Concorso d’Eleganza winners

Visitors to Villa d’Este on Saturday elected the winner of the Coppa D’Oro, with the largest number of votes going to the Mercedes-Benz 540 K Autobahnkurier dating from 1938. Just two streamlined coupé bodies were built onto the chassis of the Mercedes-Benz 540 K. The car on show was purchased in 1938 by Dr Ignacio Barraquer and remained in family ownership until 2004. The Autobahnkurier then went to Deborah and Arturo Keller, who had it completely restored.

For the Trofeo BMW Group Italia, visitors voted the 1937 Delahaye 135 M by Figoni & Falaschi the winner. The roadster was presented at the 1937 Paris Motor Show and bought by an Indian maharaja. 50 years later the Delahaye left India and was restored in England. Its present owner, Peter Mullin of the USA, acquired the car in 1993.

Electing the most beautiful model in the Concept Cars and Prototypes class, visitors at Villa Erba on Sunday cast their votes in favour of the Bugatti Veyron Fbg Hermès of 2008. With the Bugatti Veyron Fbg, Hermès has taken its cue from the erstwhile collaboration between car-crazy saddle-maker Emile Hermès and horse-loving car designer Ettore Bugatti to build a Hermès special based on the Bugatti Veyron.