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MOTORINDIA
l February 2012
With 1,500 exhibitors from 24 countries, 58 new product launches,
nine fresh concepts and 12 green vehicles, Auto Expo 2012 in New
Delhi really proved a leading global automotive show, demonstrat-
ing the might of the Indian auto industry. More than seven lakh peo-
ple visited the six-day event. The number would easily have crossed
the million-mark had the organisers not put a freeze on ticket sales.
Despite shortcomings in the infrastructure and other facilities, the
sheer magnitude and scale of the event and the overwhelming visitor
response clearly ranked the Auto Expo among the top global auto
shows. This was perhaps the last time that Auto Expo was held at
Pragati Maidan in Delhi. The venue for Auto Expo 2014 will be
shifted to a new world-class facility.
An important question that remains unanswered is as to how long
the present format of Auto Expo would continue. On the one hand,
there is the car and bike segment, and on the other the truck and bus