Boxengasse - Megaphonics 2025

This year we went to Boxengasse as traders, not punters.

We left West Wales in the van and 924, setting up the stand up the night before and leaving it ready to be back on site at 7am on the Sunday. The 924 didn't miss a beat all the way to Bicester and back - read more about the project here.

We had a great time in the Traders’ Village — met some lovely neighbours: Stuart @quickfitsafetybelts, Tom @driveclassics, and the team at @radfordrestorations - plenty of familiar faces stopped by through the day too.

We didn’t get to roam together much, but even in quick laps you could feel the scale: Megaphonics ’25 pulled in more than 5,500 enthusiasts and over 60 brands across the site. The curated centrepiece mixed early endurance prototypes with later icons — think 904/906/908, Gulf-liveried 917, and nine Group C racers — while the owner displays ran the full spectrum from air-cooled to water-cooled. Proper variety. Porsche Newsroom

Things Everyone Talked About

The queues to get in: We can’t moan as we were in before the crowds but almost everyone who visited our stand mentioned long queues to get in. A few ideas did the rounds (timed entries, scanning tickets out on the road in, better traffic management). Tricky to square that with people driving down from Scotland and similar far flung places; if you’re delayed, do you miss your slot? Either way, it was a common theme we heard all day.

There was also a lot of talk about Bicester being rammed that day; Rollhard 6.0 was running on 3 August 2025, which won’t have helped traffic in and out, along with a heavy police presence. 

The food queues: Some visitors grumbled about food queues, but the quality was excellent and the veggie options were genuinely good - that was our take, too.

The weather (obvs): The forecasts looked changeable and, at one point, promised a hammering. In the end the downpour lasted about 10 minutes, then the sun returned but that brief shower actually sent a surge of people into our tent, which was handy!

Stand highlights: 

This was our first-year trading here and we only aimed for brand awareness, but we still made good sales on the day (credit to the Sticker Queen, I’m still waiting for my commission…)

We also handed out a few zero beers and caught up with the 9WERKS crew, Gerry Acari, and Martin (Tribal Gruppe), we were mid-chat about business when we were happily interrupted by a pair of Beetle-driving visitors with my favourite story from the weekend… a chap planning an Arctic Circle run in his grandad’s Beetle with a mate. He pulled out his phone and showed me photos from their first attempt: a minor shunt, then ad-hoc surgery thanks to a well-stocked used-parts place somewhere in Norway (if I remember right). The fix? Gaffer-taping what looked like an old Volvo rear light in to keep them moving. Not pretty, but it worked. If you’re reading this, get in touch, we’d love an update.

We did manage to sneak away together for half an hour (thanks to Marcus & co for stand-sitting)... here are some of my pictures.

It was one of those exhibition days where you’re flat out, then suddenly it’s quiet, and before you know it you’re packing the whole thing down like it never happened.

Thanks to everyone who visited our stand—traders, owners, and visitors alike. You made the day.

Karl & Tash