NEW YORK -- The annual New York auto present most likely will probably be pushed again to August from April as a result of coronavirus.

Organizers of the occasion placed on by the Better New York Car Sellers Affiliation have begun to inform carmakers the delay is probably going, Chris Sams, a spokesman for the present, stated by telephone Tuesday. He expects the group to make a ultimate resolution and announcement inside the subsequent 24 hours.

The present coordinators stated every week in the past they already had put in 70 hand-sanitizing stations all through the Jacob Okay. Javits Conference Middle on Manhattans west aspect, the place firms have been anticipated to unveil greater than 50 new fashions. Sellers have been attempting to protect the destiny of an occasion that dates again to 1900 after the cancellation of the Geneva Worldwide Motor Present, which was referred to as off late final month for the primary time for the reason that World Struggle II period.

However the preemptive measures that organizers have been planning most likely arent going to be sufficient due to heightened considerations about...