August 14-16, 2025 - Sachsen Classic 2025
The rolling automobile museum will start and finish in Dresden for the 22nd Sachsen Classic Rally – this popular classic car rally will travel through Saxony and the Ore Mountains.
From August 14th to 16th, 2025, the event will take a journey through time. Today, August 12th, was the accreditation session, and on August 13th, the driver briefing and rally course will take place. This is where classic car owners will become part of automotive history. See the complete program/schedule for Sachsen Classic 2025 below (Deutsch)
Dresden. Vintage car rally through Saxony. The 22nd edition of the Saxony Classic Rally starts and ends in Dresden for the first time. The route of the Saxony Classic Rally takes the approximately 160 teams along scenic back roads – they drive to Meissen, see the Lausitzring, and then continue into the Ore Mountains. The Free State of Saxony has a long tradition in vehicle construction: Chemnitz is a famous location in the European Capital of Culture region and will be visited by the rally participants. This is a regularity and reliability rally, in which only cars built before 2003 are permitted – including Italian classic cars such as Fiat, Alfa Romeo, Abarth, or Lancia. Only historically valuable cars are permitted in the regularity rally, i.e., garage gold built before 1993 and selected modern classics built before 2003! Unfortunately, there will be no motorcycle rally in 2025. Participation is only possible in the hourglass class. The accreditation took place today at the Dresden Whisky Manufactory - below is the schedule for the next exciting days of the Saxony Classic Rally.
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| Mit dem Klassiker Käfer Cabrio aus München zur Sachsen-Rallye, Foto: Helga Waess - Pressefotoarchiv |
The Sachsen Classic, which takes place from August 14 to 16, 2025, will once again be driven by prominent figures and will lead through Europe's first winery experience.
Participating in 2025 will be Katarina Witt in her red 1988 VW Golf II GL, actor Ben Dahlhaus driving the classic Polo G40, Benjamin Leuchter, the motorsport professional and brand ambassador, in a second-generation '89 Polo GT, and, as in previous years, Hans-Joachim "Strietzel" Stuck will also be there again – this time in a 1977 VW Derby.
The Volkswagen Group supports the Sachsen Classic, in which around 160 teams participate. It will be a sporty event overall, with the 1990 Volkswagen Golf II Fire and Ice, which the Autostadt in Wolfsburg will be bringing to the start at the 22nd Sachsen Classic Rally, or the Brazilian brown 1979 Beetle 1303 Cabriolet.
Vintage car fans will be amazed as a 1927 Bugatti or a 1925 Ford drives past them, its chrome glinting in the sun. A 1936 Wanderer convertible or the rare Melkus sports car (the RS1000, a production model built by former racing driver Heinz Melkus in the GDR, and features a gullwing) will roam the baroque grounds of Wackerbarth Castle alongside stunning Beetles and polished Trabants.
On August 14, visitors can experience these and other legendary historic vehicles at Wackerbarth Castle from 12 noon to 1:45 pm with free admission. The picturesque setting of Europe's first winery experience will delight wine and vintage car enthusiasts.
Stage Overview
August 14-16, 2025 - Sachsen Classic 2025
The rally covers three stages, covering approximately 600 km, through Saxony. On Thursday, Meissen will be visited, and on Saturday, Chemnitz. A highlight will be the rally participants' drive with their amazing cars around the Lausitzring on Friday – including the Grand Prix circuit and banked corner. The route leads through Wackerbarth Castle and the Elbe Valley. Along the way, each team must complete various special stages with their vehicle... (see below!)
Thursday, August 14: Start at the Alberthafen port in Dresden, via Radebeul, Coswig, Niederau, and Diesbar-Seußlitz to Meissen. Destination: The Transparent Factory
Friday, August 15: Approximately 240 km via Radeberg, Schönfeld Castle, the Lausitzring, and the F60 Visitor Center to the day's destination, Alberthafen Dresden-Friedrichstadt.
Saturday, August 16: Stage into the Ore Mountains with stops in Mittweida, Chemnitz, Augustusburg, and Freiberg. Finish line at the Terrassenufer Dresden.
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| Mercedes classic cars - the grille of the W 110 makes the hearts of classic car fans beat faster, Photo: |
The Golf II Fire and Ice made a statement in the early 1990s.
The classic Golf II Fire and Ice, sporting a metallic purple paint finish, will be competing at the Sachsen Classic 2025. Its sporty, distinctive features are familiar to Golf fans, as the special model quickly achieved cult status. Volkswagen, in collaboration with the performance sportswear brand BOGNER FIRE+ICE, part of the Munich-based luxury sports and fashion company BOGNER, combined the lifestyle of fashion and mobility for an entire generation. The classic, the vehicle from the Zeithaus collection at the Autostadt, then served as the stylistic and conceptual template for the current, new ID.3 GTX FIRE+ICE... a few decades later, only and then as a modern, contemporary, and fully electric special model.
A little INFO about a limited-edition special model from Wolfsburg: The ID.3 GTX FIRE+ICE is currently being launched in a limited series of 1,990 units as a tribute to the birth year of the original Golf II FIRE and ICE. Here, classic car dreams come true again...
The Volkswagen Group is also celebrating the 50th anniversary of the VW Polo.
The Wolfsburg-based company is presenting another selection of iconic vehicles at the rally, including the Polo from the first model to the Polo G40.
Distinctive design and open body: the Beetle represents the pure spirit of an entire generation.
The classic VW model is and remains the Golf, which the Autostadt will be bringing to the start of the rally – but things get even better with the classic Volkswagen Beetle 1303 Cabriolet from 1979 – the rare Brazilian brown color is a striking feature.
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| Everyone knows the tail fins of American classic cars, photo: Helga Waess (Pressefotoarchiv) |
Provisional SACHSEN CLASSIC Schedule
TUESDAY, August 12, 2025: Accreditation
- 4:00 PM – 6:00 PM Accreditation, Dresdner Whisky Manufaktur
Technical Scrutineering begins Wednesday
- WEDNESDAY, August 13, 2025: Accreditation and Rally Course
- 10:00 AM – 6:00 PM Accreditation and Technical Scrutineering, Dresdner Whisky Manufaktur
- 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM Lunch for Rally Course Participants
- 1:00 PM – 5:00 PM Rally Course
THURSDAY, August 14, 2025 - After technical inspection and driver briefing, it's off...
- 9:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. Accreditation and technical inspection, Dresdner Whisky Manufaktur
- 11:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. Driver briefing, Dresdner Whisky Manufaktur
- The following times apply to the first vehicle:
- 12:01 p.m. Start of the first stage from Alberthafen, approximately 120 km to Meissen
- 12:15 p.m. Wackerbarth Castle, Radebeul
- 12:30 p.m. Spitzgrund, Coswig
- 12:50 p.m. Loose's Besenschänke, Niederau
- 1:15 p.m. Diesbar-Seußlitz
- 1:35 p.m. Proschwitz Castle
- 2:05 p.m. Meissen Market Square
- 3:35 p.m. Rudolf Harbig Stadium, Dresden
- 3:40 p.m. Destination: The Transparent Factory
- From 6:30 p.m. Welcome Evening, Motorboat Countess Cosel, Elbe riverside Dresden
FRIDAY, August 15, 2025 - WE'RE GOING TO BRANDENBURG
The following times apply to the first vehicle.
8:31 a.m. Start of the second leg in Alberthafen, approximately 240 km to Brandenburg.
8:35 a.m. Dresden Trade Fair
9:00 a.m. Radeberg
10:05 a.m. Schönfeld Palace
10:25 a.m. Großkmehlen Water Castle
11:00 a.m. Lauchhammer Bio Towers
11:45 a.m. Lunch Break at DEKRA Lausitzring
1:15 p.m. Visitor Center F60
2:00 p.m. Elsterwerda Miniature Park
2:25 p.m. Zabeltitz Palace and Park
2:55 p.m. Großenhain Market
3:15 p.m. Fürstenweg Ebersbach
3:30 p.m. Moritzburg
4:05 p.m. Destination for the day: Alberthafen Dresden-Friedrichstadt
SATURDAY, August 16, 2025: OFF TO THE ORE MOUNTAINS
The following times apply to the first vehicle.
- 8:01 a.m. Start of the third stage in Albert Hall, approximately 235 km into the Ore Mountains.
- 8:50 a.m. Altzella Monastery Park
- 9:40 a.m. Mittweida Schützenplatz
- 10:05 a.m. Frankenberg Time Workshop
- 10:25 a.m. Lichtenwalde Castle and Park
- 10:50 a.m. Chemnitz Wine Festival, Innere Klosterstraße
- 10:55 a.m. Fabrikstraße Chemnitz
- 11:25 a.m. Lunch Break at Klaffenbach Water Castle
- 1:05 p.m. Augustusburg Castle
- 1:50 p.m. Obermarkt Freiberg
- 2:35 p.m. Knox Incense Cone Museum
- 3:15 p.m. Marienschacht Bannewitz
- 4:00 p.m. Destination: Terrassenufer Dresden
- Starting at 7:30 p.m. Awards ceremony at the International Congress Center Dresden
Information about the Sachsen Classic 2025 on the homepage:
- event.motorpresse.de/sachsen-classic-2/
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| Porsche 356 speedster convertible, photo: A. Waess (Pressefotoarchiv) |
