Hundreds of Ferraris, Lamborghinis, Maseratis, Alfa Romeos and other Italian exotics showed up for Concorso Italiano in Monterey, CA last Friday. I really wanted to attend, but couldn’t find the time this year. Hopefully next year will prove differently. Although the Concorso is called “The Celebration of Italian Style” and focused on Italian Sports Cars, there were plenty of other enthusiast cars present, such as Rolls-Royce, Saleen, BMW, Lotus, and more.
At Concorso Italiano, Ferrari celebrated the 50th anniversary of the gorgeous 250 GT California Spyder, while Lamborghini President Stephan Winklemann and test driver Valentino Balboni were present to celebrate the 35th anniversary of the legendary Countach, showing off the first Countach ever produced.
A few other notable cars present, were the Lamborghini Gallardo Superleggera, Lambo Murcielago R-GT race car, and 1 of only three Lamborghini Miura Roadsters.
The Best of Show award went to a pristine 1965 Ferrari 275 GTS owned by Tazio Denicola:
Photo Courtesy of Concorso Italiano Inc and Tim Scott
The other awards presented are as follows:
- Best of Show: 1965 Ferrari 275 GTS owned by Tazio Denicola
- Coppa Milano-Sanremo Award: 1954 Fiat 8V owned by Larry Vivian
- Automobile Magazine Award: 1955 Lancia Aurelia Spider owned by Steve and Jeanne Katzman
- Modified Luxury and Exotics Award: 2004 Lamborghini Gallardo owned by Scooter Bingham
- Hemmings Motor News Award: Lamborghini Miura SV
- European Car Magazine Award: 1972 Ferrari Dino GTS owned by Donald C. Wallace
- Best Alfa Romeo: 1959 Alfa Romeo Sprint Speciale owned by Sam Hernandez
- Best De Tomaso: 1969 De Tomaso Mangusta owned by Erik Goplen
- Best Ferrari: 1965 Ferrari 275 GTS owned by Tazio Denicola
- Best Fiat: 1981 Fiat Spider owned by Frank DeSimone
- Best Iso: 1967 Bizzarrini Strada owned by Gert Eckstein
- Best Lamborghini: 1965 Lamborghini 350 GT owned by Steve Lindsay
- Best Lancia: 1924 Lancia Lambda owned by Steve and Lynn Peterson
- Best Maserati: 1961 Maserati 3500 GT owned by Harry Garschagen
- Best Motorcycle: 1952 Rumi Gobetto owned by John Goldman
Be sure to check out the 2007 Concorso Italiano Video and the photo gallery below.
2007 Concorso Italiano Photo Gallery:
Images from fast-autos.net and Concorso
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