Paris Motor Show
The Paris Motor Show (French: Mondial de l'Automobile) is a biennial auto show in Paris. Held during October, it is one of the most important auto shows, often with many new production automobile and concept car debuts. The show presently takes place in Paris expo Porte de Versailles. The Mondial is scheduled by the Organisation Internationale des Constructeurs d'Automobiles, which considers it a major international auto show.
| Paris Motor Show Mondial de l'Automobile | |
|---|---|
12e. Salon de l'Automobile et du Cycle (Gaston Simoes de Fonseca, 1910). | |
| Genre | Auto show |
| Frequency | Biennial |
| Location(s) | Paris |
| Country | France |
| Inaugurated | 1898 |
| Founder | Albert de Dion |
| Organised by | AMC Promotion |
| Website | www |
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 sq ft) 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. Until 1986, it was called the Salon de l'Automobile; it took the name Mondial de l'Automobile in 1988 and Mondial Paris Motor Show in 2018.
The show was held annually until 1976; since which time, it has been held biennially.