This weekend around 50 of the most spectacular historic cars from their era will compete for the much-coveted trophies awarded by a jury of distinguished experts. The overall winner of the Concorso d’Eleganza Villa d’Este will receive the most prized trophy of all – the Trofeo BMW Group.

Special classes for this year include:

  • Frozen in Time: Preservation ’Time Capsules’ from 1900-1973 which have survived in unrestored State.
  • “Go Big or Go Home”: Automotive Excess of the ‘80s to the new Millennium, when nothing seemed too fast, expensive or bold
  • Sculpture in Motion: The Decade of the automotive Arms Race, 1928-1938
  • Glorious Excess: The Evolution of the ‘Money no Object’ Motor Car, 1920-1940

Amongst several anniversaries being celebrated are 100 years of the Rolls Royce Phantom and the 70th birthday of the BMW 507.

As the timeless elegance of the surroundings reverberates to the sound of numerous engines we wish good luck to all those taking part in the celebrations.