Concours of Elegance, Hampton Court Palace

[Sam Tyler]

I had a good day out with our son at the Concours of Elegance 2022 at Hampton Court Palace yesterday, it was a great event, well attended and very well laid out in the grounds of the palace. Quite a diverse range of cars could be seen with some real rarities, big money cars and all sorts of exotic cars.

Here are the posts that I've put on Instagram to flick through:

https://www.instagram.com/p/CiIEnDMqH1w

https://www.instagram.com/p/CiIGDp0KkGs

https://www.instagram.com/p/CiIHZ6Dqg5d

https://www.instagram.com/p/CiIJgaAqj6i

https://www.instagram.com/p/CiIKg-bKc71

https://www.instagram.com/p/CiILWTkK1qj

A few manufacturers had stands there, none more disappointing than Lotus. Sad to say that if Colin Chapman saw them now he'd be turning in his grave. Gone are the pared down lightweight cars and in is a monstrous SUV that defies all of Chapman's principles.

The other stand that caught my eye was the company that converts internal combustion engine cars to full electric vehicles. It makes me wonder how many people truly understand what a carbon footprint is.

Sam

[Gene Hunt]

Some absolute peaches there Sam. A really unjoyable viewing so thanks for taking and posting them 

Very difficult to choose one for myself but no where near as difficult as it is to fathom the logic behind ICE to electric conversions.

Gene. 

[The Saint]

What a fantastic selection Sam, thanks for sharing

Difficult to pick a favourite, but possibly the Mercedes SL 107 in your final batch of photos.

The Saint

[Villain]

Fantastic selection and great variety there Sam ,many thanks for sharing them  .

Difficult to pick just one favourite from that lot but my top three would be the rare as rocking horse doo-doo red Maserati A6G Coupe (one of only four ever built in that body style), the red Alfa TZ and the yellow LP400 Countach.

Villain 

[D.C. Burtonshaw]

Many thanks Sam for those, some incredible exotic automotive machinery there, difficult to pick a fave, but the ones that stand out for me are the Lambo Miura, the grey-green Jaguar XK120 roadster and 2 Aston Martins; the silver DB4 and nice to see another colour DB5 that hasn't had the 007 treatment and in its presumably Maroon. Some super looking pre war prestige cars there too.

And I have to mention too (as you will have guessed.. ) the very clean beige MK2 GL Escort. I think I know that one which I'm pretty sure is a 1.6 litre South African import. The GL's there had the Ghia type wood dash trim as the Ghia versions weren't marketed in SA.

[Dirty Epic]

A brilliant selection there Sam, looks like you had a great day.

Can't pick a favourite from anything there from the Fiat Van to the Ferrari's!