RE: 2020 Geneva motor show cancelled

[The Li-ion King]

delta0 said:

rovcallum said:

I feel this may be the thin end of the wedge.
What next? Le Mans?

There will be bigger problems to worry about if Coronavirus is still spreading in the middle of summer!

I was supposed to be going to Geneva as I’m involved with one of the car launches. I feel for anyone that has had to make bookings and can’t get a refund.

COVID-19 sounds like an exhibition itself Health experts are saying as the weather warms up in spring, such viruses will be killed by warmer temperatures (Government official on LBC radio today). As this thing is so similar to regular flu, there's added tabloid hysteria...

[Funky Panda]

I’ll be in Geneva 13th-15th with nothing to do if anyone fancies a meet up and look at pictures of cars on our phones?

[OlonMusky]

Funky Panda said:

I’ll be in Geneva 13th-15th with nothing to do if anyone fancies a meet up and look at pictures of cars on our phones?

Go to the red light district, right next door to Geneva gare (aka train station).

[PhantomPH]

OlonMusky said:

Funky Panda said:

I’ll be in Geneva 13th-15th with nothing to do if anyone fancies a meet up and look at pictures of cars on our phones?

Go to the red light district, right next door to Geneva gare (aka train station).

You seem familiar with the location...

[Squadrone Rosso]

Funky Panda said:

I’ll be in Geneva 13th-15th with nothing to do if anyone fancies a meet up and look at pictures of cars on our phones?

Turn it in to a horological weekend

[blue al]

blue al said:

FYI

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by...

Just take chinas old numbers and divide by 6 to give 2 months, and extrapolate only 25% less journeys/deaths as a random figure

China is officially safer today than this time last year (2018 figures)

25% less journeys is looking like a massive under estimate

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-51691967

[defonsecca]

Vocht said:

Certainly not good for the show or it's future. They already had quite a few major manufacturers (Lamborghini, Jaguar Land Rover, Peugeot, Citroen etc) skip the show this year and with the money lost by many this year now it wouldn't surprise me if this is the beginning of the end for the show as we know it.

Don't agree at all. For a start, this cancellation is a total unexpected one-off so to hear people say it's the beginning of the end is ridiculous - I agree the Motor Show platform / idea is a dying or dead concept in 2020 but Geneva is just so unique & totally bucks this trend. Secondly, I've been to the Geneva Salon every year for pretty-much for the last 20 years now - and for every major manufacturer who doesn't attend (and there's always one or two) they are always replaced by other smaller specialist marques eager for the space & publicity. Geneva is crucial to such specialist expensive marques eg) Pagani, Koenigsegg, Touring Superleggera, Rimac, Pininfarina, Italdesign, Bugatti, MAT (new Stratos), Mansory, David Brown, Hispano Suiza..... I could go on & on, as crucially they always get orders placed by rich clients visiting the Show. It's also the only public platform they can use to meet existing customers & gain maximum publicity. So it's a really important Show for them & well-worth them spending a lot of cash exhibiting at Geneva. And it's what really makes Geneva so exciting - they don't go to Paris, Frankfurt, Detroit & Tokyo Shows. Geneva is The One to be seen at, and it will continue for many years to come.

[sasha320]

TyrannosauRoss Lex said:

ajap1979 said:

The Olympics next?

I really hope not. Although, clearly, if that's going to save thousands of lives I'm all for it. But it'd be a huge disappointment if it is.

I assume the organisers would hold the Games behind closed doors?

(With comprehensive testing of competitors inbound to the games?)

In fact I’m wondering why some other cancelled sporting events are doing the same.

[donkmeister]

The Li-ion King said:

COVID-19 sounds like an exhibition itself Health experts are saying as the weather warms up in spring, such viruses will be killed by warmer temperatures (Government official on LBC radio today). As this thing is so similar to regular flu, there's added tabloid hysteria...

I've heard this said but it seems to neglect two obvious factors:

1) COVID-19 is doing quite well at spreading from person to person in Singapore and Malaysia, which are both on the equator with more-or-less constant weather year-round, that is equivalent to a hot summer's day in England.
2) As things heat up in the northern hemisphere, they cool down in the southern hemisphere. People still move between the two, year-round.

All we can do by reducing person-person contact is to slow the spread and give medical science more time to work on prevention and treatment strategies.

[Gweeds]

2021 now cancelled

https://www.theverge.com/2020/6/29/21307273/2021-g...

[Horace Van Khute]

Gweeds said:

399 posts

6 months

What a beautiful set of numbers you've hit there. Congrats.