Concorso d’Eleganza Villa d’Este 2018: Event organisers establish more categories for historic cars and motorcycles.

Munich/Cernobbio. At the Concorso d’Eleganza Villa
d’Este 2018 in the Northern Italian municipality of Cernobbio the
overriding theme is “Hollywood on the Lake”. From the 25th to the 27th
of May 2018 the grounds of the Grand Hotel Villa d’Este and the
gardens belonging to the Villa Erba on Lake Como will become the
perfect cinematic backdrop to this magnificent event. The “script” for
the historical automobile and motorcycle beauty pageant is now
starting to come together. Responsibility for choosing participants
lies with the selecting committees who have created four more
categories in which the glamorous main protagonists can compete for
the attention of both public and jury.

Experts have chosen to combine the announcement of the categories
with a final call to aspiring performers for the as-yet unfilled roles
in this magnificent production. BMW Group Classic has hosted the
pageant of rare beauties on Lake Como in conjunction with the Grand
Hotel Villa d’Este since 2005. Thanks in no small part to its choice
field of entrants, it is generally recognised to be the world’s most
exclusive beauty competition for historic motor vehicles. The final
categories now reflect the full spectrum of the history of both the
automobile and the motorcycle.

Now in its eighth year, the Concorso di Motociclette in Cernobbio has
created six categories for participants, five of which have already
been confirmed.

Class A

Golden Years for American Motorcycles (1907 – 1917)

Class B

Luxury on 3 Wheels – Sidecars in the 1920s and 1930s (1920 – 1939)

Class C

Winning Italian Singles – 250cc Grand Prix Motorcycles (1949 – 1963)

Class D

New Clothes on British and German Motorcycles (1960 – 1970)

Class E

Motorcycle Design – New Concept Bikes and Prototypes

The sixth class, which, at this point in time, has not yet been
confirmed, will be announced in early 2018.

Outstandingly beautiful, historically significant automobiles will
compete in the Concorso d’Eleganza Villa d’Este 2018 in eight vehicle
categories. This year, the Selecting Committee responsible for these
automotive mega stars has added two new classes to complete the
programme including a category dedicated to the aerodynamically
efficient designs of the Art-Deco era as well as a class for vehicles,
which have been perfectly maintained in their original condition.

The competition for historic motor vehicles now includes the
following categories:

Class A

The Titans: Dirt, Dust and Danger (1900 – 1939)

Class B

From Manhattan to Mayfair: The Golden Age of Motoring Opulence (1918
– 1939)

Class C

Shaped by the Wind: Grandes Routières of the Art Deco Era (1925 – 1940)

Class D

New World, New Ideas: The Story of the GT (1945 – 1965)

Class E

Speed Meets Style: The Flowering of the Sports and the Racing Car
(1950 – 1970)

Class F

When Sex Was Safe and Racing Was Dangerous: Formula One! (1950 – 1988)

Class G

Hollywood On The Lake: Stars of the Silver Screen (1920’s to 1930’s)

Class H

Perfectly Preserved: Automotive Archaeology (1900 – 1980)

While determining the categories, the selecting committees were also
busy viewing the first nominations for the competition. Applications
to take part in the Concorso d’Eleganza Villa d’Este 2018 are still
being accepted by the selecting committees. Those owners of historic
automobiles and motorcycles whose vehicles could play a star role in
one of the above-mentioned categories can still to register their
applications. Those wishing to apply online, are recommended to use
the corresponding registration form, which can be downloaded from the
http://concorsodeleganzavilladeste.com
website.
In addition, the site is now open for booking both admission tickets
to the Concorso d’Eleganza Villa d’Este 2018 as well as exclusive
visitor packages.