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FORT
BONIFACIO Development Corp. (FBDC) and Sunshine
Television Production & Marketing Services Corp. (STV)
have agreed to bring the 2008 “Auto Focus Motor Show &
Auto Expo” to Area 2 of the Bonifacio Global City
(behind NBC Tent). Heralded as one of the biggest
displays of 2008 models ever assembled in one venue, the
event is slated on November 25 to December 1.
The
agreement, which was inked between FBDC’s Noel Eli
Kintanar, head of commercial operations; Lourdes Reyes,
chief finance officer; and STV chairman and CEO Ray
Butch Gamboa, will seek to promote the prime real estate
developments of Ayala Land within Bonifacio Global City
through the motor show and to well-targeted viewers of
STV’s established line-up of TV programs such as Auto
Focus, Motoring Today and Business & Leisure.
Kintanar
said that, “FBDC is happy to host such a distinguished
event as the Auto Focus Motor Show and certainly the
Bonifacio Global City has time and again proven to be an
ideal venue and setting for the automobile industry to
conduct public displays and test drives.” Gamboa added,
“This has been and will again be the mother of all motor
shows held at the Fort Bonifacio area. We are glad to be
returning to where all this began four years ago.”
It will
be the fourth annual staging of this event organized by
STV. Gamboa explained, “This year’s grand motor show
will have greater participation from the country’s
automobile manufacturers and distributors than in the
previous years. Various models from Audi, Chery,
Chrysler, Dodge, Ford, Honda, Hyundai, Isuzu, Jeep, Kia,
Mazda, Mercedes Benz, Mitsubishi, Nissan, Porsche,
Subaru, Suzuki, Toyota and Volvo will be on display, and
a select but wide choice of models will be available for
test drives.” With November being a peak buying month,
BPI Family Savings Bank will be at the venue with
special financing offers for visitors who are looking
for a model to buy.
“Furthermore,” Gamboa added, “there will be a host of
other special activities during the exhibition.” The
public can enjoy the seven-day “Music at the Motor Show”
series of daily performances at the Central
Entertainment Area of the motor show grounds where some
of Manila’s leading adult music bands like Route 70,
Shift, Highway 54, Flintstones and the Gang, and MOBB
are scheduled to perform along with acoustic groups that
will perform a special Christmas repertoire.”
Also on
tap is a Gymkhana Precision Driving Competition, a
non-racing event that will be a test of driving skill
and safety awareness over a defined course, which any
driver with a driver’s license can enter. A special
tie-up with Toyota Motor Philippines, Honda Safety
Driving Center and Goodyear Philippines will allow
participants to drive the course in the Toyota Vios.
Drivers can compete for a nominal fee and perhaps drive
away with a trophy and other prizes.
Another
feature will be a Customized/Trick Car Competition
wherein owners of such automobiles will display and
compete with one another for best showroom finish and
overall quality of workmanship. Gamboa stressed, “This
time however, the visiting public in lieu of a panel of
judges will vote and select the winners!”
The
event will also host public on-site voting for the
“Petron Auto Focus People’s Choice Awards,” an ongoing
nationwide nine-month nationwide public poll to
determine the country’s most popular automobile makes
and models. The poll, conducted on www. autofocus.com.ph
and on-site during select provincial legs of the BPI
Family Savings Bank “Auto Madness” motor shows, will
culminate on November 30 with the people’s choice for
“Automobile of the Year” as well as “Model of the Year”
awards in 12 categories. |
