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IDLE AUTO FEST

A GREAT SUCCESS

A premium automotive mall experience within an actual mall

Text and Photographs by Chris Wall Media

O n the weekend of 21 and main attraction was the assembly of Also on stage was the Street Dance

at least 80 of the country’s neatest
22 May, the Mall of Africa
battle run by MGHHDA (Mario
and cleanest modified cars and bikes
Gomes Hip Hop Dance Academy)
in Waterfall played host to
the inaugural idle Auto Fest,
member crews battling it out against
a two‐day automotive extravaganza that competed for top honours in that featured various multiple‐
various Show & Shine classes.
complete with exhibitor stalls, live each other for top honours. This
entertainment and a car and bike A team of experienced judges spent ended up being quite the spectacle
show, featuring some of SA’s best most of the weekend inspecting all with a massive crowd gathered
customised vehicles. Spanning a the finer details of the vehicles and around to watch the talented
massive 3.35km across the mall’s awarded and subtracted scoring kids dancing their hearts out.
rooftop parking, the idle Auto Fest points to eventually pick winners in
promised a lot, and even with the a few predefined categories. While The exhibitors were made up of
inclement weather, 14 500 people this was taking place, the crowds Original Equipment Manufacturers
attended over the weekend. were kept entertained with product (OEMs), such as Toyota, Lexus,
demonstrations that they could Hyundai, VW, Peugeot, Nissan,
With the idle Auto Fest being an participate in to win prizes, like using Mitsubishi, Opel, Citroen, Renault and
automotive lifestyle show, exhibitors power tools to change wheels. And on Shelby SA, and the rest were from the
in attendance were linked to cars, the main stage, the RocoMamas burger aftermarket world. Tuning and styling
accessories, performance parts and eating competition showed that chilli shops had massive stands packed
the associated merchandise. But the really doesn’t affect some people. with customer or project cars to show

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