Geneva Motor Show returns after Covid pause

The Geneva International Motor Show (GIMS) will return to Switzerland for the first time since 2019, when it was forced to shutter due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The show will run this year from February 26 to March 4, with a more compact, innovative and electric focus and with fewer exhibitors. “After the last four difficult years due to the health crisis and its consequences on the automobile industry, the Geneva Motor Show is back,” said Alexandre de Senarclens, who took over the presidency of GIMS last June. “More than 20 exhibitors will be present in Geneva, where around 15 new global and regional products will be unveiled,” said show director Sandro Mesquita. The fact remains that very few manufacturers responded to the call, with the notable exception of Renault and Dacia, its low-cost subsidiary. The main players in the sector will not be present. “Some brands decided not to come because they had no new products to present, others for strategic or financial...