Historical looking running

Old timer fans are lucky: The Techno Classica in meals opened its gates. Over 2500 lover models stand to the sales.

It is again so far: The historical looking running begins, the world-wide largest fair for old timers again its gates opened. Until Sunday, 1, more than 1000 exhibitors from 15 countries present April over 2500 historical cars and motorcycles standing to the sales - from the inexpensive OPEL cadet up to the million-expensive Mercedes Benz classical author. Besides there is spare parts for old cars and accessories for the restoration. More than 150,000 visitors are expected, how the fair communicated on Tuesday.

As old timers are considered vehicles, which are older than 30 years. The business with this cars developed in Europe to a weighty, to a large extent stable industry. To fair data in the European Union annually approximately 16 billion euro with the sales and with service achievements are converted approximately around old timers. Over 55.000 humans are durably or partly in this business field busy.

In Germany the statistics takes in account conditions from January 1.3 million motor vehicles, which became for the first time certified to at the end of 1975 and so that the old timer status to have freshly reached. In addition, the Youngtimer - between 20 and 30 years old vehicles - is increasingly in demand, communicated the fair. Their current existence added in January 2007 in relation to the previous year by 2,75 per cent on 2.9 million. Above all models would have cult status like Ford Capri and the OPEL Commodore.

Among the fair high points this time the presentation of a Mercedes Benz 700 of the German emperor Wilhelm IITH BMW ranks celebrates on the fair its 90-jähriges existence and presents with exhibits the development of the enterprise from the aircraft engine manufacturer to vehicle farmer. Also with AUDI the 75-jährige is insisting topic on the fair. 1932 created Enterprise shows among other things early models from the 30's.