2021 Geneva Motor Show Not a Sure Thing, Say Show Organizers

The 2020 edition of the Geneva Motor Show was to be held starting March 5th of this year at the Palexpo exhibition centre. Just days before the show, on 28 February, organizers announced that the show would be cancelled because of the coronavirus crisis.

At that time, the crisis was only in its early stages, but gatherings of 1,000 people had just been banned in Switzerland. Since then, auto shows have dropped like flies, one after the other. The New York event, postponed to August, is the latest to fall victim to Covid-19.

Only Los Angeles is left this year, but even there it’s uncertain whether that show will go on. It’s scheduled for late November.

"See you in 2021," is the common refrain when it comes to any large-scale event.

But the damage caused by the pandemic could have effects spanning beyond this calendar year – just ask organizers of the Tokyo Olympics. Or, listen to what those behind the Geneva Motors Show are saying.

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