Paul van Dyk meets Giuseppe Verdi!

An absolutely, extraordinary night

Every summer a five week high-class cultural event attracts and enamours an international audience. In addition to events such as opera, concerts and ballet productions, the free admission open-air performance 'Opera for All' as developed into one of the hightlights of the whole festival. The opera festival was originally founded in 1875 when operas of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Richard Wagner were a common occurrence during the summer months at Bavarian Castles. The idea of the musical event that to discover such an act as to go over big with the people, and so Prince Regent Luipold built the 'Prinzregenten Theatre' around the turn of the century, the booming period of the Munich Opera Festival. The first production was held August 21st, 1901.

A touch of red

The Hyundai i30 Turbo. Top or Flop? 

The Hyundai Motor Company is a multi-national corporation and was founded 1967 in South Korea by Chung Ju-Yung. From their conception, they put the focus on developing motor cars with their own identities, like the 'Hyundai Pony' that was introduced in 1975 at the Autosalon in Turin, Italy. In 1998 they were taken over by Kia Motors, and an unstoppable success story began. As of today, the Hyundai Motor Company is regularly listed among the Top 5 largest automakers worldwide. Entering the German auto market on a long-term basis, Hyundai Germany was established in 1991 in Neckarsulm. They are assembling their vehicles nowadays in Turkey and partly in Germany. As successful as they are, the company is not only involved in motorsport activities. It also supports social projects and sponsors various sporting events like some of the major football world tournaments and championships. So the remaining question would be:" What's the success of Hyundai Germany?" A very radical pricing strategy? Quality? Design? Maybe the answer to this question is a mix of all these things.

Sun-kissed bodywork !

12th Annual Members Meeting of the ACM at the heels of the Bavaria 

The German Automobile Club "AC" which is based in Munich was established in 1903. It not only has a long-standing experience regarding motorsport events, but can also boast some well- known personalities in the early historic era, and in the modern racing world as some of its prestigious members. Many of these members are sadly no longer with us, but I do find it very intriguing that this automobile club had so many famous faces associated with it that were mostly all racing drivers taking part in various motoring events from hill climbing and mountain racing, and using both motorcycles and cars!! To these belongs to the motorbike racing legend Ernst Jakob Henne who became famous in 1937 for setting a world record on his BMW 750 cc compressor motorbike with a top speed of 280 kph. Also Hans Stuck, the "King of the Mountains", who started his hill-climbing career in 1925, also Anton Fischbacher one of the most winning hill-climb and mountain racers from the 60's. Georg Meier and Manfred Anspann who were very passionate drivers, also Eddy Hau, Thomas Jäger and many more. They all succeeded in various national and international motorsport disciplines and passed on this know-how to the club activities.