Bruxelles capital of the European automobile. It happens this year but only for a few days, from today to January 19th. And it happens, ironically, in Brussels itself and in its capacity institutional of the European Commission, little is understood with the car manufacturers.
Il City Hall Belgian has a long history 101 editions, but in 2025 it assumed international relevance thanks to a series of coincidences: the closure of the Geneva Motor Show, the choice of Brussels as the venue for the award ceremony Car of The Year and above all the great return of Stellantis Group which has a new European boss – Jean Philippe Learned – who really believes in the Shows and wants to show everyone his cars.
Hence the record of official participations: 63 brands present7 world and 14 European premieres. These are the brands under the spotlight: Abarth, Alfa Romeo, Alpine, Aston Martin, Audi, BMW, Bentley, Bugatti, BYD, Citroen, Corvette, Cupra, Dacia, DS, Ferrari, Fiat, Ford, Honda, Hyundai, Jeep, Kia , Lancia, Lamborghini, Leapmotor, Lexus, Mazda, Mercedes, MG, MINI, Opel, Peugeot, Porsche, Renault, Skoda, Tesla, Toyota, Volkswagen and Volvo.
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The Stellantis Group plays the leading role with ben 53 new featuresincluding Leapmotor which brings the T03 electric city car and the C10 electric SUV to its European debut.
Then there is Abarth with the 600e, Alfa Romeo with the Junior Q4 and the new Intensa trim level, Citroen which displays the C3 Aircross, DS presents the new flagship N°8, Fiat the Grande Panda, Lancia the Ypsilon HF and Opel the Grandland , the Frontera and the Mokka. Other new features at the Brussels Motor Show also include Alpine’s compact electric sports car, the A290, and the electric Twingo, which has already been seen, but is showing off its interior for the first time.
The interior of the Renault Twingo E-Tech Electric
Photo by: Alfa Romeo
Alfa Romeo at the 2025 Brussels Motor Show
Audi, which will close its well-known factory in Brussels on February 28, presents the Audi RS6 Avant Performance. Toyota, which has its European headquarters in this city, presents the Urban Cruiser; Hyundai brings the Inster and Ioniq 9; Skoda, the Enyaq restyling; Kia the EV3, one of the finalists for the award Car of The Year 2025an occasion that drove the presence of the nominated manufacturers and which saw the Renault 5 E-Tech win.
Photo at: Motor1.com
La Renault 5 è Car of the Year 2025
Under the spotlight, then, he also stands out another Chinese product: the BYD Atto 2, which will be on sale in the first months of 2025 and will be produced in Europe (in Hungary), information that brings to mind the diatribe on European duties against electric cars produced in China and more generally on tug of war themed on CO2 fines.
Photo credit: Toyota
Toyota Urban Cruiser at the 2025 Brussels Motor Show
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BYD Act 2 at the Brussels Motor Show 2025
The fact that never before have so many companies been present at the Brussels Show leads one to think that there is an interest in physically bringing together those who have to make decisions in Europe, but all the actors involved deny contacts or official meetings.
Moreover in the next few days the President of the European CommissionUrsula von der Leyen, will formally launch the “Strategic Dialogue on the Future of the Automotive Industry in Europe” with manufacturers.
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