About the show
Hi, my name is Geof Tartoosie & I'm the guy that puts the Extreme Auto Expo together.
For 10 years I used to own a car accessory company, Emtech Automotive & exhibited at over 100 shows all over Australia. In 2006 I sold the business & was looking for another project to sink my teeth into,so when the Extreme Horsepower Show came up for sale in 2007 I decided to take on the challenge. I'd been to hundreds of car shows all over the world, how hard could it be? Well it's hard, damn hard but the feeling my team & I get when the show is up and running & the Jubilee Pavilion is full makes all the hard work worth it. I've made a lot of new friends over the last few years because of this show & I'm looking forward to making plenty more.
The Extreme Auto Expo is an Expo that has evolved & moved with the times.
For years carshows have stayed with a tried & true formula that unfortunately just doesn't work successfully anymore.
Nowadays people have many choices when they want to be entertained & everybody seems to be very time poor. When they make the decision to come to Extreme they need to be entertained.
Having travelled all over Australia & the world I've seen plenty of Expos/Shows & major sporting events. What I am trying to do with the Extreme Auto Expo is take the good parts of everything I have seen & add them to the basics of what a custom car & bike show should be within a strict budget. You need to have Hot Rods, Street Machines, Hi Tech Tuners, Competition Vehicles, Bikes, Boats & a "must see" feature car or two. You need the latest parts & accessories, some light entertainment, stuff for the kids to do, some action on the dyno, cars moving around outside like the Zipple Cruise, Simulators & some fine weather also helps too. This years show has received a lot of interest already & promises to be the best yet. I still have plenty of ideas for the show but I don't believe I know it all. So, if you have any suggestions/ideas of what the show might need to make it that little bit better please email me, I'd love to hear what you've got to say.
My attitude is that the Extreme Auto Expo is not owned solely by me but by all South Australians, I'm just the guy that makes it all happen.
Hope to see you at the show
Cheers
