The Paris Motor Show 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.
12e. Salon de l'Automobile et du Cycle (Gaston Simoes de Fonseca [fr], 1910).
Salon de l'Automobile de Paris 1946
Salon de l'Automobile de Paris 1935
Toyota and Škoda stands during the edition of 2018
An auto show, also known as a motor show or car show, is a public exhibition of current automobile models, debuts, concept cars, or out-of-production classics. It is attended by automotive industry representatives, dealers, auto journalists and car enthusiasts. Most auto shows occur once or twice a year. They are important to car manufacturers and local dealers as a public relations exercise, as they advertise new products and promote auto brands. The five most prestigious auto shows, sometimes called the "Big Five", are generally considered to be held in Detroit, Frankfurt, Geneva, Paris and Tokyo. Car enthusiast communities along the historic U.S. Route 66 are credited with general popularization of car meets, including ethnic groups such as the Hispanos of New Mexico, Chicanos, and Mexican-Americans of the Southwestern United States; lowrider, high technology, electric vehicle, and other enthusiast show, are popular in Los Angeles, Las Vegas, Albuquerque, San Francisco, and Chicago for this reason.
An auto show in Toronto, Canada in 1912
Inside the Porsche pavilion at the IAA 2013 in Frankfurt
Antique and custom car show at Centre 200 in Sydney, Nova Scotia in 2008
Lorries and buses at Indonesia International Auto Show 2017