Inaugurating the expo, Finance Minister Barshaman Pun expressed his commitment to work for creating an investment-friendly environment. “If political change can´t bring about economic change, there would be no meaning of our party joining the government," he added.[break]
Saurabh Jyoti, president of NADA, said it was important to conduct fuel quality tests to make vehicle environment-friendly rather than simply discarding old vehicles.
He requested the government to lower the excise duty as vehicles play an important role in development.
With the theme of road safety, this year´s Auto Show targets to create awareness and educate the general public about road safety and traffic discipline.
The event features 30 automobile brands and 51 companies including auto component makers, dealers, lubricant and accessory products.
The 100 blocks and stalls at the event have manufactures, dealers, distributors from Nepal, India, China, Korea, Malaysia, Czech Republic, Germany, Italy, Japan, America and other countries.
Automobile dealers are offering attractive offers along with the spot financing services, insurance and so on.
Skoda has offered “Feel Europe, Fly Europe" offer, which provides all Skoda Yeti buyers a free holiday package to Europe for a couple. Deepak Agrawal, general manager of Skoda MAW, said that the scheme would give a platform to customers to explore the luxury of Europe with every purchase of Skoda Yeti.
CG Automobiles, sole authorized distributor of Maruti Suzuki, has launched its scheme - Crazy Dashain. The scheme offers a discount up to Rs 500,000, a two-day vacation for a couple, two-year warranty, 12 free servicing on the purchase of any Maruti Suzuki car. Similarly, one customer can also get Suzuki Grand Vitara SUV priced at Rs 7 million through a lucky draw.
Force Motors is offering Rs 50,000 to Rs 150,000 cash discount.
Laxmi Intercontinental - sole authorized distributor of Hyundai - is offering cash discount up to Rs 200,000 along with free insurance for a year.
The event is expected to draw about 50,000 quality visitors.
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