Truth be told, generally speaking, I would say I prefer European cars over everything else. It just so happens some of my all time
faves are Japanese. I heard about this car show this weekend in Essen, Germany...roughly 60 miles up the autobahn from me. So I
just HAD to go. As was expected, Porsche-mania, Mercedes-mania, large italian and british contingents, precious few american
cars, one Toyota, and every kind of pre-1950 "Dick Tracy car" you could care to see. I thought MB 300SL gullwings were supposed
to be rare, I have seen less minivans at a PTA meeting than I saw gullwings today. All in all, pretty much every european car I ever
wanted to see up close and personal was on display. Lots of racecars of all eras as well, very cool. Many cars I had seen
thousands of times in print or online but never had the chance to sit in get a good close look at. Lots of fun.My digicam is awful, I know, sorry, maybe next year I'll have something better. I started running out of battery not even halfway
through, so I had to conserve pics for stuff I knew I would likely want a pic of later. Still, there were a great many pics I couldnt
take in the final BMW hall of really cool bimmers of years' past. Anyways, to make it pseudo-Z-related.....
 true bling
 
one of the Maserati areas
 disco kartoffeln
 
many of the cars were for sale or being auctioned, 59k Euros (~$80k) for this '64 that my wife said was way too ugly to cost
that much
 
just a spotless 30yr old sportscar, no big whoop
 one of the erectile-dysfunction therapy areas
 giggity.....
 one of like 5 or 6 just kinda laying around ho hum, no big whoop
 an electric 912, daily-driven since 1998...
 
MB stole the show with its impressive display of superior door hinge technology
 Stillen wing FTW
 crazy Dieter's used cars sales
 what would a car show be without a Toyota Soop...whaa?
 Audi RS2: Audi wagon outside, Porsche turbo drivetrain/suspension inside, very rare in the US.
A good pal here just picked one up identical to this one
 das taxi
 
roughly translated, it means "badass"
 I had never seen this BMW before, loved it apart from the color
 The rest of the 270-ish pics are here:
[ http://www.flickr.com/photos/29092651@N00/sets/72157623826697922/ ] Hope you enjoyed them
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NRZR: 2010 TechnoClassica Essen-for eurocar fans(56k, NEIN!) - 
