2011 Concorso d'Eleganza Villa report and gallery ...
A month later than usual, the majestic Villa d'Este hotel on the shores of Lake Como hosted its annual Concorso d'Eleganza this weekend. Considered one of the finest motoring events on the calendar 'Villa d'Este' each year attracts around fifty of the finest classic cars as well as a selection of modern show cars and prototypes. As has become traditional, the show featured several world debuts. This year the Ferrari Superamerica 45, the Aston Martin V12 Zagato Coupe and BMW 328 Hommage were first shown at Villa d'Este. A new part of the program was the first ever auction organised in conjunction with Villa d'Este. Held by RM Auctions, it is planned to be a bi-annual sale, alternating with the company's Monaco auction. Highlights of the inaugural event were a selection of six legendary Bertone show cars as well as several notable machines from the likes of Ferrari, Talbot Lago and Bugatti. The weekend's main attraction of course remained the Concorso d'Eleganza on Saturday, which this year had a strong focus on the 1960s, inspired by the 50th anniversary of the Jaguar E-Type. Described by many as one of the strongest field yet, the Concorso featured a wide variety machines ranging from a Teardrop Talbot to a Jaguar XKSS and the Ford GT40 that placed third at Le Mans in 1966.
As always we made our way to one of Italy's most scenic places to capture the event in its entirety. The result of our labour is this detailed, class by class report, illustrated by no fewer than three galleries with a total of 260 mouthwatering pictures.
In the coming days and weeks you can of course expect detailed features on the finest cars that made it to Villa d'Este this year.
Enjoy the links:
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