With electric vehicles making up about 28% of new vehicle sales in Orange County, it’s to be expected that “EVs” will once again make up a significant portion of the new vehicles on display at this week’s OC Auto Show in Anaheim.
More EVs are sold in Orange County than in nearly every state in the country and the inventory that will be showcased reflects that, said John Sackrison, executive director of the Orange County Automobile Dealers Association, organizer of the annual auto show that opens Thursday, Oct. 5, at the Anaheim Convention Center and runs through Sunday.
However, not everyone is in the market for an electric vehicle, Sackrison said, so hundreds of other new cars, SUVs, crossovers, trucks and concept vehicles, including hybrids and fuel cells and traditional internal combustion engines will be on display.
“There’s something for everyone at the show and to learn and figure out, with gas prices as high as they are, what makes sense for me, what works for my family,” he said.
The show features a “non-selling environment” and visitors can sit behind the wheel of vehicles that interest them, kick the tires and check out the new technology a variety of models are offering.
Several vehicles will make their Orange County debut at the show – the Ford Mustang Dark Horse among them.
After testing the Mustang Dark Horse, Car and Driver magazine described the vehicle as “an evolution of the spectacular outgoing Ford Mustang Mach 1. And that car, the quickest in our Lightning Lap LL2 category (for cars under $75,000), isn’t a bad place to start.”
The Lexus TX hybrid SUV is also making its OC debut at the show. MotorTrend magazine described the TX as having “a refined look inside and out, with technology at its forefront thanks to two electrified variants with either V-6 power or a turbocharged I-4.”
Other all-new models drivers can check out in Anaheim will be the Audi Q8-E-tron, BMW XM, KIA EV9, Honda Prologue and Lexus…
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