2008 Concorso d’Eleganza Ken Vendley Production / Motorscape International

Imagine a major International Hotel situated on the edge of Lake Como Italy . . . its the renouned The Villa Este famous for Elgance, Style and above all class. With that in mine the place to hold a prestegious major auto event and that all stated in 1929. That event today is one of the most prominent concours in the world and in 2008 you and Motorscape are there. many contrasting types, style of automobiles are all layed out at this lavish location. Cars of great note such as the 1950 Mille Miglia winning Ferrari, Fagoni and Falaschi Talbo Lago, Pininfarina Dino Ferrari prototype,
a Pegasso Flying Buttris styled coupe a Damiler double six, Voisin and proposed Pantara from the past. Prototypes from the auto shows were shown like a Hundai with glass doors and a Ford Escape with glass floors and the origanal Lanica Staros plus a double door opening Renault. The car slection was a stagering display of history and performance from all ages and worthy of this grand locatiuon. Stay with the show for its a two day event and the sunday show at the nearby Villa Erbe of the famous movie of Oceans 11 and James Bond 007 Series…

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[Music] ah Springtime in Italy Lake KO the town of chobo and the villaa hotel yes the vest hotel where the concorso deanza vest will take place this weekend some other kind of trans ation here on the lake vest now you know when when a truck like this shows up you know bright yellow there’s something special yes it’s a hospo swza things to come oh the fun of it all it’s like unwrapping a package Exquisite detailing example styled by pran and Darren Paris only at [Laughter] vest little Mist on the Chrome this morning but well this program is sponsored by BMW and here’s an appropriate response the brand new Rolls-Royce wow unbelievable this is the new Coupe okay let’s watch this door now how’s that okay check this out how’s that now this is sound but you can’t even hear it running very very impressive little boat watching like Como it’s marvelous well here’s our next piece of eye candy coming out of the truck Del absolutely beautiful pretty nice pretty nice specimen right for here in front of the hotel yeah it’s a lot of fun just waiting for all these trucks to show up pretty nice yeah let’s see if it STS trying uhoh all right the next one to roll out is a beautiful ATS [Music] magnificent absolutely magnificent what a setting to bring the car to lighting is just perfect interesting symbology ATS well again here’s our next one 410 Ferrari boy this yellow really stands out here today so while we’re unloading the Ferrari what shows up here [Applause] [Music] yeah oh this is an Italian I don’t know what it is now you go from this to this now how’s this for arrival magnificent Alpa Romeo unbelievable yeah well here’s the two offer Mals they’re just absolutely just spectacular God the stuff it just keeps coming out marvelous it’s an isada franchini Priceless marvelous car 8 L engine and what year is it 1929 29 and everything in this car is original it has been repainted but everything else as it was even the tools now the serial number on this Bley is 777777 no kidding that’s what it’s all about getting ready for the big show [Music] A Feast for the eyes I don’t know if this is in the show or not but my goodness this a neat little vehicle any way to get a car here now check this out here’s a pigasso V8 oh look at this and look what you have right [Music] here these are so [Music] rare the outside of fren Chini they need detention 7 L original well it’s too tight in here to unload these cars so are they’re going to go out they’ll be back oh look what just arrived damler spectacular and right in front of the entrance what a scene what a car this won Pebble Beach many years ago damler damler 6 is a B12 now here we are at the entrance to the hotel and they’re starting to really line [Music] [Applause] [Music] up I like the sound D type [Music] SS now we have a Rolls-Royce making the The Ramp Creek magnificent again the Final Touch oo another one of the BMW display cars that orange one was incidentally this old Rolls-Royce started right up carry on o well here’s another one this a gorgeous Ferrari Ferrari started up very nice you know this show is known for Elegance right no matter what age car and look at that color and now I like just arrived what they all Lighting in come on come on come on back to the front of the Hotel this damer 6 I tell you it is impressive the interior of this damer has tools under the back seat now the gentleman from fiva is uh interviewing the people that’s what happens all the cars are scrutinized at one time [Music] and we got a won not the windshield almost aircraft in nature all aluminum body four cylinder Ferrari fun being here today as Martin what a wonderful atmosphere we get a chance to see that Bugatti we saw it coming in earlier over there great supercharger [Music] [Music] sound all kinds and there’s some nice photo opportunities [Music] here B aest starts right up was on marvelous car so docile [Applause] Bugatti I saw the Fran Chini going to the garage you got the yellow flowers you got the yellow Ferrari Ferrari Dino pen and finina concept car which is now in private possession used to be in the ferina museum 206 Dino engine I’ve said it before I’ll say it again this is why I come to this show get right [Music] down again what a sitting here something happened to the Doo and it has to coast in but still get to see how nice this little car looks you could call it hybrid now it sounds so quiet and there it goes sometimes they don’t run let’s look at this Dino one more time absolute purity of design all right all right I obsess but this is so choice you know well BMW is a sponsor of this uh wonderful program and uh the M1 this year is being celebrated for its anniversary oh my God we’ll see more of this one I’m run down and check it out one of the Prototype it’s a Hyundai prototype marvelous oh sounds like a diesel it’s unreal absolutely unreal marvelous shape again what makes this show so good I mean it just arrive but all the plastic inside but exciting yes yes and look at the Double Bubble sunroof unreal fantastic from every view it’s just it’s fabulous coming at you it’s got a few little problems in the wheels touching the fenders now you go from that prototype to this prototype [Music] contrast I’m back 30th anniversary of the BMW M1 looks brand new at the dino running now love that V6 sound nice see moving again followed by 250 Ferrari ATS V8 little Mid Engine [Music] V8 M lady Triumph just arrived yeah Vali triumphs designed by molleti lcia Stratos being launched alencia being launched out of the truck Bon and it’s in daylow as you can see yeah it’s noisy all right little V6 Ferrari V6 how about this here’s an M1 coming in in Orange great little car big arrival time today well first car this morning is the um 1950 Mill Milly winter Ferrari 166 the lighting on this car right at the moment is marvelous that great soft color again just beautiful well the arrivals have been a little slow this morning but all of a sudden I got some excitement this is a Alexus LFA it’s called pretty exciting just so cool ooh nice sound very nice well that V8 sounds marvelous [Music] Bley coming in style an original Bentley now here’s our newest arrival beini one really has to get down low to get a good view of this one this is how you start one of these things turn it around now it’s the Monte five a the concorso now the fiva inspection fun of games here in the morning and now for the fiva inspection 4 and2 L ni supercharge this is a very original xkss look at the Upholstery and everything you’ll see it’s all original except for the car c the car has original tires how many now up by the dining room of the hotel as a photographic session goes on if you remember that Ferrari uh mil Millie winter we took earlier well here’s the engine single carburetor quite interesting for racing engine 166 no the mill Ferrari is opened up here I really don’t think there’s a more beautiful place and right here at Lake Como in Villa well this beautiful location is enhanced by all the beautiful cars a Gia 8v Fiat engine now here’s why it’s so nice here Italian car in Italy well things are getting more colorful by that I mean an additional color nice sunny day nice sunny yellow Ferrari now other photo opportunities are taking place and a return engagement here not a bad little publicity shot here Bugatti it’s a 1935 ss90 Jaguar first Jaguar sports [Applause] car this car of all the cars I’ve seen fits more here at the hotel than ever than any of the others you speak of Elegance and Grand style very appropriate now let’s look at this ss90 engine it’s gorgeous rolls Roy almost has a longer nose than the double six now this is a double bubble with a special deck [Applause] what’s to say about photo ops here they’re everywhere little reflection in the window here a little reflection on the car boy this car is shiny very alluring shot here really dust Another Hispano sua we saw one earlier this week another one to the group oh look what just came in Del very nice very very nice 19481 bu off the in this all right here’s that noisy Ferrari we saw yesterday now you’ve heard of these old cars and they need tools to be repaired and worked on whoa whoa now some of these owners have their own picture taken right in this beautiful beautiful scene Ferrari TRC it’s just so much fun being here watching them detail their cars tomorrow’s a big show another Bentley they come in and they go out right here at the hotel looks like an for Mayo yes it is with a Rome license plate is that nice oh what a beauty all of a sudden there’s a panta oh this is the um I think the Prototype panta I think yes it’s a prototype panta kind of nice to see an earlier prototype again with resemblance to the original or the manufactured one or the production one quite different of course there’s some newer cars here that show up at the hotel it’s quiet at lunch hour what a place panta prototype flying buttresses a whole deal very very nice iide of frantin magnificent Car Kingdom finina Al for May stately presence now here’s renault’s newest prototype for this year a little different door action this year boy look at the detailing in this car let’s look at that door Arrangement again door this is remarkable hand control behind the seat for some reason every year they have a Wonder details details details fabulous marvelous car and this Rolls-Royce just arrived and I might add by the sunshine the weather is perfect perfect 1926 they couldn’t have parked this car in more appropriate spot look at the background oh yeah look at the car ah Italy Lake Como vest I’m in love ah the innocence of it all so lovely sitting [Music] there another arrival can’t tell exactly yet now the fiva is looking over the Ferrari so why don’t we look under the hood too boy is that sweet remember that car it came in earlier this is a Gia Jaguar yep Gia Jaguar imagine that really really nice next car for fiva is a Maserati there’s a new arrival oh look at this unbelievable look at this Alpa Romeo Bella is right oh look at the rear end oh God this is sensational [Music] unreal just staggeringly beautiful 1937 alpha male incredibly simple interior look at the gear shift and just a couple of instruments I’m having a Time War problem here look at these wonderful cars here’s an interior again and now let’s look at the door panel here and the details details marvelous here we are the VES hotel lobby or entrance little short Mercedes now does this fit the hotel or what boy very fitting here for the hotel 1937 this is at Alpha Romeo okay here we are right in the hotel I got another one yep it’s like James Bond here now you got that Alpha now here is the BMW mercedesbenz Courier Autobon Courier and here comes this uh alphao 1937 a work of art and look at the a little fin in the back I love it now we go little the right or left there look at that look at the two marvelous Vehicles yeah beautiful turn from the drive all right here’s the zagato um benley very attractive car all right two Mercedes here very rare I’ll give you the history on these things later what are they Mario those 680 that’s 680 Mercedes 680 Mercedes two of them obviously the race version now here comes another one oh what a privilege magnificent magnificent now if you look at the luggage probably the same vintage in the trunk nice little detail and you hear the word patina this Rings loud and clear it rings true every Friday afternoon late in the afternoon a lot of cars start showing up yeah here’s that masetti engine these are the production Morgans nice appropriate arrival at the same time so these are considered production so they wouldn’t be prototypes like bugs now look at this too much for the eye to behold now here’s that engine and Mercedes another photo up original SS 100 13,000 Mi and here are these Morgans hold it who turned on the lights this is the lania Stratos prototype don’t listen to this man he’s a only don’t miss out for a little drive today all the fun it’s Friday afternoon is wonderful Yeah Boy here’s contrast if there ever was one a quiet moment here here’s that Mercedes that has the ultimate patina and by that I meant look at here oil can various parts here’s the engine to the Autobon Courier [Music] well the cars are still sitting out here all looking wonderful Bentley Continental zagato concept okay here we go whoa whoa right over the hotel waiting to see this it’s a mid-engine Al for maale unbelievable excels your tires on it and everything it’s just Sensational single seat Mid Engine and So speaking of for mayos here’s one of the new ones unreal just spectacular incredibly spacious interior boats going by the lake cars tops down I mean just lots of fun going on out here today wonderful Alpha [Music] unfortunately the car is broken down but boy what a revolution 70 years old aler 1938 the exhaust it’s bright and early in the morning setup [Music] [Applause] time get it right get it lined up perfect SS nighty I got getting it just right positioning thundering sound [Music] wow Vigor entry this found new BMW sedan very [Music] exciting nice Europa Ferrari one is passing the other here wow a lot of action this morning was [Music] on here’s the Autobon Courier Mercedes 540 quite spectacular to say the least and what an arrival boy magnificent not a little biggies here [Music] yeah they do blow off a little smoke once in a while we goty SP a squee it mercedesbenz now as all that action’s going on over here are the prototypes are starting to show up in the early morning almost completely set up gaso magnificent a real Rarity a magnificent car beautiful day back to the prototypes the new Mercedes sedan very unique the Rena huh very unique very special such contrast between the two show areas little light play on the hood here huh huge engine the hood alone is a study in shape a study in form yes I’m obsessing but it is fantastic and 50 years old all right here’s that alphao we saw last night and running very well I might say look at the driving position you know she’s right in the middle there it’s great all right all right I’m through uniqueness here’s this marvelous Ferrari very early Ferrari sort of race car class here another Alpha good morning back to the prototypes and here’s a two from General Motors the Ford crossover I think exciting car all opened up all right you got to be ready for this a glass floor I’ve heard of a glass ceiling but not a glass floor exciting though I got to say that is pretty scary yeah FR here we go check the doors they’re supposed to open here they go now the other the representatives this Ford say it’s rather scary to drive with that glass floor remember the glass floor in the car how about a glass Fender skirt or at least plastic kind of interesting shaped sunroof Merced that’s that new CTS coupe Coupe and here’s a Saab here’s the ring beat hybrid zero emission how about these uh Wheels everything unique on this car now check the tire with a different material or different color material in the Deep part another shot and look at those floors and the door are designed back to the classics now here is I believe it’s now for Mayo I think [Music] Arena another spectacular after ala [Music] Romeo unreal I he’s that party Crusher every year look at this lineup if you look at it off one that just came in well when they make lineups this is pretty hard to beat a lot of color and just beyond it that’s our party Crusher every year interesting almost looking the same similar looks now we got the Hundai which is very similar to the Ford a part next to each other transparency everywhere this is a Hyundai and the door has to be recognized the Renault Hundai and the Ford at the entrance BMW has its 30th anniversary of the M1 display Bugatti stylistic rears this ought to be called colorful corner wow one has to remember with all these cars there’s another dominant thing and that’s Lake KO very picturesque here visiting one of my favorites again said eat it she said a lot of very special cars down in this corner marvelous lineup [Music] this is the damer 6 or V12 unbelievable interesting Hood and the judges confirm very old Ferrari this is a Jaguar I believe it’s Gia this Maserati really brightens the day Ferrari Maserati R 35 Alpha Mid Engine Bugatti well we got another [Music] one back to the prototypes just for a moment there’s the Ford and the Hyundai yes please yes here we are ruining our lives yes sir please yes go can I yes yes ah yes I thought it’ never happen here we are all right it’s after lunch still a lot of people looking the cars we’re getting ready for the big um parade judging [Music] beautiful afternoon looking forward to the excitement of the judging sort of the competition corner here here’s an interesting gathering in the corner here blacks and Grays we’re about ready to begin the awards the parade and the ceremony so here are some of the trophies concept cars in motion under their own power it’s great see them at motor shows but here you can actually appreciate Charles March familiar to many of you Lord March the owner of Goodwood house and the UK the Goodwood estate and founder and uh organizer of every year the Goodwood Festival of speed and these two gentlemen who are our hosts roll here today peing the Paris rally I’m take just now know what I’ve missed so far it’s a very special atmosphere many car enthusiasts so I feel toally this is interesting it’s brought To Us by vter now going hands in hands of course with rolls supercharged mercedesbenz S Type brought To Us by France I start a Fran handlebar mustache at the wheel and the colorcoded outfit now this is a to a young purchaser of this car did he gave it as a present to his wife who was the who is a British film star can you build me an aircraft and Gabrielle thought nothing of this and said sure built the mark who studied in Geneva and then set up a factory in Spain France well done you B sweet congratulations do come a little bit more forwards just as we said earlier this is the supercharged S Type actually the first sports Jaguar ever and this is actually the first ss90 built of the series and after spending many years in the USA 110 of these and this particular example has custom coach work driving this Splendid 320 cab a Mercedes and the price will be handed over by David archal from Rolls-Royce Moto cars please rollsroyce Phantom fromal coachwork this sculptural body by the designers of the cars that ala Romeo raced in international events such as the Tripoli to Brook and the car look at that wow wow I’m impressed this ised with is the president of the jury Mr Loreno Rach and if he’s herec the S standing for which means lowered interest that designers Tak 30s not just with putting ever bigger engines into their cars I always thought i’ succeeded the factory offered a series of body styles on their different cars but perhaps none of them are more spectacular than this this is the aob bang client of the time and bear in mind that Mercedes of course were very expensive car owner since his teens I think he spent his and the car was still very much a coachbuilt car in this particular case the body is by in the after the war Bentley introduced The Mark 6 and this particular car is modern day Bentley boy it’s Dr France pkin who is the head of course of good afternoon John Bookout here all the way from Houston Texas good right Simon absolutely right Ferrari 166 berin with coachwork by this was was one of their fors they always looked great and very few do come a little bit more forward please very few cars were ever supplied with mechanics that look after these cars year round in their home in the basement of the Calico building at 101 parking at its finest and of course this was a project between Triumph and Vig in the outskirts of the city now this really to me is I have a soft spot for them myself it’s the wonderful look at that typical two turn delery the Ferrari 250 this year he’s chosen a BMW very topical this drove the car from England to Monte Carlo and then here for good measure so that he built the Lamborghini 350 GT now look at the chass Italian design and here we have an exceptional one who wins the took on wifredo rard who is a well-known Automotive engineer again a car with a oneoff body by year of of his creation the panta 7x Montella of 1973 and I’m going to take advantage if I may I know Elina feri Dino 206s compe uses a detuned race engine believe it or not this engine was from a car that raced at L Mo it still has the scrutineers stamps on it really is look at that fantastic absolute sculpture space for the wife wife and the driver although it does look as if it’s made for Stratos zero was fitted with a lancha fulvia engine and it was the car went on to compete in another a number of other events it eventually found its way to the states 1955 and it’s Brian Ross’s magnificent Shin 3 best preserved car by the jewry and the price best preserved car goes to the x racing car from the 1950 the C the T and the r stand for test 1960s when it was sold believe it or not to a Driving School here so Simon actually I expected the driers 30 years this year so I think a round of applause is in order don’t you welcome well let’s find out from the driver fabulous looking car Adrian a few words last Geneva Motor Show uh it’s U style is very close to a vehicle that we will be launching at the uh Paris Motor Show interesting door it will uh unfortunately not have what we call the dragon fly we have to make sure that the interior is visible hence the reason why we have these very large opening uh uh possibly not in bright red I mean I personally love that buto had of R designs thank you very much fabulous I was admiring by the way that the driver need a hand with the other door it’s closing on its own now that is a great party trick can you really not put those into production difficult but not impossible fantastic thank you very much I love that red and graphite gray interior Andrei Bentley [Applause] Andre have production ready breaks for examp so stand in the middle at your own Peril especially I know obviously you want to get let’s have a look I don’t dare speculate how good afternoon hello please yeah this was a project we did together with G which is not limited by the manua now there’s a four which is a bit more forwards Martin if you would please you can come up to here of course so Martin Smith of Ford because you can Martin thank you very much now we should have Ed Wilburn now of General Motors Europe and uh now here’s the Lexus good afternoon the Lexus PR of Lexus what’s scuba scuba hello Franco should I say Q wean okay Simon we have here something really as to do that and the winner is don’t I get us an envelope night pretty Co co-host here’s and the winner is the 540k Mercedes out of anua this is the car that you the public voted for here today as your favorite car it’s brought all the way over from the States from the West Coast by Arturo and Deborah Keller and the prize is being awarded by Dr Jean Mar jul the Pres Dr Danielle Tash of BMW representing car BMA who’s the head of BMW classic not able to be with us unfortunately today Mark and we also have Mar Gino maalo I think is also a doctor for now this is what you call a press scrum know what the Oscars are like you see look at thato thanking R well the part’s over it’s time to go home and for noncore Here Comes Here Comes the uh cop or a winner going down for another review I see a little picture shoot maybe Sunday morning ba herba the winning car missing the entrance oh he well he found it when day uh own concept car a really old man we got one kind of concept and we got another concept problem with this one it doesn’t steer very well it kind of uh now here’s an interesting the guy in the stratus is trying to pass the guy in the dino oh boy and watch they’ll get lost oh they they know where to turn good for them this is great got the C type or the SS Jaguar sorry whole half of them but again the contrast and then you got this uh a side of franchini over here his Spanish squeezer sorry there we again contrast all right how about this you got the Cadillac concept going to miss the entrance got the Alo well I found it entrance found Renault concept now you got cars arriving and trucks for the for the display uh you missed it yeah beautiful Alpa Romeo this is just a gorgeous car now we got the Ford concept and right behind it you have very old Rolls-Royce then the Jaguar yeah he discovered it [Music] [Applause] there rolls R quite a variety of cars well that was the scene outside here is at Picasso arriving obviously there’s some touring what we have here is another touring Ferrari and other touring cars but this Ferrari is one of their proud ones speaking of touring here some additional prized alha Rance morning this touring display is growing [Music] and this red 166 is really small they made a lot of different sizes of them in different shapes subtle shapes a marvelous exhibit of cars of the past touring this is a 1952 212 not a 166 GM concept well most of the course cars are now in position crowd hasn’t arrived yet take a little shot of all these magnificent cars touring at its best Touring one of the oldest touring did I forget to mention that we’re at Villa herba which again is situated on Lake KO wonderful site lakes’s Edge and we still have cars coming in a w on the Lake’s Edge another line of cars fees that have embraced the current like in America not the made in the millions and here this is done I don’t know how many have no year but I mean few thousand a year um when they all made we’re now in the BMW display here in vill Irby now the 30th anniversary of the M1 I believe that’s the new one in the middle there or the new proposed one but various versions there are let’s look at that new one again I believe this is introduced last night at reception the original M1 and of course the M1 again the and Warhol version and the Very stock version well we’re about ready to see the car presentation but here’s one in itself right at the edge of the like one it only has to say how great this event location everything is Sunday Bill herba like KO Italy can I say anything more I love this place good afternoon all right I love itler listen to the crowd listen to the crowd on this one was on for [Applause] [Applause] one of by pen and for [Applause] [Applause] car [Applause] my favores beautiful Ferrari 166 Prem Tri [Music] [Applause] who there you go there you go what an [Applause] [Music] [Applause] in original Lamborghini thanks very much for bringing the car head today great to see you you have to open the door J prototype of the lest Stratos thanks very much 1950 millillion [Applause] [Music] winner for [Applause] public today as your favorite car of all those that were present it’s the 1937 de 135 foni and palaski Roadster designed not by a car [Music] now we’re going to have a tour of touring the V alome marous this is absolutely great Turing superer now here’s it little Ferrari 212 fantastic gorgeous car marvelous car what a setting [Music] huh coming through a crowd that looks like the mill [Applause] mil 30th Anniversary BMW M1 [Applause] [Music] door opening few words this is a con we show at the Geneva Motor Show it uh represents the other one’s coming up uh whoops get under there the torch coming down the crowd really loves thatle open the [Applause] door thank you very [Applause] much now we have the without Mar Smith and designers the [Applause] the Ed International size Cadillac well it’s much smaller than I think most Europeans are used to from the Cadillac brand and I think this is an appropriate sized car for this Mark [Applause] goodon people are here today these are the people that have voted for the Bugatti F Well the show is almost over and here’s the People’s Choice today at V now here’s the lake KO lifestyle come to The Concourse and leave in your own boat Oh What A fitting end of the day a BMW mil Milli car yeah all right what a great Concourse what an ending AIO I love it