The first automobile show in the world was held in Paris in 1898 at the Tuilleries Gardens by industry pioneer Albert de Dion. Only a handful of the new-fangled "automobiles" were exhibited at the outdoor location.To showcase the validity of this new mode of transportation, exhibitors had to drive their vehicles from Versailles to Paris. Although he opened this first Paris Motor Show, the President of France was openly skeptical about the automobile and punctuated his opinion by leaving the...
