EuroCarBody 2025

EuroCarBody 2025

27th Global Car Body Benchmarking Conference

We are looking forward to seeing you again when EuroCarBody, the globally leading international series car body benchmarking conference, once again open its doors in Bad Nauheim (Germany), from October 14-16, 2025 to provide an hands-on, exclusive showcase with recently launched car body projects from around the world.

At EuroCarBody, the global elite of car body engineers will meet to benchmark current body development, performance and production with detailed technical presentations by OEM engineering teams directly involved in the development of the featured car bodies. They explain their construction, material and production concepts and then answer your questions at and around each body exhibit. The body exhibits can be viewed extensively by all participants on the three days of the conference, as can the full vehicles on display in each case.

As part of the conference, all participants will be provided with the standardized EuroCarBody benchmark data, with detailed information on weights, materials, components, joining techniques as well as the production data of all exhibited car bodies.

We are looking forward to meeting you again in Bad Nauheim or online!

Don’t miss any updates by following our Hashtag: #EuroCarBody

What makes EuroCarBody so unique:

BODY-IN-WHITE EXHIBITION

Car bodies presented will be exhibited and available for individual inspection by all conference participants during all three conference days.

NEW CAR SHOW

Inspect the full vehicles that correspond to the car bodies presented!

EuroCarBody AWARDS

Regarded as the highest accolade in car body engineering worldwide, the awards are granted for the most convincing OEM car body development presented at the conference.

Conference Program

What to expect

Recently launched car body projects will be featured at EuroCarBody. Each of these car bodies will be explained in detail via

  • a 50-minute technical presentation given by the corresponding OEM developers, covering all important aspects of the car body’s development, construction and production. Presenters may choose to include some technological “Deep Dives” into specific aspects of the car body project, which will be addressed in greater detail.
  • a 40-minute public and individual Q&A session of the speakers with the audience, assembled around the corresponding body-in-white exhibit, forming the “Automotive Circle”!

Car bodies presented will be exhibited and available for individual inspection by all conference participants during all three conference days.

Meet the OEM speaker teams at their body-in-white exhibit, even before their presentation: For the Sneak Preview, the speaker teams presenting on a given conference day will be available at their car body one hour before the start of the conference day to answer your first questions and provide first explanations.

Inspect the full vehicles that correspond to the car bodies presented: During every lunch break, the full vehicles will be opened and can be inspected by everyone. Speakers and Advisory Board members will be available for demonstrations and further questions. Use this opportunity to study the implementation of the car body in the full vehicle and to widen your contacts.

With its unique audience of car body engineering experts from all over the world, EuroCarBody offers ample opportunity for networking and an intensive exchange of views and information – especially during the informal networking dinners on the evenings of the first two conference days.

An inherent part of the EuroCarBody conference is the bestowal of the EuroCarBody Awards, the highest accolade in car body engineering worldwide. The car bodies presented at the conference will enter one of two separate competitions, namely:

EUROCARBODY AWARD | PREMIUM SEGMENT, comprising car bodies that have been developed for a predominantly technology-oriented, premium vehicle segment, or for the
EUROCARBODY AWARD | VOLUME SEGMENT, comprising car bodies that have been developed for a predominantly cost-oriented, volume-production vehicle segment

The Award winners are determined by the combined vote of the conference audience and the conference’s OEM Advisory Board, as follow:

  • All conference participants (60% of the total voting results)
  • EuroCarBody’s OEM Advisory Board members (40%)

The Award winners are based on the evaluation of five equal-weight technical criteria:

  1. Car body development and construction
  2. Material development and application
  3. Production efficiency
  4. Car-body-implied customer value
  5. Quality and completeness of the presentation

The EuroCarBody Awards will be announced at the end of the conference.

Registration

As always, tickets are limited and we encourage you to register as early as possible.

After registering, you will receive an automatic “receipt of registration” email. Afterwards, but until 7 working days at the latest you will receive your official confirmation including payment details by email separately. OEM registrations are highly valued and appreciated.

The registration process at a glance

  1. Register here as early as possible.
  2. You will receive the “receipt of registration email” automatically.
  3. Afterwards, but until 7 working days at the latest, you will receive your offical confirmation (incl. payment information) via a separate email.
  4. Make sure your conference fee is paid before the conference starts.
  5. Enjoy the event!

Participants

International OEM Advisory board

The Automotive Circle and OEM Advisory Board of the EuroCarBody, consisting of experts from the following brands and companies:

Bernhard Frodl

BMW Group

Kait Cischke

Ford Motor Company

Lars Reifenstein

Ford-Werke GmbH

Christopher Michaels

General Motors Company, US

Thierry Ginestet

Groupe Renault

Matthieu Barbier

Groupe PSA / Stellantis France

Hirotomo Yamada

Honda Motor Co.

Stephane Ringenbach

Hyundai Motor Europe Technical Center GmbH

David Weir

Jaguar Land Rover

Chen Yu

Shanghai Lixiang Automobile Co., Ltd.

Nitin Lal

Lucid Motors

Tomohiro Shimada

Mazda Motor Corporation

Shinichi Serino

Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.

Jens Thomer

Dr. Ing. h. c. F. Porsche AG

Matthew Wolfe

Rivian

Richard Valent

Skoda Auto a.s.

Hiroo Mizoguchi

Suzuki Motor Corporation

Shintaro Kitakata

Toyota Motor Corporation

Karsten Sommer

Volkswagen AG

Henrik Ljungqvist

Volvo Car Corporation

Henrik Grammahage

Zeekr

Junfei Yan

BYD Auto Industry Co., Ltd.

Jens Linder

AUDI AG

Shota Kiyozumi

Subaru Corporation

  • Aisin Europe, BE
  • Alumobility, CH
  • Alumobility, GB
  • ANDRITZ Soutec AG, CH
  • ArcelorMittal, FR
  • ArcelorMittal, LU
  • ArcelorMittal US, US
  • ARPLAS Europe BV, NL
  • Atlas Copco IAS GmbH, DE
  • Audi AG, DE
  • AutoForm, DE
  • Baoshan Iron & Steel Co., Ltd., CN
  • Baoshan Tailored Blanks S.r.l., DE
  • Baoshan Tailored Blanks S.r.l., IT
  • BASF, DE
  • Beijing, CN
  • Benteler Automobiltechnik GmbH, DE
  • BMW Group, DE
  • Bühler Group, CH
  • BYD Auto, CN
  • Ceer Motors, SA
  • CEVT, SE
  • COMAN Software GmbH, DE
  • Cosma Engineering Europe GmbH, AT
  • DAIHATSU Motor Co., Ltd., JP
  • Daphnis Structural Solutions, US
  • Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt e.V., DE
  • DuPont, CG
  • Fachhochschule Südwestfalen, DE
  • FEV, DE
  • fischer group, DE
  • fka GmbH, DE
  • Ford Motor Company, US
  • Ford Otosan, TR
  • Ford Werke GmbH, DE
  • FUKAI Mfg. Co., Ltd., JP
  • Futaba Industrial Co., Ltd., JP
  • G-TEKT Deutschland GmbH, DE
  • Gaming Engineering, FR
  • Geely, CN
  • General Motors, US
  • Gestamp, ES
  • Gestamp, US
  • Group PSA, FR
  • Groupe Renault, FR
  • Gunther Heim Automotive Consulting, DE
  • H.ONe Co., Ltd., JP
  • HaiCheng New Materials (Wu Hu) Co., Ltd., CN
  • Henkel AG & Co. KGaA, DE
  • Honda Motor, JP
  • Hydro Presicision Tubing, DE
  • Hydro, NO
  • Hyundai India, IN
  • Hyundai Motor Europe, DE
  • Hyundai Motor Group, KR
  • Hyundai Steel, KR
  • IAM Intelligent Aerospace Manufacturing, CN
  • Jaguar Land Rover, GB
  • JFE Steel Corporation, JP
  • Kirchhoff Automotive, DE
  • Kobe Steel, Ltd., JP
  • Kobelco Research Institute, JP
  • L&L Products GmbH, DE
  • L&L Products, FR
  • Lucid Motors, DE
  • Lucid Motors, UK
  • Magna Steyr, AT
  • Magna Steyr Fahrzeugtechnik GmbH & Co. KG, DE
  • Maruti Suzuki India Ltd., IN
  • Mazda, JP
  • Mercedes-Benz AG, DE
  • Metal One Deutschland GmbH, DE
  • Mubea Automotive Components (Taicang) Co., Ltd., CN
  • Mubea Tailor Rolled Blanks GmbH, DE
  • Nemak Europe, DE
  • Nio, CN
  • Nippon Steel Corporation, JP
  • Nippon Steel Europe GmbH, DE
  • Nissan Motor, JP
  • Novelis Corp., US
  • Novelis Deutschland GmbH, DE
  • Novlis Switzerland SA, CH
  • NS-Siam United Steel Co., Ltd, TH
  • OPmobility, SK
  • Porsche, DE
  • POSCO, KR
  • POSTECH University, KR
  • Profil Verbindungstechnik, DE
  • PSA Automobile, FR
  • PwC Strategy& (Germany) GmbH, DE
  • RENAULT Group, FR
  • Rivian Automotive, US
  • RWTH Aachen, DE
  • Salzgitter AG, DE
  • SANGO Co., Ltd., JP
  • Scania CV AB, SE
  • Shanghai Lixiang Automobile, CN
  • Shape Corp, US
  • Shougang Jingtang, CN
  • Sika Automotive AG, CH
  • Sika Services AG, CH
  • SKK Automotive Consulting, DE
  • Skoda Auto, CZ
  • Solus ARC, GB
  • SSAB EMEA AB, SE
  • SSAB Swedish Steel GmbH, DE
  • Stellantis, FR
  • Subaru, JP
  • Suzuki Motor Corporation, JP
  • Tata Steel Ijumuiden V.V., NL
  • Thatcham Research, GB
  • thyssenkrupp Steel Europe, DE
  • Tillmann Gruppe, DE
  • Topre Corporation, JP
  • Toyoda Iron Works, JP
  • Toyota Motor Corporation, JP
  • Toyota Motor Europe, BE
  • Toyota Motor Kyushu, Inc., JP
  • Toyota Motor Europe, BE
  • Traton SE, SE
  • UACJ Corporation, JP
  • UNIPRES Corporation, JP
  • Verbom, CA
  • voestalpine, AT
  • Volkswagen AG, DE
  • Volvo, SE
  • Willhelm Böllhoff GmbH & Co. KG, DE
  • Zeekr, CN

Status as of: August 22, 2025

Exhibition & Sponsoring

Become a sponsor or exhibitor

Take advantage of the high coverage of the Automotive Circle and profit from the exhibition and sponsoring options before and during the events. Show your competence and services, matching the conference subjects, to the numerous car body engineers of international OEM. Thus, you are strengthening your brand awareness in the automotive industry! Come on board as an exhibitor or sponsor and benefit from this excellent platform to strongly promote your company’s capabilities as a reliable supplier!

Feel free to check out the various sponsoring options:

Please contact Frauke Haentsch via frauke.haentsch@vincentz.net for detailed exhibition and sponsoring options.

More Information

In addition to the Dolce Bad Nauheim conference hotel, we also recommend the following hotels for your overnight stays:

Hotel Villa Grunewald
Terrassenstraße 10
DE-61231 Bad Nauheim
T +49 6032 9495 550
info@hotel-villa-grunewald.de
>> Distance to the event venue: 0,01 km

Best Western Hotel Rosenau
Steinfurther Str. 1-5
DE-61231 Bad Nauheim
T +49 6032 96460
info@rosenau.bestwestern.de
>> Distance to the event venue: 1,1 km

Luxstay Bad Nauheim
Aliceplatz 1a
DE-61231 Bad Nauheim
T +49 151 2125 1465
be@luxstay.de
>> Distance to the event venue: 0,4 km

Boutique Hotel K7
Kurstraße 7
DE-61231 Bad Nauheim
T +49 6032 9232020
hallo@hotelk7.de
>> Distance to the event venue: 0,5 km

Brunnenhof Hotel
Ludwigstraße 13
DE-61231 Bad Nauheim
T +49 6032 92900
info@brunnenhof-hotel.de
>> Distance to the event venue: 0,8 km

Hotel Spöttel
Luisenstraße 5-7
DE-61231 Bad Nauheim
T +49 6032 93040
info@spoettel-badnauheim.de
>> Distance to the event venue: 1,0 km

Hotel Cornelia
Mittelstraße 39
DE-61231 Bad Nauheim
T +49 6032 5739
Hotel-Cornelia@t-online.de
>> Distance to the event venue: 0,9 km

Luxstay Friedberg
Schulstr. 13
DE-61169 Friedberg
T +49 151 2125 1465
be@luxstay.de
>> Distance to the event venue: 4,6 km

Hotel Stadt Friedberg
Am Seebach 2a
DE-61169 Friedberg
T +49 6031 6070
hotel-stadt-friedberg@t-online.de
>> Distance to the event venue: 5,1 km

Status as of April 29, 2025

We will broadcast all presentations live and also the Q&As on the bodies and exhibits! In addition, our event platform enables the exchange between online and on-site participants! Of course, this may not replace the atmosphere and the up-close experience of the car bodies and full vehicles – but a digital participation is also worthwhile!

What can you expect from the digital participation?
  • Follow the live stream of all presentations incl. Q&A or on demand* until 2 weeks after the conference
  • Ask your individual questions during the Q&A session to the speakers during the live stream
  • Exhibitor forum and the possibility to get in touch with the exhibitors
  • Messaging and chat functions to get in touch with other digital or on site participants
  • Download of the presentations
  • NEW: AI Translation into 60+ languages, i.e. English, German, Japanese

*Will be provided after the conference

Acces data to the digital platform will be send out approx. one week before the conference starts.

Technical Plattform

The virtual event of the Automotive Circle is planned and conducted using electronic tools and platforms. The follwoing tools are used:

  • Cvent Attendee Website (via browser, compatible with the latest versions of Chrome, Firefox, Safari and Microsoft Edge)
  • Vimeo Player
  • wordly

Each participant is responsible for using these tools. If it is not possible to use them, e.g. due to technical company requirements, this does not entitle the participant to cancel the digital participation free of charge.

Your contact and support:

Ms. Jannike von Kampen
Senior Event Manager
jannike.von.kampen@vincentz.net
+49 (0) 511 9910-384

Organizer
Vincentz Network GmbH & Co. KG
Plathnerstrasse 4c
30175 Hannover, Germany

T. +49 511 9910 – 378
F +49 511 9910 – 379
www.automotive-circle.com
jeanette.timner@vincentz.net

Date & Venue
Conference: October 14- 16, 2025

Digital Participation
or
On site Participation @
DOLCE Bad Nauheim
Elvis-Presley-Platz 1
DE-61231 Bad Nauheim

T +49 6032 303-0
F +49 6032 303-529
info@dolcebadnauheim.com
www.dolcebadnauheim.com

Accommodation is available at the conference hotel.

We kindly ask you to make your own hotel reservation at the conference hotel. Rooms are available from € 159 to € 179, depending on the room category. All rooms include breakfast for a price of € 5 per person and day. Please refer to: “Automotive Circle”.

The following cancellation conditions apply for all categories:
All reservations can be cancelled free of charge up to 4 weeks before arrival. Up to 2 weeks before arrival 60% of the room rate will be due. From 2 weeks before arrival 80 % will be charged.

Participation Fee
On site or digital participation (Choice is all yours):

  Standard
    2.995 €*

Students will get 50 % discount on standard prices on presentation of a valid student ID.

* All prices plus 19 % German VAT. All conferences in Europe are subject to VAT. To reclaim, please contact your local tax office.

The access data for the digital conference participation will be send out via email approx. one week prior the conference. The prerequisite for this is that all payments have been recieved in full.

Registration
EuroCarBody is the world’s most important conference in car body engineering. As always, tickets are limited and we encourage you to register as early as possible. After registering, you will receive an automatic “receipt of registration” email. Afterwards, but until 7 working days at the latest you will receive your official confirmation including payment details by email separately.

Participation fee includes
On site participation: Fees including full conference participation, incl. conference materials and list of delegates, the authority for downloading the presentation on the internet, luncheons, catering, the participation in the evening networking event and on-demand access to the presentation videos for 2 weeks after the conference.

Digital participation: Fees including full digital conference participation, incl. conference materials and list of delegates, the authority for downloading the presentation on the internet and on-demand access to the presentation videos for 2 weeks after the conference.

Technical Plattform for digital participation
This virtual event of the Automotive Circle is planned and conducted using electronic tools and platforms. The following tools are used:

  • Cvent Attendee Website (via browser, compatible with the latest versions of Chrome, Firefox, Safari and Microsoft Edge)
  • Vimeo Player
  • Wordly

Each participant is responsible for using these tools. If it is not possible to use them, e.g. due to internal company requirements, this does not entitle the participant to cancel the digital participation free of charge.

Conference Language
The conference will be AI translated into 60+ languages, i.e. English, German, Japanese. Please note that the contents of lecturers and presentations at interpreted conferences are composed in the English language.

Cancellations
Fees will be refunded in full if notice of cancellation is received by September 16, 2025. Please understand that event preparation and organization involve financial and human resources. Therefore a fee of 50 % of the participation fee will be charged, if the notification of cancellation is received later, but not later than September 30, 2025. Should notification reach us after September 30, 2025, or in case of non-participation, 100% of the participation fee will be charged. Substitutions of delegates may be made at any time.

Cancellations and changes must be made in writing and will be confirmed by the organizer. Cancellations due to health reasons can be cancelled free of charge at any time with a medical certificate. If a participant is demonstrably unable to attend due to travel restrictions, he/she has the option of converting the attendance participation into a digital participation (if this is offered). Any cost differences will be reimbursed.

The participant undertakes to follow the instructions of the organizer and the venue. Failure to do so may result in exclusion from the event.

The organizer reserves the right to change the program or to cancel the event in the event of special circumstances (important reason). In particular, the organizer is entitled to take such measures in cases of force majeure, due to official orders, in the event of a situation endangering the life, body or health of the participants. In these cases, the organizer shall not be obliged to pay damages and/or reimbursement of expenses to the participants. This applies in particular to any cancellation fees incurred by third parties (e.g. hotel bookings, train or flight tickets).

If the digital event has to be canceld by the organizer due to insufficient number of participants, technical complications or due to illness of one or more speakers, already paid participation fees will be refunded in full. Further claims do not exist.

Invitation Letters
Please indicate within the registration form if you need invitation letters for visa requirements or contact us separatly. We are happy to assist with your visa application. Requests are processed within two working days, and invitation letters are sent as a PDF via email. If you require an original letter, we can mail it via regular post. For urgent requests requiring express mail, a handling fee of 100 EUR plus 19% German VAT applies.

Program Changes
Automotive Circle reserve the right to revise event content and change implementation tools. There is no claim to a specific lecture, workshop or references. Registered trademarks: No guarantee is given that the products, processes and other names mentioned are free of third-party property rights.

Data Protection
As participant of an event, you agree that data such as company, address (zip code, city, country), first name, name and job function of the attendee will be published on the list of participants. The list of participants is available to all participants in digital form. The list of participants could also be used by sponsors and exhibitors for advertising purposes. Objection against publication and circulation of your data may be made at any time until 3 weeks prior to the event and has to be made in writing to the organizer. The address data are processed for customer service and information purposes in compliance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Company’s name, city and country might be published on the Internet as reference for upcoming Automotive Circle events. Personal data will be forwarded to the local health authority on request.

Miscellaneous
With your binding registration you agree that film, image, word and sound recordings may be made of you during the event. These recordings may be used without restriction by Vincentz Network or authorized parties in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

Also have a look at our Privacy Policy.

Hanover, March 2025

Review

Winners of the EuroCarBody Awards 2024 are the car bodies of the new

  • Honda N-VAN e: (1st place)
  • Lucid Air (2nd place) and
  • BYD SEAL (3rd place)

The EuroCarBody Awards are bestowed by Automotive Circle at the annual EuroCarBody, Global Car Body Benchmarking Conference, which took place in Bad Nauheim, Germany, from October 15 to 17 for the 26th time, presenting OEM car body developments from all over the world to a global audience of close to 500 automotive expert engineers.

The Award winners are determined based on a combined voting on the car bodies presented by the entire conference audience on the one hand and the members of the conference’s international OEM Advisory Board on the other.

The three winning teams, further to convincing the audience with their innovations in both product development and production, all represented premieres at the EuroCarBody conference: Both Lucid and BYD won their Award with their first presentation at the conference, while the Honda team, with the N-Van e:, provided the first time a car body of a Japanese K-car was shown and discussed at the conference.

The winners of the EuroCarBody Awards 2023 were the car bodies of the new

  • VW ID.7 (1st place) and
  • Ford Transit Custom (2nd place)

The EuroCarBody Awards were bestowed at the annual EuroCarBody, Global Car Body Benchmarking Conference, which took place in Bad Nauheim, Germany, from October 17 to 19 for the 25th time, presenting OEM car body developments from all over the world.

The Award winners were determined based on a combined voting on the car bodies taking part in the competition by the entire conference audience on the one hand and the members of the conference’s international OEM Advisory Board on the other.

In 2023, the Awards were bestowed in the Volume Segment only, which groups car bodies presented at the conference that were designed for a predominantly cost-oriented, volume-production vehicle segment.

At EuroCarBody 2023, close to 500 automotive engineers from all over the world met to hear about and discuss latest car body developments, through detailed technical presentations on development and material concepts as well as production processes, accompanied by the hardware exhibition of both the corresponding bodies-in-white and full vehicles. Specifically, the 2023 conference included OEM engineering teams presenting the car bodies of the new Ford E-Transit Custom, Peugeot 3008, Rolls Royce Spectre, Suzuki Fronx, Volvo EX90, Voyah Dream, and VW ID.7. In addition, a further special focus presentation on a single car body part was devoted to the ZEEKR 009 mega casting rear floor.

430 on-site delegates in Bad Nauheim, Germany, plus further online participants met again from October 18 to 20, at EuroCarBody 2022, 24th Global Car Body Benchmarking Conference, for hands-on, exclusive presentations of recently launched car body projects from around the world.

In detailed technical presentations, the OEM engineering teams presenting the car bodies of the new Nissan Ariya, Range Rover Sport, Ford E-Transit, Mazda CX-60, BMW 7Series/i7, Renault Mégane E-Tech, GMC Hummer EV, Toyota bZ4X/Subaru Solterra, and VW ID.Buzz explained their development, material and production concepts and then answered questions from the live audience as well as from remote participants, at and around the respective car body exhibit – with the audience forming what gave the Automotive Circle its name. With the exception of the GMC Hummer car body – the GMC team presented remotely, showing the Hummer’s body in a live video session – all body exhibits could be fully inspected by all conference participants on the three conference days, as could the respective full vehicles.
During the conference, the participants were provided with the standardized EuroCarBody benchmark data with detailed information on weights, materials, components, joining techniques as well as production data of all presented car bodies.

As every year, at the end of the conference, this year’s results of the competition for the prestigious EuroCarBody Awards – Volume Segment and Premium Segment – were announced, based on a voting in five technical categories by the members of the conference audience as well as the expert jury of the international OEM Advisory Board of the conference, determining the…

…winners of the EuroCarBody Awards 2022:

1st place in the premium segment: BMW 7Series/i7
2nd place in the premium segment: GMC Hummer EV

1st place in the volume segment: Nissan Ariya
2nd place in the volume segment: Toyota bZ4X/Subaru Solterra

We look forward to seeing you again!

Don’t miss any updates by following our Hashtag: #ACEuroCarBody

Your Contacts

Franziska Moennig

Director Presidium

+49 511 9910-320

Dr. Sibylle Freitag

Presidium

+49 511 9910-316

Dr. Dirk Meine

Presidium

+49 511 9910-319

Amanda Beyer

Director Event Management

+49 511 9910-380

Catharina Klages

Assistant Event Management

+49 511 9910-385

Frauke Haentsch

Director Sales

+49 511 9910-340

Dr. Rebecca Pawlik-Tacke

Presidium

+49 511 9910-318