Six Major Automakers bow out of Barcelona Auto Show

Though not one of the top tier European new car shows like Geneva, Paris or Frankfurt, the Barcelona Auto Show has nonetheless been viewed as a large and important show for automakers competing in the Spanish market. The show’s future is in doubt, however, because General Motors, Ford, Renault, Nissan, PSA Peugeot Citroen and Volkswagen have all announced they won’t attend the show.

“The reason for this decision is that holding this type of event is not in keeping with the extremely serious situation which the sector is going through,” ANFAC, the Spanish automakers’ association, said in a statement.
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david999 - 2/2/2009 1:11:46 PM

+1 Boost

It is strange because the Spanish market really is not a small one.