Concours of Elegance celebrates another record breaking festival

Nearly 12,500 motoring enthusiasts flocked through the gates of Windsor Castle this weekend for the largest Concours of Elegance yetIncredible one-off Hispano-Suiza H6B Dubonnet Xenia won Best in Show, voted for by the Owners of the cars themselvesTotal amount raised for charity through the Concours of Elegance passes £1m as donations at Windsor Castle alone hit nearly £200,000The RAC Club Trophy – celebrating the best of the nation’s car clubs – was awarded to a pristine Aston Martin ‘Clover Leaf’An impeccable Jaguar XK120 Roadster took home the Jaguar Trophy, while the pre-1965 Bentley Trophy was awarded to a Bentley 3 Litre, and the post-1965 Trophy to a Bentley Azure

The Concours of Elegance is celebrating another record-breaking festival of motoring, following a weekend of the world’s finest cars displayed in one of the UK’s most picturesque venues: Windsor Castle. Nearly 12,500 visitors attended the largest Concours of Elegance yet, with nearly a thousand cars on display, and the unique Hispano-Suiza H6B Dubonnet Xenia crowned as the Best in Show.

Sixty of the world’s rarest cars parked in the Quadrangle at Windsor Castle, ranging from the 1895 Benz Velo ‘Comfortable’ to the 2016 Touring Superleggera Disco Volante Spyder. Many of these cars haven’t been seen in the UK before, representing some of the rarest and most incredible examples from throughout automotive history.

The Best of Show-winning 1938 Hispano-Suiza Dubonnet Xenia was developed by André Dubonnet, an inventor, racing driver and World War One fighter pilot. Dubonnet chose an H6 Hispano-Suiza engine for his creation, and commissioned Jean Andreau to design the incredible, streamlined body. Jacques Saoutchik then brought the design to life, featuring curved glass, sliding doors and a panoramic windscreen.


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