What is the Intermarque
Concours d'Elegance?
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A celebration of classic and marque cars
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Competitions based on presentation, appearance, originality and
excellence
The MG Car Club launched the first Intermarque Concours d'Elegance
at the sunken gardens, Cornwall Park on December 1, 1972. Then as now, the
event was an inter-club affair and MG became the first winner of the Inter-Club
Challenge Shield. Honours also went to Alvis, Studebaker, Jowett, Riley,
and Citroen Car Clubs.
Until 1981 MG and Jaguar dominated the Cornwall Park event. Then Porsche
took the Shield and moved the rapidly growing show to Ellerslie. Today over
65 car clubs, leading new vehicle dealerships, sponsors and the restoration
industry support the event.
Each year thousands of car enthusiasts and those who are simply curious
spend the day browsing round the displays. There are now more honours - ranging
from the coveted Intermarque Team Shield to Masters Class for individual
vehicles and Best Display - the theme for which this year is nostalgic…"
the way we were…"
Vehicles not only come from around the country but also the world
- in 2003 for example we welcomed 27 Alvis owners and their cars from the
UK.
It takes almost a year to put a show like this together. The winning
club each year hosts the subsequent event with the support of other leading
clubs.
In 2005 the MG Car Club will be the host having taken the Teams Event
trophy last year. Continuity, prcedure and judging is overseen by TACCOC,
the Thoroughbred and Classic Car Club. The organising committee meets
monthly.
Vehicles displayed will range from the early '20s through to the latest
modern exotics, and will vary from Micro cars through to Utes and the most
exotic cars in New Zealand.
Intermarque Concours around
the world
A celebration of classic and marque cars - competitions based on
presentation, appearance, originality and excellence. In the United States
and Europe the attendance at such events is in the hundreds of thousands,
the investment measured in millions.
Clearly New Zealand cannot hope to emulate such extravagant affairs,
but with committed imaginative sponsors and the impressive foundations that
we currently have, The New Zealand Classic Car Weekend and Intermarque Concours
events will be the Blue Riband events of the New Zealand motoring
calendar.
To gain a full appreciation of the world of Concours, visit
www.pebblebeachconcours.net
www.goodwood.co.uk/fos
Your hosts for 2009
- the Porsche Car Club
As winners of the 2008 Team's event the Porsche
Car Club is the 2009 NZ Classic Car Show host.
The competition at Ellerslie is based on the pure love their
owners and family's bestow on their cars. The Concourse de Elegance
celebrates the presentation, appearance, originality, and excellence
of the cars you can examine. Some of the cars on display will
be the finest example of their model in the world, most will
be the finest in New Zealand.
If cars of beautiful form and function interest you, then come
to Ellerslie in February, join us who have a like mind, and
enjoy a fantastic day.
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