Concours d'Elegance
A Concours d'Elegance is a meeting of owners usually of most plants at the best condition of historic automobiles, where the classic car is assessed in a competition for status, originality, beauty and often history. One of these Concours takes place every year in Pebble Beach, California. Another Concours takes place in northern Italy, the Concorso d'Eleganza Villa d' Este on Lake Como.
In Germany, since 2003 annually on the first or second weekend in June, a Concours d'Elegance in the highest FIVA category A near Stuttgart in the park of Ludwigsburg Palace ( Blooming Baroque ) instead. It is "Retro Classics meets Barock " organized by the Organization Partners of the Stuttgart Retro Classics classic car show. 2009 26,000 people visited this Concours d' Elegance.
In Switzerland takes place since 2003 every year the ' Concours d'Elegance Bürkliplatz - Zurich " instead. In the heart of Zurich, around the music pavilion of Bürkliplatz to provide about 90 historical vehicles, including rarities from Swiss manufacturers and individual pieces known coachbuilders, a renowned jury, a press - board and a critical audience for evaluation. The beauty contest will be held in the middle of the week and for the city of Zurich is a veritable magnet for the public.
Since 2006 in North Rhine- Westphalia at the Schloss Dyck in situations of international classics and motor festivals " Classic Days " Concours d'Elegance "Jewels in the Park" FIVA category A instead. On the historic Orangery Peninsula, the vehicles present in 70 acres of beautiful English landscape park - created by Thomas Blaikie in the years 1820-1835. In the Classic Days are selected 45 vehicles - mostly from the time of Coach Building and prototyping - evaluated by a distinguished jury. The jury of the 2010 event were represented, for example, as jurors: Jutta Benz, Caroline Bugatti, Prof. Johann Tomforde, Manfred Gotta, Prof. Paolo Tuminelli, FIVA President Horst Brüning and FIVA expert Dominik Fischlin. The Concours "Jewels in the Park" 39,800 spectators attended the fifth anniversary in 2010.
Since 2009, the Concours d'Elegance is the " Schloss Bensberg Classics" performed also a FIVA A- gewerteter competition. In the courtyard of the baroque Schloss Bensberg presents a selection of about 40 each classic cars, including numerous prototypes and unique. The Executive Jury, Walter Maria de Silva, Head of Group Design of Volkswagen AG.
Meanwhile, more and more countries, the mobile cultural heritage is respected and valued in competitions, as well as in Canada in 2009 and 2008 for the first time in India, in the former British colony historic automobiles from the United Kingdom competed.
Classic sailing yachts
Since 2009 there is also a Concours d'Elegance classic sailing yachts, which takes place every year at the International Lake Constance week in Konstanz. The partially over 100 years old wooden sailing yachts, including rarities from mahogany and custom made, present the variety and the technical developments in sailing. A jury and the audience evaluate the presentation ride in the harbor of Constance.