RevWorks’ extremely anticipated first main automotive 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 try to seize all the things. Given the sheer scale of RetroSpective, it shortly turned clear this is able to be unimaginable. However I gave it a superb shot!
The RevWorks title is likely to be 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 short rundown…
RevWorks is a Dutch-based modified automotive neighborhood model based in 2012. Initially impressed by this very web site, they’ve grown into a well known title 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 automotive present.
The thought for the occasion took place in 2019 whereas the group deliberate the 2020 RevRun, envisioning a ‘RetroRun’ for automobiles 25 years and older, on a distinct 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.
Nevertheless, it will be a couple of years earlier than the retro occasion turned a actuality.
The wheels started turning final 12 months when, whereas visiting a non-public assortment owned by two brothers, the RevWorks group have been proven a powerful museum/bar that includes outdated Porsches, Mercedes-Benzes, and American muscle automobiles. The brothers spoke about their concept to host an occasion on their grounds, and off the again of that RevWorks’ RetroRun rally idea developed right into a static present primarily based round automobiles aged 25 years and older known as RetroSpective.
In creating the occasion, RevWorks invited automobiles from all eras: Sixties hotrods, Seventies lowriders, Nineteen Eighties homologation specials, and Nineteen Nineties tuners.
They balanced modified automobiles and present automobiles with uncommon efficiency autos 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 automobiles are race automobiles, the Audi S1 quattro Pikes Peak was a surprising showpiece.
Indoor areas at automotive reveals are usually reserved for particular machines, however not right here. RetroSpective’s indoor facet was as a substitute crammed with 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 actually blown away by the varied vary of automobiles at RetroSpective. Having non-show automobiles on show alongside present automobiles gave the occasion a novel 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 come back.
Collin Tiemens
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