Get in, let’s travel back in time! The Geneva Motor Show from 1939 to 1999 in photos

Friends of motorized driving are currently making another pilgrimage to the Geneva Motor Show. This event first took place in 1905 under the name “National Car and Bicycle Exhibition”.

Let’s take a little trip back in time. Let’s start with the photos from 1939 and slowly move towards the present.

A hall of Salon L’Automobile in Geneva, made in 1939, before the opening of the exhibition.

General Guisan, center, visits the 16th Geneva International Motor Show in March 1939.

Please be kind! Federal President Rudolf Minger.

Let’s take a big leap back in time to the 1950s – where the hustle and bustle at the car show was diligently photographed.

In March 1951, at the 21st Geneva International Motor Show, young people marveled at the boyhood dream par excellence: a Lambretta motor scooter.

A Lancia PF200 Spyder.

Is there room for all the luggage there? Her face says no.

A police officer examines the new Alfa Romeo model.

The engine of an Aston Martin.

A cute little car, this Belcar tricycle.

This visitor makes himself comfortable in a Simca.

Just look at a Panhard.

Hostesses make themselves comfortable in the convertible.

Inside a Hino Contessa 1300.

A Škoda 1000MB.

Women behind the wheel, so to speak: an advertising image for the Geneva Motor Show in the 1960s.

A horde of men surrounds a Porsche 917.

One model gives everything to showcase the Lotus Europe Hemi 807.

Traveling with a dog.

A car phone. How convenient!

Car designer Franco Sbarro proudly presents his ‘Challenge’.

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