More than 20 major foreign carmakers, including General Motors Corp and Germany's BMW AG, will skip the Tokyo Motor Show later this year to save costs, the organiser said Thursday, underlining a deepening slump in the global auto industry. ``It is unprecedented to see such a large number of carmakers not coming to the motor show. It's disappointing,' said Kazusa Yoshino, a spokeswoman for the Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association.
Which sponsors the biennial auto event in October. Yoshino said 22 foreign carmakers would pass on the Tokyo Motor Show, leaving only four foreign makers - including South Korea's Hyundai Motor Co, Italy's Ferrari and British race car maker Lotus - at the event. All 22, which also include Ford Motor Co, Volkswagen AG, Porsche SE, had attended the previous Tokyo Motor Show in 2007. Japan's top three automakers - Toyota Motor Corp, Nissan Motor Co, and Honda Motor Co - and several other domestic carmakers are scheduled to join the event, Yoshino said.
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