Essen Motor Show 2018 Refines the Car Year 23.11.2018: Performance Car Festival Gathers More Than 500 Exhibitors at Messe Essen When your heart beats faster and your pulse vibrates: from December 1 to 9, 2018 (Preview Day: November 30), the Essen Motor Show will bring them all

Performance Car Festival Gathers More Than 500 Exhibitors at Messe Essen





When your heart beats faster and your pulse vibrates: from December 1 to 9, 2018 (Preview Day: November 30), the Essen Motor Show will bring them all together.




 Sports car fans, tuners, motorsportsmen, motorsportswomen and classic car fans will celebrate the 51st lap of the performance car festival at Messe Essen. Over 500 exhibitors and a spectacular supporting programme will connect people and styles.




The emotional format for success will inspire generations and genders across the board. Among other things, a special show with performance convertibles and live action in the Motorsports Arena will create great emotions. In addition, cars with racing looks will be in vogue.



Fans will be able to get in touch with their favourite makes at the Essen Motor Show. Many of them will invite the visitors to their booths to join in. Well-known exhibitors will include Continental, Hankook, Mercedes FanWorld, Porsche Motorsport, Renault Motorsport, Skoda and Toyo Tires. Their exhibits will include, for example, new sports cars, tyres and racing cars.



The General German Automobile Club (ADAC) will support the Essen Motor Show as an ideal sponsor and will present its motorsports programme in Hall 3. "We are looking forward to ten days of intense enthusiasm for performance automobiles




. The Essen Motor Show is the performance car festival among the motor shows: here, sports car fans, tuners, motorsportsmen, motorsportswomen and classic car friends celebrate their hobbies," said Ralf Sawatzki, Head of Project for the trade fair.




Legendary Convertibles from Aston Martin, Ferrari, Mercedes-Benz and Porsche




The sun on your skin, the wind in your hair and the sound of the engine in your ears: convertibles stand for freedom and driving pleasure and enjoy great popularity.



In Hall 3, visitors to the Essen Motor Show will be able to look forward to a major special show featuring classic and newer models from Aston Martin, Chevrolet, Ferrari, Maserati, Mercedes-Benz and Porsche, among others.




The historical highlights will include a Mercedes-Benz 190 SL from 1956, one of the most sought-after sports cars on the classic car market. The impressive figure of 105 bhp at that time seems almost cute in comparison with today: the current state of the art will be embodied, for example, by a brand-new Chevrolet Corvette Z06 with 659 bhp.





For tuners, the Essen Motor Show will be a celebration: numerous manufacturers will present new vehicles and accessories for the coming season here. ABT Sportsline, BBS, Brabus, Eisenmann Exhaust Systems, H&R Spezialfedern, KW automotive, OZ Deutschland, Remus Innovation and Sonax, among others, will be represented by the Association of Automobile Tuners (VDAT).




 In addition, hip tuning forges such as JP Performance, Liberty Walk, Sidney Industries and Vossen Wheels will be participants in Essen. VDAT will unveil the new TUNE IT! SAFE! campaign vehicle on the occasion of the trade fair launch. A tuned sports car with a police look which will promote safe tuning.






The Tuning Trends: Racing Optics and Classics



The special show called the tuningXperience in Halls 1A and 3 will be the tuning trend show par excellence: Around 160 private owners from Europe will present their often award-winning vehicles.





 Here, it will be possible to admire many of the parts offered at the Essen Motor Show in the assembled condition. The spectrum of exhibits will range from the moderate daily driver to the detail-loving high-end showcar.




 The trend will be towards vehicles with motorsports looks, often with widebodies, large wings and carbon parts. Performance brake systems and wheel rims as well as wraps in motorsports designs will often complete the appearances. Also hip: tuned youngtimers, especially from German makes such as Audi, BMW, Mercedes-Benz, Opel, Porsche and VW.



The heart chamber of the Essen Motor Show will be the Motorsports Arena in Hall 4: Here, the engines will roar, the tyres will screech and the adrenaline will rise up to record-breaking heights. The racing atmosphere will attract thousands of visitors to the arena every day.




The programme will include drift shows, taxi rides for visitors and presentations by exhibitors. In the neighbouring pit lane in Hall 5, everything will revolve around motorsports: racing series and circuits such as the Hockenheimring and the Nürburgring will have their booths here.





More Than a Tuning Fair



The Essen Motor Show will be more than just a pure tuning fair, as will also be proven by the Classic & Prestige Salon in Halls 1 and 2 organised by S.I.H.A. This "fair within a fair" will be regarded as the grand finale of the season for amateur vehicles.




In addition to a special show with unsaleable exhibits from the sporting history of automobiles, hundreds of exquisite classics will be on sale here. Most of them will have sporty touches and will thus fit perfectly into the range on offer at the Essen Motor Show.



Those who like it even more individual will be able to expect a selection of design cars and crazy cars in Hall 3. These unusual, unique cars will show that much is possible beyond each series: either as a daring design for the future of mobility or simply as a fun car.




Both will have their places at the Essen Motor Show which will also provide a firm framework for e‑mobility. The car sharing provider eShare.one/RUHRAUTOe  will present a selection of electrically powered vehicles in Hall 3.

 



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