DETROIT — Following quite a few reschedulings due to the coronavirus pandemic, the Detroit auto present deliberate for this September has been canceled, organizers stated Monday.

The present shall be changed this 12 months by an enthusiast-focused occasion at a racetrack north of Detroit in Pontiac, Mich.

Organizers anticipate having automobile reveals and different occasions that sometimes happen at a standard auto present on the racetrack. It was unclear whether or not the change in occasion format can be everlasting or if organizers would return to a extra conventional auto present in fall 2022.

The Detroit Auto Sellers Affiliation, which runs the present, stated it will host a reimagined model of its “Motor Bella” idea on the M1 Concourse in Pontiac, Sept. 21-26, that includes 1.6 million sq. ft of dynamic automobile and know-how show house. Organizers say the location additionally presents a 1.5-mile scorching monitor on the grounds for know-how and automobile demonstrations.

Motor Bella was initially envisioned as a festival of European supercars to happen alongside the auto present in downtown Detroit.

“The pandemic has prompted modifications in our society and world in methods not beforehand imagined, and all of us needs to be searching for new and extremely inventive methods of doing enterprise,” DADA Government Director Rod Alberts stated in an announcement. “This new occasion captures that inventive spirit. It’ll present new mobility experiences and more and more modern approaches to tapping into the business and its merchandise.”

The Detroit auto present, which has not been held since January 2019, has modified dates a number of occasions. The occasion was supposed to maneuver from January to June of 2020, however was canceled due to the pandemic and rescheduled for June 2021. Organizers later rescheduled it for fall 2021.

“With our new program for 2021, we’ll take the Motor Bella idea to the following stage with a number of manufacturers and mobilities represented, from hometown to worldwide nameplates, autonomous automobiles to high-performance supercars, and the whole lot in between,” Doug North, the occasion’s chairman, stated in an announcement. “It is going to be a mobility-filled occasion. One that can present our present companions with a cost-efficient backdrop to share all of their manufacturers, merchandise and applied sciences in a enjoyable and festival-like ambiance that is utterly open air.”

The Motor Bella occasion will embody a press preview on Sept. 21; an AutoMobili-D showcase Sept. 21-23; business preview days Sept. 22 and 23; and a public present Sept. 23-26. Organizers stated a charity occasion is also within the works.