Editor's note: Daniel Stocker is a car nut who loves taking photos. He shared some photos and memories from his trip to this year's Villa d'Este Concorso d'Eleganza with Business Insider. You can see more of his work here.
This year I attended the Villa d'Este Concorso d'Eleganza, an exclusive auto show on the shores of Italy's Lake Como, for the third time.
The first day of the Concorso takes place in the gardens of the beautiful Villa d'Este Hotel, and is open only to press and invited guests. On the second day, the cars are moved to Villa Erba, a nearby park, so they can be presented to the public. The extensive parkway is by no means inferior in beauty to the smaller one at the Villa d'Este.
In addition to the show, RM Auctions held an auction at Villa Erba, and made a few wealthy car collectors and investors very happy.
But it's not just the cars that make this event so beautiful and unique: It's a mixture of the scenery, the sounds of yesteryear's finest racecars, and the scent of 1930s Rolls-Royce leather upholsteries.
Aston Martin is one of two manufacturers to celebrate a significant birthday this year, so it came as no surprise that they brought along their very own centennial birthday present: the CC100 Speedster. Based on the V12 Vantage and inspired by the 1959 DBR1, the CC100 features some design cues we might soon encounter in Aston Martin production cars. The multi-layered grill already found its way onto the front of the new V12 Vantage S.
A whole class was dedicated to Aston Martins of yesteryear, with this DB4 GT Zagato from 1961 being one of the most exquisite ones. Only 19 Zagatos were ever built, and this is one of the two “Lightweights” that were raced in Le Mans.
While Lamborghini is celebrating its 50th birthday by introducing ridiculous concepts such as the Veneno and the Egoista, the Concorso's tribute was a little more tasteful. This 350 GTV prototype, for example, marked the beginning of Ferruccio's production car adventures.
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