The Concours D’elegance 2011

 The Concours D’elegance was held in the beautiful grounds Hurlingham Club in central London. Bordering the Thames in Fulham and set in 42 acres of magnificent grounds, The Hurlingham Club is a green oasis of tradition and international renown.

Recognised throughout the world as one of Britain's greatest private members' clubs, it retains its quintessential English traditions and heritage, while providing modern facilities and services for its members. This is one of the few events in the year where the Hurlingham Club opens its doors to guests.  It was a beautiful day to be admiring the luxury cars on display, the Hermes Helicopter and a variety of other exclusive luxury products. 

A lavish lunch of champagne and lobster the Concours D’Elegance lived up to its title as the ‘Definitive Luxury Lifestyle event’. The highlight to the event was stunning array of cars, from old vintage classics to the latest super cars in the road. Relatively speaking, there aren’t that many people in the world fortunate enough to have both the desire and the means to own a car that makes them truly stand out from the crowd. So it will come as no surprise to find there aren’t that many cars built to cater for these highly discerning buyers.

 One car wirth mentioning was the jaw-dropping Spyker C8 with Aileron Interior. The Spyker name is almost as old as the industry, and after disappearing for decades it kicked back into life a few years ago. Since then it has built a series of neat and very quick road-going sports cars that have also been pretty impressive in endurance racing—and now Spyker has even joined the F1 ranks.

Spyker C8

  

Aileron Interior: Spyker C8

The Verve Clicquot guide to the season described Concours D’Elegance as ‘A great place to come and pick and new Helicopter if yours is looking a bit tatty’. It is good advice as thats exactly what someone decided to do..., this Eurocopter costs £5.8m. Someone bought it at the event.

Aston Martone 0ne-77

Two Bentley Continental Mulliner Fastbacks.

ferrari TR

Some of the other cars that were on display at Concours d'Elegance:
Aston Lagonda 1937, 1959 Jensen 541 R, Stutz Cabriolet, Le Mans Delahaye, Mclaren F1 GTR 1995, 250 Lusso, Scaglietti 250 Testa Rossa Ferrari, Muira P400, 1966 Ford GT40, Audi R8, Porsche 917, Porsche Kremer, Lamborghini Gallardo, Aston Martin DBR 9, Ferrari 250 MM, Frazer Nash Le Mans Rep, Bentley 3 Litre Barker Bodied Boat Tail (1 of 1), 1933 SS1 coupe, xk120 ally body nsl 407, XK140 TNK745, XK150 3.8 XK150S, E type1961, E type1975, XJS, Coombs mk 2, XK120 Coupe, XK 140 coupe, XK150 3.8S, Coombs etype, Lancia aurelia (Pininfarina), 1996 Williams FW 15, 1996 mclaren F1 long tail, Guilia Spider, Ferrari 275gts, Ferrari Lusso, Aston Martin DBS, Bentely, Porsche 356, 99 Fiat 2ltr Coupe Turbo, Phantom V, Ferraris, Alfa Romeo 6C, Jaguar E type, Ferrari 250 GTE, Alfa Romeo, Jaguar E type, Nigel Allen's ferrari 275GTB4, 1939 Roll's Royce Phantom 3 V12