Motoraman.
/ˌməʊtəˈrɑːmə/, U.S. /ˌmoʊdəˈræmə/ Originally and chiefly U.S.
(A name applied to) an exhibition of General Motors motor vehicles; (in later use more generally) a motor show.Initiated and run by the General Motors Corporation, the Motorama toured across the United States between 1949 and 1960.
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1947 Hayward (Calif.) Daily Rev. 15 Nov. 4/4 Actual work on the design and execution of the Motorama began almost immediately after the close of World War II.
1950 Richmond (Va.) News-leader 18 Jan. 38/1 General Motors opens its auto show here. The display which General Motors calls ‘Mid-century Motorama’ brings..38 of GM's 1950 model cars.
1967 L. Ferlinghetti Starting from San Francisco 49 The new North American cars flick by from Motorama their headlights never bright enough.
1992 J. Stern & M. Stern Encycl. Pop Culture 105/1 The Motorama, General Motors' annual display of dazzling, impossibly futuristic vehicles.
2004 Paris (Texas) News 10 Sept. 7/3 The Baptist Men of Immanuel Baptist Church are sponsoring their annual car tractor and motorcycle show Motorama 2004 on the church parking lot this Saturday.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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