The New York international motor show has been cancelled just a fortnight before it was set to start due to the growing incidences of the Covid-19 Delta variant, say the organisers in a statement.

It is the second-straight year the show has been cancelled due to Covid-19.

"The Covid pandemic has challenged our city, the country and the entire world, but just like the automobile industry, we know that the New York Auto Show will rebound and be bigger and better than before," organisers said in a statement. The show is expected to return in April 2022.

“We are enormously appreciative of the automobile industry’s tremendous response and commitment in participating in an August New York Auto Show, and especially for the overwhelming involvement in the new EV Test Fest, complete with an entire floor dedicated to electric vehicles and four indoor EV test tracks,” said the statement.

The Chicago auto show was held last month but cases of the Delta variant have been rising recently since the show. The Detroit auto show was scrapped in favor of a smaller, outdoor event to be held later this year.