Auto Expo 2022 postponed. new dates to be announced

India’s leading automobile trade fair, Auto Expo 2022, has been postponed. In an official communication, organiser SIAM has said that the Auto Expo – The Motor Show 2022, currently scheduled from February 2-9, 2022 at the India Expo Mart in Greater Noida, has been postponed.

The exact date for the next edition of Auto Expo – The Motor Show would be finalised later this year, keeping in view the Covid situation and in alignment with the OICA Calendar of global Auto shows.

SIAM says the postponement of the biennial show is to ensure safety of exhibitors, visitors and all stakeholders involved and present at the Expo. The apex industry body said: “It is in this context that the Indian Automobile Industry and SIAM recognises the inherent risks in organising the Auto Expo due to the on-going Covid-19 Pandemic and the apprehensions of a possible 3rd Wave.

 There is uncertainty around how COVID-19 would develop in the coming months and at the same time organising Auto Expo would need a lead time of preferably a year.

Also Auto Expo is like a festival of celebration, for the Indian Automobile Industry and we look forward to receiving maximum people with no fear of spread of infection.

The magnitude of the risk of spread of infection is extremely high in a B2C show like Auto Expo which is visited by large crowds and maintaining social distancing would be difficult.

 It has therefore been decided to postpone the Auto Expo – The Motor Show for now.