04.05.2004 The 75th edition of the Villa d'Este Concours d'Eleganza took place last weekend with both historic AND modern Italian cars sweeping up in the award categories
Last week the 75th edition of the highly prestigious Villa d'Este Concours d'Eleganza took place with both historic and modern Italian cars sweeping up in the major award categories.
Alfa Romeo's recently unveiled 8c Competizione concept sportscar and an immaculate Catagna bodied Lancia Astura Double Phaeton led the way, the pair winning half of the main eight highly coveted awards available between them.
Sponsored this year by the BMW Group, the annual event, held at the famous Villa d'Este hotel on the shores of Lake Como in Northern Italy, is easily one of the most important on the concours calender.
The Alfa Romeo 8c swept up the 'Concorso d'Eleganza Villa d'Este Design Award' and in full recognition of its exciting design it also was awarded the 'BMW Design Trofeo'.
In the hotly contested 'Modern Concept & Prototype' category it brushed aside opposition from the Zagato Aston Martin Vanquish, the Mercedes-Benz CLK Vision, Nissan Jikoo, Rinspeed Splash, Lancia Fulvia and VW Concept R.
This year the emphasis was on cars built between 1950 and 1969 and the event in general featured a mouth watering line up which included the amazing Bertone-created BAT7 coupe concept and the famous racing Alfa Romeo TZ2.
Two awards were also claimed by a Castagna bodied 1933 Lancia Astura Double Phaeton which won both the 'Coppa d'Oro d'Trofeo di Villa d'Este' and the 'Trofeo BMW Italia' award.
In the remainder
of the categories a 1957 Pininfarina Ferrari 250GT Cabriolet claimed the 'BMW Group
Best of the Show Trofeo', while another Pininfarina-styled Ferrari, this time a 375 America from 1955, won the 'Trofeo
Corrado Millanta'.
Alfa Romeo rounded off their excellent event with a third award when the
legendary 1951 6C 2500 Coupe Ville d'Este claimed the 'Carlo Felice
Bianchi Anderloni Memorial Trofeo'.
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