From a 1938 Delage D8-120 Roadster to tiny Italian “gems” with one-liter engines, vehicles were exhibited, seaside, behind the Vanderbilts’ Breakers cottage
One-hundred-eighty treasured classic cars—most of them with their owners—basked in the approval of a large crowd at the Audrain Newport Concours d’Elegance over the weekend.
The winning “Best of Show” car was the flamboyant 1938 Delage D8-120 Roadster with coachwork by De Villars. It was bought by current owner Fritz Burkard in 2019. This car was formerly owned by New Jersey-based French car collector Sam Mann, who once won Best of Show at Pebble Beach with it. Individual cars that stood out include a perfectly restored and bright red 1960 BMW 507 roadster; no less than two 1961 Maserati 3500 GTs ; the 1936 Horch 853A Special Roadster was a streamlined drop-top sharing some styling cues with the 540K Mercedes; a cute Auto Union 1000 SP circa 1960; and a 1951 Cunningham C2-R that was a Le Mans class winner in 1951.
Antonio Pierce, president of Velfera Auto Design, brought the latest carbon-fiber-bodied Cunningham-branded creation, with an engine tweaked by Lingenfelter Performance Engineering to produce up to 700 horsepower. An earlier run of 60 Cunningham Automotive cars sold out, Pierce says, and only 20 of the current car will be made. The price will be around US$330,000. Some members of the Cunningham family are involved in the new effort.
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