Concorso D'Eleganza Villa D'Este 2009
Class B
Pre-War Closed Cars
1925 Rolls-Royce Phantom I Sports Saloon Hooper
1931 Bentley 8-Litre Sportsman Coupe Gurney Nutting
Only 100 8-litre Bentleys were built in total, and
this one is has a very interesting radiator-mascot.
radiator-mascot, "taking a shower" at the rainy Concorso D'Eleganza
Villa D'Este
It was created by jeweler, and glass-artist Lalique, and I heard that the value of the mascot is about 100,000 Euro!
1933 Rolls-Royce Phantom I Sedanca Town Car Brewster
This Phantom I was built in the USA. The difference
to the Sports Saloon (on top of this website) is that the steering wheel
is on the left side, Rolls-Royce cars that were built in Great Britain
still were built with the steering wheel on the "wrong side".
So it's quite easy to identify a "Springfield-Phantom"
from a "normal" one.
And most of these American Rolls-Royce were bodied
by Brewster, because Rolls-Royce bought that coachbuilder.
The body type "Sedanca Town Car" is a limousine with
a removable top for the driver-compartment, quite often the top was only
a canvas-top. There were a lot of other names for that body-style, like
"Coupé De Ville"
1935 "Jaguar" SS1 Swallow
The Swallow Sidecar company didn't use the name "Jaguar"
as company name, before 1945, Jaguar just was some sort of model-name,
to illustrate the elegance, and power of the car. But after WWII, the initials
"SS" were no longer used...
1938 Bugatti T57S Atalante
The S-type of the famous T57 series is easily identified
by the lower body,
and the different radiator-grill, which is no longer
flat.
The Atalante, one of the most desirable (and valuable)
body designs that were available, designed by Jean Bugatti.
Mention of Honour
Trofeo Auto & Design (for
the most interesting car design at the show, given by the jury)
1938 Alfa-Romeo 8C 2900B Berlinetta Touring
This Berlinetta by Touring is owned by former Microsoft
director Jon Shirley.
That car won the most important prices at Villa D'Este:
Coppa d'Oro Villa d'Este
Trofeo BMW Group
Trofeo BMW Group Italia
Winner Class B
