Auto & Accessories Expo - 2010, Chennai.

No doubt Saturdays and Sundays are for the lighter part of our lives and to rejuvenate ourselves to bang the office on Monday. Watching the engineering marvels, be it aircrafts, cars, motor bikes takes us to the world of excitement. With all that in mind I visited the “Auto & Accessories Expo” held at Auto & Accessories Expo - YMCA Grounds, Royapettah, Chennai.. As the hall mark of every auto expo “Harley Davidson” was the Lion among the bikes attracting both the sex equally. I was awed by the comments made by the fairer sex on this bike. Cool dude……… women do love bikes!! The thunderous noise arising from the Blue macho is still ringing in the ears. Interestingly in the year 2007, India agreed to swap importing this bike for the exotic Indian mangoes. The price range is 4 Lakhs to 14 Lakhs. Who said India is a poor country??

Mercedes Benz C & E class were in display. Good part is the promoters allowed us to get into the vehicle and feel it. Its like hugging the softest Iranian carpet, both in comfort and pride. Price starts from 32 Lakhs. Its the German Engineering and their flawless design which makes this beauty a head turner!

The royal looking Cadillac Escalade with a Dubai registration standing tall at the entrance can never miss any body’s eyes. The massive machine is a beast in its segment.

Maruthi had displayed the Ritz, SX4, Swift, Astar and other vehicles are in display.

There is considerable number of used cars from “T S Mahalingam & Sons” as well.

On the scooters, both Mahindra and Honda had stalls. Mahindra’s Flyte, Rodeo and Duro were in display. Mahindra has taken over Kynetic and has done some ergonomic and design changes to suit the current needs. Though there are concerns regarding the low number of service stations, it may take time to prove unlike Honda. From the Honda side Activa, Aviator, Dio etc., were in display.

Interestingly there were couple of stores which offered interesting and novel car and bike accessories. Though the Expo size is too small when compared to the other Expos across the world, its worth watching these stuff!

The Expo is open for the public between 10am and 7pm.