I have to admit that I almost, almost, forgot about this car show in Kinta City (Ipoh, Perak, Malaysia) which I bumped into almost three weeks ago. The dates on the photos indicate they were taken on 11th August, 2010. Duh!

Volkswagen Eos

I am not in the market for a car, be it a new or cheap used car, but I like to look at cars. I appreciate the beauty of luxury cars though I may never be able to afford one. The Volkswagen cars on display were supposed to be “new” cars in Malaysia; namely the Beetle, Passat CC Sport and Eos. If I remember correctly, Scirocco GT was not around.

Volkswagen Beetle

Malaysians are sad folks. Even if they could afford a more powerful Beetle, they only can choose between 1.6 and 2.0cc. In the US, there’s the 2.5cc Beetle too.

Black Volkswagen Beetle

The salesman who introduced Passat CC Sport to us was very good. He told me that I could arrange for a test drive if I like, without prejudice that I may just be yet another shopper that wastes his time without the budget for a car that costs MYR250,000!

Volkswagen Passat CC Sport

I tell you, even if I have that kind of budget, I’d rather invest in real estate but then people who own such cars probably already have blocks of buildings in their name or something. LOL But boy, look at the gleam!

I stumbled upon this preview of Racing Drift Auto Show Ipoh 08 while shopping at Ipoh Parade this evening. I didn’t know that there was a huge sale going on; it felt like everyone was marching into the building, seriously. It had been a long while since I came across people going somewhere with a single purpose here in Ipoh. In this case, everyone was looking for shopping deals.

Like I mentioned, this is only a preview and ticketing event for the Racing Drift Auto Show Ipoh 08 which will be held at Arena Square, Batu Gajah from 18th to 21st December, 2008 from 10am to 12pm. I understand that tickets are sold at RM15 each but purchase of a ticket will entitle one to a free uMobile prepaid SIM pack with RM13 credit; uMobile is one of the sponsors of the event.

In this preview, there were only four cars and a motorbike on display. But what we can expect in the real event next month include auto show pool party, remote control motor sports, auto saloon, drift battle, trade expo, battle of the bands, hip hop performances, most wanted powerful audio and most wanted motorcycle sports show.

The highlight of this event and I suspect at the main event as well, is the car called Little Devil. I have a more than a handful of this cutely personalized car and once again it calls for a separate post which will be published soon.

Even though this is just a preview of the real deal, there was no lack of beautiful ladies. I managed to get one of them to pose with for me, which she graciously did, with the Little Devil. If you’d like to check them out, you know where to go, don’t you? *wink*