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COURTESY HAWAII AUTOMOBILE DEALERS ASSOCIATION
Attendance at the First Hawaiian International Auto Show at the Hawai‘i Convention Center during the weekend increased 7.3 percent from last year, according to Motor Trend Auto Shows Inc., which produced the show for the Hawaii Automobile Dealers Association. The producer did not reveal total attendance. Hawaii auto dealers are predicting new vehicle sales this year will rise 6.5 percent to 47,750 vehicles. In 2012, new vehicle registrations totaled 44,830. In the photo above, a crowd gathered to watch a contestant select from 295 money bags that had been placed near a Maserati. One contestant per hour had an opportunity to win $100,000. No one did.