modernistic as the World's Fair architecture," according to one observer. The Century of Progress International Exposition was held 1933-34 in Chicago.
Tribune File PhotoA sleek Chevy sports car has its own model at the 1969 show.
Alex Garcia / Chicago TribuneDozens of cyclists pedal past McCormick Place in 2005 to protest the Chicago Auto Show and the fossil-fuel-dependent cars on display.
Tribune File PhotoA youngster is entranced by a 1970 Buick dream car at the 1970 Chicago Auto Show.
Chris Sweda / Chicago TribunePeople watch as a Dodge Challenger is taken onto a test track at the Chicago Auto Show at McCormick Place on Feb. 11, 2017.
Chicago Tribune photo archiveWorkers prepare the Chevrolet display at the 1991 Chicago Auto Show.
Tribune file photoA display highlights the Mercedes-Benz F400 concept car at the 2002 Chicago Auto Show.
Tribune File PhotoFreddie Ford, the magic robot, answers questions for two young boys at the 1969 Chicago Auto Show.
Tribune File PhotoIn 1901, the Chicago Auto Show included about 65 cars housed in 58,000 square feet at the Chicago Coliseum.
Tribune File PhotoLong lines define the Dodge Gold Duster at the 1975 Chicago Auto Show.
Tribune File PhotoOne small step. It landed on the moon and in 1972 a lunar rover set down at the Chicago Auto Show.
Tribune photo by Heather StoneAlso in 2000, Chicago police Officer Eddie Silva discusses seat-belt safety with a visitor testing the Seat Belt Convincer, which simulated a crash.
Tribune File PhotoEarly browsers check out the latest models at the 1965 Chicago Auto Show. Exhibit presenters have noted how crowds arrive earlier in Chicago than in other cities.
Tribune File PhotoCrowds fill McCormick Place on opening day at the the 75th annual Chicago Auto Show on Feb. 26, 1983.
Tribune File PhotoEven in 1985, a Ferrari, as seen at the Chicago Auto Show, would set you back $87,000.
Tribune File PhotoCat got your tongue? Not the pitchman's, who proclaimed the purr-fection of the Mercury Cougar - with its namesake - in 1974.
Tribune File PhotoThe military was at the 1972 Chicago Auto Show with an M48A1 Army tank rolling into place as a recruiting booth.
Tribune File PhotoModels for the 1980 Chicago Auto show get last-minute instructions.
Tribune File PhotoRemember the Chevy Vega GT in 1971?
Tribune File PhotoThe Chrysler Neon concept car is displayed at the 1994 Chicago Auto Show.
Tribune File PhotoAlways a crowd pleaser, the Corvette was no different in 1968.
Bob Chwedyk/APFord presents its 2016 GT sports car during the media preview at the 2015 Chicago Auto Show at McCormick Place. Attendees voted it the Best All-New Production Car at the show.
Tribune photo by Heather StoneThe Chicago Auto Show is also show biz. Singers praise the Kia Rondo SX on display in 2007.
Tribune File PhotoThe Lincoln Machete concept car offered styling advances at the 1988 Chicago Auto Show.
Tribune File PhotoEven in 1991, there's still nothing like a Corvette, as seen here at the Chicago Auto Show.
Tribune File PhotoMiniskirts were the rage at the 1968 Chicago Auto Show.
Tribune File PhotoThe 79th annual Chicago Auto Show in 1987 had 800 vehicles to lure large crowds.
Antonio Perez, Chicago TribuneBanners welcome guests to the 105th Chicago Auto Show held at McCormick Place in 2013.
Tribune File PhotoPretty models introducing the latest cars was an auto show tradition. This Cadillac Cyclone was a stylish look into the future in 1960.
Tribune File PhotoThe Chicago Auto Show was suspended during World War II, but when it resumed in 1950, it moved to the International Amphitheatre. The 1954 show displayed the latest in postwar dream cars.
Tribune File PhotoA fish-eye lens view from 54 feet above the 1971 Chicago Auto Show, which returned to the rebuilt McCormick Place.
Michael Tercha / Chicago TribuneA Wrangler climbs the Jeep Test Track at the 2011 Chicago Auto Show.
Tribune File PhotoThe jet-powered Spirit of America, which set a land-speed record of 407.45 mph at the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah in 1963, is rolled into the 1964 show.
Tribune File PhotoA futuristic car draws onlookers at the 1969 Chicago Auto Show.
Tribune photo by Phil VelasquezThe 2007 Chicago Auto Show had attractions for kids too. Youngsters try out an Xbox video game that was installed in the back of a Dodge Nitro.
Tribune file photoExhibitors experience the quiet before the storm as McCormick Place is prepared for opening day at the 2003 Chicago Auto Show.
Tribune File PhotoGossamer - or is that glass? - wing doors adorn the experimental Pontiac Trans Am Type A at the 1977 Chicago Auto Show.
Tribune File PhotoThrongs head for McCormick Place to see the 1976 Chicago Auto Show.
Alex Garcia / Chicago TribuneThe Toyota FT-CH compact hybrid, at lower left, was featured at one of many displays highlighting new technology at the 2010 Chicago Auto Show.
Scott Strazzante / Chicago TribuneThere is more to do at the 2002 Chicago Auto Show than look at cars. There's snacking, as these teens found out.
John J. Kim / Chicago TribuneThe Toyota Tacoma TRD Pro is introduced during the 2016 Chicago Auto Show Media Preview at McCormick Place on Feb. 11, 2016, in Chicago. Read the overview>>>
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The 2016 Chicago Auto Show will open to the public on Feb. 13 and run through Feb. 21, event organizers announced this week.
Hours will be 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. daily, except on the last day, when the show opens at 9 a.m. and closes at 8 p.m.
Ticket prices will remain $12 each for adults, and children 6 and younger are still admitted for free.
Prices have gone up a dollar, to $7, for seniors and for children age 7 to 12.
Special days include Family Day on Feb. 15, Women’s Day on Feb. 16 and Hispanic Day on Feb. 19.
The show, held at McCormick Place, will have a media preview Feb. 11-12 and a black-tie charity event Feb. 12.
It claims to be the nation’s biggest auto show.
“Our indoor test tracks and interactive displays will return,” 2016 Chicago Auto Show Chairman Colin Wickstrom said in a statement.
See chicagoautoshow.com for more information.
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