Capital gets speed date
Fast, faster and fastest set to gather at London Concours
SPEED IS THE THEME for the freshly renamed London Concours. The automotive garden party in the heart of the City of London takes place at the Honourable Artillery Company on 7-8 June and will showcase some 80 cars, ranging from the fastest on the road to some of the speediest racers ever created.
Those signed-up already include the magnificent 28.5-litre Beast of Turin, Duncan Pittaway’s firebreathing Fiat S76 record car that could top the ton more than 100 years ago. It will be joined by the likes of Ferrari’s 1990s flagship F50 with its 203mph top speed and sub-4.0-second 0-60mph time. Quicker still will be the 230mph carbonfibre-bodied Pagani Huayra, but, even so, few of the modern hypercars can carry their speed with the panache of a Mercedes-Benz 300SL Gullwing, which will also be on show.
Other attractions at the five-acre London venue will be high-end food, Champagne, watches and art. Given the event’s venue in the middle of the financial district, the concours will also host an Investment Conference. Experts from classic car specialist JD Classics will lead a discussion on historic vehicles as a uniquely enjoyable investment, and the fastest appreciating asset class of the last ten years.
London Concours managing director Andrew Evans said: ‘We’ll have a line-up of vehicles at the London Concours spanning 120 years, but there’s a common theme among them: the desire to go faster. This collection of vehicles sits at the heart of the event, but with our unique Investment Conference and displays from a number of our luxury partners such as Stratstone and Nicholas Mee, the London Concours will become a real destination for the local City residents and workers.’
Tickets to the London Concours are on sale now and available from the website at londonconcours.co.uk. There are several ticketing options, but a full-day adult ticket costs £35. Octane readers can get a £10 discount by quoting DENNISVIP when booking. Type this link into your browser: http://bit.ly/2GMROwN.