04 October 2021
Villa d’Este Concorso d’Eleganza 2021 – and the winner is...
The Trofeo BMW Group remains firmly in Italian hands.
The Ferrari 250 GT TDF is overall winner of the Concorso d’Eleganza Villa d’Este 2021.
The endurance racing car made in 1956 and owned by American Brian Ross was awarded the honour of “Best of Show” by the Jury of experts. For the seventh time in succession, the most important award at the world’s most traditional and most exclusive heritage beauty contest for Historic Cars was conferred on a car from Italian production.
Today, the three-day festival of classic cars on the shores of Lake Como drew to a close with the gala prize award ceremony. Once again, the festival was a celebration of elegance and timeless beauty on four wheels. No event worldwide offers more tradition, quality and class than this beauty contest of Historic Cars in the grounds of the legendary Grand Hotel on the shores of Lake Como.
A total of almost 50 outstanding classic cars from different eras of automobile history were nominated for the Concorso d’Eleganza Villa d’Este 2021. The bandwidth of entrants ranged from rarities built in the 1920s, influenced for the first time by aesthetic aspects of automobile design alongside functional attributes, through to spectacularly designed hypercars from the 1990s. Each car is marked out in a unique way by its immaculate condition, historic significance and individual history, conveying the fascination and timeless beauty that have defined the Concorso d’Eleganza Villa d’Este since its very beginnings.
The list below presents the “Best of Show” and all the class winners alongside those vehicles in the eight classes for Historic Cars bestowed with a Mention of Honour. The model, coachwork designer, year of manufacture and owner are provided in each case:
Trofeo BMW Group:
Best of Show by the Jury.
Ferrari 250 GT TDF, Coupé, Pinin Farina, 1956, Brian Ross (US)
Class Winners and Mentions of Honour.
Class A:
Twentieth Century Style: From Touring Torpedo to Racy Roadster.
Class Winner.
Lancia Astura Torpedo GS, Open Tourer, Viotti, 1934, Anthony MacLean (CH)
Mention of Honour.
Alfa Romeo 6C 1750 GTC, Spider, Zagato, 1931, Maria Cristina Trevisani (IT)
Class B:
Developing the Theme: Space, Pace and Grace.
Class Winner.
Delage D8-120 S, Cabriolet, De Villars, 1938, Fritz Burkard (CH)
Mention of Honour.
Lancia Dilambda Serie I, Drop Head Coupé, Carlton Carriage, 1930, Filippo Sole (IT)
Class C:
Showroom Showdown: Britain and Germany Battle for Luxury Supremacy.
Class Winner.
Mercedes-Benz 300 SL Alloy, Coupé Gullwing, Mercedes-Benz, 1955, David MacNeil (US)
Mention of Honour.
Aston Martin DB5, Convertible, Touring Superleggera, 1965, Ian Maxwell-Scott (GB)
Class D:
Granturismo all’Italiana: Finding the perfect GT Formula.
Class Winner.
FIAT 8V, Coupé, Vignale, 1953, Jan de Reu (BE)
Mention of Honour.
Alfa Romeo 6C 2500 Supergioiello, Coupé, Ghia, 1950, Jonathan & Wendy Segal (US)
Class E:
Big Band ’40s to Awesome ’80s: Five Decades of Endurance Racing.
Class Winner.
Ferrari 250 GT TDF, Coupé, Pinin Farina, 1956, Brian Ross (US)
Mention of Honour.
OSCA MT4 Siluro, Torpedo, OSCA, 1949, Elad Shraga (IL)
Class F:
A Passion for Perfection: Celebrating 90 Years of Pininfarina.
Class Winner.
Ferrari 250 GT California SWB, Spyder, Pininfarina, 1960, Destriero Collection (MC)
Mention of Honour.
Ferrari 275 GTB/4, Berlinetta, Pininfarina, 1967, Andrea Recordati (IT)
Class G:
The Birth of the Supercar: Latin Style Landmarks.
Class Winner.
Lamborghini Countach LP 400 S Prototype Walter Wolf Special, Coupé, Bertone, 1978, Shinjiro Fukuda (JP)
Mention of Honour.
Ferrari F40, Coupé, Pininfarina, 1989, Christiano Michelotto (IT)
Class H:
The next Generation: Hypercars of the 1990s.
Class Winner.
Isdera Commendatore 112i, Coupé, Isdera, 1993, Phillip Sarofim (US)
Mention of Honour.
McLaren F1, Coupé, McLaren, 1995, Ahmad Gozal (AE)
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