Techno Classica Essen

22st Techno-Classica Essen – 7*-11 April 2010

 

World Show for Vintage, Classic and Prestige Automobiles, Motorsport, Motorcycles, Spare Parts and Restauration– World Club Meeting –

 

Date: 7* – 11 April 2010

*7st April: Preview, Trade and Press day

Opening hours: Comming soon

Location: MESSE ESSEN, Norbertstr. 2, D-45131 Essen

Exhibition area: 110.000 m2 divided into 20 halls and 4 open air areas

Number of exhibitor 2009: more than 1.000 exhibitors from 28 countries, including clubs: 220

Number of visitors 2009: 168.900 visitors from 41 countries

 

 

Audi, which also belongs to the VW Group, will be celebrating "30 years of the quattro" at TECHNO-CLASSICA. The Ingolstadt-based company is presenting five cars fitted with the permanent four-wheel drive: the 1980 urquattro, the 1987 Audi coupé quattro, the 1993 Audi RS2, the 1995 Audi S2 coupé and the Audi V8 DTM. The latter is celebrating its 20th anniversary: It was in this four-wheel drive V8 that Hans-Joachim Stuck brought the exciting season to a close with a victory in the last race of the 1990 German Touring Car Championship. The 700 square meter stand in hall 7 also houses the Audi museum mobile, the Audi Club International (ACI), the umbrella organisation for all Audi clubs, as well as all the clubs for the predecessor makes.

 

As in previous years, the Volkswagen Group will be taking over a large part of hall 7. This year’s presentation will remind visitors that SUVs, fun cars and crossover vehicles – from the 181 to the Touareg II, which is being rolled out in the spring – are rooted in a tradition that goes back 40 years. On display will be the last production VW 181, as well as a VW Tarek, a VW Golf Country (which, incidentally, is celebrating its 20th anniversary), a VW Dune Buggy, and a VW Iltis – which won the Paris Dakar no less than 30 years ago, in 1980. A further focus will be provided by the 1st International K70 Club, with two VW K70s owned by club members: It was 40 years ago that the NSU-developed car came on the market.

 

• The museum run by the Volkswagen AutoMuseum Foundation will be exhibiting two cars to mark 75 years of the Volkswagen Beetle: a VW 3 replica of the 1935 original and the "50 Years of the Beetle" anniversary car from 1985. An eye-catcher from the VW Classic Parts division is the 1952 "pretzel-window" Beetle, known affectionately as the "pea" because of its green colour. Two Beetle fans entered last year’s Panamericana in this car.

For VW it’s very important that all the divisions – Volkswagen Classic, Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles, and Vintage Cars and AutoMuseum/Classic Parts Center – should share one common design to show that they are all part of the Volkswagen family.

 

• The Autostadt in Wolfsburg, with the ZeitHaus, a museum that includes all the marques that go to make up the VW Group, is celebrating its 10th anniversary this year and points out that, with more than 2.2 million visitors in 2009 alone, it is the most-visited automobile experience in the world. With 11 fascinating cars, all based on the Beetle chassis, the Zeithaus will be showing how special bodies changed the face of the Beetle. The rarities include, for example, a Rometsch Beeskow cabriolet and coupé, a Beutler special cabriolet, a Volkswagen 14A Hebmüller cabriolet, a VW Denzel sport, and further little-known highlights from Volkswagen’s history.

Noen som skal nedover?

Når er påsken i år?

Når er påsken i år?

 

Skjærtorsdag faller på 1. april i år mener jeg på

Oi, skal jo være i Tyskland i påsken.

 

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