As Essen Motor Show is the tuning fair, Ferraris are rare compared to lowered and modified daily drivers and with rising values the Prancing Horses are hardly used anymore to be modified or even being rebuilt by designers like Zagato or Sbarro. A striking number of Ferraris used as presentation cars have clearly been customer cars having been supplied by them for display for the newest wheels and foils. 7 of the 31 cars present qualified for that, nearly all of them on a valid road registration.
Essen Motor Show looks like having found its format. Beside the professional exhibitors, Essen Motor Show provided another Formula 1-display with two single seaters from Maranello included. The traditional “Designer Show” once again sadly did not include a Ferrari. Giugiaro, Zagato and Sbarro preferred other brands.
Hall 1 presented a teaser to Techno Classica. Mostly Dutch dealers offered road going Ferraris from 1972 to 2007.
The second visit on Saturday before the fair is closing is the walkabout and one has to like it or just want to have the full impression on Essen Motor Show. Silence is blown away and one really feels like being on of 360,000 visitors and the promotors of bass rolls, subwoofers, amplifiers and tweeters show the crowd what it is all about: Crash Boom Bang, zumm zumm zumm and ootz, ootz, ootz. A smile on our faces, the knowledge that we have had our impression and that we will be back – on the next Preview Day!
The Slide Show of Essen Motor Show 2016 was published on Nov., 28th