Exhibition Supercars of the 90’s

It’s going to be a hot summer for sports car enthusiasts. From July 5th to September 1st, the Louwman Museum will be showcasing “Supercars from the 90s.” The Louwman Museum has succeeded in bringing together an impressive collection of super sports cars. Several models have never been displayed on Dutch soil before, and a few rarely see the light of day.

It is the Louwman Museum’s mission to share all facets and periods of automotive evolution with the public. Just last year, the focus was on cyclecars from the early 20th century. This time, the time machine is set to the 90s. We highlight the supercars from that era because the 90s saw a true craze for high-performance sports cars. The foundation for this was already laid in the 80s. New brands emerged, and many introductions were planned for the early 90s. However, a financial crisis around 1992/93 made affluent car enthusiasts more cautious, leading to a collapse in supercar orders and causing new sports car brands to go bankrupt or projects to be prematurely terminated.

Despite this, many interesting and impressive super sports cars emerged in the 90s. The Louwman Museum has managed to gather a unique collection. The term “supercar” is defined here as having a limited production volume, a minimum of 500 hp, and a top speed of over 300 km/h. Within this definition, a diversity of models can be admired, categorized into production models, limited editions, homologation cars, and prototypes. Some models have never been shown in the Netherlands before, not even in the Benelux. Moreover, this group of sports cars as a whole has never been seen in the Netherlands. Not in the Benelux, and perhaps not even in Europe or the world…