Catégorie : Automobile Industry

To celebrate the 120 years of World car, a large parade of old vehicles was organized Sunday, September 30 in the streets of Paris.

The French federation of the vehicles of time (FFVE) and the club of the Party Party gathered 230 vehicles representing all the history of the World one. Ten cars were selected for a special competition “120 years of passion”, and the public invited to elect the winner!

As of 10:00, the vehicles were gathered place of the Harmony where Parisian and tourists could admire them and satisfy their curiosity by meeting the collectors. At 13:00, the historical parade sprang through Paris, passing by the Invalids, the Branly Quay, the Bridge of Iéna, or the Champs Elysées to join the Exhibition site of the Porte de Versailles where World Car will be held from October 4th to October 14th.

For those which could not move, it was possible for them to follow a live retransmission on all the social networks ` Facebook, Twitter, YouTube) as from midday.

It is in 1898 that the Automobile Club of France creates on the garden terrace of Tileries, the first auto show in the world, then called “International exhibition of Cars”. Only the vehicles having carried out in the presence of a police chief, the way from Paris to Versailles could appear in the exposure vehicles.

In 1901, the exposure moves in with the Large palace and will remain there during 60 years.   Right before the First World War, it diversifies by including the cycle (cycles and motorcycles). The crisis of the Thirties fact of decreasing its frequentation and it will not be held throughout the Second World War. The first living room according to war, in 1946 sees a jump amongst its visitors and the reappearance of the electric cars already present in 1923. In 1950, the Living room is held at the same time Porte de Versailles and with the Large palace and reached records of multitude without precedent. The innovations follow one another and the purchasing power increases. Animations of manufacturers appear during the Fifties. The Large palace becoming really too exiguous. During this decade, the innovations follow one another, Citroën leaves DS 19 and the Japanese cars arrive on the international market in 1957; the following year, it is decided to make appear the motorcycle only every 2 years except in 1973 and 1975.

Starting from 1962, the visit of the Living room definitively transferred Porte de Versailles, is done from now on in select committee. From 1977 to 1986, the motorcycle holds a great place in the living room and in 1993, the World one of the 2 wheels comes out on 55,000 m ², gathering cycles and motorcycles. A retrospective special exposure and a procession on the Fields–Elysées took place for the 100 years of the Living room, with in the chair Pierre Peugeot; so the living room is prolonged one weekend for the edition 2000. In the first decade of the new millenium, the living room of the cycle and motorcycle gain in importance in 2003, settling in 3 halls (2 for the motorcycle and for the cycles). In 2010, technology gets the upper hand: security, new energies, environment… are with the foreground; the automobile market moves towards the countries of the BRICS, however the Living room confirms its first place on a world level. the following year, the press of 24 countries, is 1400 journalists, is present at the living room of the motorcycle, scooter and quad of Paris; it is a real success. By passing very close to the 1.1 million visitors in 2016, the World one becomes the first motor–show of share its notoriety with more than 10,000 international journalists but also his seniority.

Like each edition, the Living room offers to its visitors an exposure which this year could be visible starting from October 13th on the Web site mondial-paris.com. The Exposure “Roads Mythical” associates the car, the motorcycle and the road. Mathieu Flonneau, historian, academic in Paris 1 Pantheon–Sorbonne, President of T ² m and specialist in mobilities and motoring is the intervening one. Convivial drawings, videos, photographs and comments are with go.

Side technology, “World Tech” was the new BtoB event of World dedicated to the car of tomorrow. Conferences (8 topics were approached and meetings with the professionals (manufacturers and equipment suppliers) were present in order to support the development of the bringing together industry–mobility of tomorrow. With this occasion, the World one organized a world big competition of startups innovating in the field of the car and mobility. On the 400 candidatures coming from 45 countries, 64 were retained for a program containing 8 sets of themes (Sustainable mobility; Security, automation and cyber–security; Materials and lightenings; Industry 4.0; Wellness on board; Storage and energy system; Electrification and hydration; Connectivity and ITS);

This year, the World one engaged near the women while launching World Woman. In 2018, it sponsored a female crew of the 4L Trophy and the 28th edition of the Rally Baited Gazelles of Morocco.

In order to supplement animations envisaged Porte de Versailles with the house of World of Mobility., a center of tests of green vehicles was installed place of the Harmony for the first time. It will be thus possible to try the new motorizations (electric, hybrid, hydrogen and GVN) to answer the challenges of pollution.

The brand LEGO which celebrates this year its 60 years, n°1 of the toy in the world, was for the first time partner of the Living room, it presented on 300 m ² model to scale 1 made out of bricks LEGO.

This 120ème edition was also marked by the Asian, Japanese, Korean cars but also Vietnameses with VinFast which made its beginnings in Paris and whose promotion was made by the ex–footballer David Beckham, but also Chinese represented by the brand GAC which decided to come to celebrate its tenth birthday.