The 2017 Salon Retromobile in Paris is Europe’s most glamorous historic car present. Held yearly on the Paris Expo, Porte de Versailles.

Now I’ve been many occasions earlier than however this yr was totally different, we had been press. Now this opens doorways, actually, on the Tuesday night time the place the halls are quieter and there’s extra space to see the displays. Nicely, aside from the personal events on some stands and the bands enjoying.

The present appears to get larger yearly the primary corridor is huge and the mezzanine increasing into one other two smaller halls. Apparently over 60,000 sq. ft and greater than 500 vehicles. If you get in it’s a case of questioning the place to start out, we headed off to the press workplace to get our press card, which is legitimate on daily basis.

One of many massive attracts this yr was the gathering of Sir David Brown Aston Martins, on present by The Basic Automotive Belief. They even managed to supply the James Bond DB5 from Goldfinger, full with ejector seat, bullet proof protect, machine weapons and Boadicea fashion wheel spinners. This was the gadget automotive from Goldfinger, an unbelievable discover to have displayed on an open stand.