Tokyo Motor Show 2005

[Tom]

The Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association, Inc. (Chairman: Itaru Koeda)
closed the 39th Tokyo Motor Show at 7:00 p.m., Sunday, November 6. The show ran
successfully for a period of 17 days beginning Friday, October 21. It was held
at the Makuhari Messe complex in Chiba. A total of 1,512,100 visitors were
recorded.




The theme for the show is "'Driving Tomorrow!' from Tokyo." It expresses the
Tokyo Motor Show's commitment to being the festive place where people can
experience the world's most advanced technologies and designs, while at the same
time serving as a source of up-to-the-minute information on interactions between
the automobile and motorized society. The show featured large numbers of World
Premieres, exhibits on advanced environment and safety technologies, a
retrospective looking back on its 50 year history, and a wide variety of
"audience-participation, hands-on" events designed to appeal to female visitors
and families. All these elements have made this year's show an outstanding
success.




The show also help large numbers of visitors to see advanced environment and
safety technologies for themselves, reaffirming the fun and excitement of
automobiles and providing new dreams for the future. It was in every sense
worthy of its position as a "landmark show," marking the first step into the
next 50 years of the Tokyo Motor Show.




Extended show period relieves congestion

The show set a goal of 1.5 million visitors, which it more than exceeded.
Attendance was up by 91,700 (106.5 %) compared to the 1,420, 400 people who came
to the 37th show in 2003. The Tokyo Motor Show received the largest number of
visitors this time among the Big Five shows (Detroit, Frankfurt, Geneva, Paris,
and Tokyo). By extending the show period for four days, the organizer was able
to include three weekends instead of the usual two, resulting in 79.8 % of the
Saturday/Sunday/holiday visitor levels compared to the previous show. By
smoothing out the number of visitors and relieving congestion, the organizer
ensured that visitors were able to enjoy the show itself even during the weekend
times.




Advanced environmental and safety technologies from around the world

The Tokyo Motor Show had 79 World Premieres and 120 Japan Premieres this year. A
total of exhibited 55 environment-friendly vehicles included 6 fuel cell
vehicles, 3 hydrogen vehicles, 10 electric vehicles, and 17 hybrid vehicles.
There were also large numbers of safety-technology displays, and visitors were
attracted by the opportunity to see for themselves where technology is heading
in these areas.




Popular special events

One of the most popular parts of the show was the "Special Exhibit to
Commemorate the 50 Years of the Tokyo Motor Show" held in the Event Hall.
Likewise, visitors were attracted to the "Carrozzeria Exhibit" of original cars
from domestic and foreign design studios and to the variety of
"audience-participation, hands-on" events held in "Festival Park," an outdoor
area for traffic safety education. Like the previous show (the 37th show in
2003), this year's show offered test rides of clean energy vehicles, and during
the show 18,783 people took the opportunity to try the cars of the future. That
number surpassed 16,233 at the previous show.




40th Tokyo Motor Show scheduled for the fall of 2007

The Tokyo Motor Show will have a year off in 2006; the next show is scheduled
for the fall of 2007 at Makuhari Messe and will be a comprehensive show that
includes passenger cars, motorcycles, commercial vehicles, commercial vehicle
bodies and parts. The 2007 show will be the first in a new, comprehensive
biannual format, and the final schedule will be announced in March 2006.

The Tokyo Motor Show will be the only one of the "Big Five" shows (Detroit,
Frankfurt, Geneva, Paris, Tokyo [alphabetical order]) to include large
commercial vehicles. While there are still many challenges to be overcome,
particularly in securing sufficient exhibition space, the Tokyo Motor Show will
use the experience and expertise built up over its 50-year history to create an
attractive general show that will bring together all categories of vehicle,
thereby creating a show that provides the maximum amount of information in a
compact, well-designed format.

Name:	The 40th Tokyo Motor Show 2007 (name tentative)
Organizer:	Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association Inc.
Dates:	Fall, 2007
Venue:	Makuhari Messe, Makuhari, Chiba, Japan

 

[sakuraguy]

Great Tom .. u went to the auto show? ... cool cars, especially the Ferrari GG50, front end similar to 2005 R35 GT-R Concept.

Thnx for sharing buddie ... appreciate it!

 

[Tohsan]

Tom

Great shot, chun chicks n cars, salute!

 

[skyline]

thanks Tom, for editing the photos.... great job!

 

[skyline]

hehe..... photos are from me :) ....

yea the GG50 really looks great... just dont like the front lamps... too thin...

by the way, saw ur profile that u are in Sendai... any chance coming down to tokyo... maybe we can meet up ;)
cheers

Great Tom .. u went to the auto show? ... cool cars, especially the Ferrari GG50, front end similar to 2005 R35 GT-R Concept.

Thnx for sharing buddie ... appreciate it!

 

[dotted]

thanks Tom, for editing the photos.... great job!

But the quality of pictures not so good. I cannot copy paste as my desktop wallpaper.

 

[delimaputih]

cool! and great coverage for us guys who didn't make it to the show...so any of you going to the tokyo auto salon next?

 

[skyline]

if still in jpn will sure go... but for some reasons, the ticket for auto salon is more expensive than Tokyo Motorshow.....donno y...

cool! and great coverage for us guys who didn't make it to the show...so any of you going to the tokyo auto salon next?

 

[speedtune]

wish i could be there ler......alot of nice cars & chun chicks

 

[et5]

2005tms

Thks Tom and Skyline for photos..not many chun chicks this time around..the cars definitely the stars

 

[ketegaban]

nice car...gal too

 

[Gilby]

Wow~ I like Volkswagen, Audi, Bugatti & Austin MiNi, This is the One call "MotorShow"