Grew up and went to school in the 70s and 80s in Stuttgart-Bad Cannstatt. Switched from moped to motocross bike at 19 to four wheels. First a '71 Beetle. Then an '82 Mitsubishi Colt Turbo. With an 8-speed manual, it was bizarre and had the smallest charger in the world at the time. But it rusted faster than you could drive. A pivotal experience came in the summer of 1987. Two friends came to a meeting in Stuttgart with roaring Triumph Spitfires and parked them with the top down in the pedestrian zone in front of the Königsbau. I was immediately infected with the English virus. I had to get a roadster! I found one in May 1988: a rusty red '64 TR4, imported from Canada and just about drivable. I drove it under its own power from Freiburg to Stuttgart without a single breakdown. Then I completely restored it myself over the years. An apprenticeship as an automobile mechanic at Porsche and a business studies degree with a technical orientation (automotive technology) at the University of Stuttgart were helpful.

Then on June 2, 1997. The end of the TR4 in an accident on the A8, but also a new beginning and the conceptual birth of Classic-Car-Contact.

But I couldn't live without a TR, the addiction! In 1998, I bought a black '62 TR4 (now red). A '77 TVR Taimar (see photo) with the Ford V6 Essex engine followed in 2007. Both English cars are still in the garage today. In 2022, a yellow '73 Toyota Celica TA22 with a 1.6L DOHC engine joined them.

In 2011, I turned my hobby into a career and founded Classic-Car-Contact.

Having worked on Triumph, TVR, Ford, Lancia, Simca, MG, Mercedes, Porsche, Mitsubishi, and Toyota, among others, I've gained a certain amount of experience by now. But an English car remains an English car; it engenders a passion, almost an obsession, which (occasionally) causes suffering, but also generates a great deal of driving pleasure, thus creating an "emotional return," so to speak.

In this respect, I wish you many positive emotions during precious hours with your darlings!

Your Torsten