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For car enthusiasts: Concorso d'Eleganza Villa d'Este 2012


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Last sunday I went to Concorso d'Eleganza Villa d'Este ("Villa d'Este Elegance Contest"), a yearly meeting of historic cars and prototypes on the shores of Lake of Como, in Italy.

I don't know much about cars, so if I don't write the exact model is because I don't know what it is...

 

This contest is organized by BMW Group, so the first part hosts racecars and bikes built by the German company:

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A minicar display:

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BMW Isetta

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Well, this isn't exactly the Messerschmitt I like...

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Motorbikes, both historic and prototypes:

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"It looks like it's made of clay!" Well... it actually is, it's a mock-up by MV Agusta (yes, it's a branch of the helicopter company):

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A car everybody would want:

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Car protoypes:

Alfa Romeo... something, winner of the "Prototypes" category:

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BMW i8, evil looking car...

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Parquet in a car?!?

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Historic cars:

Lamborghini Countach. From Wikipedia: "The word "countach" is an exclamation of astonishment in the local Piedmontese language — generally used by men on seeing an extremely beautiful woman."

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Mercedes Gullwing:

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Ford GT40:

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Lamborghini Miura:

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Ferrari 250 GTO, most expensive car in the world (35'000'000 $):

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Alfa Romeo 6C, winner of the "Historic cars" category:

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Sidecar:

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Nice head on picture of that McLaren F1 GTR!

 

I'm not surprised the Alfa Romeo 4C won, it's a thing of beauty.

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