Car presentation 2024

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This Ascona was rebuilt from a well-preserved road car in the Netherlands and Alfred Kreuer took it over from there in 2019. The body, drive train, technology and interior were completely restored and refurbished. In addition, the safety equipment was completed in accordance with the specifications and brought up to the current state of the art. Mehr >

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Peter Schlömer and Martin Kiefer built this Talbot from a road car to a perfect original copy of the works cars from 1981 and made it also reliable, driving it almost as sideways as Henri Toivonen did in his best days. The works rear axle was rebuilt from a Jaguar unit and even the double exhaust system of the works cars was duplicated. Peter is also one of the leading figures of the Eifel Rallye Festival and some important people behind the scenes of the festival will be sitting in his co-driver's seat. Mehr >

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The double German Rally Champion Harald Demuth (in 1982 and 1984 at the wheel of an Audi Quattro) has been part of the Eifel Rallye Festival every year since its foundation in 2011. For 2024, the long-time works driver for Audi, will drive a Sport Quattro owned by Audi Tradition. During his days as a professional rally driver, Demuth drove a Sport Quattro only once: on the RAC Rally of 1986 where he retired with engine failure. Mehr >

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This Quattro A2 is part of the huge Audi Tradition collection and is usually at home in Audi’s museum in Ingolstadt. But it will be activated for the 2014 Eifel Rallye Festival and – as in 1984 – driven by Swedish rally ace, Stig Blomqvist. Mehr >

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This Ford is a factory car (chassis #9) built by M-Sport and managed by M.L.P. It is the first WRC built by M-Sport and not a "rebuilt" Group A as the first Chassis 1-6 were. The car appears in the livery of the 1997 San Remo Rally where the team unfortunately retired due to gearbox failure. Over the last 3 years the car has been extensively restored and is now to "active" factory standard with X-Trac sequential gearbox and active front and centre differentials and has a large 378mm Brembo front brake. Mehr >

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Frans Verbass made this Opel Astra in 1996 with parts from Opel Spain, Sydney Meeke, Vauxhall Sport and Brian Ashwood and it is a full works spec car with a Swindon engine and X-trac gearbox. He was also Dutch Rally Sprint Champions in 1998, 1999, 2000 and 2001. For 2023 the Astra was fully restored and changed to the colour that Freddy Loix drove in 1995. Mehr >

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After the Acropolis Rally in 2009 this Ford was rebuilt by Paul Bird Motorsport to compete in Catalunya as part of the Stobart Ford Team and has competed since in 74 rallies with 23 outright wins and a further 20 podium finishes. In 2019 Frank Bird took over the driving seat and added another 10 overall wins to its record. In 2023 the Bird family decided to sell the car to Darrell Taylor who will bring it to slowly sideways events from than on. Mehr >

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As a true motorsport enthusiast Jan did a lot of circuit driving before he was introduced into the rally world by GP Elite. He did many events and driving course on tarmac, gravel and snow all across Europe. When in April 2021 this Ex-McRae Subaru Impreza come up for sale, it was a quick decision. With this car comes a great piece of history back onto the rally stages. Mehr >

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Thomas Schöfer has turned this Porsche 924 Carrera GT from a standard road car to a rally car by himself. He choose this Porsche for two reasons: Thomas wanted to have a car of the pre-Group B era, and he wanted a car with turbocharging since he is involved in the development of turbochargers in his regular job. Although the choice was limited – most cars of that era were normally aspirated – Thomas Schöfer found a car meeting both requirements, and this was the 924. Mehr >

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Erich Müller had always been a big fan of Peugeot’s rally history. He started his collection with a self-made copy of a 205 T16 E2, later he also got to know Marcus Grönholm. Therefore, the next Peugeot rally car had to be a Grönholm car. When one of the cars of the former World Champion was on offer, Erich Müller did not hesitate and bought the original car from Rally Argentina in 2000. As he is also a Panizzi fan, third in line was a Peugeot of Herve and Gilles. Mehr >