A Blast from The Past

The 6th Otoblitz Classic Car Show 2012 at JI Expo, Kemayoran. This is a must-attend event for those who prefers the world of automotive back in the past.  The days when fuel-economy didn't matter. The days when cars were purely run by petrol engines, not electricity. Here's a tour of what's the Classic Car Show was like. And a bit of history lesson.

We set off with the Ford Mustang Mach 1. Despite the name this doesn't really have the top speed of mach 1 or 1000km/h. It would be nice if it did.

Fancy a road-legal military-spec. vehicle? Then this Hummer H1 is simply made for you.

 

The G-Class may look like something the Germans would've made back in the 70s. It is. Started being built in 1979, there are very minor changes to this car today. This is the modern version of the G-Class. This G-Class isn't a classic, but it is powered by a Bi-Turbo V8. We fancy that.

 Spacious. Looks good. Powered by a Buick 7.5L V8. Yes, please.

Entering the first hall, we were welcomed by this squeaky clean Toyota. The AE86 is the ideal car for us here at SpeedHooked.

Still in the same hall, we saw this BMW M3 E30, a modern classic. This was genesis, the start of the M3 model. Although it's powered by a modest 2.3L inline-4, we are still craving for this car.

 American muscle cars are not something you usually see here at Indonesia. The streets of Indonesia are filled with your everyday sensible, 7-seater, economical Japanese family car, with a dash of outdated buses and Bajaj. So seeing this 7.000cc V8 powered car, is as rare and as special as seeing snow in the desert of Saudi Arabia. We drop our jaws when we saw this stallion. This Shelby GT500 is something we all crave.

This Supra was next to the M3, also considered a modern classic.

As we move to the next hall, we saw a life changing show. 5 generations of supercars, finally gathered in one place.

AT LAST. The moment we've all been waiting for, the legendary Miura has finally shown it's horn. And we really do mean it's horn, look at the shape of the doors.

Being produced from 1966-1972, the Miura wasn't an official project from Ferrucio Lamborghini. It was designed by a group of engineers at Lamborghini, working overtime at night, probably to kill their boredom they decided to draw this.

Unlike most of us, after we draw a car, we would either put it in our scrapbook, or put it in the trash. The engineers at Lamborghini however decided to make the car come to life. So they did. They got to work, put a 4.0L V12 in it, and sold it. This unofficial project had started the trend of mid-engine sports cars.

 

The Miura was getting old, it's about to retire. So it decided to have a son. It may looked like a space ship, but it's "only" powered by a 4.0L V12. The later models was powered by a bigger 5.2L V12, but in essence it was pretty much the same V12.

The Devil's shown it's horn! The Diablo, or also known as Diavolo to the Italians, still uses the same V12, but the Diablo was packed with the 6.0L version. Several models also had four-wheel drive system. The reason they've fitted the 4WD system is so the driver could contain the fury of the engine. Didn't help.

 

Looks like something Batman would drive if he's short on budget for the Batmobile. A massive V12 engine at the middle. An exotic name, Murcielago. What more could you ask for from this car? Oh, wait. You could ask for the Murcielago LP-670-4SV version, which is faster, more powerful, and it has a big rear wing. We fancy the SV.

 

Driven by Batman. Has an all new V12 with 700horsepower. Push-rod suspension. 0-60km/h in 2.9 seconds. An exotic name, Aventador, and the front nose looks like something that has been taken from a jet fighter. This isn't a classic car, no. But we want this. Wait, no, we want the SuperVeloce version of this. Yes, please.

 A car that used to ferry our president around. Noice.

 

 The Dino. Along with the 308GTS, and the F355 Berlinetta. All very wonderful things. Only 3 Ferraris showed up. Boo.

 Sadden with the fact only 3 Ferraris showed up, we then saw this beautiful, 1950s Corvette. The first generation, the C-1. This is a facelifted version, and we think it's simply beautiful.

As we move to the next hall, it was filled with all these Bavarian madness.

 

 Fake sales promotion girl? That's a first.

We were tempted to steal this.

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And to wrap things up, as we were getting out, we were entertained by this very handsome Merc CLK320 with Carlsson tuning. 

And while on the way home, one of our crews saw this Holden Premier. It wasn't part of the Classic Car Show, but this is a classic. And it sounds beautiful.

Photographs: Daniel Kurniadi & Hafizh Rizqi

Words: Hafizh Rizqi