The organisers of the Geneva motor show have revealed a full checklist of exhibitors for the 2024 version, which is able to kick off on the finish of subsequent month in a a lot smaller and extra public-focused format than in earlier years.
Renault, Dacia, MG, BYD and Lucid would be the solely mainstream automobile producers on the present, which returns in 2024 after a five-year hiatus, however a number of well-known lower-volume manufacturers – together with Kimera, Microlino, Silence and Totem Automobili – characteristic within the full checklist of 29 exhibitors, in addition to business automobile agency Isuzu.
Confirmed new automobile reveals up to now embody the Renault 5, MG 3 and a brand new mannequin from Microlino. The winner of the 2024 European Car of the Year award can even be introduced.
The 2024 working of the Geneva motor present can be extra overtly aimed on the public than in earlier years, with the introduction of 4 new ‘experiential’ zones designed to showcase the overarching theme of the present: ‘Auto. Future. Now’.
There is an Adrenaline Zone devoted to high-performance automobiles and motorsport, whereas the Design District will host exhibitions from Pininfarina and storied designer Frank Stephenson, the Mobility Lab will showcase completely different types of private and shared transport, and the Next World space has been designed in partnership with Polyphony Digital to offer a imaginative and prescient of ‘the way forward for automotive’.
As a part of that exhibition, Polyphony will show a variety of GT Vision ideas designed by automobile makers for its Gran Turismo racing video games.
Show boss Sandro Mesquita advised Autocar this push for “bespoke content for the public” is designed to assist present goers “decode the theme of Auto Future Now”.
He mentioned the completely different present zones will evolve 12 months by 12 months in accordance with rising themes and applied sciences, however “the brands will stay the stars of the show”.
Organisers purpose to promote 200,000 tickets for this 12 months’s occasion, which runs from 26 February till 3 March. Dates for the 2025 working can be confirmed on the finish of this 12 months’s occasion.
The Geneva International Motor Show (GIMS) goals to “increase the number of brands that are present” in following years, mentioned president of the organisation Alexandre de Senarclens, acknowledging the absence in 2024 of all Stellantis, VW Group and Hyundai Motor Group manufacturers, amongst others.
“We want to be back as the main international motor show in the world,” he mentioned. “We had a vital place in that business earlier than, and we need to regain that.
“We are convinced that we have an important role to play in the revolution of the motor industry, so the idea is to convince not only the public but also all the other brands that will not participate in 2024.”