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unusual facts about motor show



Bar grip

The 1922 London Motor Show displayed a range of tread patterns that were reported on by The Autocar.

Qatar Motor Show

Qatar Motor Show is an annual international motor show held in Doha, Qatar.

Vauxhall Slant-4 engine

It is said that when Vauxhall unveiled its new slant-four engine at the 1966 Earls Court Motor Show its bore centers were exactly the same as those proposed by Lotus for their new all-alloy engine.


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Ateliers de Construction Mecanique l'Aster

A 12 h.p. Aster was exhibited at the 1903 Crystal Palace Motor Show and a range of Aster cars was sold in Britain between 1905 and 1907.

BB1

Peugeot BB1, an electric concept car introduced at Frankfurt Motor Show in 2009

British International Motor Show

The British International Motor Show was held regularly between 1903 and 2008, initially in London at Crystal Palace, Olympia and then Earl's Court before moving to the National Exhibition Centre in Birmingham in 1976 where it stayed until 2004.

Cadillac STS

It is assembled by Shanghai GM, and in 2007 it was shown at the Middle East International Motor Show in Dubai.

F200

Mercedes-Benz F200, a 1996 concept car unveiled at the Paris Motor Show

Harold Radford

Harold Radford (Coachbuilders) were to build the Cortina-Ogle GT which was presented at the 1963 Earls Court Motor Show by Stirling Moss.

Hugo Spowers

Hugo Spowers (born 1960) is a British entrepreneur-engineer who co-ordinated the development of the Morgan LIFEcar sports car project that was launched at the Geneva Motor Show in March 2008, and the Riversimple Urban Car.

London Motorexpo

Located in Canary Wharf in the London Docklands, it was designed to allow office workers a chance to see new cars without having to take time off to visit a traditional motor show.

MultiAir

Multiair technology was patented by Fiat in 2002; it was launched at the 2009 Geneva Motor Show to be available in the Alfa Romeo MiTo.

Suhail Al Zarooni

He is often invited to motor shows, like the Frankfurt Motor Show, the International Motor Show and Internationale Automobil-Ausstellung (IAA) which is the world's largest motor show.

ÚVMV 1100 GT

It was exhibited at Plzeň Expo and the next year at the Geneva Motor Show.

Variable compression ratio

SAAB Automobile rekindled interest in variable compression when they introduced their SVC engine to the world at the Geneva motor show in 2000.