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Recently we held our 8th annual Autostyle Motorshow in Umhlanga, Durban.    What started of as a simple meetup of car enthusiasts has now become an annual tradition for us and each year the even gets bigger and bigger.  This year unfortunately we could no longer host the event outside our store.  Luckily the helpful guys at Gateway Shopping Centre  partnered up with us and offered us full use of an entire parking lot.  A mere 300m away from our store. Check out photographs over here

The event was absolutely awesome with Durban showcasing some of the best automotive styling concepts and designs out there.   We commissioned FreeStyleFilms.co.za to shoot the event,  check out a trailer video of the days event.

Autostyle Expo Durban, South Africa from Freestyle Films on Vimeo.

We at Autostyle Motorsport have been an integral part of the technical side of the movie. Stuff like advising on race car models, design trends and popular products.   Being in Cairo means I missed the official launch and will most likely only watch it on dvd this June (unless Cairo Cinema decides otherwise:)

That said,  be sure to support South African cinema and support a movie with a positive message.  Their cast should appeal to all race groups in South Africa,  check out the trailer below. I’ve been told there’s tons of Autostyle placements from the race tracks to the vehicle signage to authentic street credible accessories.

The Race-ist Movie is showing at major cinemas in South Africa from 1st April 2010

Way back in 2006 I created this little company overview to pitch us to potential suppliers, publishers and the like.

Earlier today I posted it on Slideshare.net to share the document with more clients.  At time of this post, Slideshare.net has it featured on their Automotive category

old homepage

Recently the Autostyle website was given a facelift.  Many new features on screen and behind the scenes were implemented to keep up with current trends and usability.

Right from the start, you’ll notice the site is a lot more wider.  On the old site (2 years old) we had to cater for a substantial 800×600 monitor resolution userbase.  Fast forward to 2009 using Google Analytics, I can now safely say that minimum monitor resolutions is now at 1024×768.

Colors and side navigation has not strayed too much from the old site. I have grouped the categories further and given the popular Car Audio its own menu bar. The titles of each category is also alot more visible. (more…)

This is an interesting issue.  Over the years I have asked various scholars and received fairly mediocre answers.  Personally with the Autostyle online store, it was started with the correct intentions.  Sure one of it was to improve turnover but also to provide a service to our customers with:
1) online catalogue,
2) easier & quicker way to order,
3) safe online enviroment to purchase,
4) door to door delivery,
5) servicing customers who cant drive to our store.
However, in Islam one cannot sell a commodity without owning it.  For you to sell a tyre, you must own the tyre and then sell it to whoever. I suppose using this logic the world economy would be in a better place right now. (more…)