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.
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
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
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
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.
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
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
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
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
End of the event
19:30 - 21:00
Charity dinner
Aperitif and dinner for entrants and sponsors’guests
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
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Allan Winn
Chief Class Judge
Pebble Beach
Bio
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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,...