If there’s one event that actually encompasses the modified and custom automobile scene within the Netherlands, it’s 100% Auto Live.
The 18th annual event returned to Rotterham Ahoy convention center within the country’s second-largest city last weekend, and I joined 1000’s of other enthusiasts from all around the Netherlands and beyond to examine it out.
This two-day event showcases all elements of Dutch automobile culture. With an indoor display stuffed with all the pieces from modified street and race cars to supercars and lowriders, and an out of doors motion arena for burnouts, drift demos and drift taxi rides, there was something for everybody.
100% Auto Live has all the time been a preferred day trip event for families, but this time around I noticed an enormous variety of young car-spotters shooting all their favorites inside the 4 huge hall areas, which was great to see.
Supras and Skylines on one side; Lamborghinis and even a Koenigsegg Regera on the opposite.
Once upon a time, this show was called 100% Tuning, and for 2023 it lived as much as that moniker again. There was an actual influx of what we call ‘tuning cars’ within the Netherlands, but you may know as builds from the Max Power era or ‘sex spec’. Within the early 2000s, when the Fast and Furious franchise had just begun, big bumper kits, 17- and 18-inch chrome wheels and trunks filled with speakers and screens defined a contemporary show automobile. A late-model stance automobile is today’s equivalent.
Not only does 100% Auto Live attract quite a lot of different cars, it also attracts owners who bring them from abroad. This 12 months, enthusiasts from Belgium, Germany, Italy and the UK represented in Rotterdam alongside local enthusiasts.
Due to exhaust noise and emission regulations within the Netherlands, just about all drifting has sadly died out, including the Dutch championship we had many moons ago. All that’s left is a small oval track that only allows drifting when it’s wet. So it was great to see that there are still motivated individuals around who need to placed on a show for the people and share their love of drifting with the subsequent generation.
This black Nissan 350Z was bring piloted by the legend Remmo Niezen, who’s best known for his Falken-liveried BMW E30.
I can’t forget the burnouts.
I discussed the Fast and Furious franchise a moment ago, and though the unique – and best movie of the bunch – got here out 22 years ago, the cars and the early ’00s culture they represent appear to be as popular now as they were back then. Each the ‘old heads’ of the tuning scene and people which might be guiding the best way now can appreciate them.
All the Fast and Furious cars on show at 100% Auto Live were real screen-used examples, which makes them extra cool.
Because the Netherlands has Germany as a neighbour, German cars – and Volkswagens especially – are extremely popular here.
The VW scene has perhaps been the biggest scene of all for a long time, but things have been slowly changing within the last couple of years, and Japanese automobile culture is getting really big amongst younger Dutch enthusiasts.
Fun fact: this little VW Polo 6N has been shown at 100% Auto Continue to exist quite a few occasions, its owner of 20 years, Corly, taking it through 4 different iterations in that point.
I would like to make special mention of the small but super-impressive group of lowrider owners who placed on a terrific show. There’s never really been a lowrider scene here, but these guys and girls are representing with some stunning builds.
In a former life, this blue convertible Impala was featured in a Snoop Dogg music video. You may’t get rather more authentic than that.
Modified and late-model sports automobile ownership within the Netherlands will not be easy, and on top of the exhaust regulations I discussed earlier, there’s also crippling road tax for prime CO2 emitters – substantial when the automobile is brand recent. However the upshot of all this can be a automobile scene built on total passion, and that makes it pretty special.
That’s it for 100% Auto Live 2023. I’ll be back next 12 months, but until then there are loads more images for you to examine out below.
Collin Tiemens
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