According to earlier plan, the five-day show was to conclude yesterday.

Announcing the extension at the fair venue yesterday, Chairman of Bangladesh Automobiles Distributors Association (BADA), the organiser of the first ever such show, M Salahuddin said they extended the exhibition amid requests from people from different parts of the country.

Under the new schedule, the fair will now conclude tomorrow. The fair will remain open from 10:00am to 9:00pm today and tomorrow, he said.

The fair organised by Bangladesh Automobiles Distributors Association began last Wednesday at China-Bangladesh Friendship Conference Centre in Dhaka.

Meanwhile, on the fifth day, the car carnival continued to witness huge crowd. Despite scorching heat, people from all ages gathered at the fair venue to see the latest cars of world's leading manufacturers.

They were inquiring the exhibitors about price, durability and other features of cars.

Salahuddin said about 10,000 to 12,000 people are visiting the fair a day on an average. On Friday, the fair witnessed the highest number of visitors with about 15,000 people.

Distributors are getting a good number of bookings and spot orders at the fair. Multimode Transport Consultant Ltd, distributor of Malaysian Proton, leads with 337 bookings. A One Motors Ltd has so far got five orders for Volvo S80 and four for Volvo S40. A&A Autos Ltd, distributor of Italian Fiat and Alfa Romeo, has sold four Alpha Romeos, each worth Tk 22 lakh, and also sold two FIAT Siena each worth Tk 7.5 lakh.

Nitol Motors Ltd sold two Tata Safari and Meghna Automobiles Ltd sold one Kia Pregio microbus worth 10.9 lakh. Rancon Motors Ltd is exhibiting the most expensive car in the fair. The customised value of its Mercedes Benz C Class is 62 lakh. An official of Rancon Motors said they are seeing interest from prospective customers.

Rangs Ltd is exhibiting Mitsubishi Galant, Mitshubishi Pajero Sport and Mitsubishi Lancer and also Bolero from Mahindra. Many of the Mitshubishi brands are sold out at the fair.

Amfico Motors Ltd (distributor of Hyundai), Ifad Autos Ltd (Ashok Leyland), Navana Ltd (Toyota and Hino), Uttara Motors Ltd (Maruti-Suzuki, Swaraj-Mazda and Isuzu) are also getting orders and bookings for their new brands.

BADA chairman also said the raffle draw on entry coupons will be held on June 10 at a press conference. The first prize is a 1300CC brand new car, 2nd prize a 800CC taxicab, 3rd prize an air conditioner, 4th prize a 12-CFT refrigerator and 5th prize a Pentium-4 personal computer.

Besides, 6th prize is an IPS, 7th prize a colour television set, 8th prize a microwave oven, 9th prize a DVD player, 10th prize a camera and special prizes are 10 mobile phones.