The Lure of the Ruhr
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ESSEN MOTOR SHOW 2012 Essen Motor Show 2012 Christmas just isn’t what it was when you were a kid. Writing letters to Father Christmas has been replaced by shopping for presents. Crowded shops. Any idea what to get Auntie Mary? Whooo! That’s doubled in price since last year. My credit card’s melted.... and it’s started to rain again. Christmas itself might be great but the run up to it is just one big hassle. Never mind. Early December is time for the annual Essen Motor Show. All of a sudden the glass is half full, not half empty. A bright spot in the midst of the grey industrial Rhur valley locked in constant drizzle. So what makes Essen different from other motor shows? Well it’s like coparing a zoo to a circus. Sure you’ll find the big name motor manufacturers here, but the’ll have their most dynamic models on show, not the boring shopping cars, and the rest of the show is devoted to show what the specialist tuners, the aftermarket manufacturers and the owners themselves can do with them. At Essen you will find everything from a heavily modified X6 to a Rat Rod, a hydraulic suspension equipped low rider that dances on its wheels to a multi seat motorcycle made up of every Harley Davidson produced from 1949! It’s mad, it’s weird, and it’s a lot of fun. Enjoy! The Lure of the Rhur BMW Car Club Magazine Words and Photography by John Paulding It’s more than a motor show. It’s a circus. John Paulding investigates...
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Review of the 2012 Essen Motor Show for the BMW Car Club of GB Magazine
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ESSEN MOTOR SHOW 2012
Essen Motor Show 2012Christmas just isn’t what it was when you were a kid. Writing lettersto Father Christmas has been replaced by shopping for presents.Crowded shops. Any idea what to get Auntie Mary? Whooo! That’sdoubled in price since last year. My credit card’s melted.... and it’sstarted to rain again.Christmas itself might be great but the run up to it is just one bighassle. Never mind. Early December is time for the annual EssenMotor Show. All of a sudden the glass is half full, not half empty. Abright spot in the midst of the grey industrial Rhur valley locked inconstant drizzle.
So what makes Essen different from other motor shows? Well it’s likecoparing a zoo to a circus. Sure you’ll find the big name motormanufacturers here, but the’ll have their most dynamic models onshow, not the boring shopping cars, and the rest of the show isdevoted to show what the specialist tuners, the aftermarketmanufacturers and the owners themselves can do with them.
At Essen you will find everything from a heavily modified X6 to a RatRod, a hydraulic suspension equipped low rider that dances on itswheels to a multi seat motorcycle made up of every Harley Davidsonproduced from 1949! It’s mad, it’s weird, and it’s a lot of fun. Enjoy!
The Lureof the Rhur
BMW Car Club Magazine
Words and Photography by John Paulding
It’s more than a motor show. It’s a circus.John Paulding investigates...
BMW Car Club Magazine
ESSEN MOTOR SHOW 2012
One of Manhart’s customers swapped his RangeRover for a X6. He liked the comfort and reliabilityof the Beemer, but wanted something more... well,rugged. Manhart came up with this rivetted andwrapped head turner inspired by the Boeing B29Superfortress.
Above: Manhart’s take onthe M5
Right: The future isn’tblack. It’s orange!
Far Right: Hankooksqueeze their largestrubber under a Coupe’sarches.
All the big German marques were there with cars, trucks and girls. On the official BMW stand the M-Sport models show their racing stripes
BMW Car Club Magazine
ESSEN MOTOR SHOW 2012
Above and top right: Dynamite comes in small packages at AC Schnitzer.Right: Showtime is also sale time. The merchandising was quite affordable.
Above, left and right:Surprisingly thesegoodies don’t comefrom the aftermarket,they are genuineBMW accessories.
Left: There you are Luv. I toldyou you’d be in Staright Six!
Right: BMW squares up to theaftermarket tuners with theirown M-Sport X6
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BMW Car Club Magazine
ESSEN MOTOR SHOW 2012
Nice stiching. No theseats aren’t painted.
“And what time doyou call this?!”
TheWildSide
A bicycle madefor... six, seven,eight, .....oh, lostcount!
