Greenwich Concours 2011 - Big Gallery!
Friday, June 10, 2011 at 12:34PM 
Sunday was the European car day at the Greenwich Concours D'Elegance. As always, it was great to get up close with some fantastic and rare machinery. This year's event was a little short on real show-stoppers. For example, there was only 1 Bugatti present, whereas in previous years there have been numerous significant ones like Peter Williamson's T57 Atlantic. 
I felt that some of the corrals were being filled out by lesser examples of the respective marques. For example there were 2 XJS examples in the Jaguar area, and no truly rare Jags on display (like C-types or D-types). Overall, the event felt more regional than in previous years, but I still had a good time. As often is the case at car shows, the parking lot provided many unexpected and exciting car sightings, from a perfectly restored Lancia Fulvia HF to a really great vintage Maserati Quattroporte. For me, the highlight of the show itself was a fascinating and diminutive Lotus Mark VI with polished aluminum body and snappy red leather interior. What a cool and historically significant machine! Plenty of pics of it in the gallery. See the full 2-page gallery HERE or click on the photos above!
2011, Greenwich, concours in Car Events, Photos
Reader Comments (2)
Beautiful photos. Sorry there were no real highlights, although the white Alfa and the black Delage would have made the visit worthwhile. (Wasn't it Ettore Bugatti who said "Apres moi la Delage"?) The Bugatti looks more like a recent fabrication than even a bitsa to me. You're right -- top drawer for a "regional show", but not a patch on the days of yore. Sic transit.
I like the Ghibli in the parking lot.
It turns out, according to Bradley's diligent and virtually instantaneous research, that the Bugatti shown here on page 2 is real after all, but with a bizarre and fractured provenance. At least I was right about the body, which is not original.