Dutch people, what is this place I saw?

[Shinigami]

I was driving up north on the highway, direction Amsterdam a few days ago, when on my left, I saw a long tube like glass structure with triangular beams creating a very long (many hundreds of meters... maybe a kilometer long) building, with a bulge in the middle.

In this bulge, I could see several platforms with some very exotics cars laid out on them.

It seemed like a dealership of prestige vehicles, and I would have loved to stop by to take a closer look, but the whole structure kind of made my jaw drop O_o !

Do they have a website? It was roughly 30-40km's south of Amsterdam.

[MartijnGizmo]

Sounds like you saw Hessing in De Bilt, best known exotics dealer in the Netherlands: http://www.hessing.nl/

http://www.hessing.nl/media/Image/Foto_pand/IMG_0021.jpg

[Sydbom]

cool place!

[Shinigami]

Yup, that's the place, it looked incredible! I'll have to drive there some time, check it out in person *thumbsup*

[MartijnGizmo]

Tell me if you need a translater, my German is excellent and my English is fine. Oh, and I can take pictures. :lol:

[pterps]

But of course you can also contact me, both my English and German are excellent :mrgreen: :wink:

[MartijnGizmo]

Mini-meet! :D

[harryo2b]

That's what that place is? I remember when it was being built. Hmmm so when we meeting?

[rickstah]

Sounds like you saw Hessing in De Bilt, best known exotics dealer in the Netherlands: http://www.hessing.nl/

http://www.hessing.nl/media/Image/Foto_pand/IMG_0021.jpg

It's not De Bilt, it's in Utrecht, next to the A2 ;)

[stradale]

^^^ Correct. Before Hessing moved to this new building, they were located in De Bilt.

When the building was opened and the cars were first seen in the showroom it caused serious traffic jams. How cool is that?

[pterps]

Is that the new building for the one that burned down couple of years ago?

No that was Munsterhuis in Hengelo: http://peter.terpnet.nl/munsterhuis%20Fire.html

[lambocars]

Hello guys,

Hessing is a very well known exotic car dealer in the Netherlands, and their new showroom is just amazing.

It is however rather difficult to take good photographs inside, you get reflections of all the beams in the cars, you have to anticipate your angle very well.

For an impression of the inside, take a look at this post :
http://www.eosdigitaal.nl/forum/viewtopic.php?t=16893

I know it's in Dutch, but the images tell a thousand words ... if you're looking for a mini meeting, let me know, would love to join too.

Mark

[saadie]

thanks for the pics Mark!! :)

that place is an engineering masterpiece ... :shock:
we should have our own 7 car related wonders of the world ... :)
:mrgreen:

[MartijnGizmo]

Hello guys,

Hessing is a very well known exotic car dealer in the Netherlands, and their new showroom is just amazing.

It is however rather difficult to take good photographs inside, you get reflections of all the beams in the cars, you have to anticipate your angle very well.

For an impression of the inside, take a look at this post :
http://www.eosdigitaal.nl/forum/viewtopic.php?t=16893

I know it's in Dutch, but the images tell a thousand words ... if you're looking for a mini meeting, let me know, would love to join too.

Mark

Tripod - polarizer - GO :P

[stmoritzer]

Awesome building :shock: :D

Thanks guys for the links :good:
I must see for any JW member :fuck:

[Z3uS]

Very nice building!
I've just seen the virtual tour of the place on their website and it's really nice inside as well.

[dogfriedwart]

AFAIK is Hessing the Bugatti dealer for NL.

[MartijnGizmo]

AFAIK is Hessing the Bugatti dealer for NL.

They sell Bentley, Bugatti, Lamborghini, Rolls Royce, Maserati and Lotus.....

[TopGearNL]

Stupid question maybe but can U just pop round if I want to, I mean they don't mind?

[dogfriedwart]

AFAIK is Hessing the Bugatti dealer for NL.

They sell Bentley, Bugatti, Lamborghini, Rolls Royce, Maserati and Lotus.....

I mean, they are the exclusive dealer for Bugatti in NL ;)