International Motor Show Germany Kicks off today

The International Motor Show Germany or simply International Motor Show, in German known as the Internationale Automobil-Ausstellung (IAA - International Automobile Exhibition), is the world's largest motor show. It is held annually, with passenger vehicles (including some motorcycles) being displayed in odd-numbered years in Frankfurt am Main, and commercial vehicles in even-numbered years in Hanover, Germany. As this year 2016 show kicks off today in Hanover. Many speculations, and thoughts has been passing in minds of prospective observers.

Wissmann: We are very confident as we go to Hannover
66th IAA Commercial Vehicles is about to start: 332 world premieres – 2013 exhibitors from 52 countries – megatrends: digitization, electric mobility and urban logistics

The world’s most important trade show for transport, logistics and mobility, the 66th IAA Commercial Vehicles, opens its doors to visitors in Hannover on Thursday, September 22, 2016. A total of 2,013 exhibitors from 52 countries will present their latest developments until September 29. IAA visitors will experience 332 world premieres and 101 European premieres. The IAA is practically fully booked: the area occupied, of 270,000 square meters, is one of the best results since the IAA Commercial Vehicles became a separate exhibition (1992).

The IAA is organized by the German Association of the Automotive Industry (VDA). VDA President Matthias Wissmann stressed shortly before the opening, “We are very confident as we go to Hannover. We have the right conditions for a successful IAA. This, the world’s most important trade fair, is characterized in particular by the future-oriented topics of digitization, connectivity and automated driving, along with the alternative powertrains. It demonstrates being ‘driven by ideas’ in the truest sense.”

For a long time the commercial vehicle industry has considered itself a provider of services for mobility and logistics: “Digitization and alternative powertrains offer a huge opportunity to make the increasing freight traffic worldwide even more efficient and climate-friendly,” Wissmann underscored.

This IAA is fully living up to its international aspiration. The proportion of foreign exhibitors comes to 61 percent. The five best represented foreign countries are China (229), Italy (145), the Netherlands (121), Turkey (92) and France (85). More than one exhibitor in three comes from Europe (not including Germany), and one in five comes from Asia. The entire international value chain for commercial vehicles is represented here at the IAA: manufacturers of heavy trucks, vans and buses, and trailers and bodies, plus the many supplycompanies and providersof services such as telematics.
IAA Dates

2016

 66th IAA Commercial Vehicles Hannover Thursday, September 22 to Thursday, September 29, 2016

Press day: September 21, 2016
Press and Opening Day: September 22, 2016
Construction period: September 10 to 20, 2016
Dismantling period: September 29 to October 4, 2016

2017 

67th IAA Cars Frankfurt/Main Thursday, September 14 to Sunday, September 24, 2017
Press days: September 12 & 13, 2017
Trade visitor days: September 14 & 15, 2017

2018 

67th IAA Commercial Vehicles Hannover Thursday, September 27 to Thursday, October 4, 2018

2019

 68th IAA Cars Frankfurt/Main Thursday, September 12 to Sunday, September 22, 2019
Press days: September 10 & 11, 2019

Trade visitor days: September 12 & 13, 2019
2020 

68th IAA Commercial Vehicles Hannover Thursday, September 24 to Thursday, October 1, 2020