{"id":85583,"date":"2026-05-20T12:24:31","date_gmt":"2026-05-20T16:24:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=85583"},"modified":"2026-05-20T12:24:31","modified_gmt":"2026-05-20T16:24:31","slug":"2026-concorso-eleganza-villa-deste","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=85583","title":{"rendered":"Why the Concorso d&#8217;Eleganza Is the One Car Event Everyone Should See"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"post-summary-wrap\">\n<h3 class=\"post-summary-title\">Article Summary<\/h3>\n<ul class=\"post-summary-list\">\n<li>A 1937 BMW 328 &#8220;Bugelfalte&#8221; won the Trofeo BMW Group Best of Show, chosen by a jury led by Lorenzo Ramaciotti.<\/li>\n<li>BMW used the Concorso to debut two world premieres: the Vision BMW ALPINA concept and the BMW Motorrad Vision K18.<\/li>\n<li>We&#8217;ve attended for years and still call it the best car event in the world \u2014 Lake Como, Villa d&#8217;Este, and the cars make sure of that.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/section>\n<p>There is no event like it. Not Pebble Beach, not Goodwood, not the Mille Miglia. Once a year, the shores of Lake Como host something that shouldn\u2019t really work in the modern world \u2014 a weekend where a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bmwblog.com\/2026\/05\/18\/bmw-328-best-of-show-concorso-eleganza-villa-este-2026\/\">1937 BMW<\/a> and a brand-new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bmwblog.com\/2026\/05\/16\/bmw-alpina-coupe-real-images\/\">ALPINA concept<\/a> share the same lawn, surrounded by people who actually care about both, against a backdrop so absurd in its beauty that the cars themselves look like props in someone else\u2019s dream.<\/p>\n<p>We were there again for 2026, and the <a href=\"https:\/\/concorsodeleganzavilladeste.com\/\">Concorso d\u2019Eleganza Villa d\u2019Este<\/a> remains, without qualification, the best car event in the world.<\/p>\n<h2>What Lake Como Does To A Car Person<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/2026-concorso-d-eleganza-villa-d-este-17.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-513668\" title=\"2026 CONCORSO D ELEGANZA VILLA D ESTE 17\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/2026-concorso-d-eleganza-villa-d-este-17-830x553.jpg\" alt=\"2026 CONCORSO D ELEGANZA VILLA D ESTE 17\" width=\"830\" height=\"553\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/2026-concorso-d-eleganza-villa-d-este-17-830x553.jpg 830w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/2026-concorso-d-eleganza-villa-d-este-17-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/2026-concorso-d-eleganza-villa-d-este-17-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/2026-concorso-d-eleganza-villa-d-este-17-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/2026-concorso-d-eleganza-villa-d-este-17.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 830px) 100vw, 830px\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>You need to understand the setting before you can understand the event. Lake Como is one of those places that makes you feel like you\u2019re inside a painting that\u2019s slightly too saturated. The water is a particular shade of green-blue that doesn\u2019t have a good name in English. The hills on either side are steep and wooded, with towns clinging to the slopes the way towns only do when they\u2019ve been there for a thousand years. Every curve of the road gives you a different view. It\u2019s the kind of place where you arrive, look around, and immediately feel like you\u2019ve been doing your life slightly wrong.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/2026-concorso-d-eleganza-villa-d-este-21.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-513664\" title=\"2026 CONCORSO D ELEGANZA VILLA D ESTE 21\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/2026-concorso-d-eleganza-villa-d-este-21-830x553.jpg\" alt=\"2026 CONCORSO D ELEGANZA VILLA D ESTE 21\" width=\"830\" height=\"553\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/2026-concorso-d-eleganza-villa-d-este-21-830x553.jpg 830w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/2026-concorso-d-eleganza-villa-d-este-21-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/2026-concorso-d-eleganza-villa-d-este-21-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/2026-concorso-d-eleganza-villa-d-este-21-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/2026-concorso-d-eleganza-villa-d-este-21.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 830px) 100vw, 830px\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Villa d\u2019Este sits right on the lake, about an hour north of Milan. It was a cardinal\u2019s residence in the sixteenth century, then a hotel since the 1800s, and now one of those properties that makes the word \u201chotel\u201d feel inadequate. The gardens are terraced and precise. The interiors are all gilded everything. The dock extends into the lake. When BMW uses Villa d\u2019Este for the Concorso, they take over the grounds, the adjacent Villa Erba, and a stretch of lakefront that most people will only ever see in photographs.<\/p>\n<p>The first time you walk out onto those grounds and see a row of pre-war cars lined up against the lake, you understand why BMW has held this event for nearly three decades. Nothing else would do.<\/p>\n<h2>The history Of The Concorso<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/2026-concorso-d-eleganza-villa-d-este-16.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-513669\" title=\"2026 CONCORSO D ELEGANZA VILLA D ESTE 16\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/2026-concorso-d-eleganza-villa-d-este-16-830x553.jpg\" alt=\"2026 CONCORSO D ELEGANZA VILLA D ESTE 16\" width=\"830\" height=\"553\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/2026-concorso-d-eleganza-villa-d-este-16-830x553.jpg 830w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/2026-concorso-d-eleganza-villa-d-este-16-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/2026-concorso-d-eleganza-villa-d-este-16-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/2026-concorso-d-eleganza-villa-d-este-16-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/2026-concorso-d-eleganza-villa-d-este-16.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 830px) 100vw, 830px\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Concorso d\u2019Eleganza at Villa d\u2019Este dates to 1929, when it was already a gathering for wealthy Europeans to show off coachbuilt machines. It ran on and off through the twentieth century, revived in 1999, and BMW Group took over as the organizing partner in 2005. Helmut Kas, Head of BMW Group Classic is currently the president of the event.<\/p>\n<p>What BMW understood when they took it on is that the Concorso is not a car show. It\u2019s a salon that happens to have cars in it. The judging involves period experts and prominent figures from the automotive world, and even new figures in the car world, like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/ronniefieg\/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ronnie Fieg of Kith<\/a>. The classes are thoughtfully curated by era and coachbuilder. And crucially, the entrants are private collectors bringing real cars on their own trailers, not factory-fresh restorations commissioned for PR purposes.<\/p>\n<p>BMW also uses the Concorso as a reveal stage for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bmwblog.com\/2026\/05\/18\/vision-bmw-alpina-new-real-images\/\">concept cars and vision vehicles<\/a> \u2014 something that would look cynical at a lesser event but works here because the surrounding context is so strong. More on that later.<\/p>\n<h2>Best of Show: the 1937 BMW 328 \u201cBugelfalte\u201d<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/2026-concorso-d-eleganza-villa-d-este-04.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-513684\" title=\"2026 CONCORSO D ELEGANZA VILLA D ESTE 04\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/2026-concorso-d-eleganza-villa-d-este-04-830x553.jpg\" alt=\"2026 CONCORSO D ELEGANZA VILLA D ESTE 04\" width=\"830\" height=\"553\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/2026-concorso-d-eleganza-villa-d-este-04-830x553.jpg 830w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/2026-concorso-d-eleganza-villa-d-este-04-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/2026-concorso-d-eleganza-villa-d-este-04-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/2026-concorso-d-eleganza-villa-d-este-04-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/2026-concorso-d-eleganza-villa-d-este-04.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 830px) 100vw, 830px\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Trofeo BMW Group \u2014 Best of Show \u2014 went to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bmwblog.com\/2026\/05\/18\/bmw-328-best-of-show-concorso-eleganza-villa-este-2026\/\">1937 BMW 328<\/a>, nicknamed \u201cBugelfalte\u201d (German for \u201ctrouser crease,\u201d referring to the distinctive crease line along its flanks). Its owner, Stefano Martinoli, was awarded the trophy by Kas, Wilhelm Schmid of A. Lange and Sohne, and jury president Lorenzo Ramaciotti.<\/p>\n<p>This is the right car to win. The 328 is not an obscure BMW \u2014 it\u2019s the car that announced the brand as a serious force in motorsport before the war, with a lightweight tubular chassis, a 328cc inline-six producing around 80 horsepower in road trim, and a drag coefficient that engineers in the 1940s were still studying. The \u201cBugelfalte\u201d example is an early car in exceptional condition, and the jury picked it over everything else on those lawns. That\u2019s a statement about what this event values: originality, authenticity, history.<\/p>\n<p>Along with the trophy, Martinoli received a one-of-one A. Lange and Sohne 1815 Chronograph in 18-carat white gold with a hand-engraved Concorso crest on the cuvette. That\u2019s the kind of detail that distinguishes the Concorso from events where Best of Show gets you a ribbon and a photo.<\/p>\n<h2>Class Winners Worth Knowing About<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/2026-concorso-d-eleganza-villa-d-este-00.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-513685\" title=\"2026 CONCORSO D ELEGANZA VILLA D ESTE 00\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/2026-concorso-d-eleganza-villa-d-este-00-830x553.jpg\" alt=\"2026 CONCORSO D ELEGANZA VILLA D ESTE 00\" width=\"830\" height=\"553\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/2026-concorso-d-eleganza-villa-d-este-00-830x553.jpg 830w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/2026-concorso-d-eleganza-villa-d-este-00-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/2026-concorso-d-eleganza-villa-d-este-00-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/2026-concorso-d-eleganza-villa-d-este-00-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/2026-concorso-d-eleganza-villa-d-este-00.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 830px) 100vw, 830px\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Class H produced some of the most interesting cars of the weekend. The class winner was a Volkswagen W12 Nardo from 2000, owned by Gregor Piech \u2014 yes, that family \u2014 powered by a 5,998cc W12 and bodied as a coupe by Volkswagen itself. It\u2019s a concept car that was actually built and driven, which places it in a different category from most show cars, and its presence here says something about how the Concorso treats the recent past with the same seriousness as the distant one.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/2026-concorso-d-eleganza-villa-d-este-38.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-513647\" title=\"2026 CONCORSO D ELEGANZA VILLA D ESTE 38\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/2026-concorso-d-eleganza-villa-d-este-38-830x553.jpg\" alt=\"2026 CONCORSO D ELEGANZA VILLA D ESTE 38\" width=\"830\" height=\"553\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/2026-concorso-d-eleganza-villa-d-este-38-830x553.jpg 830w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/2026-concorso-d-eleganza-villa-d-este-38-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/2026-concorso-d-eleganza-villa-d-este-38-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/2026-concorso-d-eleganza-villa-d-este-38-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/2026-concorso-d-eleganza-villa-d-este-38.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 830px) 100vw, 830px\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Alongside it: a 1971 Lamborghini Miura SV with Bertone coachwork owned by Allan McDonnel, a 1969 DeTomaso Mangusta with Ghia bodywork owned by Thomas Shannon, a 1957 Ferrari 250 GT Berlinetta by Zagato from the Collezione Abetone, and a 1958 BMW 507 Convertible owned by John Stafford III. That BMW 507 is worth its own paragraph \u2014 only 252 were built, Elvis famously owned one during his military service in Germany, and the example here represents the kind of car that reminds you BMW once made things of staggering beauty before market forces won.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1963-Mercedes-Benz-SL-300-Roadster-00.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-513686\" title=\"1963 MERCEDES BENZ SL 300 ROADSTER 00\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1963-Mercedes-Benz-SL-300-Roadster-00-830x553.jpg\" alt=\"1963 MERCEDES BENZ SL 300 ROADSTER 00\" width=\"830\" height=\"553\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1963-Mercedes-Benz-SL-300-Roadster-00-830x553.jpg 830w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1963-Mercedes-Benz-SL-300-Roadster-00-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1963-Mercedes-Benz-SL-300-Roadster-00-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1963-Mercedes-Benz-SL-300-Roadster-00-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1963-Mercedes-Benz-SL-300-Roadster-00.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 830px) 100vw, 830px\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Trofeo Coppa d\u2019Oro, awarded by public vote, went to a 1963 Mercedes-Benz SL 300 Roadster owned by Eric Blumencranz of the US \u2014 reportedly one of the last examples to leave the factory. The public was not wrong.<\/p>\n<h2>Two World Premieres<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/2026-concorso-d-eleganza-villa-d-este-08.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-513677 size-medium\" title=\"2026 CONCORSO D ELEGANZA VILLA D ESTE 08\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/2026-concorso-d-eleganza-villa-d-este-08-830x553.jpg\" alt=\"Vision BMW ALPINA\" width=\"830\" height=\"553\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/2026-concorso-d-eleganza-villa-d-este-08-830x553.jpg 830w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/2026-concorso-d-eleganza-villa-d-este-08-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/2026-concorso-d-eleganza-villa-d-este-08-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/2026-concorso-d-eleganza-villa-d-este-08-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/2026-concorso-d-eleganza-villa-d-este-08.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 830px) 100vw, 830px\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Friday evening brought two reveals, and neither felt out of place. The Vision BMW ALPINA was the first. BMW\u2019s reabsorption of the ALPINA brand has been controversial in enthusiast circles \u2014 understandably so, given what independent ALPINA meant for forty-odd years \u2014 and this concept is the first real statement of where the brand goes now that it\u2019s fully under the BMW Group umbrella.<\/p>\n<p>But the new concept car was well received by the audience with plenty of patrons ready to write a blank check for it, as confirmed by several BMW executives.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/2026-concorso-d-eleganza-villa-d-este-07.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-513678\" title=\"2026 CONCORSO D ELEGANZA VILLA D ESTE 07\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/2026-concorso-d-eleganza-villa-d-este-07-830x553.jpg\" alt=\"BMW Motorrad K18\" width=\"830\" height=\"553\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/2026-concorso-d-eleganza-villa-d-este-07-830x553.jpg 830w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/2026-concorso-d-eleganza-villa-d-este-07-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/2026-concorso-d-eleganza-villa-d-este-07-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/2026-concorso-d-eleganza-villa-d-este-07-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/2026-concorso-d-eleganza-villa-d-este-07.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 830px) 100vw, 830px\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bmwblog.com\/2026\/05\/15\/bmws-new-concept-bike-has-six-tailpipes-and-looks-like-the-concorde\/\">BMW Motorrad Vision K18<\/a> was the second. A six-cylinder inline engine displacing 1,800cc sits at the center of an arrow-shaped touring bike that BMW is calling \u201cFull Force Forward.\u201d The visual concept is \u201cThe Heat of Speed,\u201d which reads like marketing language until you see the thing \u2014 the engine is genuinely the visual centerpiece of the design rather than something hidden under bodywork. For BMW Motorrad, it\u2019s a reminder that the brand can make something dramatic when it wants to, and the connection to BMW\u2019s straight-six DNA is deliberate and earned rather than decorative.<\/p>\n<p>Kas put it plainly at the event: \u201cArguably nowhere else in the world can you experience this scenario of a brand-new model among all of these historic vehicles.\u201d He\u2019s right, and that\u2019s exactly why these reveals work here when they would feel like interruptions elsewhere. The motto for 2026 \u2014 \u201cFuture needs Heritage\u201d \u2014 is the kind of line that could easily be empty, but at Villa d\u2019Este it has actual content behind it.<\/p>\n<h2>Why There\u2019s Nothing Else Like It<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/2026-concorso-d-eleganza-villa-d-este-25.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-513660\" title=\"2026 CONCORSO D ELEGANZA VILLA D ESTE 25\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/2026-concorso-d-eleganza-villa-d-este-25-830x553.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"830\" height=\"553\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/2026-concorso-d-eleganza-villa-d-este-25-830x553.jpg 830w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/2026-concorso-d-eleganza-villa-d-este-25-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/2026-concorso-d-eleganza-villa-d-este-25-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/2026-concorso-d-eleganza-villa-d-este-25-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/2026-concorso-d-eleganza-villa-d-este-25.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 830px) 100vw, 830px\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The public days brought the \u201cAmici &amp; Automobili \u2014 Wheels &amp; Weisswurst\u201d gathering to Villa Erba, which has become its own fixture: enthusiasts with their own cars mingling with Concorso entrants, the sausages appearing alongside pre-war coachbuilts, the whole thing resisting easy categorization. That\u2019s the Concorso in miniature. It\u2019s too Italian to be German, too German to be Italian, too formal to be a car meet, too loose to be an awards ceremony.<\/p>\n<p>Pebble Beach is more prestigious in the American sense of the word. Goodwood has better racing. The Mille Miglia covers more road. But none of them put you three feet from a 1937 BMW 328 and a new ALPINA concept at the same time, on a terrace above a lake that looks like it was designed specifically to make you feel grateful for being alive, surrounded by people who are there because they actually love cars rather than because they own them.<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019ve been saying this for years. The Concorso d\u2019Eleganza Villa d\u2019Este is the best car event in the world. This year did nothing to change that.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Article Summary A 1937 BMW 328 &#8220;Bugelfalte&#8221; won the Trofeo BMW Group Best of Show, chosen by a jury led by Lorenzo Ramaciotti. BMW used the Concorso to debut two world premieres: the Vision BMW ALPINA concept and the BMW Motorrad Vision K18. 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