Geneva Motor Show

The International Geneva Motor Show (French Salon international de l'auto de Genève, Italian Salone internazionale di Ginevra dell'auto ) is one of the world's most important automotive trade fairs. It takes place every year in early March at the Palexpo in the political community Le Grand- Saconnex in the canton of Geneva in Switzerland.

History

In 1905, the first so-called National Automobile and bike show took place at a polling station on Boulevard Georges- Favon in Geneva, Switzerland. Since then, at the Geneva Motor Show numerous vehicles were presented by well-known manufacturers that have partially rewritten the history of the automobile. 1982 moved to downtown to the new Palexpo Geneva Motor Show from the old Palais des expositions.

Significant limitations in the construction of stands held since its founding to a good overview of the fair at. While in the 1920s only carpets and green plants were allowed to design an exhibition stand, today, for example, the allowable levels of exhibition booths is limited to 140 cm.

During the 76th from 2 to March 12, 2006, 260 exhibitors from 30 countries had presented about 900 car models on an area of ​​102,000 m². It came 674'000 visitors, including nearly 5,000 media representatives from 80 countries.

The 77th Geneva Motor Show took place from 8 to 18 March 2007 with an attendance of 730,000. The 78th Geneva Motor Show was held from 6th to 16th March 2008. There around 715,000 tickets were sold.

In 2009 the car show - which took place from 5 to 15 March 2009 - a decline in visitors to 648'000. The 80th edition of The Show has seen 2010 692'000 visitors from 4 to March 14.

Interruptions

Vehicle premieres

Series vehicles

• Clément (1905 )
• Fiat 502 (1924)
• Opel 4/12 PS " Tree Frog " (1924 )
• Martini -Six (1926 )
• Fiat 509 (1927)
• Ford Model A ( 1928)
• Mercedes -Benz SSK (1929 )
• Maybach Zeppelin DS 7 and DS 8 (1931 )
• Alfa Romeo 8C 2300 ( 1932)
• Chrysler Airflow (1934 )
• Fiat 500 Topolino (1937 )
• Opel Captain ( 1939)
• Jaguar XK 120 (1951)
• Fiat 600 (1955)
• Jaguar E -Type ( 1961)
• Mercedes- Benz 230 SL " Pagoda " (1963 )
• Ferrari Dino (1965 prototype )
• Lamborghini Miura (1966 )
• Peugeot 504 Coupe (1969 )
• Citroën SM (1971 )
• Maserati Bora ( 1971)
• Ford Granada ( 1972)
• Audi 80 (1973 )
• Ford Capri (1973 )
• Lamborghini Countach (1973 )
• Filipinetti Fiat X1 / 9 ( 1973)
• VW Scirocco I ( 1973)
• Porsche 928 (1977)
• Toyota Starlet (1978 )
• Audi quattro (1980 )
• Lotus Esprit ( 1980)
• VW Scirocco II ( 1981)
• Bentley Mulsanne (1982 )
• Audi 100 (1983)
• Ferrari 288 GTO (1984 )
• Volvo 480 (1986)
• Ford Ka ( 1994)
• Ferrari F355 (1994 )
• BMW 3 Series compact E46 / 5 ( 2001)
• VW Phaeton (2002)
• Lancia Ypsilon (2003)
• Seat Altea (2004)
• Citroen C6 ( 2005)
• Honda Civic (2005 prototype )
• Lotus Europa S ( 2006)
• Porsche 911 GT3 (2006)
• Porsche 911 turbo (2006)
• Audi A5 ( 2007)
• Mercedes -Benz C-Class (2007)
• VW Golf V Variant (2007)
• VW Scirocco III (2008)
• Skoda Superb ( 2008)
• Škoda Yeti (2009)
• Mercedes -Benz E-Class Coupe (2009)
• Opel Ampera Hybrid ( 2009)
• Audi A1 ( 2010)
• Renault Mégane III Coupé-Cabriolet (2010)
• Porsche Cayenne II ( 2010)
• Škoda Fabia RS ( 2010)
• Mercedes -Benz C -Class Coupe (2011)
• Ferrari FF ( 2011)
• Mercedes -Benz A-Class ( 2012)
• Skoda Citigo (2012 )
• Roding Roadster 23 (2012 )
• Fiat 500L (2012 )
• One-liter car from VW ( 2013)
• Peugeot 2008 (2013)
• Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV (Plug In Hybrid Electric Vehicle) (2013 )
• Alfa Romeo 4C ( 2013)

Concept Cars

• Mercedes -Benz F 800 Style (2010)
• Porsche 918 Spyder (2010)
• Skoda Vision D ( 2011)
• Rolls- Royce 102EX (2011)
• Lexus LF -LC ( 2012)
• Škoda VisionC (2014)