Are motor shows losing sheen?, Auto News, ET Auto
New Delhi: With just a handful of hrs remaining forward of the Auto Expo 2020, India’s biggest automotive extravaganza, and the biggest in South Asia, it looks the auto business is taking a backstep as an alternative of staying daring.
In the final edition, at Auto Expo 2018, there were 119 exhibitors which include fifty three OEMs participated in the celebration, lessen than the 2016 edition. Major car models like Audi, VW, Skoda, Ford, Nissan, Datsun, Jaguar Land Rover, Jeep gave the celebration a pass up. This certainly decreased the charm of the expo.
This 12 months, the selection of individuals is even lesser with only 95 exhibitors to be existing at the celebration, which include 34 OEMs. Absence of auto majors like Ford, Honda Cars India, Toyota Kirloskar, Hero MotoCorp, Ashok Leyland will certainly dim the excitement around the 15th edition of the biennial celebration.
Apparently, this is not a thing going on only in India, but throughout the environment. For example, in 2018 Paris Motor Show, a huge selection of auto firms like Volkswagen, Nissan, Opel, Mitsubishi, Ford, and Volvo skipped the celebration. This 12 months, Tata Motors has made a decision to skip the Geneva Motor Show, which has been an vital celebration for the Indian auto brand to showcase new concepts or cars for rather a extended time.
Talking about the Frankfurt Motor Show, one particular of the biggest automotive gatherings in the environment, models like Abarth, Alpine, Alfa Romeo, Aston Martin, Cadillac, Chevrolet, Chrysler, Citroen, Dacia, DS, Ferrari, Fiat, Infiniti, Mazda, Mitsubishi, Nissan, Peugeot, Rolls-Royce, Subaru, Suzuki, Toyota and Volvo failed to participate in the 2019 edition. Not only that, BMW and Mercedes downsized their showcasing place significantly.
Clearly, this shows the trend of auto expos around the environment are losing the sheen.
Frankfurt Motor Show bows out
Frankfurt Motor Show, also recognized as Worldwide Automobile Exhibition, one particular of the biggest in the environment of automobiles will not acquire area, as introduced by the Verband der Automobilindustrie (VDA), organising overall body of the celebration.
In 2021, the celebration will acquire area somewhere else, as an alternative of Frankfurt. It could be in Berlin, Hamburg or Munich. A vital cause powering this is the declining footfall at the celebration.
The IAA observed a sharp decrease in the selection of site visitors and exhibitors for the duration of final year’s present, with 550,000 persons, when compared to 810,000 site visitors attended in 2017 and the 931,000 in 2015.
Motor Displays are not just about automotive any longer
Moto shows throughout the environment are becoming distinct. They are not any longer just about cars, motorcycles, buses and trucks. Customer preference is one particular of the factors powering this, as they search for a lot more than automotive from these gatherings.
Vehicles, specially cars are a lot more about technologies and style today as an alternative of efficiency. This is one particular cause, the auto firms are opting for tech shows like Client Electronics Show.
Sure, though the selection of individuals is lowering at different auto gatherings every single 12 months, yet another emerging trend is that automakers are displaying a lot more desire in taking aspect in technologies shows like CES.
In the CES 2020, a lot more than eight automakers and auto element brands showcased their thought vehicles and systems. Before, such showcasing applied to acquire area in automotive shows only.
