#Concours of Elegance

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Concours of Elegance 2023 Full Car List Revealed – Show Runs from Friday to Sunday at Hampton Court Palace

12th edition of The Concours of Elegance kicks off on Friday Best selection of cars yet – including 10x Le Mans winners, and 4 double winners, in great race’s centenary year Le Mans stars include Bentley Speed Six ‘Old Number One’, Ferrari 275P, Bentley Speed 8 Other highlights include Ferrari 250 GTO, Ferrari 250 LM, Hampton Court Palace event is one of top 3 concours worldwide See world’s…

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Exquisite Classics: Concours of Elegance at Hampton Court Palace and A. Lange & Söhne

A. Lange & Söhne is once again partnering with the Concours of Elegance at Hampton Court Palace, which will take place from 1 to 3 September 2023. In the run-up to the event, Lange CEO Wilhelm Schmid visited The Prince’s Trust, whose work was supported by the auction proceeds of the 1815 CHRONOGRAPH “Hampton Court Edition”. Continue reading Untitled

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Pebble Beach Concours de Elegance illustration commission for the collectable lunch box gifted to participants

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Blue Ribbon 1967 Porsche

A bounty of blue ribbon Porsches at today’s Porsche Parade Concours d ‘Elegance 2023 in La Quinta, California USA. I especially liked this impeccable and very tasteful 1967 Porsche, with its blue ribbon tucked under the windshield wiper. So many beautiful automobiles to appreciate.

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"Every great design begins with an even better story." ~ Lorinda Mamo

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Cars| Bentley Offers Continental GT Speed For European Debut

Luxury automotive design brand Bentley has recently announced their new intention of spreading their lavish range of vehicles in the European market with the unveiling of their popularized Continental GT Speed series. Presenting their forth generation of the popular silhouette, Bentley offers their most powerful rendition yet as this series combines a V8 engine and a plug-in 25.9 kWh battery,…

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Aston Martin Vanquish

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Mercedes-Benz CLA

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Hamptons Concours Celebrates Ferrari's 75th Anniversary with Porsche

RAND Luxury Presents The Hamptons Concours which Raises Funds for Charity with Celebration of Ferrari and Porsche. #hamptonsconcours #ferrari #porsche #75thanniversary #luxurycars #charity #hamptons #randluxury

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BMW Z4 Zagato

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Concours of Elegance 2023 to Welcome World’s Most Significant Ferraris

Concours of Elegance 2023 to Welcome World’s Most Significant Ferraris Italian supercar manufacturer will play major role at September’s Concours of Elegance at Hampton Court Palace Among star cars will be Ferrari 275P, winner of Le Mans in 1963 and ’64 1961 250GT California Spyder once owned by film star Alain Delon; 1964 250LM with impressive competition history 1963 250GT Berlinetta Lusso…

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A. Lange & Söhne as presenting partner of the first Concours of Elegance Germany at Lake Tegernsee

On the 26th and 27th of July 2024, the first Concours of Elegance Germany brought together numerous automobile enthusiasts at the historic Gut Kaltenbrunn estate on Lake Tegernsee. 50 of the world’s rarest and most valuable classic cars, complemented by displays of another 150 exhibits from specialist Concours and car clubs, were presented by their proud owners against a picturesque Alpine…

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Lamborghini Miura S

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Aston Martin ignites year-long celebration of 110th anniversary

Aston Martin ignites year-long celebration of 110th anniversary

Iconic British ultra-luxury brand marks historic 110th anniversary Year-long celebration to include launch of an exclusive special model The past, present and future of Aston Martin is to be honoured through a year-long celebration of the iconic British brand’s 110th anniversary. Sunday 15 January is exactly 110 years since founders Lionel Martin and Robert Bamford officially formed the…

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1949 Delahaye 175 S Saoutchik Roadster

Saoutchik was a cabinet maker when he moved to Paris from his home in Ukraine around 1900, but he didn’t take long to establish himself in the fledgling automotive coachbuilding industry and he showed a consistent flair over the next 50 years which puts him among the very elite of automotive designers.

His designs borrowed little from other designers, and along with names such as Figoni et Falaschi, Chapron, Franay and de Letourner et Marchand, Saoutchik was one of the foremost designers of exquisite Art Deco coachwork during the 20s and 30s.

Saoutchik was commissioned to produce the spectacular work-of-art by flamboyant English collector, Sir John Gaul. The design was based on the first post-war Delahaye chassis from a 175 S Roadster (chassis number 815023) producing 165 bhp from an engine much larger than the pre-war Delahayes ran – a 4,455 cc naturally aspirated overhead valve inline six cylinder engine with four-speed electro-mechanically actuated Cotal Preselector gearbox, Dubonnet coil spring front suspension, De Dion rear axle with semi-elliptic springs, and four-wheel hydraulic finned alloy drum brakes. The wheelbase was a whopping 116 inches.

The car was unveiled at the 1949 Paris Auto Show, and was exhibited at all the major European concours events that year, from Paris to Monte Carlo to San Remo, scooping the pool wherever it was exhibited. It won best-in-class in the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance in 2006 just a few months after a complete restoration. Just a few months later, the car was honored again, winning People’s Choice at theprestigious Amelia Island Concours d’ Elegance.

Having fulfilled its exhibition duties, it then passed through a succession of other flamboyant owners, including actress Diana Dors.

The final word on this stunning automobile goes to Ian Kelleher, President and Chief Operating Officer, RM Auctions

“Following the financial depression of World War II, there were few collectors with the means, flamboyance and flair to commission a car as exotic as this Saoutchik Roadster. Arguably the most desirable post-war, coachbuilt automobile of all time, it is truly a masterpiece of the coachbuilder’s art. Eye-catching and exotic, it is wonderful to drive and combines superlative styling on a chassis of competition quality.”

Courtesy of RM Auctions

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Les aspirations les plus absurdes et les plus téméraires ont parfois conduit à des succès extraordinaires.

- Vauvenargues

St. Moritz has been a famous health resort in Engadine since the 19th century. At first, it was only frequented by spa guests, before the village developed into a high alpine sports centre, and for a time it was a playground for the rich and famous. There’s still some of that element present but not as in its hey day of the 70s. For nine months of the year it’s just another picturesque village in the gorgeous Swiss Alps, with Lake St. Moritz lying at its heart.

Crucially it is quietly forgotten by the outside world. Residents can breathe and go about their daily chilled out lives. For those precious nine months it was great to hike and ski there as my boarding school wasn’t too far away from getting there. But the other four months of the year, the high season, it gets flood with skiers and altogether more showy crowd.

The frozen surface of the lake, which can only be described as a desert of snow, now serves as a symbol of the resort itself. From nine months of natural bliss to four months of chaos and madness. Every time the ice lends its surface to polo tournaments, horse races, and the wealthy and beautiful make the pilgrimage down the mountains from their grand hotels, St. Moritz seems to transform. St. Moritz’s newest ‘gimmick’ for the past three years or so has been to serve the International Concours of Elegance St. Moritz - or The ICE St. Moritz - as a kind of classic car museum with an adventurous character.

Since the first ever The ICE St. Moritz in 2019, historic rally cars have been exhibited to the sports car-crazy public on the opening day, before demonstrating their horsepower on the ice racetrack on the second day of the event. However, the fact that The ICE is taking place on Lake St. Moritz, of all places, is no coincidence. In 1985, a group of Scottish and British sportsmen drove their vintage Bentleys to St. Moritz to celebrate the centenary of the Cresta Run (an eccentric and high spirited toboggan amateur race). As part of the festivities, they drove their cars on the racecourse across the frozen Lake St. Moritz.

This year, however, the ICE St. Moritz evolved slightly differently. For the first time, the event was held on two days: Friday 24 and Saturday 25 February. On the first day, the lake was transformed into an open-air museum, where the jury evaluated the cars on display from an aesthetic perspective. Then, on the second day, the actual race took place, whereupon the jury evaluated the classic cars from a performance perspective.

This year there were five category winners. In the ‘Open Wheels’ category, the 1958 Maserati 420M/58 “Eldorado” held its own. Meanwhile, the ‘Barchettas on the Lake’ category crowned the Ferrari 500 Mondial Series II from 1955 as the winner. My personal favourite, the aforementioned Ferrari 250 Testarossa ‘Lucybelle’ emerged as the winner in the ‘Le Mans 100’ category. As expected, Lancia Strato’s HF Zero of 1970 came out on top in the ‘Concept Cars & One Offs’ category. Last but not least, judges crowned the 1958 Bentley S1 Continental Drophead Coupé as the winner of the ‘Queens on Wheels’ category.

The evening gala took place at Badrutts Palace, which towers over the city like a castle with its high stone walls. In the stimulating semi-darkness and under shimmering candlelight, riders, collectors, enthusiasts, the public and media from all over the world celebrated the conclusion of one of the most anticipated competitions in the Engadine. Overall it’s spectacular fun and contrary to what one might believe it really does draw the car enthusiast crowd rather than the snob mob. It’s a very chilled event and bags of fun.