Auto Technica Essen 2015

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Voldemort

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6,092 posts

277 months

Monday 20th April 2015
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Had the means, motive and opportunity to nip over for this last week.

It's...er....vast.

Enjoy

https://plus.google.com/photos/1123538276960849320...

GTRene

16,374 posts

223 months

Monday 20th April 2015
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great pictures

cant remember seeing such Opel before, the front looks lovely.



the rear good do with some restyling for my liking.


Riley Blue

20,915 posts

225 months

Monday 20th April 2015
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AKA Techno Classica and yes, it was a superb show.

iva cosworth

44,044 posts

162 months

Monday 20th April 2015
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Great set of pics V.

Note to self ....do NOT miss this next year !

[went in 2012,13,14]

dbdb

4,311 posts

172 months

Monday 20th April 2015
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Excellent pictures - thanks for posting them.

strummerville

1,014 posts

126 months

Tuesday 21st April 2015
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Agreed - great pics. Is it an annual show?

iva cosworth

44,044 posts

162 months

Tuesday 21st April 2015
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Yes it is.

mph

2,316 posts

281 months

Tuesday 21st April 2015
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First time I've been, absolutely fantastic.

Makes the NEC look like an overcrowded village fete.








iva cosworth

44,044 posts

162 months

Tuesday 21st April 2015
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I might have asked this before.

Is Techno classica better than Retromobile Paris ?

Been to TC but not Retromobile.

Paracetamol

4,225 posts

243 months

Tuesday 21st April 2015
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I would say that Retromobile has more of the very high end cars on display and the auctions are much better. But Techno has a much greater breadth of cars and is the bigger show. There is also alot more to buy at Techno- its more of a market/exhibition. Paris is less so, but mostly because the cars are so 'up there'.

On balance I would go to Techno over Retro...

sim16v

2,176 posts

200 months

Tuesday 21st April 2015
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mph said:
Makes the NEC look like an overcrowded village fete.
This!

I love the show, managed off and on for the last 15 years or so, but didn't make it this year.

Jagmanv12

1,573 posts

163 months

Tuesday 21st April 2015
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iva cosworth said:
I might have asked this before.

Is Techno classica better than Retromobile Paris ?

Been to TC but not Retromobile.
Retromobile is far smaller, about 15% of TC.

RDMcG

19,096 posts

206 months

Wednesday 22nd April 2015
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I would love to see this one day. Great pics, thanks for posting!

Benbay001

5,794 posts

156 months

Wednesday 22nd April 2015
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GTRene said:
Interesting aero design.
Looks like a plane wing.
scratchchin

S6OOH

1,068 posts

256 months

Wednesday 22nd April 2015
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Looks good, another event to add to the list. Cannot believe a Rover Metro got in though!

Voldemort

Original Poster:

6,092 posts

277 months

Wednesday 22nd April 2015
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Some random and disjointed comments

Thanks for liking the photos. I used a combination of Nikon D5300 with 18-200 lens or the iphone6 and I presume it’s the data from those that sorts the display order of the album and I can’t be bothered to sort them manually.

The rather random pics of the Rheinturm were during my initial wander round Dusseldorf where I had a cheap Best Western by the red light district train station. The trip from there to the exhibition centre was 45-60 min depending on connections. The cost was E4 if you selected your online ticket to include local transport or E18 if you didn’t.

Dusseldorf has a couple of nice corners but it’s not, let’s be kind, it’s not a holiday destination.

On the first day of the show (admission from 1pm, ticket E40) I got to Essen to have a wander round and wished I’d stayed in Dusseldorf.

Anyway, the show. It really is massive. Each end of the exhibition centre has it’s own tube station. All the gaps between the halls are turned into car parks, the German version of a food concession at a trade show is unlike that which we suffer and I was spoilt for choice of good reasonably priced nosh. That said the ubiquitous currywurst is available everywhere. Sadly.

Crimes against food aside the place could not feel more safe for the lone traveller - Germany as a whole, not just the show. In fact the only crime you see, and boy do you see a lot of it, is the scrawl left behind by the graffifisti. Whilst I’m happy to concede that some of the ‘art’ really does qualify as Art with a capital A, being both thought provoking and beautifully drawn, it’s 99.9% crap. There isn’t a flat surface between Dusseldorf and Essen that isn’t covered in paint.