Villa d’Este Style first past the post lockdown finish line

In this very particular year, the excitement of entering Villa d’Este to admire vintage cars was even more special than usual. It happened on Saturday, 27th June when the ninth edition of Villa d’Este Style was held, the gathering dedicated to Alfa Romeo 6C 2500 SS Coupé Villa d’Este cars that, symbolically, were able to return to the place where their legend began. Before the cars, however, well-deserved applause is in order to those who believed in it, and moved on with the event organization, despite all adversities.

The magnificent front end of the Alfa Romeo 2500 SS Villa d’Este designed by Carlo Felice Bianchi Anderloni from the Milan-based Touring Carrozzeria in the late 1940s.

“I was the first to see one of my events cancelled: The Ice in Sankt Moritz scheduled for the 29th of February cancelled by the authorities on the 28th!” says Marco Makaus, “With Villa d’Este Style, it feels like I’ve finally closed the circle, since it is the first international post-lockdown event. On my own, however, I could never have achieved this: without the help and optimism of the Villa d’Este Group, of President Giuseppe Fontana and the General Manager, Danilo Zucchetti, it would have been impossible.”