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Between the thousand or more outrageous cars brought to Essen over the last few days it is basically impossible to say which one was the best or most interesting. Still various juries have been busy to point out their favourite candidate. And so did we. We had the choice between great finds, super restorations. one-offs, rare racers, exceptional towncars and about everything the car industry has come up with over the last century. Yet a car like the 1926  40HP Renault presented by Coupe from Madrid is more than its 9 litre shovelnose ahead of the average supercar. The word imposing is an understatement when confronted with the massive dual cowl skiff tourer by Henri Labourdette. The top of the boatdeck is at equal heigth with the shoulders of your 6 foot editor. The car was since new in Spain and re-surfaced only days before the show. Except for the artillery wheels which are cast iron replicas from the originals since the original was not possible to come by in the fifites(?) the car is in amazingly untouched condition. A week of proper maintenenace should bring the car to the road again. It is hard to to make clear what kind of quality is involved in the craftmanship of this picnic mastodont for the well to do of the mid twenties. But examining a detail like the fusebox - better said the fuse-SAFE - gives some idea. We are quite sure we will see this car appear in places...  

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