2014 L.A. Auto Show: What to Expect

If you like luxury vehicles, SUVs or sports cars — and even luxury SUVs that perform like sports cars — you’re gonna love the lineup of debuts at the 2014 Los Angeles Auto Show later this month. Organizers say there will be 60 premieres, 30 of them global and nearly two-thirds will be luxury and performance offerings.

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Set to bow at the 107-year-old event — the last major auto show of the calendar year and the first of the new auto-show season — are a host of SUVs, from compact crossovers to midsize models. Performance coupes, convertibles and sedans also abound from automakers ranging from Scion to Cadillac.

And perhaps fitting for the Southern California city famed for its air of affluence, nearly half of the anticipated entrees on our list of what to watch for are from luxury automakers. Among those are SUVs and sports cars from the likes of Audi and BMW. Moreover, during the Connected Car Expo on Nov. 18, Volvo’s “Drive Me” autonomous vehicle will make its North American debut, at which time executives will discuss the automaker’s driverless technology.

Here’s what we’ll be looking for as Cars.com covers the L.A. auto show from the event floor:

• 2016 Acura ILX
• Audi A9 concept
• 2015 BMW X6 M
• 2015 BMW X5 M
• 2015 BMW 2 Series convertible
• Cadillac ATS-V
• Chrysler 300
• Chrysler 300C
• 2016 Fiat 500X
• 2016 Ford Explorer
• Honda HR-V
• 2016 Kia Sorento
• 2015 Land Rover Discovery Sport
• 2016 Mazda MX-5 Miata
• 2016 Mazda CX-5
• 2016 Mazda6
• Mazda CX-3
• 2015 Mini Hardtop 4-Door
• Mitsubishi XR-PHEV concept
• Scion iM concept
• 2016 Volvo XC90

Following media and industry preview days (Nov. 18-20), the auto show is open to the public from Nov. 21-30 at the Los Angeles Convention Center, 1201 S. Figueroa St. Hours are 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. Friday, Nov. 21; 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 22; 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 23; 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday, Nov. 24 through Wednesday, Nov. 26; 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Thanksgiving Day; 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. Friday, Nov. 28 and Saturday, Nov. 29; and 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. Sunday Nov. 30.

General admission (age 13 or older) is $12 Monday through Thursday and $15 Friday through Sunday; children ages 6-12 accompanied by an adult get in for $5, and tickets for seniors age 65 or older are $10; group rates for 50 people or more also are available. Go to laautoshow.com for more info and check back with us on Nov. 18 for more coverage from the show floor.

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