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Salon Retromobile 2014 – Report and Photos

Lukas Huni Stand Pavel Novitski
Lukas Huni Stand

The 2014 Salon Retromobile was held 5-9 February at the Porte de Versailles Exhibition Center in Paris, France. The 39th annual Retromobile again focused entirely on classic collector cars, with more than 90,000 visiting the 450 booths spread over 44,000 square meters of exhibition space.

This year’s Retromobile classic car event paid tribute to land speed titans J.G. Parry-Thomas and Sir Malcolm Campbell, the 100th anniversary of the First World War and the Cars of the Maharajas with the Swan Car of the Maharaja of Nabha, several polished aluminum Rolls-Royces, cars for hunting tigers and ceremonial cars.

Retromobile also looked at the career of racing car enthusiast Jean Rédélé, paying tribute to him and showcasing Alpines from his private collection. Some fifteen road and racing cars from 1963-1978 were on public display for the first time, as well as objects from the Alpine racing division including bodywork molds, wind tunnel models, Gordini engines, trophies, among others.

Mercedes-Benz used the Paris event to launch their “120 Years of Motor Sport” celebration by focusing on brand’s motor racing successes in France. Highlights included a Mercedes Grand Prix racing car from 1914, the 1954 Mercedes-Benz W 196 R “Streamliner” that won the French Grand Prix in Reims and the Sauber-Mercedes C 9 that won the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1989.

Bentley brought one of the most famous cars in the marque’s history — the 3-Litre that won Le Mans in 1924 with John Duff and Frank Clement at the wheel — that started a period of domination for Bentley in the 1920s.

A Ferrari 330 P4 was on display, shown at the 2014 Retromobile with the Fiat Bartoletti truck that brought it to Le Mans in 1967 where it finished second among all competitors and first in its category.

JD Classics’ debut at Retromobile included an 11-car display, highlighted by a 1954 Mercedes-Benz 300 SL, ‘PLB 23’, the practice car for Sir Stirling Moss prior to his famous 1955 Mille Miglia victory. Other notable cars included the ex-Juan Manuel Fangio Jaguar C-type, the 1952 Jaguar XK120 Jabbeke Land Speed Record “Bubble Car”, a 1952 Ferrari 225S Vignale Berlinetta that won its class at Le Mans and a 1972 Lamborghini Miura SV.

Photographer Pavel Novitski documented the 2014 edition of Retromobile with a stirring selection of images that capture the excellent classic cars on display at the Porte de Versailles Exhibition Center in Paris. We split up the pictures Pavel captured into two galleries. The first gallery starting below features our favorite images, all displayed in the full-width of Sports Car Digest, while the second gallery can be found on the last page of the article and gives a comprehensive view of all the photographs. To see more from Pavel, visit PavelNovitski.com/.

Salon Retromobile 2014 – Featured Photo Gallery

 

Bugatti T59 Grand Prix - Peter Wiesner stand
Bugatti T59 Grand Prix – Peter Wiesner stand
Comete
Ford Comete
Citroen C10 concept
Citroen C10 concept
Bugatti T57
Bugatti T57

 


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Bugatti T35B - Lukas Huni stand
Bugatti T35B – Lukas Huni stand
Brook Swan
Brook Swan
Cygnet
Cygnet
Berliet
Berliet

 

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Salon Retromobile 2014 – Featured Photo Gallery Page Two

 

Lancia B20 - Lukas Huni stand
Lancia B20 – Lukas Huni stand
Jaguar XK120 record car - JD Classics stand
Jaguar XK120 record car – JD Classics stand
Jaguar D-Type - Fiskens stand
Jaguar D-Type – Fiskens stand
Hispano-Suiza H6B - Maharajas' cars stand
Hispano-Suiza H6B – Maharajas’ cars stand

 


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Jaguar C-Type - JD Classics stand
Jaguar C-Type – JD Classics stand
Ferrari 275 GTB/2 long nose - Fiskens stand
Ferrari 275 GTB/2 long nose – Fiskens stand
Ferrari 225 Vignale berlinetta - JD Classics
Ferrari 225 Vignale berlinetta – JD Classics
Delahaye 135MS Roadster - Maharajas' cars stand
Delahaye 135MS Roadster – Maharajas’ cars stand

 

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Salon Retromobile 2014 – Featured Photo Gallery Page Three

 

Mercedes-Benz Classic stand
Mercedes-Benz Classic stand
Mercedes-Benz Classic stand
Mercedes-Benz Classic stand
Mercedes-Benz 300 SLR W196
Mercedes-Benz 300 SLR W196
Maserati
Maserati

 


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Lukas Huni Stand
Lukas Huni Stand
Maserati 450S
Maserati 450S
Lister Jaguar Costin - Fiskens stand
Lister Jaguar Costin – Fiskens stand
Lancia D24 - Lukas Huni stand
Lancia D24 – Lukas Huni stand

 

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Salon Retromobile 2014 – Featured Photo Gallery Page Four

 

Rolls-Royce Phantom I - Maharajas' cars stand
Rolls-Royce Phantom I – Maharajas’ cars stand
Rolls-Royce Phantom I 17EX - Maharajas' cars stand
Rolls-Royce Phantom I 17EX – Maharajas’ cars stand
Renault taxi - WWI commemoration stand
Renault taxi – WWI commemoration stand
Renault Gordini
Renault Gordini

 


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Porsche 356 Pre-A Split-Window Coupe
Porsche 356 Pre-A Split-Window Coupe
Peugeot 203 Cabrio
Peugeot 203 Cabrio
Panhard-Levassor
Panhard-Levassor
OSCA
OSCA

 

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Salon Retromobile 2014 – Featured Photo Gallery Page Five

 

Alpine Renault tribute
Alpine Renault tribute
Alpine Renault tribute
Alpine Renault tribute
Alfa Romeo RLS - Maharajas' cars stand
Alfa Romeo RLS – Maharajas’ cars stand
Talbot-Lago T150S - Richard Mille stand
Talbot-Lago T150S – Richard Mille stand

 


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Talbot-Lago T26 GS - Fiskens
Talbot-Lago T26 GS – Fiskens
Sunbeam Bluebird
Sunbeam Bluebird
Skoda streamline - Skoda stand
Skoda streamline – Skoda stand
Rolls-Royce Phantom III
Rolls-Royce Phantom III

 

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Salon Retromobile 2014 – Featured Photo Gallery Page Six

 

Benz White Knight
Benz White Knight
Bentley 4.5 Litre - Fiskens stand
Bentley 4.5 Litre – Fiskens stand
Bentley 3 Litre Le Mans
Bentley 3 Litre Le Mans
Aston-Martin DBR3 - Evanta stand
Aston-Martin DBR3 – Evanta stand

 


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Barnfind 300SL - HK Engineering stand
Barnfind Mercedes-Benz 300SL Gullwing – HK Engineering stand
Barnfind 300SL - HK Engineering stand
Barnfind Mercedes-Benz 300SL Gullwing – HK Engineering stand
Babs Land Speed Record Car
Babs Land Speed Record Car
Babs Land Speed Record Car
Babs Land Speed Record Car

 

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Salon Retromobile 2014 – Main Photo Gallery (click image for larger picture and description)

 

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[Source: Salon Retromobile; photos: Pavel Novitski]