All of which means eight classes of vehicle are now in place for the Concorso d’Eleganza Villa d’Este 2016. The category “Rally cars – Heroes of the special stage, 1955 – 1985” will showcase spectacular competition cars from three decades of rally racing; “Daring to be different – Design that pushed the envelope” is the billing for examples of extremely bold, often controversial but pioneering new developments from the spheres of design and technology; and unique cars constructed for highly discerning customers – principally from the 1920s to the 1950s – by renowned manufacturers or coachbuilders are grouped together under the banner “Sur mesure et haute couture – One-offs for the connoisseur”.

 

Two other categories are dedicated to cars from the pre-war era that are encountered rarely yet always remain in the memory. The category “Pre-war decadence – Flights of automotive fantasy” is all about automobiles bathed in the rakish luxury of the 1920s and 1930s, while “Pre-war supercars – The fast and the flamboyant” focuses on the pursuit of the high performance and thrill of speed that were equally characteristic of this era. Elsewhere on the programme, a class entitled “Cars of the stars – From the silver screen to the studio lot” features vehicles whose story is closely associated with the history of film. On display will be models that once played a leading role in well-known movies or were owned by icons of the screen.

 

The ninth and last category will be announced at a later stage.

 

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(21.1.2016)