:: Khairul Islam (Taj)
Country’s much awaited Motor Fest for the motorbike & car loving generation has kicked off gloriously. The venue is ICCB convention hall-5 (Puspoguccho), Bashundhara, Dhaka & its adjacent Expo Zone. Total 22 companies are participating in this Expo showing their latest products, offers & services related to motorbike, car & vehicle. The fest is going on from February (22-24) having thrilling bike & car stunt by adventurous rides throughout all three days’ noon till evening. The live concert of famous artists and top bands after evening (2nd & 3rd day), some fun games option in almost every stall & surprise gifts, raffle draws for the visitors are constantly ready. The entry fee is 200 Tk only for each visitor with a bunch of entertainment.
The organizer of this fest & CEO of Wizard Showbiz, Mr. Arifuzzaman Russel has been arranging such fest since 2017 at Chattagram. The fest took place there for 6 times eariler & once in Dhaka last year. This year, upcoming 7th Chattagram Motor Fest will take place in a bigger scale from October (17-19) at GEC Convention Hall, Ctg. ensuring the participation of more relevant top brands & companies. To note, 3rd Dhaka Motor fest is scheduled to be held at the same ICCB Convention Hall, Dhaka next year dated (6-8), February, 2025.
CEO of Wizard Arrifuzzaman Russel tells- “because of present unstable condition and situation of the country, this Expo couldn’t be much bigger as I expected. But, the upcoming ones will be bigger & more participatory. Despite all odds, I am thankful to the participants.”
Among dignitary participants, United Bike Station with superb collection of luxury motorbikes of hundred models, Ayon Motors with various car & bike accessories, BP Middle East LLC presenting world famous Castrol, Ibrahim & Rana Enterprise with Flamingo of USA & Preto of Italy, Maxiss Tyers, ACI Motors with SMK helmets, Carbeauty.BD with any required customized style seats & beatification items, Motor Seba representing RT- Fronuse (genuine Japanese equipment), Zess Tyre & Tube which is Bangladeshi tyre manufacturer, Twincore Moto, Shafiq Paint & Group offering Color coating bank & Auto Refinishes from Korea (HiQ), Hasan Trading Corp., Impex Energy Ltd. Offering Kixx brand, Shevron BD with products Caltex havoline & Techron fuel system cleaner, Trade services Int’l showing Total Energies brand, Parts Bikroy.com (online media partner of fest), Eurogrip attend the Motor fest.
Manager & Team Leader- James Ashis Mondol boasts of his company’s product most authentic from Japan which are sold in official website giving one stop solution.
Two young spokesmen, Md. Ibrahim Hossain & Masraf Ifty from Ibrahim Enterprise both emphasized on more publicity of the fest. They claimed their products genuinely imported.
Nasir Uddin, manager of Historical Hasan Trading Corp focused on its imported spare parts & torch in the expo. Hasan trading has a sister concern called Zess Tyres.
Kamruzzaman Shuvo, admin of Bike Bd group in his stall offers attractive raffle-draw.
Ariful Islam, business development manager of Meghna Petrolium urged for massive publicity & larger participation in this fest.
Twincore motor’s owner Syed Naseer Uddin Ahmed Raffee being in biker’s community, focused on- good service, price, quality, behavior & aftersales service etc. for success in the motor industry business. His Twincore moto will open in Sylhet in premium style before this ramadan.
Bodyian color bank system & latest HiQ coating polish were highlighted by S M Mahfuzur Rahman Mohsin, business team manager of Shafiq Paint Group.
Amit Saha, Sr. executive & Eng. Partha Sarathy of TSI Group focused on massive promo & publicity of products & fest’s news.
Markteing executive Shabder Hossen Raju of Kixx BD says- our products are more durable in terms of milage.
Faez Ullah, sales & marketing manager of Swan Int’l offering Maxxis tyres of Taiwan says- Since 1989, we offer A to Z tyre solution including tyre for private car, bike, bus, truck and other vehicles at lower price giving longevity guarantee.
Adnan Abdullah, CEO & founder of Ayan Motors having another Ctg based business named Dreamz Drive, says- in motor fest, private car should be more in numbers compared to bikes.
James Paul Sarker, Partner of Car Beauty.bd (physical & online), says- with imported raw material for leather goods, we make own product on any required customization.
The Motor Fest is supposed to end on 24 February, 2024 with a grand closing ceremony.