I can vividly bear in mind visiting ‘AutoRAI’ once I was in class. IAMS, or the Worldwide Amsterdam Motor Present (its precise title), was held on the RAI Amsterdam Conference Centre and was a must-attend occasion for anybody focused on vehicles. Nevertheless, when huge gamers within the Dutch auto trade started backing out, the present resulted in 2016.
Finally, IAMS simply wanted a refresh, and it returned to RAI Amsterdam in 2018 with a brand new focus – supercars, hypercars and high-end customized and tuning corporations.
Taking it one step additional, the Worldwide Amsterdam Motor Present organisers contracted RevWorks – an area automotive way of life and occasions promoter – to host an occasion throughout the occasion referred to as ‘Modified at IAMS’.
Whereas it’s removed from an enormous occasion – even when the ‘Worldwide Amsterdam Motor Present’ title would recommend in any other case – there’s at all times loads to see, so I headed alongside to test it out.
As at all times, RevWorks took their job significantly by deciding on a wide range of high-quality vehicles. The Modified at IAMS corridor had the whole lot from full-on stance vehicles to some severe high-power efficiency builds.
Being the sneaker heads they’re, RevWorks added to the anticipated automotive vendor choices – suppose detailing suppliers, scale mannequin retailers and wheel retailers – with a large sneaker reseller sales space. Is {that a} first at a automotive present? Regardless, as a sneaker fiend myself, I cherished it.
Elsewhere within the venue, high-end tuners that included Mansory, TechArt, and Brabus, have been nicely represented.
Imported car taxes within the Netherlands may not be as excessive as you see in some Southeast Asian international locations, however they’re nonetheless substantial. That stated, should you can afford one thing like a Koenigsegg Jesko Assault within the first place, what’s one other 150.000 Euro (roughly US$167,500) in BPM personal motorcar and bike tax?! That takes the entire price of this automotive to three.5 million Euros (roughly US$3.8 million).
I’ve heard that the proprietor of the Jesko Assault needed to additionally buy this unique-spec Rimac Nevera to get his arms on the Koenigsegg, however because the deal was being carried out for the Jesko he additionally ordered a second one, this time a fair wilder Absolut model.
How do you make a Brabus 6×6 much more in your face? You can wrap it in gold vinyl! That is the signature look of Dutch well being influencer Joel Beukers.
Seeing previous and new Alpines displayed collectively confirmed simply how nicely the retro-inspired design was executed with the newest automotive.
Whereas I’m not an enormous supercar man, this Ferrari lineup – which included an F40, F50, Enzo and a number of La Ferraris – was spectacular. These vehicles have an unmatched presence.
Like what we noticed on the 100% Auto Reside present final 12 months, Modified at IAMS held a ‘Automobile Catwalk’ with stay commentary from a presenter and the vehicles’ homeowners. To have the ability to hear the vehicles provides one other dimension to the present.
I missed it, however the RevWorks crew introduced the noise, flames and smoke to the catwalk with this Demise Race-esque machine.
As at all times, Chrome Vehicles displayed some screen-used Quick and Livid builds. In some way, Dr. Emmett Brown was capable of crash the occasion with a Again to the Future DeLorean DMC-12 time machine duplicate – not that anybody was complaining.
The 2024 European summer time automotive season is in full swing, so I look ahead to seeing what new Dutch builds present themselves earlier than the bookend occasion in October with 100% Auto Reside.
For now, there’s extra from IAMS 2024 so that you can take a look at beneath.
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