Paris Motor Show

The Mondial de l'Automobile (French automotive world ), also called English Paris Motor Show, is a car show that takes place in Paris. She was the first automotive exhibition of international importance and is still one of the most visited. 1898 she was first aligned and then presented 232 automobiles, which attracted around 140,000 visitors. 2012, it had 1.2 million visitors.

First held in the Jardin des Tuileries, the fair moved in 1901 to the Grand Palais. Until the 1930s it was the undisputed most important automotive fair at all. 1954 exceeded the number of visitors for the first time the one million mark. Since 1962, the exhibition will be held at the Exhibition Centre of Porte de Versailles, since 1976 only in years of even-numbered years (in coordination with the Frankfurt Motor Show, which will be held only in odd-numbered years ). Already since 1923, is the first Thursday in October, the opening day.

Most of the show caused a stir in 1955, when there the Citroën DS was presented, which later even the Museum of Modern Art exhibited. But not only French manufacturer show at this fair for the first time significant automotive generations, but also for example BMW new 7 Series and Volkswagen Golf.