Auto Salon is Australia’s largest automotive lifestyle show incorporating the best in modified show cars, a national model search contest, live concert entertainment, exclusive appearances and thousands in prize giveaways from centre stage.
Show cars from across Australia and New Zealand come together in the hundreds to compete for the top honour of being nominated the ultimate King of Auto Salon. The competition is always fierce with entrants building the hottest modified rides of unbelievable description, unique themes, wide-body modifications and high-tech gadgetry.
Additionally, Auto Salon has always looked to showcase the best from overseas. A few of the past feature cars have included the pearlescent orange glow of the Chargespeed S2000 appearing exclusively in Australia through Auto Salon. This wide-bodied, graphics-laden, all-carbon-fibre interior Honda S2000, has never been seen outside Japan until the 2006 show series. The gravity defying Air Rider was another crowd favourite as it demonstrated its extravagant engineering by literally launching itself almost three-meters off the ground vertically from all four wheels.
The West Coast Custom 300C was another Auto Salon exclusive made by the original car building team of the very popular MTV show Pimp My Ride. This convertible had won accolades and awards in America as it was the only kind of its type in the world.
Last year Auto Salon stepped it up once more, as it once again secured the exclusive rights to tour the outrageous American made Alpine Mini – considered the most modified car of its type in the world. This amazing little Mini Cooper S has no doors, no roof and has a full motorized floor and centre-console seat that slides out through the boot! Only seen at the at the Melbourne, Sydney, Gold Coast, Perth and Adelaide shows.
Auto Salon is more than just a car show. Adding great highlight to the weekend show is the official 2008 Lonsdale Miss Auto Salon swimsuit contest. This year the model comp has teamed up with the ultra-cool established brand Lonsdale London. So if you are looking for that one big break with a once in a lifetime opportunity to be apart of a Lonsdale photoshoot not to mention competing for $25 000 in total cash and prizes including a Samsung 50' Plasma TV, Home Theatre System, MP3 Players a JB HI FI Car Radio System, Autosalon Magazine Photoshoot, Flights and Accomodation to the National Finals in Sydney plus lots more then this search will definitely be a serious contender for the modeling opportunity of the year.
The Lonsdale Miss Auto Salon swimsuit competition will be held across Australia’s major cities with the aim to discover, promote and encourage the future modeling talent of one lucky girl for 2008-09. Past winners of the model search have been featured in various magazines including our very own premium publication Autosalon Magazine, plus being editorially featured in Inside Sport, FHM, and overseas. The winners have also participated in numerous advertising campaigns for Auto Salon across newspapers, magazines, posters and of course television commercials. Not to mention their further ongoing sucess in the industry some of whom are now signed with top model agencies in the country. Overall, the contest is a great opportunity for all contestants to have fun, enjoy a day of glamour and attention, meet new people and expand upon their modeling career and experience.
Audiences have come to expect more and more from the Auto Salon show serious. As is evident from the way Auto Salon has become synonymous with state-of-the-art and out-of-this-world show cars, modifications and the young adult lifestyle of live music, entertainment, technology, the national modeling contest, and the tens of thousands in daily giveaways. Auto Salon will continue to deliver in the realm of automotive lifestyle and set new grounds in entertainment and showmanship. See you at the shows…
Australia 2008 Tour Dates
Gold Coast Show
31 May – 1 June
Gold Coast Convention Centre, Broadbeach
(COMPLETED)
Sydney Show
21 June – 22 June
Royal Hall Of Industries, Hordon Pavillion
(COMPLETED)
Perth Show
26 July – 27 July
Perth Convention Centre, Perth
(COMPLETED)
Adelaide Show
9 August – 10 August
Adelaide Showground, Wayville
(COMPLETED)
Newcastle Show
13 September – 14 September
Newcastle Entertainment Centre, Newcastle
(COMPLETED)
Melbourne Show
4 October – 5 October
Melbourne Exhibition Centre, Southbank
(COMPLETED)
Brisbane Show
18 October – 19 October
Brisbane Convention Centre, Southbank
(COMPLETED)
Thank you Autosalon! Competing in the Miss Lonsdale Autosalon national finals certainly gave me the opportunity to get my face out there- and i love the feature of us 10 finalists in the current issue- looks great!
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