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The Oldtimer-Meeting Baden-Baden mourns the loss of its founder Jean-Marc Culas
The team of the Oldtimer-Meeting Baden-Baden and numerous members and fans of classic cars mourn the loss of Jean-Marc Culas. The passing of the founder and presenter of the most established Oldtimer-Meeting affects many people of the classic car scene with sorrow.
He has succeeded to unite classic car enthusiasts, well presented classic car uniques and the unique atmosphere of Baden-Baden to a harmonic whole. With great sensitivity and enthusiasm he created a vital community of collectors, car tinkerers and classic car friends. Each year, thousands of visitors enjoy the living open-air museum of automobile history – true to his motto ”la vie est belle à Baden-Baden“, or ”life is beautiful in Baden-Baden“.
His son Marc Culas will continue along the path that he set out for the Oldtimer-Meeting Baden-Baden, which is to take place every year at the second weekend in July. In 2012, the 36th edition of the International Oldtimer-Meeting Baden-Baden will take place from July 13th to 15th.
Review of the35th International Oldtimer-Meeting Baden-Baden 2011: visitors gazed at 363 vintage cars
From July 8th to 10th, 363 classic cars were fascinting nearly 20.000 visitors in Baden-Baden at the old-established ”Concours d'élégance automobile“. For three days, the veteran cars turned the park in front of the Kurhaus into an open-air museum of automobile history. The guest brand of honor 2011 was Mercedes-Benz. In the course of the automobile summer 2011, the brand with the star celebrated its 125th anniversary at the Oldtimer-Meeting Baden-Baden.
The first pictures and videos of the 35th Oldtimer-Meeting Baden-Baden are online now: Oldtimer gallery 1, Oldtimer gallery 2, Oldtimer gallery 3, Oldtimer gallery 4, Oldtimer gallery 5, Oldtimer video 1, Oldtimer Video 2.
More information about the popular classic car event (member list, background reports, ...) can be found in the official event magazine. Every visitor gets his or her own copy together with the admission ticket. An overview of the event's program is now available as a pdf download.
Concours d'élégance with 120 cups
The jury was spoilt for choice: 363 classic cars of 84 different brands were presented at the 35th International Oldtimer-Meeting Baden-Baden. The 120 cups were awarded in different categories. For the guest brand of honor Mercedes-Benz, a top-class and prominent jury decided about the awarding of the coveted trophies.
Top positions were reached by a Mercedes-Benz 320 A cabrioleta Mercedes-Benz 28/95 Sportroadster with special body, a wonderful 220 Ponton cabriolet and a 300 Adenauer Landaulet with which Kennedy was driven once.
More ”Grand Prix Cups“ have been awarded to an Alfa Romeo 6C, a Bugatti 57 Corsica Cabriolet and a Bugatti Atalante. The Bosch audience prize was awarded by a big majority of voters to the steam-driven Stanley Mountain Wagon.
Event motive 2011 released
The official event motive for this year’s Oldtimer-Meeting Baden-Baden has now been presented. The french automobile designer Daniel Picot was inspired by the automobile summer 2011 to show 125 years of automobile history in a watercolor. Traditionally, the vehicles of the guest brand of honor - which is Mercedes-Benz in 2011 – provide the motif for his artwork. The event poster will be available in a limited edition in July.
Baden-Baden medal: 125 years of automobile
A silver plated commemoration-medal is minted every year for the International Oldtimer-Meeting, which is given to every attendant at their arrival in Baden-Baden. This year’s motive – in automobile summer 2011 – is completely dedicated to the motto 125 years of automotive history.
Tradition demands the vehicles of the guest brand of honor – in this year Mercedes-Benz – are shown on the front of the medal. Therefor the Daimler Motorwagen (1886), a Mercedes Sport 25/26 (1902) and a Mercedes-Benz 300 SLR Coupé (1955) are displayed. The medal was designed bythe french automobile designer Daniel Picot once again this year.
