Drawing from the area’s deep automotive history, the Radnor Hunt Concours d’Elegance is known for pulling together unique classes, many with a motorsports connection. This year was no exception, with featured marques including Moon and Mercedes-Benz in the Classic division, AC Cars in the Sports division, and panel vans, station wagons and shooting brakes in the Vintage division.
For more than a decade, AMG built cars in the suburbs of Chicago. Nearly 30 of these special cars reunited recently for a celebration almost no one knew about.
One of the earliest underdogs on the global rally stage was the original Mini Cooper. And Irishman Paddy Hopkirk is the reason so many of us often associate Mini with rallying.
I know knot everyone is a fan of concours d’elegance events. They’re stuffy, they feel pretentious, and everyone dresses in over-the-top outfits for no apparent reason.
Okay, so here you are. And maybe you’re still asking yourself, “what exactly is VintagEuro, anyway?” Fair question. We get to that in this first edition of the VintagEuro newsletter on SubStack.
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