Special automobiles

For the perfect Fun Car show, you need a few tons of mud, dozens of clapped-out bangers and almost as many crazy drivers. Get them all going round in circles while the tuning freaks do their limos’ nails. Serve hot!

Breaking news : a car runs smoothly. Even when it’s been packed off to a museum for the rest of its days. We’ve got to take care of them, though, and not go out driving them madly. When they come out to race, it’s a real crowd-puller - like a mechanical version of feeding time at the zoo...

Shush, there she is, the star... She’s not fierce, but she can get on her high horse if she is not treated with respect. She’s a diva who’s had her share of glory days and bright lights and, when it comes to beauty, she can put far younger models than her to shame. Show a little respect, please!

Hey, Fangio, fed up of averaging 35 kph with speed limit of 130? Well, we’ve got good news for you - there are never any traffic jams on the Anneau du Rhin in Blitzheim. And no speed cameras to curb your desire to drive at breath-taking speeds.

When intelligent academics and students undertake research, you would expect equally intelligent results. And so we have “smart textiles”, which are studied at the Institut supérieur textile d’Alsace. These fabrics, into which electronic components are embedded, are most often found in the most advanced cars. If that isn’t Made in Alsace, what is?

Let’s use our imagination a little: so how do you envisage the vehicles of the future? Difficult, isn’t it? Well, in Mulhouse, all the best brains, representing the full range of professional specialisms, are working on it. And what have they come up with? You’ll have to come back in ten years and find out...

If “nothing is too beautiful, nothing is too expensive” for you, then Bugatti cars were made for you. Otherwise, you’re going to have to sweet talk your bank manager. These blue Molsheim-made Alsatian beauties have not only a rich history, but also a prosperous present. If you need convincing, just take a look at the Veyron...

For you, is a car just an engine and bodywork? It can’t be very nice having you as a driver! So Erkel upholstery is there to remind your behind that a comfortable car depends on genuine seat design expertise...

Cars know no regional borders and the Peugeot-Citroën plants in Mulhouse have their big sisters not too far away, in Sochaux. And, as luck would have it, that’s where you’ll also find the Musée de l’aventure Peugeot. Well, what a coincidence!

The collectors’ world championship takes place here in Mulhouse! Along with perfume bottles and samples, postcards and other old photos, the model cars will satisfy even the most demanding connoisseurs...

The collectors’ world championship takes place here in Mulhouse! Along with perfume bottles and samples, postcards and other old photos, the model cars will satisfy even the most demanding connoisseurs...