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Gallery: Techno Classica Essen

A gallery from Europe's largest indoor classic car show, with some of the best classic performance and racing cars on show.

25 Mar 2012

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Techno Classica Essen is the world's biggest classic car show, and now in it's 24th year, spans 20 exhibition halls - with more than 2500 cars on show. Here are just a few...

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