{"id":358268,"date":"2020-02-28T17:03:47","date_gmt":"2020-02-28T17:03:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/?p=358268"},"modified":"2023-11-25T21:41:40","modified_gmt":"2023-11-25T21:41:40","slug":"2020-geneva-international-motor-show-officially-cancelled","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/2020-geneva-international-motor-show-officially-cancelled\/","title":{"rendered":"2020 Geneva International Motor Show Officially Cancelled"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As just announced on the Geneva International Motor Show official website, the 2020 edition of the show has been <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gims.swiss\/geneva-international-motor-show-cancelled\">officially cancelled<\/a> due to the Coronavirus outbreak.<\/p>\n<p><iframe class=\"zeen-lazy-load-base zeen-lazy-load\" title=\"GIMS SWISS Cancelation\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"about:blank\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ibW_A24d63E?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><noscript><iframe title=\"GIMS SWISS Cancelation\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ibW_A24d63E?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p>The Swiss government, amid concerns of a sharp uptick of cases reported in Switzerland and the ongoing outbreak in Italy, put an injunction into place <a href=\"https:\/\/www.admin.ch\/gov\/en\/start\/documentation\/media-releases.msg-id-78289.html\">this morning<\/a> to cancel or ban gatherings or events where more than 1,000 people would be present.<\/p>\n<p>The organizers of the Geneva show quickly contacted all exhibitors and informed them that because of the government policy, there was no other option but to cancel the show.<\/p>\n<p>Many of the anticipated reveals and show specials will still occur, however, in a more digital form. Expect announcements from your favorite manufacturers such as Ferrari, Mercedes, and Koenigsegg, over the weekend for livestreams or special announcement videos showing off their models.<\/p>\n<p>Maurice Turrettini, Chairman of the Geneva Motor Show Foundation board, said:&#8221;We regret this situation, but the health of all participants is our and our exhibitors&#8217; top priority. This is a case of force majeure and a tremendous loss for the manufacturers who have invested massively in their presence in Geneva. However, we are convinced that they will understand this decision.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The financial impact to exhibitors and the show foundation itself has yet to be measured, but it is expected to range into the multiple millions of dollars.<\/p>\n<p><strong>UPDATE (1240 Hours EST 2\/28\/2020):<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Porsche has just sent out a press release to all media outlets, including Supercars.net, that the new 2020 Porsche 911 Turbo will be shown via live stream, hosted by Porsche Factory Driver Mark Webber, on March 3, 2020, at 1010 Hours CET (0410 hours EST). <a href=\"https:\/\/newsroom.porsche.com\/en\/2020\/products\/porsche-flagship-911-series-world-premiere-live-stream-mark-webber-20054.html\">Details of the release can be found here.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As just announced on the Geneva International Motor Show official website, the 2020 edition of the show has been officially cancelled due to the Coronavirus outbreak. The Swiss government, amid concerns of a sharp uptick of cases reported in Switzerland and the ongoing outbreak in Italy, put an injunction into place this morning to cancel or ban gatherings or events where more than 1,000 people would be present. The organizers of the Geneva show quickly contacted all exhibitors and informed [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":35,"featured_media":358270,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[260,16921],"tags":[432,16926,16922],"class_list":["post-358268","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-car-events","category-motor-shows","tag-events","tag-event-geneva-international-motor-show","tag-motor-shows"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>2020 Geneva International Motor Show Officially Cancelled<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Due to ongoing concerns regarding the Coronavirus outbreak in Europe, the 2020 Geneva Motor Show has been cancelled due to health concerns\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/2020-geneva-international-motor-show-officially-cancelled\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"2020 Geneva International Motor Show Officially Cancelled\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Due to ongoing concerns regarding the Coronavirus outbreak in Europe, the 2020 Geneva Motor Show has been cancelled due to health concerns\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/2020-geneva-international-motor-show-officially-cancelled\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Supercars.net\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Supercars.net\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2020-02-28T17:03:47+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-11-25T21:41:40+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/index.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"225\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"225\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Simon Bertram\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@supercars_net\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@supercars_net\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Simon Bertram\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/2020-geneva-international-motor-show-officially-cancelled\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/2020-geneva-international-motor-show-officially-cancelled\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Simon Bertram\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/dce2fb5ecd5b9d164cd2cfa8473e232c\"},\"headline\":\"2020 Geneva International Motor Show Officially Cancelled\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-02-28T17:03:47+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-11-25T21:41:40+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/2020-geneva-international-motor-show-officially-cancelled\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":292,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/2020-geneva-international-motor-show-officially-cancelled\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/02\\\/index.png\",\"keywords\":[\"Event (Car Events &amp; 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