Car presentation 2023


21.05.2023
Renault 5 Turbo - 1984, Gr. B - Christian Klein/Eric Marnette

Christian Klein bought this R5 Turbo in 2013 when it was still in the French Rally Group F configuration, but had not been raced for years and was not in good condition. Mehr >

21.05.2023
Audi Quattro A2 - 1983, Gr. B - Rainer Lohr/Jacqueline Franz

Rainer Lohr owns this Quattro since the year 2000 and began in 2005 to rebuild it into a copy of the Audi Quattro that Hannu Mikkola drove in Corsica in 1983. Mehr >

20.05.2023
Opel Ascona 400 - 1983, Gr. B - Andreas Hoppe/Ramona Hoppe

This is the third Ascona 400 that came back from East Africa in 2009 to Germany where it was restored during one year to perfect original condition by Andreas Hoppe and his friends. Mehr >

20.05.2023
Opel Manta 400 - 1985, Gr. B - Frank Höhner/Michael Stoffel

In 2022, Frank Höhner took over this Manta 400, which was built from a road car by the Wolf family. With regard to the paintwork, this Opel represents the car that Guy Frequelin drove in the French championship in 1985. Mehr >

19.05.2023
BMW 2002 - 1972, Gr. 2 - Jos Heijnen/Jeroen Heijnen

In early 2017, the Heijnens bought this BMW 2002 as a bodyshell and since then they have built an exact copy of the winning cars from the 1972 Portugal Rally. It was finally finished in the summer of 2019. Mehr >

19.05.2023
Ford Focus WRC - 1999, Gr. WRC - Jeremy Court/Alfred Gruson

Jeremy Court was looking for an ex-works car. He found one of the very first Focus WRC ever built which was the main test car of Colin McRae during his first year with Ford and also Jeremy was always fascinated by Safari pictures which he saw in various books as kid. As this Focus was also the Safari car from Petter Solberg, the choice was easy. Mehr >

18.05.2023
VW Golf GTi - 1986, Gr. A - Mark Blüthner/Antje Blüthner

Since his youth, Mark Blüther was a victim of the Golf GTi fever and several of these cars went through his hands. Some of them even wanted to stay with him for longer. At the end of 2013, he decided to build a perfect copy of the 1986 World Championship winning Golf to use it in all kinds of rallies. Mehr >

18.05.2023
Alpine Renault A310 V6 - 1977, Gr. Prototyp - Franz Zehetner/Martin Strobl

For many years, Franz used to be the co-driver of Wilfried Wiedner. They drove mainly in Austria but also appeared on an international scale where they even came second overall on the 1985 WRC Argentina Rally in a private Audi Quattro. From 1972 onwards, he was also a fan of Alpine cars and owns an A110 ever since. Mehr >

17.05.2023
Ford RS200 Evo2 - 1986, Gr. S - John Wheeler/Scott Wheeler

John Wheeler is the spiritual father of the RS200 and through 1984 to 1986 as Chief Engineer for Ford Motorsport was responsible for the design and development of the RS200 for both road and rally applications. Mehr >

17.05.2023
Mercedes 450 SLC - 1980, Gr. 2 - Holger Voigtmann/Frank Knote

Holger Voigtmann has been involved in rallying for decades. In 1980 he started at the MC Zwickau and from 1984 to 1989 he drove international rallies and the GDR Championship with co-driver Horst Galle. In 1989 he won third place of the GDR Championship in his group on Trabant. Mehr >