The on-going 2011 Bangkok Motorshow continues to wow show-goers with ever improving quality of attractions be it cars, show booths, or other forms of beautiful curves, authentic or not. This year’s “Discovery – A New Innovation” theme expects a conservative 1.6 Millon visitors world-wide making it the Biggest car exhibition in South East Asia.
In 2010, the Bangkok Motorshow recorded a whopping 1.8million visitors. With the need to house the biggest-ever 32nd Bangkok Motorshow, show organizers moved to a new venue dubbed Impact, located in Muang Thong Thani, Bangkok. The biggest hall, the Challenger was used for the giant 2 week show.
Toyota’s FT-EVII – An even more compact version of the iQ, It is an Electric-City vehicle with a range of 90KM and tops out at about 100km/h. So it is really designed for short trips to the office or a town runabout, rather than a range chomping Prius. It has solar panels to assist charging, electric sliding doors adding on to the excitement of the future of city commuting
Honda’s New Brio – Another highly anticipated compact from Honda is pretty much a smaller Jazz, powered by a 90bhp 1.2L i-VTEC with options for CVT or 5 speed Manual transmission. It will do 100km for every 5 litres. Honda Thailand expects to sell 40,000 units of the Brio in 2011 and goes for 400,000 Thai Baht. Can’t doubt that claim. If you ever visited Thailand, you’ll see just how their car industry is thriving.
The Proton Lekir – A Lotus Europa based concept unveiled last year showcasing Proton’s direction for the future.
Toyota’s Massive booth
Nissan’s New March
Chevy with their Cruze WTCC race car.
Mercedes providing Thais with a glimpse of their latest SLK
