Lugano Elegance 2023

5-6 May 2023 -  ENTRIES CARS AND PARTICIPANTS

Registrations are closed
Dear collectors and classic cars friends

Below is all the information from the completed event.

  Download the Regulations

Classifica

ULTIMA EDIZIONE 2023
Classifica concorso Eleganza

Le auto sono state valutate da una commissione di esperti in base a differenti classi.

Program

5 May 2023


MORNING

5 Maggio 2023 - AFTERNOON

16:00 - 17:00
Classic Motorboat show:
In Piazza Battaglini there will be an exhibition of selected Speedboats/Motorboats
17:00 - 20:00
Vernissage
At the Imago Art Gallery for Concorso entrants and sponsors’s guests

6 May 2023


MORNING

08:30 - 09:00
Participants arrival:
Arrival and welcome of entrants, briefing and handing of instructions and informations, parking of the car according to staff instructions
09:30 - 14:00
Jury gets to work:
Judges start evaluating the concours cars exhibited. Owners are required to be with their cars, in order to answer the judges questions. 
09:30 - 12:00
Guided tours :
Entrants and guests of sponsors will be guided by a couple of Classic cars Connaisseurs and shown some of the most interesting cars on display

6 Maggio 2023 - AFTERNOON

12:00 - 14:00
Lunch:
Aperitif/lunch in the Municipality court for entrants and sponsors'guests

14:30 - 15:30
Defilée
Concorso cars will parade along the lakefront of Lugano and will be introduced to the public. Class winners and best of show will be awarded
16:00 - 16:30
That's all folks!
End of the event    
19:30 - 21:00
Charity dinner
Aperitif and dinner for entrants and sponsors’guests

Classes

      War Class


      Pre War open
      Pre War closed
      Post War open
      Post War closed

      Feature Class


      75 Years Porsche
      Swiss Coachbuilders
      American Power-Cars US engines
      Mercedes 300 SL Gullwing & Roaster
      Italian Sports Cars with big engines 
      Judges

      The competition accommodates a world-class jury. All have judged in the world's most prestigious competitions and bring a wealth of invaluable knowledge.

      Chris Kramer 

      Chief Judge

      Pebble Beach Judge & ICJAG director of technologies (Charter Member) 

      Bio
      He has been working in the automotive industry for over thirty years and for about 25 years as a Classic Car Consultant, Restoration Supervisor, Value Appraiser, FIVA Scrutineer and advises collectors all over the world. Chris is an ICJAG charter member and director of Technologies. He is a special advisor and member of the Selecting Committee for the Villa d’Este, ...
      Nigel Matthews 

      Deputy Chief Judge

      Pebble Beach Judge & ICJAG Chairman ( Charter member)

      Bio
      -
      Allan Winn 

      Chief Class Judge

      Pebble Beach


      Bio
      -
      Dr. Peter Larsen

      Chief Class Judge

      Pebble Beach Judge & Member selecting Committee & ICJAG  Member 


      Bio
      Peter Larsen has co-authored several books with Ben Erickson on French cars and coachbuilders and is now working on a book about Bugatti that were bodied by Joseph Figoni. Peter judges at a number of international concours, including the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance where he also serves on the Selection Committee, as well as Chantilly Arts & Elegance, 21 Gun Salute Concours d’Elegance, Salon Privé and The Amelia. He is a member of ICJAG.
      Alessandra Giorgetti

      Class Judge

      Pebble Beach & ICJAG Member Candidate


      Bio
      I was born on 24 June 1973 in Milan, the same date Alfa Romeo was founded in 1910, it was my destiny! 
      Grown up surrounded by car since my first day of life, we have a family company that deals in spare parts for vintage cars since 1946. 
      Vice President to the Registro Internazionale Touring Superleggera founded in 1996 by Carlo Felice Bianchi Anderloni, appointed personally by him as Secretary in 1999, I started my car passion with some of the most important people of the automotive World! 
      Ken Gross 

      Chief Class Judge

      Pebble Beach & ICJAG Member


      Bio
      served as Executive Director of the Petersen Automotive Museum in Los Angeles. His fourteen critically acclaimed automobile exhibitions have appeared at major Fine Art Museums across the United States.   A 32-year Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance Chief Class Judge and a member of the Selection Committee, Ken is a founding member of ICJAG, the Chief Judge for the Greenwich (Connecticut) Concours, and he judges at many North American and European Concours. 
      François Melcion 

      Class Judge

      Pebble Beach Judge


      Bio
      Consultant Automobile, ancien directeur du salon Retromobile François Melcion a dirigé de nombreuses années le salon Retromobile, leader mondial de la spécialité. Amateur de toutes les voitures, surtout celles des années 1920-1940, il est sollicité comme juge dans de nombreux concours tels que Pebble Beach, Louis Vuitton Classic, Uniques, Le Mans Heritage,  Chantilly Arts & Elegance Richard Mille et Lugano Elegance...
      Hugo Modderman

      Chief Class Judge

      Pebble Beach & ICJAG Member 


      Bio
      Hugo’s His daily business focuses on all financial aspects of passenger ships, mainly cruiseships, large yachts and ferries.
      His main hobbies are photography and veteran and vintage cars. He participated for the first time in a vintage car rally in 1956, with his father’s Lancia Lambda...
      Christoph Grohe

      Chief Class Judge

      Pebble Beach & ICJAG Member 


      Bio
      has more than 30 years experience as a collector and a dealer of highly collectible motorcars " When you find and unrestored car you are responsible of it ". With a reputation for maintaining a professional focus on finding lost treasuries, he is passionate about finding true value of cars and an ambassador for preservation and authenticity.  Christoph is judge at several international Concours, including Pebble Beach
      Ben Erikson

      Chief Class Judge

      Pebble Beach & ICJAG Member 


      Bio
      Ben Erickson works as an automotive historian and restoration consultant and serves on the jury of various concours around the globe.Ben is a member of the Society of Automotive Historians and ICJAG. He has co-authored Talbot-Lago Grand Sport. The Car from Paris, Jacques Saoutchik: Maître Carrossier, Jacques Kellner: Matters of Life and Death and most recently Joseph Figoni, le Grand Couturier de la Carrosserie Automobile.
      Giovanni Ribotta

      Class Judge

       


      Bio
      He is an Italian car designer, he was born in Turin in 1976 and graduated in Industrial Design at Politecnico di Torino with a master degree.
      In 2011, he was appointed Chief Exterior Designer Maserati. He worked on several design programs with his team, as: the Kubang concept (2011), Alfieri concept (2014), the first Maserati SUV Levante (2016) and the latest Sport cars of the Brand, the MC20 (2020) and the Granturismo (2022).


      Max Girardo

      Speaker, Class Judge 

       


      Bio
      Max Girardo is among the classic car world’s foremost experts. His career spans over two decades, during which time he’s played instrumental roles at Bonhams, CARS UK and latterly RM Sotheby’s, where he headed the auction house’s European division and, of course, commanded the rostrum with deft skill and inimitable style. 
      Carlo Bonzanigo

      Class Judge

       


      Bio
      He began his career in automotive design at Pininfarina in 1995. He has been Pininfarina Senior Vice President Design and Head of Advanced Design and Concept cars of Citroën, as well as Citroën Program Design Director for production cars and “Maitre Expert Design” of the PSA Peugeot Citroën Group.
      Kai Billesfeld 

      Class Judge

      ICJAG - member candidate


      Bio
      Kai Billesfeld is an experienced automotive technician and advisor at a German specialist for classic car restorations, maintenance and service. Having worked for other well known restorers he has always been driven by the passion for classic cars, technology and automobile history. Besides participating in historic motorsports events around the world, Kai judges in several European concours for the last years.
      Giuliana Vignale

      Class Judge

       


      Bio
      was born in Turin in 1970, great granddaughter of talented Alfredo Vignale known as the “sculptor of steel” and founder of the well-known Carrozzeria Vignale which between the 1950s and the end of the 1960s built custom-built cars on Ferrari, Lancia, Cisitalia, Maserati chassis, Fiat and many others...
      Julius Kruta

      Class Judge

      Pebble Beach


      Bio
      Freelance historian and automotive advisor. He became infected with the Bugatti virus at Prescott, England in the early 1980ies and in 1994 he started a company specialising in hand-built Bugatti models. While still at university he started working as a consultant for Volkswagen AG in 1999 after the group’s acquisition of the Bugatti brand. After having graduated from University with a thesis on Bugatti, he started his career in 2000 at Bugatti Automobiles S.A.S in the marketing department. In 2003 he became 'Head of Tradition' of Bugatti Automobiles S.A.S. He held this position until summer 2018 Julius has been a regular judge at the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance since 2003...
      Hakan Tjaum

      Class Judge

       


      Bio
      Håkon early on discovered a deep passion for classic cars and motorcycles and started working on them at a very young age. After studying cybernetics, 
      As well as beeing an avid collector and restorer himself, after been given the opportunity to make his lifelong passion for classic cars and motorcycles a 
      full time profession, he is now in charge of restoration at a large Automotive OEM,...
      Date & Time
      Friday
      2 June 2023
      Start - 08:00
      Saturday
      3 June 2023
      End - 21:30 Europe/Zurich
      Location

      Città di Lugano

      via Nassa
      6900 Lugano
      Switzerland
      --Città di Lugano--
      Get the direction
      Organiser

      Lions Club Monteceneri

      info@luganoelegance.com
      SHARE

      Find out what people see and say about this event, and join the conversation.