More bad news for the organizers of the 2009 Detroit Auto Show as less than eight weeks before the Cobo Hall opens its doors to the press and public alike in mid-January, Nissan and its luxury affiliate Infiniti have canceled plans to participate at the (supposedly) largest auto gathering in North America. According to Automotive News, the Japanese automaker has also withdrawn from the forthcoming Chicago Auto Show in February, citing in both cases "depressed economic conditions".The announcement comes only a few days after Mitsubishi stepped out of the Detroit Show -see here. Up until now, the total number of high-profile brands that have dropped plans to exhibit at the Cobo Hall are six (seven if you take Infiniti into account) and include Ferrari, Land Rover, Rolls-Royce and Suzuki. Something tells us that this might not be the last we hear about the 2009 Detroit Show absentee list...
Via: AN (Sub. req)
