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The Lamborghini Huracán celebrated its world premiere in Geneva in 2014.(Bild: Stephan Schätzl)

The Geneva Motor Show has finally come to an end. After the traditional car show last took place in a smaller format this spring, the organizers have now announced: There will not be another edition.

The motor show took place this year under the name Geneva International Motor Show (GIMS). It celebrated its comeback in Geneva for the first time since 2019 - albeit in a smaller format. It was shortened from eleven to seven days, attracting around 168,000 visitors. Before the coronavirus pandemic, there were still more than 600,000.

Only a few major manufacturers wanted to be represented in Geneva in 2024.(Bild: Hanno Boblenz)

Nevertheless, the organizers wanted to open the doors again in 2025 (from 17 to 23 February). But this will now come to nothing. They had realized that the automotive industry no longer necessarily needed such an event. Even in 2024, the number of major brands on site was more than manageable and the picture was rather bleak.

During the preparations for the 2025 edition, "we had the impression that we were going against the market," said Alexandre de Senarclens, President of the Geneva International Motor Show Foundation, to the Keystone-SDA news agency. "The lack of interest from manufacturers in the Geneva Motor Show in a difficult industry environment, the competition from the Paris and Munich shows, which are preferred by the respective domestic manufacturers, and the necessary investment in such a show sound the final horn for another edition," said the president, according to Reuters.

The motor show was launched in 1905 and usually took place at the beginning of March in the Palexpo exhibition complex. It was long regarded as one of the world's most important automotive trade fairs.