Welcome to IMPA

The International Motor Press Association is this country's oldest organization of automotive journalists and public relations professionals. Founded in New York City nearly 50 years ago, IMPA has thrived over the decades, blossoming into the premier organization of its kind. Over the course of its history, IMPA has spawned similar organizations elsewhere in the country, while continuing to provide its members with a convivial meeting place while keeping pace with our industry and its varied technologies. Our current membership includes journalists from all media -print, broadcast and Internet- as well as public relations representatives of all the world's major automotive manufacturers and suppliers. And since IMPA was founded, all members share the same privileges of membership, whether they are journalists or public relations professionals.

About IMPA

The International Motor Press Association is the premier organization of automotive journalists and public relations professionals in this country. The backbone of IMPA's activities are the luncheon meetings held monthly in New York City (on the third Tuesday at the 3 West Club, 3 West 51st Street). Here featured speakers from all disciplines of our industry address the membership on timely, informative topics from the latest automotive products and technologies to current marketing trends to market conditions to motorsports. Besides to the featured speaker, each meeting provides a friendly, casual atmosphere for members and their guests to network with their colleagues in a welcome, profess ...

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WHAT'S NEW

  • Gridlock Sam, Sam Schwartz, at February 26 meeting
    If you’re late for the next meeting, Tuesday, February 26th, our speaker, the world’s leading traffic-engineering architect and the true traffic guru, might be able to provide the reason(s). Samuel I. Schwartz, “Gridlock Sam,” will discuss how changes like New York’s unique congestion pricing program and the evolution of autonomous vehicles (the subject of his new book No One at the Wheel: Driverless Cars and the Road of the Future) will impact urban/suburban traffic and your ability to get around. Tickets for the program are $45 for IMPA members; $55 for non-members. Everything gets underway at noon in the 3 West Club, 3 W. 51st Street, New York. Please RSVP by clicking on this sentence or sending a not to info@impa.org – this is important so we can get an accurate catering count. Click on headline above for more information.
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UPCOMING events

  • Spring Brake Tickets on Sale

    Spring Brake – Thursday, May 16th - tickets are now available (just click here). The price remains the same $60 for a day of driving in the bucolic hills about 50 miles north and west of New York City.  Driving, as in other IMPA events, is restricted to IMPA members. When purchasing tickets please indicate the name of the person or persons associated with the tickets. Without the name(s), you won’t be on the “paid” list and will have to wait during registration.

  • Test Days

     

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