From left: LB Masters MD, Adrian Michael, Fiji Car Club president, Raizal Hanif, Cheaper Rentals general manager, Asish Chetty and Fiji Car Club executive, Sandeep Prakash at Wish Bone Laucala Beach yesterday. Photo: Alfonsa Wayap
SUVA
The Fiji Car Club hopes that more motor dealers and industry stakeholders will come onboard and show support to the organisation.
With more support, the club would then be able to harness the talent that avid car lovers in Fiji already have.
Club president, Raizal Hanif said this as LB Masters and Cheaper Rentals handed over their sponsorship support to host the first of the 2014 Car Show.
Mr Hanif said while there were some support from various dealers, there was always room for help in organisation.
“We have spoken to a few of the motor dealers in Fiji but at the moment the support is not there yet. But in one way Fiji Car Club can promote their brands,” Mr Hanif said.
“We would like to see more of their products. It’s good if motor dealers and industry stakeholders can come onboard and sponsor such events and that’s how they go.”
Mr Hanif said as interest for an event as such increases, the support by the industry was welcomed as together they would steer the industry in the right direction.
“We’re having a very large interest from the members especially in last year’s car show, where there were 37 cars taking part,” Mr Hanif said of the event.
LB Masters managing director/chief executive, Adrian Michael said there was a lot of talent out there.
Car lovers in Fiji were getting creative by the day and it was the onus of business to harness that creativity given Fiji’s position in car shows on the global front he added.
A total of 16 competing categories are up for grabs this year, club executive, Sandeep Prakash.
“This year we’ve got the Golden Oldies which is one of the best ones that we have. We have to the Best Dressed Car, the Best Sports Car and the Best Drags Car,” Mr Prakash said.
“We expect about 80 per cent of them to be present on the day. The Golden Oldies, people are working on their Mercedes vehicle at the moment and the fortunate thing is that 80 per cent of them are also coming.”
The car show will be held at Civic Carpark in Suva on Saturday with a second in the West later this year.
Meanwhile the Quarter Mile Drag Race to be held in Pacific Harbour is expected to take place on August 1.
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