Automobile show attracts large crowd

Islamabad
After Multan and Lahore, Islamabad too has responded overwhelmingly to the vehicle extravaganza organised by the country’s largest online automobile marketplace.
Designed to entertain local residents as well as educate them about cars and motorsport, the Islamabad Auto Show 2015 hosted by www.PakWheels.com at the Lakeview Park on Sunday attracted a big crowd of people, mostly youths.
Besides cars from 4WD to exotic to luxurious to sport to vintage ones, motorbikes of local and foreign make were also on display.
According to organisers, around 100,000 visitors feasted their eyes on more than 500 exclusive cars and motorbikes from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Few people turned up in the morning perhaps due to hot and humid weather but the place teemed with car enthusiasts close to the sunset until night.
Vintage and classic cars were the event’s main attractions with the 1936 Wolseley car, the 1965 Chevrolet Biscayne Sedan, the 1950 Willys jeep, the 1967 Toyota Corolla, the 1963 Chevrolet Impala and 1957 Chevrolet Bel Air being of note.
Modern automobiles on display, especially Dodge Viper, BMW i8 and Toyota Supra TT, fascinated visitors.
Though few in number, modern motorbikes, especially the 2007 Suzuki V-Strom 650, the 2011 BMW F800 GS, the 2008 Suzuki DR650 SE and the 2009 Yamaha Tenere 660, too, attracted people.
Among bike owners were Alan Proctor and Andrew Chain of Australia and Choy Schoo of Spain, who felt happy to be part of the event.
They said they had come to Pakistan for the first time in life and found the country and its people to be very peaceful unlike the negative image propagated by the international media against them.
The three urged other foreigners to follow suit.
PakWheels has been organising auto shows in major cities of the country since 2011 with Lahore hosting the first one.
Already this year, two such events have taken place, first in Multan in February and second in Lahore in March with organisers claiming they’re a great success. The dedicated car portal intends to take the show to other cities, too, including Peshawar, Faisalabad, Karachi and Quetta.
Suneel Sarfraz Munj, who manages www.PakWheels.com as chairman, said by regularly organising auto shows, his company wanted to promote a unique ‘car culture’ in the county to entertain and educate people about cars, not just from a local perspective but also from a global one.
“In fact, we want to create an environment where new car enthusiasts are born. We are determined to gradually make our shows bigger and better.”
Munj said his company would continue providing car enthusiasts with a chance to interact with each other besides creating a place, where some of the most exclusive cars were displayed for the people to see.