Spring awakens in Stuttgart: the 23rd edition of the largest trade fair for driving culture starts its engines on the last weekend in April: Curtain up for Retro Classics in Stuttgart, where all driving culture enthusiasts will get their money's worth from April 25 to 28, 2024.
Cheers to the exclusive and individual!
After a successful premiere at the seventh Retro Classics Bavaria last December in Nuremberg, the special tuning show "Lower, wider, faster - the tuning icons of the 80s and 90s" is entering its second round.
It will also take visitors to Stuttgart from April 25 to 28, 2024 on a journey back in time to perhaps the brightest and most individual era of the automobile: In Hall 3, you can look forward to a unique compilation of vehicles that will provide a big stage for individual sports cars from Japan as well as European tuning classics!
Avant-garde on wheels: 50 years of the Citroën CX
The 70s and Citroën: Despite the oil crisis, the signs were pointing to progress, and so in August 1974, the Citroën CX luxury-class model not only debuted as one of the most advanced automobiles of its time, but also as a "genuine", individual Citroën: Magnifying speedometer, satellite controls, concave rear window, hydraulic power steering, a separate chassis and a body design that followed consistent aerodynamics made the CX an unmistakable vehicle that offered maximum driving comfort and was promptly named "Car of the Year 1975".
See highlights from 16 years of the Citroen CX as part of a large special show at Retro Classics Stuttgart, presented by the Citroen CX Club e.V. in Hall 5.
"If you've got a turbo, you're king!" - 50 years of the Porsche Turbo
Who would have thought it: when the Swiss Robert Büchi applied for a patent for the turbocharger in 1905 and the first turbo engine for an airplane was developed in 1911, nobody could have imagined that the turbocharger would really take off during the oil crisis at the beginning of the 1970s. BMW entered the stage with the 2002 Turbo, and in October 1974 Porsche presented the Turbo (Type 930) at the Paris Motor Show, which not only took the 911, but sports cars in general to a completely new level of performance: With a displacement of 3.0 liters, 260 hp and a top speed of 250 km/h, the Porsche Turbo was the fastest German production sports car at the time.
It marks the beginning of a new automotive era, also visually: flared fenders, a large rear wing and the simple "turbo" lettering at the rear. Immerse yourself in the history of the Porsche Turbo at the Porsche Museum stand in Hall 1 at Retro Classics Stuttgart.
Italian avant-garde: Lancia Thema and Lancia Kappa
What Citroën was to France, Lancia was to Italy: technical avant-garde, innovations and always one idea ahead.
In 1984, Lancia introduced the top-of-the-range Thema model, which even featured a Ferrari V8 engine (Thema 8.32) in its top-of-the-range version and was to remain the only production saloon with a Ferrari engine to this day.
After ten years of production, the Lancia Thema was replaced by the Kappa series, which was even more luxurious and, in addition to an elegant coupé, even offered a representative limousine, one of which will be on display in Hall 7 as part of the large Lancia anniversary special show organized by the Lancia IG.
Further information on the popular classic car fair in Stuttgart can be found on the event's website.
