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40 years in the service of classic and vintage cars - 40 years of Touring Garage

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Created on May 5, 2017

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Bruno von Rotz

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Garage party of the Touring Garage for its 40th birthday on May 20, 2017 - the Touring Garage today

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Garage party at the Touring Garage for its 40th birthday on May 20, 2017 - Raus has already sold many Beetles

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Many Porsche 356s have passed through the hands of Peter and Katrin Schena-Rau from Touring Garage

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Touring Garage in 1978

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Pre-war and post-war classics in front of the Touring Garage in the 1980s

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Classic and collector's vehicles at the Touring Garage in the 1980s

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Valuable freight - loading for an exhibition at the Touring Garage

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Touring Garage in the eighties

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The Touring Garage in the eighties

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One of many classic cars sold by the Touring Garage - a Porsche 912 Targa

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The current Managing Director of Touring Garage - Katrin Schena-Rau

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Touring Garage today

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Touring Garage in the new millennium

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Garage party at the Touring Garage for its 40th birthday on May 20, 2017 - the guests also came with younger and older cars

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Garage party at the Touring Garage for its 40th birthday on May 20, 2017 - a Mercedes-Benz 300 SL also mingled with the guests

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Garage party of the Touring Garage for its 40th birthday on May 20, 2017 - Balloons for the 40th anniversary

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Garage party at the Touring Garage for its 40th birthday on May 20, 2017 - a colorful mix

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Garage party at the Touring Garage for its 40th birthday on May 20, 2017 - the Porsche 912 is for sale

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Garage party at the Touring Garage for its 40th birthday on May 20, 2017 - a Porsche 912

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Garage party at the Touring Garage for its 40th birthday on May 20, 2017 - good conversation in the midst of beautiful cars

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Touring Garage 40th birthday party on May 20, 2017 - classic cars from Europe and the USA

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Garage party of the Touring Garage for its 40th birthday on May 20, 2017 - classic and youngtimers

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Garage party of the Touring Garage for its 40th birthday on May 20, 2017 - typical for the Touring Garage, an Autobianchi

Summary

The history of the Touring Garage began 40 years ago. Back then, there were no classic or vintage cars, just old cars, collectors' cars or veterans. But a lot of time has passed since then, some things have changed, but the Touring Garage in Oberweningen is still there. This report looks back, revels in the past, but also shows the Touring Garage as it is today.

This article contains the following chapters

A difficult market to address
What are the cars worth?
Eaten from a young age
Millions for Ferraris
Sympathetic entry-level classics preferred
The next generation
40 years of Touring Garage

Estimated reading time: 6min

Preview (beginning of the article)

In the seventies, people were still talking about veterans rather than classic cars. The term "youngtimer" had not even been coined yet; cars from the post-war period were basically considered second-hand or used cars, even if they were often no longer suitable for everyday use. "They were just old cars," says Peter Rau, who founded the Touring Garage in 1977, in an interview. As a businessman, he had taken over Jean Wicki's Renault garage at the time and started selling new cars and more recent used vehicles. However, Peter Rau soon added older vehicles, cars such as the MG A or Triumph Spitfire. The Renault sales department was not at all happy about this and so the business partnership was terminated.

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