In 2016, the Paris Motor Show welcomed 1,253,513 visitors, making it the most visited auto show in the world, ahead of Tokyo and Frankfurt.
The key figures of the show are: 125,000 m2 (1,350,000 ft2) of exhibition, 8 pavilions, 260 brands from 18 countries, 65 world premieres, more than 10 000 test drives for electric and hybrid cars, more than 10 000 journalists from 103 countries.[2] Until 1986, it was called theSalon de l'Automobile; it took the nameMondial de l'Automobile in 1988 andMondial Paris Motor Show in 2018.
The show was held annually until 1976; since which time, it has been held biennially.
The show was the first motor show in the world, started in 1898 by industry pioneer,Jules-Albert de Dion. After 1910, it was held at theGrand Palais in theChamps-Élysées. During theFirst World War motor shows were suspended, meaning that the show of October 1919 was only the 15th "Salon".[3]
There was again no Paris Motor Show in 1925, the venue having been booked instead for anExhibition of Decorative Arts.[4] In October 1926, the Motor Show returned, this being the 26th ParisSalon de l'Automobile.[4] The outbreak ofwar again intervened in 1939 when the 33rdSalon de l'Automobile was cancelled at short notice.[5]
Normality of a sorts returned some six years later and the 33rd "Salon" finally opened in October 1946. In January 1977, it was announced that no Paris Motor Show would take place that year, because of the "current economic situation": at the same time the organisers confirmed that a 1978Auto Salon for Paris was planned.[6]
1919 15th "Salon de l'Automobile" (Model Year 1920) The first "Salon" since 1913.[8]
9 October 1919
65 French automobile makers exhibited (plus 22 French commercial vehicle manufacturers and 31 non-French automobile industry businesses). At least 118 exhibitors in total.
1921 16th "Salon de l'Automobile" (Model Year 1922)
1922 17th "Salon de l'Automobile" (Model Year 1923)
4 October 1922
81 French automobile makers exhibited (plus one French commercial vehicle manufacturer, 7 "Coachbuilders" and 25 non-French automobile industry businesses.) 113 exhibitors in total.
1923 18th "Salon de l'Automobile" (Model Year 1924)
1924 19th "Salon de l'Automobile" (Model Year 1925)
2 October 1924
78 French automobile makers exhibited (plus four French commercial vehicle manufacturers and 34 non-French automobile industry businesses.) 116 exhibitors in total.
There was no "Salon de l'Automobile" in 1925 due to the venue having been allocated to anExhibition of Decorative Arts
1926 20th "Salon de l'Automobile" (Model Year 1927)[9]
7 October 1926
81 French automobile makers exhibited and 42 non-French automobile industry businesses exhibited. 126 exhibitors in total
1927 21st "Salon de l'Automobile" (Model Year 1928)
1928 22nd "Salon de l'Automobile" (Model Year 1929)
1929 23rd "Salon de l'Automobile" (Model Year 1930)
^"Paris Motor Show".Auto Express. 20 November 2012. Retrieved23 March 2016.The Paris Motor Show – or Mondial de l'Automobile – is one of the most important shows in the automotive calendar. It takes place only on even-numbered years, with the Frankfurt Motor Show, held at the Frankfurt Messe, taking over on odd-numbered years.
^Blunsden, John (October 1962). "Paris salongen" [The Paris Salon].Illustrerad Motor Sport (in Swedish). No. 10. Lerum, Sweden. p. 12.
^Tard, Daniel (15 October 1994),Hotchkiss, petit dictionnaire du "juste milieu", Paris: Editions Charles Massin, p. 173,ISBN978-2707202499
^Saviem PX40 (1978): Dernière revanche! [The final revenge!], Altaya: Camions d'autrefois (in French), vol. 64, Barcelona: Editorial Planeta deAgostini, 2010, p. 4
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