The Shanghai Auto Show has just closed and its organisers have proclaimed it a great success on the back of half a million visitors, and 1,300 exhibitors.
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The organisers say the event is an ‘A-class’ show in international terms.
Press day saw a number of international auto execs present, including General Motors Corp. chairman G. Richard Wagoner Jr., BMW chairman Dr. Norbert Reithofer, Dr. h.c. Winfried Vahland Executive Vice President of Volkswagen Group, Yoshi Inaba Vice Chairman of Toyota Motor Group as well as ‘well-known vehicle designers’.
The total number of exhibited cars was 868. Overseas cars were 265, among which 130 were imported directly from overseas; domestic cars on show were 603. There were five global first appearance cars, over twenty concept cars and ten ‘new energy cars’.
During the exhibition period (April 20 to 28), over 500,000 visitors from 108 countries and regions came to visit Auto Shanghai 2007.
During the show, media centres greeted 6,286 journalists from home and abroad in 43 different countries and regions.
