Nearly 100,000 people went to Rétromobile 2022 despite a difficult context, i.e. a drop in attendance compared to the 2020 show, the last to date since the 2021 edition was canceled. Not enough to discourage the organizers, who are already giving an appointment for the 2023 edition.
The Rétromobile 2022 show closed its doors on the evening of this Sunday, March 20. After a cancellation in 2021 due to the global health crisis and then a one-month postponement of the last edition, the event dedicated to classic cars has made a comeback in a format almost identical to the one we knew, always over five days. The time has come to take stock of the exhibition.
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Nearly 100,000 visitors and more than 1,000 cars
The exhibitors were a little less numerous than in 2020 (about 400 including 325 French against 620 in total in 2020) but the quantity of vehicles presented remained almost unchanged with over 1,000 cars to discover. The clubs and federation were still present in force, occupying 56 stands. Some manufacturers had also made the trip, such as Renault for the 50th anniversary of the R5 and Citroën to retrace the lineage of its grand tourers to the new C5 X. The Gendarmerie Museum was also one of the stars of the show, exhibiting several historic vehicles including some rapid intervention cars.
The youngtimers were all the more highlighted as the selection included the road versions of some rally legends of the 1990s. Even more exclusive cars were, as usual, in the catalog of the prestigious Artcurial auction. Retromobile 2022 attracted just under 100,000 people to its aisles, a respectable score given a very unstable context (pandemic, inflation, etc.), but which still represents the second consecutive drop since the record of the 2019 edition to 132,000 visitors.
Retromobile 2023 dates
Proud to have been able to return and betting on the future, the organizers of the Retromobile show are already giving us an appointment next year. The 2023 edition of the event will be held from 1er to February 5still at Paris Expo Porte de Versailles, in halls 1, 2 and 3 of the site.
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