Stuttgart, 26th - 29th March, 2015
The last March weekend saw the 15th edition of the classic car
trade fair in Stuttgart. Since the move to the new exhibition
grounds at the gates of Stuttgart near the airport the Retro Classic
has permanently grown out of the shadow of the Techno Classica
in Essen to finally become the biggest of its kind in Europe. With
8 of the nine big halls used the total exhibition space with 120.000
sqm is second to none and with 87.000 visitors it set a new record
in Stuttgart. With more than 1500 exhibitors ranging from the local
manufacturers, dealers and everything else concerning the
lifestyle of classic cars the show was not just well accepted by
the visitors but also a lucrative weekend for the exhibitors as many
cars showed a “sold” sign already on the first day.
With this amount of space and the modern layout of the halls the
Retro Classics can house several different themes within one
show very well structured. The main hall of the fair is the dealer
hall 1 that also features the Retro Night on the first day, a party
with live music in between the cars of the major dealers. Although
the organizers claim a permanently increasing international
clientele it is obvious that the RC is mainly focusing on the south
German area and the nearby foreign countries, mainly Austria and
Switzerland with some visitors from the nearby French border.
Less international than especially the Retromobile and also the
Techno Classica the amount of exotic cars is more limited and the
cars on offer are mainly from the local heroes Porsche and
Mercedes-Benz.
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