IAA : 3xMaybach, SLR + 996 TT, GT2-style,997 ...

[Darkel]

Yesterday at the IAA in Frankfurt I saw those cars, remember MB's VIP cars in Geneva ? They did exactly the same there ! Both SLR had actually different plates
I'm still wondering why no one here caught them before me :?:

I was walking in some corridors to join Halle 1 and that's what I could see through the window :shock:

http://img234.exs.cx/img234/393/dsc046507nm.th.jpg (http://img234.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img234&image=dsc046507nm.jpg)

They did it again ...

2 seconds after that, a tuned 996 C4S
http://img234.exs.cx/img234/9672/dsc046528vt.th.jpg (http://img234.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img234&image=dsc046528vt.jpg)

Well, I'd have to exit the show in order to get there, so I finished visiting and went there at 5PM

Just had the time to see the only SLR there (the black one) leaving the show followed by a Maybach 62
http://img398.imageshack.us/img398/6091/rat8cb.th.jpg (http://img398.imageshack.us/my.php?image=rat8cb.jpg)http://img234.exs.cx/img234/257/dsc048155zo.th.jpg (http://img234.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img234&image=dsc048155zo.jpg)

The two 57's left
http://img234.exs.cx/img234/5645/dsc048179fy.th.jpg (http://img234.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img234&image=dsc048179fy.jpg)http://img234.exs.cx/img234/7850/dsc048195pw.th.jpg (http://img234.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img234&image=dsc048195pw.jpg)http://img234.exs.cx/img234/4738/dsc048253kg.th.jpg (http://img234.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img234&image=dsc048253kg.jpg)

Time to shoot that weird GT2-style 996 Carrera (I noticed that by visiting the tuner's website)
http://img234.exs.cx/img234/9176/dsc048351xw.th.jpg (http://img234.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img234&image=dsc048351xw.jpg)http://img234.exs.cx/img234/6949/dsc048365to.th.jpg (http://img234.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img234&image=dsc048365to.jpg)http://img234.exs.cx/img234/29/dsc048290ev.th.jpg (http://img234.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img234&image=dsc048290ev.jpg)http://img234.exs.cx/img234/2701/dsc048316yd.th.jpg (http://img234.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img234&image=dsc048316yd.jpg)

The same one a few hours before, TVR color (notice the difference between the previous ones taken in the shadow and those ones 8) )
http://img234.exs.cx/img234/9130/dsc046623dj.th.jpg (http://img234.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img234&image=dsc046623dj.jpg)http://img234.exs.cx/img234/7558/dsc046659xd.th.jpg (http://img234.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img234&image=dsc046659xd.jpg)http://img234.exs.cx/img234/5655/dsc046678wm.th.jpg (http://img234.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img234&image=dsc046678wm.jpg)http://img234.exs.cx/img234/2927/dsc046726tb.th.jpg (http://img234.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img234&image=dsc046726tb.jpg)
http://img234.exs.cx/img234/3121/dsc046758jk.th.jpg (http://img234.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img234&image=dsc046758jk.jpg)


Meanwhile the 62 came back and parked between the two 57 (quite impressive in fact, that guy really knew how to park that 6.2 meters long ship). I couldn't take the pic I wanted because of some idiots taking pics of the Maybach emblem with their mobile phone and wandering around the cars :roll:
http://img234.exs.cx/img234/9066/dsc048384rw.th.jpg (http://img234.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img234&image=dsc048384rw.jpg)http://img234.exs.cx/img234/552/dsc048438wa.th.jpg (http://img234.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img234&image=dsc048438wa.jpg)http://img234.exs.cx/img234/6475/dsc048447rn.th.jpg (http://img234.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img234&image=dsc048447rn.jpg)

997 passing by
http://img234.exs.cx/img234/275/dsc048320bh.th.jpg (http://img234.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img234&image=dsc048320bh.jpg)

I was just leaving when the SLR came back (the sun was low, so the pics of the back didn't turn good and still the same dumbasses around :mrgreen: )
http://img234.exs.cx/img234/3453/dsc048462ai.th.jpg (http://img234.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img234&image=dsc048462ai.jpg)http://img234.exs.cx/img234/1176/dsc048478vh.th.jpg (http://img234.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img234&image=dsc048478vh.jpg)

Quite a cool Turbo :)
http://img234.exs.cx/img234/7051/dsc048562uh.th.jpg (http://img234.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img234&image=dsc048562uh.jpg)http://img234.exs.cx/img234/7294/dsc048574je.th.jpg (http://img234.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img234&image=dsc048574je.jpg)

[yeckmohr]

WOW nice pics from outside the IAA area.

Thanks for sharing - good job.

[c0wb0y007]

Nice pictures of great cars! Besides the Maybachs and the SLR that Porsche Turbo is fitted with Porsche's PCCB brakes 8) You don't see those that often.


Cheers

[adamwich]

Amazing pictures. Thanks Darkel.

[Wutputt]

Great pics!!
That 996TT looks damn cool. I only saw the black SLR (I didn't noticed the Maybachs), and it was around closing time, when I was heading for the hall with all the tuning companies, like Brabus, Carlsson, AC Schnitzer etc. After we had to get our of that hall, I didn't saw it anymore :(

So big thanks for the pics, this I can still experience the stuff I missed :D

[TT]

Wel done in chasing some cars outside the IAA :D nice pictures!

[TT]

If you took the time to read you will see it is a Carrera improved with a GT2-alike look

[Stikz]

Nice pics darkel, thanks for the awesome post. :D

[Schwalbe]

Thanks Darkel for those GT2s pix and the rare 996C2 GT2 look alike pictures ! :D

[stmoritzer]

Thanks Darkel for posting your outdoor sightings!
I only saw the Maybach-Shuttle-service cars (MB CLS), so I was sure there is a "test-drive" centre somewhere together with the SLR, but we didn't saw them :?

[dingo]

The 996's are awesome, both look great! Thanks for the pics. :D