RevWorks’ highly anticipated first major car show – RetroSpective – was one I couldn’t miss. Even if it meant a 700km (434mi) drive from Tief im Wald’s 10-year anniversary event in Germany back to the Netherlands.

I left Oberhof at 8:00am, arriving in Brielle at around 3:00pm. That left just an hour and a half to try and capture everything. Given the sheer scale of RetroSpective, it quickly became clear this would be impossible. But I gave it a good shot!

The RevWorks name might be familiar to you – perhaps from my coverage of this year’s Secret Garage Meet 2.0 or their curated hall at the 2024 International Amsterdam Motor Show. If not, let me give you a brief rundown…

RevWorks is a Dutch-based modified car community brand founded in 2012. Originally inspired by this very website, they’ve grown into a well-known name in the European scene, organizing sub-shows within IAMS and 100% Tuning – and their own standalone events, like the Secret Garage Meet mentioned above and their annual RevRun – a three-day, Gumball-inspired event with 70 modified sports, performance and supercars touring the Netherlands, Belgium, and Luxembourg.

So the 2024 RetroSpective wasn’t RevWorks’ first rodeo, but it was their first major car show.

The idea for the event came about in 2019 while the team planned the 2020 RevRun, envisioning a ‘RetroRun’ for cars 25 years and older, on a different route and at a slower pace.

We all know what happened in 2020, and both events were put on hold. But when the world resumed normalcy, so did RevWorks’ event schedule.

However, it would be a few years before the retro event became a reality.

The wheels began turning last year when, while visiting a private collection owned by two brothers, the RevWorks team were shown an impressive museum/bar featuring old Porsches, Mercedes-Benzes, and American muscle cars. The brothers spoke about their idea to host an event on their grounds, and off the back of that RevWorks’ RetroRun rally concept evolved into a static show based around cars aged 25 years and older called RetroSpective.

In creating the event, RevWorks invited cars from all eras: 1960s hotrods, 1970s lowriders, 1980s homologation specials, and 1990s tuners.

They balanced modified cars and show cars with rare performance vehicles from obscure tuners, like this Strosek 930 straight out of the ’80s.

The Liberty Walk Countach, previously only seen in Europe at Ultrace 2024 also featured, as did another controversial supercar-based creation.

The F40 Barchetta Buerleys is a one-of-one Ferrari F40 LM so modified that Ferrari removed it from their register, banning the owner from calling it a Ferrari.

While not all show cars are race cars, the Audi S1 quattro Pikes Peak was a stunning showpiece.

Indoor areas at car shows are normally reserved for special machines, but not here. RetroSpective’s indoor aspect was instead filled with an RC drift track, sneaker vendors, a pop-up tattoo studio, and arcade machines.

The arcade video games inspired some incredibly cool t-shirts and the show’s Top 10 trophies.

I was truly blown away by the diverse range of cars at RetroSpective. Having non-show cars on display alongside show cars gave the event a unique vibe – something never seen before in the Netherlands. RevWorks are onto a really good thing, and I can’t wait to see how RetroSpective evolves in the years to come.

Collin Tiemens
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