Car fans going round the Benz

Aren't convertibles fun? You just put on a headscarf and sunglasses, drop the top and off you go. So high-octane excitement was in the air when Mercedes-Benz China unveiled its SLK sports cars to more than 700 people at Oceanview in Cyberport.

Promoted as one of the world's most exciting cars, plenty of socialites turned out for a close-up look at the SLK as Mercedes-Benz China president Peter Honegg and his team revved up the hospitality. While dancers performed energetically on stage, guests enjoyed an evening of fine food, wine and petrolhead talk. After all, 150 Hong Kong people had already pre-ordered the cars just in time for the summer.

Among the celebrities were RoadShow director Amanda Lui Yee-fai; Thomas Wu, the deputy managing director of Hopewell Holdings; fashion designers Benny Yeung Chun-yuen and Johanna Ho; Siberian Fur scion Jennifer Fong; interior designer Andrew Kinoshita; and Lam Kin-ming, son of tycoon Lim Por-yen.