Warning: This section of the blog contains tons of photo. Proceed with caution (and broadband connection)...
Went to the 2nd Pioneer Auto and Audio Show 2005 with my friends yesterday around 2:30PM after lunch. The exhibition and contest was held at the Boulevard Hypermall (Miri, Sarawak, Malaysia by the way, if you're an international reader) outdoor car park. If you haven't notice, Boulevard Hypermall has the biggest outdoor car park for shoppers. And I read somewhere that it's the also biggest shopping mall in Sarawak. Have I mentioned parking is free? The weather was quite forgiving and cloudy, probably due to haze anyway.
I'm not sure how many categories were contested for but it was broken down to two main categories of four-wheelers and two-wheelers. Majority of the contestants were from Miri and our neighbouring country, Brunei came in second. The rest were scattered around Sarawak (Bintulu, Sibu, Kuching, etc).
In the four-wheelers category, the "Auto" section, there were "Best Modified National Car" and "Best Modified Imported Car" titles up for grabs. I like cars with hydraulic-powered doors, like the one that comes default with most Lamborghini. Also, good and matching body kits and stickers really brings out the cars' aesthetics.
The "Audio" section had the cars sorted into three separate groups and contested according to their specifications (fly-weight, light-weight, heavy-weight) and "Best Audio System" titles were given for each of the groups. Some of the cars have really serious audio systems! Their rear passenger seats were removed to make way for customised audio systems and fiber speaker boxes. Few even have LCD screens and PlayStation installed. Man, talk about heavily-pimped ride!
Well, I'm more of a 'car-guy' so with that said, I have no clue on how the two-wheelers category are contested. I guess it would be something like the "Auto" section of the four-wheelers category. Also, I didn't take any bike photos so if you happened to be a biker, please don't hate me :) For all it's worth, I did snap a photo of this small, cute mini sports bike.
Here's a list of cars that were in the exhibition and contest, as far as I can recall:
- BMW: *not sure of which series*
- Daihatsu: Move
- Honda: Civic, Integra, Jazz
- Hyundai: Coupe
- Mercedes: *can't recall the model but it was a 4x4*
- Mitsubishi: Galant, Evolution/Lancer, Pajero
- Perodua: Kancil, Kelisa, Kenari
- Proton: Iswara, Saga, Satria, Wira
- Toyota: Corolla, Echo, Liteace, RAV4, Vios
Did I miss out anything? Please do leave me comments if you have any info on the 2nd Pioneer Auto and Audio Show 2005. Anyway, enough of the talking and feast your eyes with some cool rides...
