Couldn’t get to the 2016 Concorso d’Eleganza Villa d’Este? We’ve got the story!

17 October, 2016

Villa d’Este is not only home to beautiful people, it has also been home to the world of beautiful motor cars since 1929, when the first Concorso d’Eleganza Villa d’Este took place.

Originally the event demonstrated the latest vehicles built by the great coachbuilders of the time, but since the 1990s it has become the pre-eminent celebration of classic cars.

The 2016 Concorso once again displayed the very best of the best in the automobile world, with just 52 classic cars, six prototypes and concept cars, and 30 motorbikes, all divided into appropriate groups to be judged by the jury, which included Charles Lord March — organizer of the Goodwood Revival, Adolfo Orsi — the Maserati expert, and a host of top car designers led by Lorenzo Ramaciotti, formerly head of design at Pininfarina, chief design officer of the Fiat Group, and now special advisor to the CEO of the Fiat Chrysler Automobile Group.

We’ve put together a gallery from the event for you to explore to try to evoke the feeling of being in amongst the action!

Check out our full story in the November issue of New Zealand Classic Car (Issue No. 311).

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Lancia Stratos – building a winner

12 March, 2025

On his own, and later with his wife Suzie, Craig Tickle has built and raced many rally cars. Starting in 1988, Craig went half shares in a Mk1 Escort and took it rallying. Apart from a few years in the US studying how to be a nuclear engineer, he has always had a rally car in the garage. When he is not playing with cars, he works as an engineer for his design consulting company.
Naturally, anybody interested in rallying has heard of the Lancia Stratos, the poster child and winner of the World Rally circuit in 1974, ’75, and ’76. Just as the Lamborghini Countach rebranded the world of supercars, so, too, did the Lancia Stratos when it came to getting down and dirty in the rally world.

This could be good news for restoring cars and bikes – but we must be quick!

5 March, 2025

Our parliament is currently considering a member’s Bill, drawn by ballot, called the ‘Right to Repair’ Bill.
It’s due to go a Select Committee for consideration, and we can make submissions ie say what we think of it, before 3 April this year. It’s important because it will make spare parts and information for doing repairs far more readily available and this should slow the rate at which appliances, toys and so on get sent to landfill.

Couldn’t get to the 2016 Concorso d’Eleganza Villa d’Este? We’ve got the story!

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