 "Reporters fight for goodies, Hero fails to unveil new bike: Goof-ups at Auto Expo")
Automobile journalist and editor of OVERDRIVE had tweeted in the morning, ‘hope the Expo isn’t a damp sqib.’ Half a day into this this year’s Auto Expo, and we already know it clearly isn’t.
Forbes India Assistant Editor Udit Misra reports that the Honda stall at the show almost fell thanks to the rowdy rush by mediapersons.
Journalists gathered around various stalls at the Expo to collect the official press release (read some minor goodies like a pen or a pen drive), which led to complete chaos at the event!
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Goof-ups reign at the Auto Expo.Reuters.[/caption]
Soon, foreigners started mocking, “And this is what they call Incredible India”.
Even fellow Indian journalists as well as the Indian exhibitors are mortified by the journalists fighting like cats and dogs among each other to get their hands on yet another free gift!
But it’s not just the mediapersons.
Hero Motogot Perizaad Zorabian to anchor their presser. In a briefing before the launch, Pawan Munjal gave a briefing on their new bike -“It is customised to go off the road. It is the Passion PRO TR.”
But as they were about to unveil it, the bike refused to come out of the covers due to some technical glitch. This is a faux pas, reported Forbes India’s Udit Misra.
Unlike its products, Hero’s presser has left a lot be desired esp the Passion Pro TR fiasco.