Arts et Elegance

Two years after its last edition, Chantilly Arts & Elegance Richard Mille returns to its elegant home just outside of Paris, on 14-15 September. Loyalty to tradition marks out the identity of Chantilly Arts & Elegance among concours, in particular the Concours d’Etat and its famous classes.

By creating this event in 2014, Peter Auto set itself the ambition of reviving the Concours d’Elegance of which France was the cradle in the 1920s, as well as celebrating the Art de Vivre à la Française. In 2014 and 2015 it was immediately rewarded, with the prize for the best Motoring Event of the Year at the International Historic Motoring Awards, and continues to receive public approval too with attendance constantly growing to more than 20,000 visitors in 2022.

Peter Auto has unveiled the new classes of the Chantilly Arts & Elegance Richard Mille Concours d’Etat, which will take place on the famous Le Nôtre lawns at the Château de Chantilly in one of the most beautiful sites in France, highlighting exceptional collectors’ cars, carefully restored or preserved in their original state.

Because it’s very difficult to compare a Bugatti Atlantic with a Ferrari GTO, the Concours will award two Best of Shows, one for pre-war cars and the other for post-war machines. Two classes will pay tribute to Lancia, back in the spotlight this year, by paying homage to its 40 years of rallying history as well as its cars with special post-war bodywork. There will also be a class celebrating the 100th anniversary of the Bugatti Type 35, a tribute to Peter Mullin, as well as one retracing the history of the Mercedes SL. Italian cars will be highlighted too with classes dedicated to Lamborghini, Maserati, Carlo Chiti, and of course, Ferrari. In addition, the concours will present an exceptional Formula 1 class from 1965 to 1971 to which will be added a class dedicated to motorcycles and more particularly, the BMW Boxer.

See www.chantillyartsetelegance.com for more details and a list of all the classes.