The organizers of the Geneva International Motor Show announced today that the historic event will return next year after a three-year hiatus. The show will run from February 14 to February 19, 2023.
As usual, the show will be held at the Palexpo exposition center in Geneva, Switzerland. The Geneva International Motor Show has been running in one form or another since 1905 but was canceled in 2020, 2021, and 2022 in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
“We have pushed very hard and tried everything to reactivate the Geneva International Motor Show in 2022,” Maurice Turrettini, President of the Comité permanent du Salon international de l’automobile said last year. “Despite all our efforts, we have to face the facts and the reality: the pandemic situation is not under control and presents itself as a big threat for a large indoor event like GIMS.”
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Turrettini, though, was sure to specify that the decision was only a postponement and that the show would come back stronger this year. The existence of auto shows is in flux, though, with shows like the North American International Auto Show, held in Detroit, rescheduling to the summer in order not to compete with CES, a tech trade show that has stolen its thunder in recent years.
Still, automobile-centric shows persist with the New York International Auto Show set to take place later this month. In addition, the organizers of the Geneva International Motor Show want to lean on the second word in the show’s title and have announced a spin-off show in Doha, Qatar in 2023.
