SURAT: The recently concluded
Auto Expo-2017
has raked in moolah for the automobile dealers in the city in the last four days.
If the organisers of the Auto Expo-2017 are to be believed then the automobile dealers did the on-the-spot booking of cars and two-wheelers to the tune of Rs 25 crore in just four days of the exhibition. Looking at the kind of business generated at the show, it seems that the overall business is likely to cross the Rs 100 crore mark.
The Southern Gujarat Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SGCCI) had organised Auto Expo-2017 at the Surat International Exhibition and Convention Centre (SIECC) starting from January 26 to January 29. Over 30,000 people visited the expo, which is termed as the second largest
auto expo
after the one held every year in Delhi.
Around 32 automobile brands including cars, two-wheelers, heavy commercial vehicles, school and luggage vehicles etc. involving around 110 exhibitors had participated in the show, spread on one lakh square meter area.
For the first time, the world’s top brands such as Maserati, Isuzu, Ducati, MV Agusta, Benelli, UM, Kawasaki, Royal Enfield, Jeep etc. also participated.
Chairman of SGCCI’s auto expo exhibition, Mehul Desai said, “Despite demonetisation, the auto expo has received a tremendous response from the people in diamond city. WE are expecting the business turnover to cross Rs 100 crore”
Desai added, “Our is the second large auto expo after the one held every year in Delhi. This is the largest auto expo in the whole of western India”
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