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Miata Road Trip Europe: Köln & Düsseldorf, Germany

This post was originally published on August 11, 2016 on Grand Prix Road Trip blog at MyRoadTrip.net // under the title:

MAZDA MX-5: DÜSSELDORF FROM KÖLN (COLOGNE), VIA I.L. MOTORSPORT GERMAN MIATA TUNER AND DINNER WITH MX-5.DE FORUM GUYS

My most epic Mazda MX-5 Miata Road Trip took place this July in conjunction with my Motorsport Euro Trip to volunteer a few races in Western Europe. Second stop was in Germany.

  • European MX-5 Miata Road Trip Overview:
    • Post Card from the Dutch MX-5 Miata Road Trip
    • Amsterdam to IJmuiden Miata Road Trip
    • Post Card from the German MX-5 Miata Road Trip
    • Cologne to Dusseldorf Miata Road Trip
    • Nordschleife, Nurburgring Miata Road Trip 
    • Post Card from the Belgian MX-5 Miata Road Trip
    • Liege MX-5 Miata Road Trip
    • Post Card from the French MX-5 Miata Road Trip
    • Paris by Night Miata Road Trip

The plan for this stop over was to meet with at least one local MX-5 owner in Cologne before heading to Nürburgring for WEC 6 hour. Lucky for me not one but two owners showed up! David from Cologne and Andre from Dusseldorf who works in Cologne. David was kind enough to drive me to I.L. Motorsport in Hürth, a world famous Miata tuner based in just outside of Cologne. (the other business we didn’t get a chance to check out was Mazda Deutschland which is also just outside of Cologne).

I met David in Deutz across the river Rhine and we proceeded on a short drive to IL, which turned out to be a very impressive facility.

After IL Motorsport we decided to head to Dusseldorf for dinner, the alternative was American BBQ near to Cologne, and that just didn’t fit my foodie plans at all… so off we went on a road trip.

While looking for a parking in a parking garage we came across this gorgeous Niseko MX-5.

The garage was full of other little gems… like this Abarth Punto and the Peugeot RCZ.

PS. the food was delicious!

Huge thanks to both David and Andre for an awesome time. David was super cool to pick me up and drop me off back in Cologne. And then on the walk back to the hotel, I stumble upon a nice ND!

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