Geneva International Motor Show


The Geneva International Motor Show was an annual auto show held in March in the Swiss city of Geneva.
The show was hosted at the Palexpo, a convention centre located next to the Geneva Cointrin International Airport. The Salon was organised by the Organisation Internationale des Constructeurs d'Automobiles, and was considered an important major international auto show.
First held in 1905, the Salon hosted almost all major internal combustion engined models in the history of the automobile, along with benzene- and steam-powered cars from the beginning of the century. Exotic supercars often steal the spotlight during their debuts at the show. Prototypes, new equipment, technical breakthroughs, international partnerships, as well as political and social debates, have been announced at the exhibition. The show was regarded as a level playing field for the world's automakers, aided by the fact Switzerland lacked an auto industry of its own.
The Geneva International Motor Show was not held in 2020–2023 due to the COVID-19 pandemic and its economic impact on the global automobile industry. The event returned in 2024.
In May 2024 the Geneva Show organizing committee decided to cancel the event for 2025 and beyond, citing a general lack of interest by manufacturers and competition from other shows. It shifted its focus to the show scheduled for November 2025 in Qatar.

Sections

Areas of the show:
  1. Motor cars, 3 or 4 or more wheels.
  2. Electric cars and alternative powered cars.
  3. Special bodywork for motor cars, car design, engineering.
  4. Converted cars.
  5. Accessories and parts for motor cars
  6. OEM : original equipment manufacturers
  7. Workshop installations for the repair and maintenance of motor cars
  8. Miscellaneous products and services related to the car industry
  9. Animation / Attractions.
The International Advanced Mobility Forum is the Geneva Motor Show forum on the mobility of the future.

2020s

2025

The organizers of the car show have announced the closure. While they will continue to organize the Qatar Motor Show, at Doha.

2024

In July 2023, plans were announced for the 2024 Geneva Motor Show from 26 February to 3 March, with a revised format to reduce costs for exhibitors. The 2024 edition highlighted serious organizational shortcomings, which resulted in lower participation or the total absence of the manufacturers. As of January 26, 2024, automakers that are confirmed to present at the show in 2024 are:
The following vehicles were first presented at the show:
The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic along with "uncertainties in the global economy and geopolitics" in 2022 led the organisers to cancel the Swiss location for 2023 and to postpone the Qatari location until October 2023. Another contributing factor was less commitments from the manufacturers for the Swiss location. The dates for the Qatar Motor Show were confirmed to be from 5 to 14 October 2023.

2021 and 2022

In 2021, the Geneva International Motor Show organisers entered into an agreement with Qatari government to hold the biennal exhibitions in Qatar during the fourth quarter along with the annual exhibitions in the Switzerland during the first quarter.
The 2021 and 2022 exhibitions were cancelled due to the continued COVID-19 pandemic measures. The Qatari location was to be held in November 2022, but it was postponed to 2023 for the same reason. The global chip shortage was also cited as a factor in the 2022 cancellation of Swiss location.

2020

The 90th Geneva Motor Show was planned for 5 to 15 March 2020, but it was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Switzerland's decision to impose a limit on gatherings of over 1,000 people was cited as the reason for the cancellation. It was one of the first of many major automotive events to be cancelled due to COVID-19.
The following vehicles were to be presented at the show in 2020:

Production cars

2019

The 89th Geneva Motor Show was held between 7 and 17 March 2019.

Production cars