Kuwait Concours d’Elegance – Results, Gallery & Video
Our final round-up from Kuwait with all the class winners
By Shahzad Sheikh
Here’s the full line-up of Concours winning cars – click through. You can also check out our full coverage from this year’s magnificent Kuwait Concours d’Elegance by hitting the link after the jump.
For the third year in a row, Kuwait City’s Marina has hosted the region’s most spectacular gathering of vintage and classic cars. The Kuwait Concours d’Elegance saw some of the rarest, most historically significant and valuable automobiles flown in from all over the world, as well being liberated from local collections, to appear before a captive audience of Concours visitors and the incredibly high calibre of judges.
And the winners of the 2012 Kuwait Concours d’Elegance 2012 are…
BEST of SHOW
B9 1938 Talbot Lago T150C SS Figoni & Falaschi Teardrop Coupe Chip Connor Hong Kong
It looks a little like a Bugatti but more streamlined. Talbot-Lago came about from the ashes fo Sunbeam-Talbot Darraqe in 1935, thanks to engineer and businessman Anthony Lago. He just wanted his cars to be beautiful and commissioned Figoni and Falaschi to produce rolling art like this.
Concours Cars
Class-A : 1910 – 1930
1st A5 1924 Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost Abdulkarim Chhapra
Pakistan
Read all about this historically significant car by clicking here.
2nd A8 1929 Cord L29 Cabriolet Rene Verbiest
Belgium
The first series production car with front-wheel drive. Lower centre of gravity and better balance with the gearbox located in front of the engine.
3rd A9 1929 Hupmobile Abdulkarim Chhapra Pakistan
A medium-sized American car know for its rugged reliability and comfortable ride. This car lives in Pakistan owned by the same person that has the 1924 Rolls-Royce, and like that car is only on its second owner from new.
Class-B : 1931 – 1945
1st B9 1938 Talbot Lago T150C SS Figoni & Falaschi Teardrop Coupe Chip Connor Hong Kong
2nd B6 1937 Alfa Romeo 6C 2300 B Pescara Berlinetta, Pietro Navone, Spain
3rd B2 1932 Invicta S-Type Low Chassis Alan Chandler UK
Class-C : 1946 – 1960
1st C4 1951 Maserati A6G 2000 Vignale Body Shigeru Hoshino Japan
Beautiful and built to order by Vignale of Turin for Guglielmo Dei, owner of the Centro-Sud racing team. It participated in the Tour de France in 1952.
2nd C13 1955 Aston Martin DB2/4 Mark I Ali Mustafa Makhseed Kuwait
Not easily recognisable as an Aston, but a race-winner nonetheless. This car was fully restored in Kuwait.
3rd C13 1948 Delahaya 135 MS Convertible coachwork by Saoutchik Jean Claude Marmier France
Class-D : 1961 – 1975
1st D6 1966 Aston Martin DB6 Volante short chassis, Mohammed Rezam AlRoumi Kuwait
The first Aston Martin to be called Volante.
2nd D8 1966 Lamborghini 350GT Albert & Rita Spiess Switzerland
It’s the car that started it all for Lamborghini – and this was one of just 120 built
3rd D3 1963 Aston Martin DB4GT Zagato William Loughran UK
A full on racing car, this was a multiple winner and still competes today.
Muscle Cars
1st M17 1972 Oldsmobile 442 Convertible Stanley Kryla USA
Only 1041 convertibles were built, this has the rare Oldsmobile code W29 option (442 appearance and ‘handling package’) – it’s got heavy duty rallye suspension and a Hurst shifter.
2nd M8 1967 Shelby Mustang GT500 Abdulla AlQadibi Kuwait
3rd M12 1970 Plymouth Cuda 340 Historical, Vintage & Classic Car Museum Kuwait
Styled by John E Herlitz this 1970 Barracuda was beautifully presented.
Racing Cars
1st R5 1953 Ferrari 375MM Spyder Helmut Ebrlein – Representing the owner Germany
Built for enduro races such as le Mans or the Carrera pan-Americana, this was delivered to America. MM stands for Mille Miglia.
2nd R8 1955 Maserati 250F Bill Pope UK
Probably the most original example in existence this was a Works car for 1955 and raced by Roberto Mieres and also the legendary Sterling Moss, as well as Collins and Carroll Shelby.
3rd R3 1927 Salmson Type GSC San Sebastian Camille Bourges France
This was one of only two.
Most Elegant Open Car
C14 1955 Siata 208S Jim Utaski USA
Looking like a little AC Cobra, Fiat produced a short series of 200 8-cylinder small racing engines in the early 50s, then turned to famed designed Giovanni Michelotti to create this.
Most Elegant Closed Cars
B7 1955 Bugatti 57S Atalante Chip Connor Hong Kong
Most Elegance Racing Car
R6 1953 Jaguar C-Type Margaret Jackson & Neil Hadfield UK
Best European Car
D3 1963 Aston Martin DB4GT Zagato William Loughran UK
One of just 19 examples, this one, 0189, was the very last original Zagato, one of eleven right-hand drive version, and oen of three to receive English paint – Caribbean Pearl with Connolly Red hide and carpets.
Best American Car
C11 1954 Plymouth Explorer 195 Coupe by Ghia Petersen Museum USA
Best Preserved Car
D8 1966 Lamborghini 350GT Albert & Rita Spiess Switzerland
Best Restored Car
D6 1937 Alfa Rome 6C 2300 B Pescara Berlinetta Pietro Navone Spain
Most Innovative Italian Car – Trophy Awarded by ACI – Automobile Club of Italy (Selected by Kuwait Concours Judges)
D5 1971 Lamborghini Miura SV Khalid Abdulrahem Bahrain
Best Rolls-Royce
D5 1964 Rolls-Royce Silver Cloud III Continantal Mulliner Park Ward Sheikh Ahmad Bin Ali Al-Khalifa Bahrain
As well as the incredible cars, there was a stunning lineup of judges.
Leonardo Fioravanti has designed cars at Pininfarina and Ferrari itself, producing such iconic greats as the Dino, 365 GTB Daytona, 308 GTB, the incredible 288 GTO and the legendary F40 – the last Ferrari signed off by Enzo himself.
He headed a lineup including Dr Ulrich Bez, CEO of Aston Martin; Marek Reichman Aston Martin Design Director; Shiro Nakamura, Chief Creative Officer of Nissan; Andrea Zagato third generation head of the famous Coachwork company, and Olivier Boulay, Vice President of the Mercedes Design Studio of China.
Don’t miss it in 2013
After four days of soaking in the vintage metal, the apple pie V8s, the ground-breaking racers and the cavalcade of daily four- and two-wheeled exotica, not to mention the heaving crowds, Harley bikers over from Saudi Arabia, and the chance to meet great characters and make new friendships, I couldn’t help but feel like I’d overdosed on automotive excellence – my eyes couldn’t get any wider and my jaws drop no further. But despite the exhaustion and elation, I will be back next year.
For a full set of images from the 2012 Kuwait show, click here
2012 Kuwait Concours d’Elegance – day 1 (part 1)
2012 Kuwait Concours d’Elegance – day 1 (part 2)
2012 Kuwait Concours d’Elegance – day 2 (part 1)
2012 Kuwait Concours d’Elegance – day 2 (part 2)
2012 Kuwait Concours d’Elegance – day 3
Jinnah’s Rolls-Royce 1924 Silver Ghost wins in Kuwait Concours d’Elegance
Kuwait Concours d’Elegance – Results and videos
Kuwait Historical, Vintage and Classic Cars Museum
King Hussein’s Porsche 959 at Kuwait Concours d’Elegance
2012 Aston V12 Zagato Unveiled (with video)
Win Ferrari F40 scale model signed by the guy who designed it!
