The Geneva Motor Show, which was poised to start next week, has been cancelled. The Beijing auto show has been “postponed.”
And now the coronavirus, whose spread led to those two decisions, is also forcing leaders of April’s New York International Auto Show and June’s Detroit auto show to answer questions about their respective plans.
For now, organizers of both the New York and Detroit auto shows say they are planning to hold their shows while taking necessary precautions to protect attendees.
“With just under six weeks to go before the 2020 New York International Auto Show’s press preview days, we are moving forward with plans to open the show as scheduled,” show organizers said Friday in a statement. “We are in communication with state and local officials and the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center, and, at this point, there are no plans to cancel any shows at the facility.”
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