Lisbon · June 2027

A continent, crossed on hydrogen.

H2 Rally is a pan-European drive for hydrogen-powered classic cars. From the Atlantic coast to the Arctic Circle — a working demonstration that clean motoring is ready for the road.

Convoy of classic cars with a Toyota Mirai driving together on a mountainous European road — H2 Rally
10,000 km Total route
12 Countries visited
June 2027 Start date
30 teams Participating
24 H₂ refuel waypoints
Classic Land Rover Defender on a European road at dusk — H2 Rally
The Rally

Not a race — a demonstration.

H2 Rally is a long-distance drive for hydrogen-powered classic cars across Europe. Thirty teams, ten thousand kilometres of real roads, and a single shared purpose: showing that clean motoring works in the real world.

Every kilometre is covered on green hydrogen, refuelled at a growing network of public stations. The route itself becomes the evidence.

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The Route

From the Atlantic to the Arctic Circle.

Starting in Lisbon, crossing Iberia, France, the Alps, Central Europe and the Baltic — reaching Lapland before turning home. Twelve countries. Twenty-four hydrogen refuel waypoints.

Start · Portugal

Lisbon

Grand départ from the Atlantic coast. Teams roll out of Cascais and head east across Iberia.

Spain

Madrid · Barcelona · San Sebastián

Across the meseta, down to the Mediterranean, then north along the Basque coast.

France

Montpellier · Paris

The Mediterranean south, then up through the heart of France to the capital.

Italy · Austria

Turin · Vienna · Bratislava

Into the Alps, across Northern Italy and on through Central Europe.

Poland · Nordics

Warsaw · Copenhagen · Stockholm

North through Poland, crossing into Scandinavia for the long run toward the Arctic.

Estonia · Finland

Tallinn · Lapland

The Baltic crossing and the final push to the top of Europe — the turning point of the rally.

Finish · Portugal

Return to Lisbon

A sweeping return leg through Europe, finishing where it began — in Cascais.

H2 Rally route map — Lisbon, Madrid, Paris, Vienna, Stockholm, Lapland and back to Lisbon
Why Hydrogen

The only zero-emission fuel that keeps a classic feeling classic.

Batteries add weight and kill character. Synthetic fuels still burn. Hydrogen combustion gives you zero tailpipe CO₂ with the range, refuel feel and mechanical soul that made these cars icons.

Real Range

450–600 km per tank

Comparable to petrol — enough to cross a country between refuels, even on remote Iberian and Nordic stages.

Fast Refuel

~4 minutes

Gasoline-like stops — the rhythm of rallying is preserved. No long charging breaks.

Character Kept

Original weight & feel

H₂ combustion means the engine still breathes, still sounds, still feels right. ±5% of OEM mass.

The Teams

30 teams. Iconic machinery.

Hydrogen-retrofitted classics of the 1970–1995 GT era — the cars that defined a generation of European motoring.

Classic rally cars lined up at the start line at dawn — H2 Rally teams

Iconic platforms

  • Land Rover Defender 110 1983+
  • Ford Bronco 1978+
  • Mercedes-Benz G-Wagen 1979+
  • Porsche 911 1970+
  • BMW E30 1982+

Cars converted by H2 Classics — or by the team's own workshop to the H2 Classics architecture spec.

A public proof-drive that hydrogen infrastructure is ready for real journeys.

Sister Project

The cars are built by H2 Classics.

Every classic on the rally starts life in our Cascais workshop — H2 Classics — where the hydrogen internal-combustion retrofit is engineered, integrated and road-certified.

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Get in touch

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Web h2-rally.com · h2classics.com
Headquarters Cascais, Portugal
Start June 2027 · Lisbon

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