After the Geneva watch fair Watches & Wonders and The Ice in St. Moritz were cancelled earlier this week, the Geneva Motor Show will also not go ahead due to the spread of the coronavirus. The Swiss federal government announced a ‘special situation’ for the country on Friday morning and prohibited any major events with more than 1,000 participants. Numerous exhibitors had already cancelled their involvement with the world’s most important automotive fair, which was due to take place at the Geneva Palexpo from 5–15 March. Last year, around 600,000 people visited the show.
We had already pulled on our gloves and set off for St. Moritz when we learned that the coronavirus has scuppered our plans. After two people tested positive for the coronavirus in the canton of Graubünden, the local government was forced on Thursday afternoon to cancel all major events in the area for the protection of the population. These events include The Ice and the Engadin Skimarathon.
Update: The Ice 2020 has been cancelled due to the coronavirus. You can find more details by clicking here.
Update: The Ice 2020 has been cancelled due to the coronavirus. You can find more details by clicking here.
An extravagant Italian nobleman who made his fortune importing Harley-Davidsons, Triumphs and, subsequently, Rolls-Royces, Carlo Talamo commissioned this bespoke hot-rodded Bentley Continental R in the late 1990s. Internally codenamed Project 116, the car was conceived to be a modern-day interpretation of the Cricklewood-built Bentley Blowers of the 1930s.