1973 Porsche 911 Carrera RS 2.7 Lightweight presented by Serge Heitz AutomobileBetween 5th and 9th February, the Porte de Versailles Exhibition Centre in Paris hosted the 2020 edition of Retromobile. This year’s edition, boosted by the continuing success of previous years, was considered a huge success as massive crowds were seen both outside the entrance as well as inside the exhibition. But the most significant indicator was the quality of the road and race cars on display. Among the exhibitors, there were many garages and companies who specialised in classic car restoration, auction houses, classic car or specific car clubs, resellers of particular spare parts for classic cars, books, memorabilia and scale model resellers. This was a unique opportunity to see a multitude of road and race cars, prepared and displayed in such excellent condition, and all under one roof. Some of the cars on display were extremely valuable due to their rarity, but also because of their provenance.
1986 Pre-Series Porsche 959 V5 – internally the code V stood for ‘PRE-SERIES’. This car is the original Porsche 959 factory test car. This was the prototype for the first Porsche roadgoing supercar, the 959, and was driven by Dr Ferdinand Piëch himself during the testing phase. It was presented by Messina ClassicsPORSCHE ROAD & RACE was keen not to miss such an event, and in case you were not able to be there, we invite you to feast your eyes on our gallery below showing some of the Porsche models on display.
Porsche 910 Prototype from 1967. Chassis #027 was originally a works car and was fitted with a 2-litre 8-cylinder engine. It was presented by the Ascott Collection and is on display at Retromobile for the first time
One of a selection of cars presented by Porsche Classic & Porsche Clubs de France at Retromobile 2020
One of a selection of cars presented by Porsche Classic & Porsche Clubs de France at Retromobile 2020
One of a selection of cars presented by Porsche Classic & Porsche Clubs de France at Retromobile 2020
Porsche 993 GT2 – an original Le Mans 1998 race car. Entered by Elf Haberthur Racing and bearing the #68, this car finished sixth in the GT2 category (20th overall) at Le Mans 1998 driven by Jean Luc Maury-Laribière/Hervé Poulain/Eric Graham. Hervé Poulain is nowadays one of most important auctioneers in France. One of the designers of the car’s striking livery was Georges Wolinsky, a famous French cartoonist, who was killed in 2015 during the terrorist attacks on Charlie Hebdo office in Paris
1955 Porsche 550 Spyder chassis #50. This car is fitted with Porsche’s legendary 4-cam Carrera engine and is presented here by Auxietre & Schmidt
1998 Porsche 911 (993) Evo 2, fitted with a flat-6 bi-turbo engine producing 600 bhp. This car was the winner of the French GT Championship 1999 with François Lafon and Jean-Pierre Jarier (ex F1 driver) – presented by Historic Cars
1997 Porsche 911 (993) GT2 – this was an original Porsche works GT2 race car fitted with twin KKK K24 turbos and a 6-speed gearbox. This car raced in FIA GT (1999), Le Mans and French GT (1998, 1999), and the FIA GT and Spanish GT Championships (2002). It was presented at Retromobile by Historic Cars
1953 Porsche 356 Cabriolet Pre-A 1500 Super – chassis #60344
1973 Porsche 911 2.7 RS Touring finished in Jade Green – only 11 models exist in this colour, presented by Eleven Cars
This (2007) Porsche 997 GT3 RSR was an original Le Mans GT2 race car. It raced in the European Le Mans Series in 2007 and took part at the official Le Mans 24 Hour Test Day in 2009. It was presented by Mechanic Modern & ClassicWritten by: Lucian Sonea
Images by: Lucian Sonea
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