The exhibition covers a wide range of engine-related areas. Join us on a trip among beautiful and special donations!
A wonderful Fastback
I choose to use the image of the yellow Charger as the main image. Firstly, it is impressive to see a car over 50 years old that is absolutely spotless. The podium is illuminated from below and does not hide anything. Inside, the fastback shape does not offer much space. The large car is only a 4-seater, and the two separate rear seat backs can be folded down as folding seats. There is an open luggage compartment at the back.
Street cars that can also work for daily driving
The V90 looks fantastic. It works great for all day-to-day transportation purposes. Imagine that you combine your motoring hobby with your everyday car. With a slightly generous budget, you can end up with a family car like this.
I would never have guessed that this gorgeous street car is actually a Hyundai Veloster. Not only was it an eye-catcher at the fair, but it may also be used as a daily means of transport. Vehicles like this light up dreary and autumnal weekdays.
Is the world's most beautiful car a Ford?
Perhaps one of the world's most beautiful cars? Italian design – Sergio Sartorelli. Produced by OSI (Officine Stampaggi Industriali, Turin). However, all mechanics are supplied by Ford in Cologne, based on what they had on the shelves there. This means that even though the car looks like it could handle both 8 and 12 cylinders, there are normal Ford engines in it. 2,0 – 2,3 – V6s found in the Taunus 20Ms of the time. These are very rare cars. Of the 2200 produced, there are barely 200 left.
Speaking of the world's most beautiful cars, I think OSI has to share the title with this one. I'm tempted to call it a retro design. The Ford GT (2005-2006) is undoubtedly reminiscent of the classic Ford GT40.
I will not hide the fact that it is classic cars and car history that caught my interest at the exhibition. It's not every day you see a Ford Cortina mk2 Crayford. Crayford was known for converting the Ford Cortina and BMW 02 series and 3 series into convertibles, among others. The green Cortina cabrio is an original Crayford, restored in Norway about 10 years ago.
Brave men in frail craft
The Norwegian Road Museum was represented by, among other things, a burgundy Troll and a Moskvitch 407. The Troll car was built with a comically raised roof, presumably because the owner was unusually tall. On the last trip, the gearbox - or the differential - had stuck. Since then, the car was donated to a museum. The history of trolls is fascinating. I bought "Drømmen om Troll" at the fair by the author Paal Kvamme. I will review the book here when I get around to reading it. Did you know that the Troll project faced political opposition from Gerhardsen himself? Own car production could put a stick in the wheels of trade agreements between Norway and the Soviet Union. In the government quarter, it certainly wasn't Troll which was to become Norway's favorite car. It was moskvitch!
It was advantageous to buy a Moskvitch around 1960. I was fascinated by the 1961 model which was on loan from the Norwegian Road Museum. Previously owned by a married couple in Oppland who did not have a driver's license themselves. They got a kind neighbor to drive them every time they needed to use the car up and down from the cabin in the mountains. With only a few thousand km on the clock, the Moskvitch was eventually put into the barn covered with a thick layer of felt. The problem with cars, like the Moskvitch, was that nobody cared to take care of them. I remember well the Moskvitch 407. My father had a 1959 model. One day the steering column smoked. Not the wood - but the rod itself! Then he got hold of a collision-damaged 1961 model from which he took parts, before selling it on. I remember that as a little boy I "drove" in the courtyard. The wrecker without a steering column had then become pleasantly light on the steering wheel.
Classic, anyway
If the future becomes rechargeable, the cars will be designed as electric cars from the ground up. Optimum use of space and aerodynamics can then be achieved. Today, only Tesla has implemented this. I think car manufacturers do not dare to deviate from today's design style for fear of losing buyers. It's just like in the car's childhood. Then the cars were built as horse-drawn carriages. Volkswagen's new ID.3 appears to be the first model after Tesla to take this step. Will ID.3 be a success? - As Golf was in its day? - Or will the ID.3 be a new K70? The K70 was planned as well Wankel engine, but got a petrol engine instead. Regardless, the ID.3 will be a future classic.
The cars that create shows
Mercedes-Benz W111 Coupe
I end the tour with another car on an underlit podium. W111 is the internal designation for the Mercedes-Benz model that is also referred to as "Grosse Heckflosse" - Mercedes-Benz with six-cylinder engines and fins. It first appeared as a '59 model and was partially replaced by the W108 in 1965, when the pointed fin design was no longer fashionable. The coupe version was produced from 1961 until 1971. In the second half of the 60s, it was available with the V8 engines of 3,5 and 4,5 litres. It certainly belongs in the "World's most beautiful cars" department.
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