The
"37th Tokyo Motor Show -Passenger
Cars and Motorcycles - (2003)" will
be a 13-day event running from Friday,
October 24 to Wednesday, November
5 at the Makuhari Messe in Chiba.
The
show will open to the public on Saturday,
October 25.
This is the first "passenger cars and motorcycles" show that JAMA has been involved with from the initial planning stages since the merger of May 2002 between JAMA and former organizer Japan Motor Industrial Federation (JMIF). This year features a full renovation of the show content to bring more of a "customer perspective" to the show. As in the past, the Tokyo Motor Show will continue to showcase the latest vehicles and technologies, but in addition it will also have more "customer-participation" and "experience" events that will attract children as well as younger male and female generations and greater visitor hospitality. JAMA is confident that the "new motor show" style will reaffirm the attraction of the Tokyo Motor Show for all guests.
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268 exhibitors from 14 countries |
This year's show features 263 companies, 4 governments and 1 organization from 14 countries (35th show of 2001: 273 companies, 6 governments and 2 organizations from 13 countries). Government exhibits are from Canada, Germany, Sweden and United States. Exhibits will be located in #1-11 of the International Exhibition Hall (West, Center, East, North) and the Event Hall at Makuhari Messe. The total floor space occupied by the show will be 41,559 square meters, roughly on par with the 42,119 square meters of the 35th show.
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87 world premieres, 96 Japan premieres |
This year's show will feature 87 world premieres (41 passenger cars, 32 motorcycles and 14 carrozzeria) and 96 Japan premieres (62 passenger cars, 28 motorcycles and 6 carrozzeria). For the parts section, 40 world premieres and 16 Japan premieres will be exhibited. Since the current records of world premieres at major international motor shows indicate 40 to 70 units per show, the Tokyo Motor Show is among the world’s top class level in terms of world premiere announcements.
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Wide lineup of special events |
The 37th Tokyo Motor Show boasts a wide lineup of special "audience participation" and "experience" events that will underscore to visitors how much the show has changed into a new and different one. A variety of attractions particularly for children as well as younger male and female generations are readily available at the show venue. Through these special events, we will provide visitors with an interactive communication, thereby having them understand hands-on the status quo of the automotive industry tackling on environmental and safety issues and so forth, while enjoying the events.
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Motor Info Gate
"Motor Info Gate", the information service applying mobile phones as
an interface, will be prepared in collaboration with Toppan Printing Co., Ltd.,
as a part of visitor-service improvement during the show. This system will supply
a contact-free IC tag to the visitors, and have them type 13 digits figures printed
on the tag in an e-mail to register. By holding the IC tag to the scanner placed
in the venue, show information they wish to gain will be mailed immediately.
IC tags will be supplied to the first 150,000 visitors. This will be a new information
supply tool, in place of the conventional brochures, information corner, and
site map for the visitors.
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Special Day for wheelchair visitors
There will be a special day for wheelchair visitors between 1:00 p.m. and 6:00 p.m. on the 23rd of October, the second press day. It is planned for wheelchair visitors to take their time to look around the show venue in a slow atmosphere different from the general-admission days.
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Automobile Guidebook 2003-2004 (Volume 50)
This year marks the 50th volume of the Automobile Guidebook, which has been significantly revised and upgraded in honor of the event. The new guidebook will go on sale at bookstores around Japan on Wednesday, October 22, the first Press Day. The CD-ROM version of the automobile guidebook, "motor searcher 2004," will go on sale at the same time. In honor of the 50th volume, limited-edition reprints of the exhibition catalog dating back to the first Japan Motor Show at Hibiya Park in 1954 will be on sale at the show.
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- Waste-less Exhibition
The waste-less exhibition movement, started at the 35th show, will be continued for further reduction of waste by promoting 3R activities, which stands for reduce, reuse, and recycle.
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Sponsors
Companies collaborating in sponsorship programs |
Companies collaborating in event tie-ups |
Bridgestone Corporation (Press Center operations) |
TOMY Company, Ltd. (Tomica Corner) |
Auto Wave Co., Ltd. |
Toppan Printing Co., Ltd. (Motor Info Gate) |
Tsubasa System Co., Ltd. |
Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd and Fuji Xerox Office Supply Co., Ltd. (Tokyo Motor Show News publication) |
Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. |
Japan Airlines Company, Ltd. (Invitation of foreign press) |
Showa Shell Sekiyu K.K. |
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Mobilecast Inc. |
Microsoft Corporation |
Japan Tobacco Inc. |
Suntory Ltd. (Official Beverage) |
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