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exposition center. The venue has three floors so the expo was divided in three sections: "Armadoras" (Carmakers) 1 and 2 and "Commercial" (for trucks and commercial vehicles). The car market started increasing since this year so every year more and more carmakers started assisting to this event. In
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The Auto Show returns to the Centro
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For 2003, the organizing committee decided to deviate from the affordable-car paradigm of previous editions and presented the show under the "Extravaganzza
Automotriz" motto. The show presented exotic and concept cars, notably
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and others. This addition was met with strong criticism by attendants expecting to find what they expected from the previous shows. There were up to 30 makers, including exotic makers like
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