The Paris auto current will return in fall 2022, current organizers confirmed last week via press launch.

The auto current (formally known as Mondial de l’Auto) may be combined with the Equip Auto commerce current to form one event dubbed Paris Automotive Week, working Oct. 17-23, 2022.

The Paris current was, like totally different auto reveals, positioned on keep because of coronavirus pandemic. Organizers initially tried to stage the show in late 2020, nonetheless beneath a novel format that eradicated exhibits from automakers. Auto reveals are designed to attract huge crowds, nonetheless, so it was seemingly certainly not smart to hold one all through that stage of the pandemic.

Organizers beforehand tried to rebrand the Paris auto current, as a result of the Paris Motion Pageant, with an emphasis on transportation mainly considerably than vehicles, and further hands-on experiences for attendees. It’s unclear if any format changes will carry over to the 2022 Paris auto current, previous keep the current back-to-back with the Equip Auto commerce current.

The proposed changes had been part of a sample of auto-show format changes, supposed to attract further curiosity from the general public and compensate for the declining presence of automakers, which had been increasingly more turning to standalone launch events for model new autos even sooner than the pandemic.

With vaccines now on the market, nonetheless, auto reveals are returning. The Chicago auto current reopened earlier this month, and the New York auto current is slated to return in August. No matter being put up in the marketplace, the Geneva auto show will be scheduled to return in 2022, with press days scheduled for Feb. 17-18.