The Geneva Motor Show set to be held in February next year has been called off for the fourth year in a row. The 2020, 2021 and 2022 iterations were called off owing to pandemic-related concerns with the show organisers now axing the next iteration of the long-running motor show citing uncertainties due to economic and geopolitical reasons.
However, the Geneva Motor Show hasn’t been cancelled in its entirety. The 2023 show was set to be held in two iterations, the first in February in Geneva with the second being held in November in partnership with the Qatar Toursim Board in Doha.
"Due to the uncertainties in the global economy and geopolitics, as well as the risks related to the development of the pandemic, the organisers have decided to focus exclusively on the planning of the event in Doha in 2023" says Maurice Turettini, President of the Comité permanent du Salon international de l'automobile de Genève (Permanent Committee of the Geneva International Motor Show).
"We have done everything possible to ensure that we could host GIMS 2023 in Geneva in February. The enhanced event format and project had been very well received. But in the end, the risks overweighed the opportunities," he added.
The Geneva Motor Show will hold its first-ever Qatar edition in November 2023 though final dates for the show are still to be decided.
"We are now fully focused on organising GIMS in Doha and look forward to confirming the dates and format of this ground-breaking event with our partners at Qatar Tourism shortly," concludes Sandro Mesquita CEO of the Geneva International Motor Show.
The Geneva Motor Show is one of the oldest car shows in the world dating back to 1907.
