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Villa d'Este and Lake Como Ready to Surprise on the 16th and 17th of May

10 May 20261 min read4 images

The 2026 Concorso d'Eleganza Villa d'Este unveils 8 themed classes, from pre-war opulence to Swinging Sixties GTs, on Lake Como May 16–17.

Villa d'Este and Lake Como Ready to Surprise on the 16th and 17th of May
Photo credit: BMW, Concorso d'Eleganza Villa d'Este, FuoriConcorso

Just reading through the 8 Classes announced for the 2026 edition of Villa d'Este is enough to set the excitement rising. The famous Concorso d'Eleganza, today curated with great expertise by the BMW Group, has in fact arranged the entered cars according to themes that pair the era of each model with a defining trait of its period. It is easy to imagine the magnificence of the 1924–1934 cars gathered under the heading "Automotive Tailoring: The Decade of Opulence" — and even more so the thrill that the sport Ferraris of the Class "They Earned Their Names: Enzo's Endurance Legends" are bound to deliver.

Harder to picture, instead, are the British cars — and not only British — that will likely take centre stage in the Class "From Carnaby Street To The Autostrada: The Swinging GT Driver," and in those magnificent years when everything changed.

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The Coppa d'Oro, the award assigned by public vote, has often favoured more recent models — such as the McLaren F1, winner in 2024 — over pre-war cars.

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