Besides the official BMW cars on their stand during the Techno Classica there were several privately-owned cars scattered throughout the 12 massive halls of the venue. One of those cars was this Group 5 BMW 320 from 1977. I absolutely love this car! This car was originally campaigned by Team Faltz with driver Hans Joachim [...]
For my next feature I wanted to focus on Mercedes. For this year’s Techno Classica they went crazy with a wide range of various models – but I was specifically interested in their SL heritage display. The Mercedes-Benz SL is 60 years old and therefore a household name inside the Mercedes stable. It is no wonder [...]
Despite the fact that Volkswagen owns almost half of Porsche I wanted to dedicate a separate post to this iconic brand. I found the official Porsche stand in a corner of Techno Classica on which they displayed some legendary cars. What to think about this 911 Carrera RS 2.7? The RS stands for Rennsport – Racing – [...]
In my second look at the Techno Classica Essen I’ll focus on the cars that are part of the VW group, such as Lamborghini and Audi. But I’ll start with some special Golfs that were present – like this pristine MkI GTI. I saw this car last year at the Wörthersee event, where it was part [...]
Finally I got the chance to visit Techno Classica in Essen, Germany. This show has somehow eluded me these past few years, but at the beginning of 2012 I put a big red circle around this year’s date. After seeing so many pictures online from previous years I knew it wouldn’t disappoint. The show presents itself as [...]
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I missed the event Techno Classica Event in Essen, so after seeing pictures of that show on the Internet I promised myself I won't miss it next year. I still wanted to dedicate a random snap, but I was in doubt which car would get the honor. In the end this Alfa Romeo 155 V6 [...]
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