Rétromobile 2019: Real success with a record of 132,000 visitors

The Retromobile show was held from February 6 to 10, 2018, Porte de Versailles at the exhibition center.

This year, the show has spread over 3 pavilions (1,2 and 3) and welcomed 132,000 visitors. It was an opportunity for them to meet on a surface of 72 000 m² more than 100 clubs, federations, manufacturers and sellers of miniatures and spare parts, etc … In all, 650 exhibitors and more than 600 cars exhibited as well that the Auction Retromobile 2018 by Artcurial Motorcars from 8 to 10 February with a collection of 90 motorcycles MV, the Bugatti Type 51 chassis # 51128 of 1931, formerly Trintignant, 6th at the Grand Prix of Monaco in 1932 with Marcel Lehoux, the Alfa Romeo 8C 2900B Touring Berlinetta, and closed on Sunday, February 10th by the sale Racing, Flying, Yachting, followed by Vibration dedicated to an exceptional collection of helmets of Formula 1 drivers.

In the program of the animations; old cars; armored; motorcycles (auction of motorcycles for more than 30 years, open to more than 120,000 people for the first year and a thematic exhibition); anniversaries (100 years of Gnome and Rhône motorcycles, 100 years of Citroen, 45 years of Youngtimers magazine and PRV engine, Peugeot, Renault, Volvo); the return of the desert giant (the Berliet T 100) and the Berliet Foundation, the 19th crossing of winter Paris; exhibitions (those offered by the National Museum of the Compiègne Car: Dion-Bouton (with the first petrol cart and the three-quarter driver coupe ..), and Lamborghini Flying Star II of the 1966 Turin show from the concepts -cars (Concept-car, pure beauty), the history of Lancia Stratos HF Zero, Marcello Gandin’s masterpiece of the 1970s, one of the most important world armored vehicle collections from the First World War to our day (Panzer IV and Sherman) proposed by the Saumur armored museum and the UNIVEM association, 60 years of the Mini, for lovers of cars, the BRM Type 15 of 1950 was presented by the National Motor Museum Beaulieu and Transports Prevost, the largest gathering of Bédélia in the world presented for the first time 14 copies of the 18 still existing models, from the ambulance to the out-of-the-ordinary competition model designed by Robert Bourbeau and Henri D Evaux also offered the possibility to sell or buy old cars (at least 30ns) whose value did not exceed 25 000 euros including all Fiat 500 which celebrated their 60th anniversary this year.
As every year, the great Artcurial auction at the Rétromobile exhibition was the highlight of the event and raised 42.3 million euros with a 31% increase in earnings compared to the previous year. last year and 10 new record prices. Of the 76% of vehicles sold, 43 have passed the 100,000 mark and 3 have exceeded one million. The buyers were from 22 countries, which corresponds to 84% of them. Regarding the star of the sale, the Alfa Romeo 8C 2900 B Touring Berlinetta of 1939, its new owner, an American won the auction at 16.745.000 €, including costs, the car thus becomes the third car of avant- the world’s most expensive war ever sold at auction. It was followed by a Serenissima Spyder from 1966, sold for 4,218,800 € while it was estimated between 1.3 and 1.8 M €, and by a Mercedes-Benz SLR Stirling Moss Edition of 2009, awarded 2.617.200 € .

See you next year in 2020 for the 45 th anniversary of Retromobile, which will be held from February 4 to 9 at the Parc des Expositions at the Porte de Versailles.

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