What is being billed as the largest northern European motor show will be held
at the RAI Exhibition Centre in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, from 8 to 18 February
2001. The exhibition centre consists of 11 halls, totalling 80,000 square metres.
Forty car importers will represent 60 makes and will show some 1,500 vehicles
in total. On the second floor about 100 companies will present car-accessories
and automotive parts.
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The theme of the 2001 RAI motorshow is The Magic Wheels of Freedom, with a
separate exhibition of the Dream Garage (organised by car magazine Autovisie)
with exclusive vehicles, the Action Zone motor sports pavilion and the Car &
Advertising pavilion, in cooperation with the Dutch car magazine Autokampioen.
Another feature is the special off-road circuit for 4-wheel drive cars, where
visitors can experience the adventure of 4×4 driving for free. There is also
the Concept Car Route, which leads visitors along all concept models displayed
by the exhibitors. The Junior AutoRAI caters to younger visitors.
New this year will be the Exhibition WebCam, for live broadcasting of the RAI-show
on the internet: www.autorai.nl.
Citroën will show several concept vehicles and Aston Martin will exhibit
their project car. BMW will have the new 3-series Compact on their stand while
Lada celebrates the re-birth of the sturdy Russian make in Holland, and will
debut the 112 series and re-introduce the Lada Niva.
Organisers estimate that the number of visitors will be around 500,000.
