Story and photos by Hugues Vanhoolandt
After 35 years, the traditional Techno Classica Essen show became Retro Classics Essen in 2026 (held April 8-12), following the takeover of the organization by the team behind Retro Classics Stuttgart.
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Techno Classica at Essen, 2019
Story and photos by Hugues Vanhoolandt
This year the Techno-Classica classic car show held in Essen, Germany, April 13-14, celebrated its 30th birthday. With the Parisian Rétromobile show, it remains at the top of the European classic car shows in terms of the number and the quality of cars presented (more than 2,700 this year) and the number of visitors (190,000 over four days). [Read more…] about Techno Classica at Essen, 2019
Techno-Classica Essen, Germany 2018
Story and Photos by Hugues Vanhoolandt
For the 30th consecutive year, Techno-Classica continued to set records, despite the fact that another event, Retro Classics in Stuttgart, was organized at the same time and only 400 kilometers from Essen.
If the classic car market has calmed down after the hype of recent years, at shows like Techno-Classica, there is always the same amount of classic cars, if not more. And the prizes remain strong for the quality cars.
In fact, one of the world’s leading auction house, RM Sotheby’s, has announced that it will organize a spectacular auction during next year’s Techno-Classica, bringing this event to another dimension.
But before that, let’s have a look to a small selection of what was on show this year. [Read more…] about Techno-Classica Essen, Germany 2018
Techno Classica Show Essen, Germany, 2017
A year later, Gangloff also penned the body of this Type 57 C. The design has evolved to a more exuberant style, more usually seen on Saoutchik or Figoni creations.
Story and photos by Hugues Vanhoolandt
“Techno Classica Essen, the entire classic world under one roof”. This was the motto of the German show now in its 29th edition and held from April 5-9.
The numbers speaks for themselves as the show attracts more than 1,250 exhibitors and 220 clubs and communities of interest, showing more than 2,500 collector cars. Needless to say that two days are a minimum to see the entire exhibition, still at a fast pace. We will therefore concentrate on some specials from France and Italy. [Read more…] about Techno Classica Show Essen, Germany, 2017
Techno Classica Show, Essen Germany
Like Ferrari and other manufacturers, Lamborghini also has its own restoration department. Here is the just restored first Miura P400 SV presented at the 1971 Geneva Motor Show together with a P400 S chassis before restoration.
Story and photos by Hugues Vanhoolandt
[We would like to mention that Hugues Vanhoolandt submitted his first story to VeloceToday from the Techno Essen show in 2008. His contributions in the past 8 years to the pages of VeloceToday are all outstanding. Thank you, Hugues! Ed.]
Organized for the first time in 1989, the Techno Classica Show in Essen, Germany is the biggest fair for vintage and classic cars in the world. With 127,000 square meters of exhibition space, 2,700 vehicles on sale and 201,000 visitors, this year is no exception.
While dozens of Porsche 911s, Mercedes 190 SLs and 300 SLs are exhibited, you can be sure to find Italian rarities at every corner.
Here is a small selection of the Italian and French cars at this year’s show. [Read more…] about Techno Classica Show, Essen Germany
26th Techno Classica at Essen with Hugues Vanhoolandt
Mercedes-Benz celebrated their 120 years of Motorsport with a spectacular display of open-wheel race cars, from the early French Grand Prix winning car of 1914 to the recent Mercedes-powered Formula One McLarens.
Story and Photos by Hugues Vanhoolandt
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The Techno Classica show in Essen, Germany is perhaps the biggest world fair for classic cars. That is the reason why the German automobile manufacturers are represented with large historic booths, like Mercedes-Benz, Audi, Volkswagen, Porsche and BMW. [Read more…] about 26th Techno Classica at Essen with Hugues Vanhoolandt