Special exhibition at the Louwman Museum - super sports cars of the nineties

TEXTJune 4, 2024 · 3 min

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Louwman Supercars of the 90's - the coolest cars from back then

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Louwman Supercars of the 90's - Aston Martin

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Louwman Supercars of the 90's - Bugatti EB110 Supersport

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Louwman Supercars of the 90's - Ferrari F50

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Louwman Supercars of the 90's - Jaguar XJ220

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Louwman Supercars of the 90's - MCLaren F1

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Louwman Supercars of the 90's - Mercedes-Benz C112

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Louwman Supercars of the 90's - Mercedes-Benz CLK GTR

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Louwman Supercars of the 90's - Nissan 390 GT1

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Louwman Supercars of the 90's - Porsche 911 GT1

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Louwman Supercars of the 90's - Vector W8

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The Louwman Museum has set itself the task of showing all facets and eras of the development of the automobile. Last year, the focus was on the "cycle cars" of the early decades of the last century. This year, the time machine has been set to the nineties. "We are highlighting the super sports cars from this period because there was a hype about high-performance super sports cars in this decade.

It all started in the 80s. Numerous new brands came onto the market. Many new launches were announced in the early 1990s. But the financial crisis of 1992/93 caused wealthy enthusiasts to shy away and led to a decline in new orders for supercars, which in turn led to many brands going bankrupt and projects being terminated prematurely," explains Ronald Kooyman, Director of the Louwman Museum.

Impressive super sports cars

Nevertheless, numerous interesting and impressive super sports cars appeared in the 1990s. "We have managed to put together a unique collection, whereby we define 'super sports cars' as cars that are produced in limited numbers, have at least 500 hp and reach a top speed of over 300 km/h.
Within this group, we have divided the cars into different categories: Production models, limited editions, homologation specials and prototypes. Some of the cars have never been seen in the Netherlands or even in the Benelux. Perhaps nowhere else in the world in this combination...", says Kooyman.

Louwman Supercars of the 90's - MCLaren F1

Models on display in the special show

Production vehicles:
Aston Martin Vantage V600
Bugatti EB110 Super Sport
Vector W8
Vehicles with a small (limited) number of units
Ferrari F50
Jaguar XJ220
McLaren F1
Homologation Specials
Mercedes CLK GTR road version
Nissan R390 GT1
Porsche 911 GT1 street version
Toyota GT-One street
Prototypes
BMW M8 E31
Mercedes-Benz C112