Kenapa sedih? Sebab saya tak sempat pergi kalau benar penganjur mahu tukar tapak ke bandar lain.

Pameran Motor Antarabangsa Jerman a.k.a. International Motor Show Germany a.k.a. International Automobil-Ausstellung / IAA adalah salah satu pameran motor tahunan terbesar di dunia. Ia telah beroperasi sejak tahun 1897 dan selama 70 tahun telah terikat di Frankfurt sebagai tempat pameran kereta penumpang. Hari ini, Persatuan Industri Automotif atau Verband der Automobilindustrie / VDA telah memutuskan untuk membuka pameran ini ke bandar-bandar lain.

Dalam satu kenyataan yang dikeluarkan hari ini, VDA memutuskan bahawa Frankfurt tidak akan dipertimbangkan lagi untuk pertunjukan 2021 nanti.

“Idea dan konsep bandar Frankfurt am Main juga sangat mengagumkan. Walau bagaimanapun, selepas menilai semua kriteria yang relevan, IAA 2021 tidak akan lagi berlaku di lokasi pameran perdagangan utama Frankfurt. “

Persatuan itu akan memutuskan di mana tapak baharu itu akan berada. Pilihan adalah antara Berlin, Hamburg, Hanover, Cologne, Munich dan Stuttgart sebagai lokasi seterusnya untuk pameran itu.

Throwback Thursday

Frankfurt Motor Show 2015

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KENYATAAN MEDIA

Very tight race – Every city with great commitment and creative ideas – Final decision on IAA location 2021 in the next few weeks

Statement by the board of the Association of the Automotive Industry (VDA):

“We are pleased about the great interest in the new IAA. After intensive preparatory work, which started in October 2019, seven cities presented their concepts and ideas to the VDA. On January 23 and 24, 2020, Berlin, Frankfurt am Main, Hamburg, Hanover, Cologne, Munich and Stuttgart presented their respective concepts to the VDA and VDA member companies.

These presentations were then evaluated extensively.

Each city’s ideas are very creative and consistently demanding. They underline that each of the seven cities has its own profile and strengths. It’s a very tight race, the performance consistently high.

In today’s meeting, the VDA board dealt intensively with the various concepts and ideas and made the decision that further talks should be held with the cities of Berlin, Hamburg and Munich and that specific contract negotiations should also be started. A decision on the city in which the IAA will take place from 2021 is expected in the next few weeks.

The competition for the IAA 2021 only knows winners: in the application process, each city has developed interesting ideas on how urban and sustainable mobility can be improved in their region.

The ideas and concepts of the city of Frankfurt am Main were also very impressive. However, after evaluating all relevant criteria, the IAA 2021 will no longer take place at the Frankfurt am Main trade fair location.

This decision was not an easy one for the VDA board of directors: the main metropolis was the city of the IAA for almost 70 years; internationally, this became clear from the frequently used term ‘Frankfurt Motor Show’. The VDA thanks the city of Frankfurt and Messe Frankfurt for this long, very good and trusting partnership.

And overall, the Association of the Automotive Industry thanks all cities that participated in the competition for the IAA 2021 for their great commitment and the creativity of the ideas.”