Car presentation


22.05.2025
Ford Sierra RS Cosworth 4x4 - 1990, Gr. A - Marco Thomas/Selina Thomas


This Ford Sierra RS Cosworth 4x4 was a recce car of Dieter Depping and was subsequently driven by various drivers in the German scene. In 2007 it came to Marco Thomas father, but it would take until 2021 for Marco to decide to finally revive it back to life. Mehr >

22.05.2025
Ford Focus RS WRC - 2008, Gr. WRC - Darrell Taylor/Robbie Sandford
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After the Acropolis Rally in 2009 this Ford was rebuilt by Paul Bird Motorsport to compete in Catalunya as part of the Stobart Ford Team and has competed since in 74 rallies with 23 outright wins and a further 20 podium finishes. In 2019 Frank Bird took over the driving seat and added another 10 overall wins to its record. In 2023 the Bird family decided to sell the car to Darrell Taylor who will bring it to slowly sideways events from than on. Mehr >

21.05.2025
Opel Ascona A - 1973, Gr. 2 - Uwe Sturm/Michael Hölz


Georg Berlandy built this Ascona in 2007 based on Klaus Miersch's 1973 Rally Monte-Carlo Ascona. Georg then used it successfully for 8 years in many rallies, winning the Rallye Köln-Ahrweiler five times alone. In 2016, Uwe Sturm was very lucky to be able to take over his dream car from Georg and, as a newcomer, continue to present it to the spectators at various rallies. Mehr >

21.05.2025
Alpine A110 1600 - 1971, Gr. 4 - Michael Splettstösser/Hartmut Papenbaum


When Michael “Speedy” Splettstösser bought this Alpine A110 back in 1994, it was only partly restored and not assembled. Splettströsser finished the job and turned this A110 into a copy of the works cars from 1971. The only differences is the rear axle where he did not use the old swing axle and a fragile gearbox but a system used in the later A110 and A310 models. Mehr >

21.05.2025
Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI - 1998, Gr. A - Roman Soltermann/Tamara Walter


This Lancer Evo V has always been in Switzerland, where it changed hands in 2016 until Roman Soltermann took it over in 2019. It was in good condition because the previous owners hardly drove it at all, and Roman converted it into a copy of Tommi Mäkinen's 1998 works car. Mehr >

20.05.2025
Ford Escort RS1600 - 1973, Gr. 4 - Peter Smets/


This Ford Escort is a rebuild of the winning car from the 1973 RAC Rally built by Peter Smets and five friends in the Netherlands during the Corona period. Mehr >

20.05.2025
Lancia Delta Integrale 16V - 1990, Gr. A - Franco Sigillo/Adolfo Cazzato


This Delta Integrale was built in co-operation with Rubin Motorsport in Reutingen, Switzerland. It is modelled on the lightweight version that Didier Auriol drove to victory in Corsica in 1990. Mehr >

19.05.2025
Opel GT - 1973, Gr. 2 - Josef Schölderle/Monika Schölderle


The Schölderle couple have a great fondness for Opel rally cars and thought about what would be missing from the whole Opel range at slowly sideways. That's when they came up with the idea of the Opel GT, it can be as simple as that. Mehr >

19.05.2025
Talbot Sunbeam Lotus - 1981, Gr. 2 - Peter Schlömer/Ricki Schmitt


Peter Schlömer and Martin Kiefer built this Talbot from a road car to a perfect original copy of the works cars from 1981 and made it also reliable, driving it almost as sideways as Henri Toivonen did in his best days. The works rear axle was rebuilt from a Jaguar unit and even the double exhaust system of the works cars was duplicated. Peter is also one of the leading figures of the Eifel Rallye Festival and some important people behind the scenes of the festival will be sitting in his co-driver's seat. Mehr >

19.05.2025
Volvo 240 Turbo - 1984, Gr. A - Theo Ruijgh/Thies Stegeman


This Volvo came to the Netherlands from Finland in 2022 and was already a competition car. John de Heijde and his company JDH Classic Motorsport then overhauled and repainted this Volvo into a copy of the car that Susanne Kottulinsky drove from 1984 to 1986. Theo Ruigh lives half in the Netherlands and half in the USA, where he has a large collection of Porsche racing cars. Mehr >