Photo Gallery «Picture story Rétromobile 2020 - a pretty packed program»

Name: BMW 507 1957
Brand: BMW

From February 5 to 9, 2020, the 45th Rétromobile opened its doors at the Porte de Versailles in Paris to welcome over 120,000 visitors and show them the most sensational classic cars of all time. This picture story takes a humorous tour of the trade fair and shows the things that not everyone notices.

Allô Rétromobile, allô Paris!

While the IAA or the Geneva Motor Show have to contend with dwindling visitor numbers, ...

... so the rush in Paris was huge again in 2020.

Ready ... set ... go! And the halls were flooded from all sides, ...

... so that the cars were literally lost in the crowd.

Green combustion engines were not really the topic here, ...

... but electricity does.

The great interest at the Rétromobile was in historic electric cars, e.g. from Porsche.

Peugeot showed its VLV électrique from 1941, but already 10 years earlier ...

... Bugatti presented the T56, also with electric drive, at the Salon de l`Auto de Paris in October 1931.

Nevertheless, Paris in no way granted the combustion engine eternal peace, ...

... and once again the "bestsellers on the turntable" were presented.

What a sensational work of art was put on wheels in Maranello with the Ferrari 330 P4, ...

... and just three years later, the Stuttgart-based company went one better with the 917 Longtail.

Just in time for the 40th anniversary of the Audi Quattro, the French also presented their drive concepts, ...

... so Citroën with the Scarabée d'Or from 1922, which rattled from Touggourt (Algeria) to Tombouctou (Mali) ...

... and Renault (1954) with the extremely simple Rotapède, which was never used in the World Rally Championship.

Money still seems to be available, the BMW 507 rose to almost two million euros, ...

... in contrast, the 300 SL was a real bargain at just over a million euros.

And when the hammer fell, even little Fido congratulated his master on his new purchase.

The trade fair was not really clearly laid out and sometimes you had to search quite a bit, ...

... until the corner store was finally found.

Tattoos are all the rage ...

... and now also available for cars.

No, this is not a cattle gate ...

... and this is not a fan, ...

... but this is a spotlight, typical for France ...

... in a clearly recognizable Eiffel Tower design.

Aerodynamic hoods could be admired in every form, whether only with partial ...

... or full glazing ...

... and for the classic convertible driver there were of course also some to buy.

Life-threatening for pedestrians, it is perfect as an aperitif bar - the flat Voisin mudguard!

The R4 will always and forever remain a cult model, even in the new SWB version ...

... the duck has to learn to fly to keep up.

Unfortunately, not all of the stands looked as tidy and well organized as ...

... there were also those where you couldn't hardly tell what they wanted to show.

But there was also an incredible amount to marvel at in 2020, so much so that we are already looking forward to 2021.