RevWorks’ extremely anticipated first main automobile present – RetroSpective – was one I couldn’t miss. Even when it meant a 700km (434mi) drive from Tief im Wald’s 10-year anniversary occasion in Germany again to the Netherlands.
I left Oberhof at 8:00am, arriving in Brielle at round 3:00pm. That left simply an hour and a half to attempt to seize every part. Given the sheer scale of RetroSpective, it shortly turned clear this may be unattainable. However I gave it shot!
The RevWorks identify is perhaps acquainted to you – maybe from my protection of this 12 months’s Secret Storage Meet 2.0 or their curated corridor on the 2024 Worldwide Amsterdam Motor Present. If not, let me offer you a quick rundown…
RevWorks is a Dutch-based modified automobile neighborhood model based in 2012. Initially impressed by this very web site, they’ve grown into a well known identify within the European scene, organizing sub-shows inside IAMS and 100% Tuning – and their very own standalone occasions, just like the Secret Storage Meet talked about above and their annual RevRun – a three-day, Gumball-inspired occasion with 70 modified sports activities, efficiency and supercars touring the Netherlands, Belgium, and Luxembourg.
So the 2024 RetroSpective wasn’t RevWorks’ first rodeo, however it was their first main automobile present.
The concept for the occasion took place in 2019 whereas the group deliberate the 2020 RevRun, envisioning a ‘RetroRun’ for vehicles 25 years and older, on a special route and at a slower tempo.
Everyone knows what occurred in 2020, and each occasions have been placed on maintain. However when the world resumed normalcy, so did RevWorks’ occasion schedule.
Nonetheless, it might be a number of years earlier than the retro occasion turned a actuality.
The wheels started turning final 12 months when, whereas visiting a personal assortment owned by two brothers, the RevWorks group have been proven a formidable museum/bar that includes previous Porsches, Mercedes-Benzes, and American muscle vehicles. The brothers spoke about their concept to host an occasion on their grounds, and off the again of that RevWorks’ RetroRun rally idea advanced right into a static present based mostly round vehicles aged 25 years and older known as RetroSpective.
In creating the occasion, RevWorks invited vehicles from all eras: Nineteen Sixties hotrods, Seventies lowriders, Nineteen Eighties homologation specials, and Nineteen Nineties tuners.
They balanced modified vehicles and present vehicles with uncommon efficiency automobiles from obscure tuners, like this Strosek 930 straight out of the ’80s.
The Liberty Stroll Countach, beforehand solely seen in Europe at Ultrace 2024 additionally featured, as did one other controversial supercar-based creation.
The F40 Barchetta Buerleys is a one-of-one Ferrari F40 LM so modified that Ferrari eliminated it from their register, banning the proprietor from calling it a Ferrari.
Whereas not all present vehicles are race vehicles, the Audi S1 quattro Pikes Peak was a surprising showpiece.
Indoor areas at automobile exhibits are usually reserved for particular machines, however not right here. RetroSpective’s indoor side was as a substitute full of an RC drift observe, sneaker distributors, a pop-up tattoo studio, and arcade machines.
The arcade video video games impressed some extremely cool t-shirts and the present’s Prime 10 trophies.
I used to be really blown away by the various vary of vehicles at RetroSpective. Having non-show vehicles on show alongside present vehicles gave the occasion a singular vibe – one thing by no means seen earlier than within the Netherlands. RevWorks are onto a extremely good factor, and I can’t wait to see how RetroSpective evolves within the years to return.
Collin Tiemens
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