From America to Europe, China, India, auto giants are making remarkable invasion. Now, another potent target for vast invasion is Africa. Said display of the latest lineup of vehicles from auto giants is scheduled on October 28 to November 5 at the Auto Africa Expo in Nasrec Expo Centre, Johannesburg.
The automotive market is growing more dynamic each day. Reports of its vastness and influence are bombarding the mass media everyday. Models launch, manufacturing strategies, sales figures, and healthy competition of vehicle makes are just few of the headliners of today. The territory of vehicle manufacturers are getting bigger and bigger that it invades even the most far flung area around the globe.
Indeed, car manufacturers are living by the maxim - there is no better way to stay clued-up and on the newest emerging vehicle makes and breakthroughs than to bring them to the potential customers territories. It is only then that barriers are crossed and the viability of sales can be deemed to be forthcoming.
Lots of new vehicle models will swarm Africa in said auto show. Included in the display are vehicles from Ford, General Motors, Jaguar, Land Rover, Toyota, Volkswagen and more. Alfa Spider, Hummer H3, Tata Safari cars will also be displayed. These cars will be having their first appearance in South Africa in said auto show. Toyota, Ford, Volkswagen and Chrysler accessories will also be part of the display.
The expo is held every second year and this 2006 much-anticipated expo is going to be the fifth. Models and makes are fresh from the recent Paris auto show. Expo Africa will feature cars, trucks, motorcycles, accessories from the big names in the auto industry. There will also be live stage shows, adventure simulators and displays of classic cars, custom vehicles and dragsters as well as hovercraft rides.
October 26 and 27 is scheduled for news media and VIPs. Said expo will be opened for public on the 28th of October. Tickets are priced at R50. Said tickets will be available this month at the Computicket.
The American motoring public once again fears the three dollar mark in the price of gasoline. This fear is made even more believable when the price of gasoline in California reaches the three dollar mark. But in response to this, the American Automobile Association (or the AAA) announced that the more than $3 per gallon price of gasoline in the West Coast is unlikely to spread all over the country.
According to the not-for-profit automobile lobby group, the average price of gasoline in the country is at $2.545 per gallon although the average in California is much higher for gasoline now is traded at $3.121 per gallon. The AAA stated that the reason for the high price of gasoline in the West Coast is due to the fact that the region has a limited number of oil refineries. Other reasons that AAA cited are the strict air quality standards in the region and the relative isolation of the West Coast from fuel supplies in the country.
While the AAA said that the price of gasoline outside of the West Coast will not reach the three dollar mark, the organization warned that the price of gasoline will continue to increase in the next few months. AAA believes that apart from the West Coast, the country will experience a gradual increase in the price of gasoline as the demand for fuel increases in the season. They also believe that the price of gasoline will peak well below the dreaded three dollar mark.
For those motorists who are thinking that the price of gasoline in the country will once again reach $3 per gallon in the spring, AAA cited the reasons for the three dollar mark in the past two years. The AAA stated that in the years 2005 and 2006, two events played a major role in the increased gas price. In 2005, AAA cited the Hurricane Katrina which has inflicted damage on the energy infrastructure in the country.
The ravaging hurricane made oil refineries supply less fuel to the market which make the price sky rocket. In 2006, Israel’s invasion of Lebanon played a key role in the price of gas in the U.S. The result of the invasion is a threat to the oil shipments going out of the Middle East.
AAA cited that the reasons present in the past couple of years for the sharp increase in the price of gasoline is not present this year. Although it is expected that the price of gasoline will increase due to the increase in the demand for gasoline, AAA believes that there is no reason to believer that the three dollar mark will once again be thrust into the public this year.
The organization which provides a wide range of information for motorists, as wide as the selection of aftermarket parts from Dee Zee, also stated the average of gas prices for the state with the highest price of gasoline. According to the AAA, California has the highest statewide average gas price at $3.121 per gallon. California is followed by Hawaii with an average of $2.906 per gallon. The third state with the highest gas price average is Oregon where gas is sold at an average of $2.782 per gallon.
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