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What Crisis?
Car Shows Expect To Attract Thousands
If Costa Rica is in an economic crisis it
was not seen at the annual car show,
ExpoMovil 2009, that began yesterday and
will run all week, on the fair grounds west
of the Plaza Real Cariari.
On hand are all the major car dealers in
Costa Rica, representing all the major
automobile manufactures, Toyota, Nissan,
Mercedez Benz, Mitsubishi, Ford, Chevrolet,
etc., as well as a host of aftermarket
suppliers to spiff your vehicle or make it
security, like that offer by the Colombian
group, BlindCorp, who will armour your
vehicle, depending on your needs.
The concept of the ExpoMovil is for car
buyers to shop around for the best vehicle
and the best financing.
Both Scotiabank and BAC San Jose have set up
booths for customers to obtain instant
financing on rates as low as 4.5% and terms
up to 62 nmonths. All that is required is
that the buyer come up with a 10% down
payment.
Although there is a lot of criticism for the
ExpoMovil, mainly that is not a car show,
but rather a large car lot, it does go on
every year - three years in a row now - and
thousands come out to see the latest model
cars, including farm vehicles.
In Costa Rica there ares some 700.000
passenger vehicles and Costa Ricas,
according to industry experts, change their
cars every five years.
ExpoMovil is open from 11am to 9pm Monday to
Friday, 9am to 10pm on Saturdays and Sundays
and costs ˘2.000 colones to enter and ˘1.000
to park your vehicle.
Wear comfortable shoes, hiking booths best
as the fair grounds are not paved, a hat and
lots of sun shade.
Of course, what's a car show in Costa Rica
without beautiful girls. One aftermarket
supplier
makes sure his booth gets all the attention
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