Frankfurt show's visitor plunge could mean its end

The launches of electric cars such as the Porsche Taycan, pictured, failed to offset the Frankfurt show's declining visitor numbers. (Wolfgang Rattay/REUTERS)

September 23, 2019 08:41 AM

The Frankfurt auto show is doomed. It's hard to come to any other conclusion after the number of visitors to this year's event fell by nearly a third.

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