Geneva motor show cancelled

• Geneva International Motor Show (GIMS) announces its cancelation after the 2024 event, with the Comité permanent du Salon International de l’Automobile Foundation in Geneva planning to dissolve the foundation entirely.
• The show's organizers cite the eroded attractiveness of the major European shows, as well as uncertainties in the auto industry.
• GIMS Doha, launched in October 2023, will return in November 2025 as the successor event to Geneva.

The Geneva Motor Show was launched back when automobiles were the new technology seeking to displace the horse-drawn carriage, and when most automakers were what would be called "startups" today.

Launched in 1905, the event has been an important (if not exactly the largest) fixture on the auto show circuit, but had long ago managed to secure an important place for itself.

Now, the show has seemingly succumbed to the pressures of the pandemic economy, or the post-pandemic economy, depending on your point of view.

The organizers of the show revealed late last week that