Cars & Autos | Monday 16 February, 2015 3:02 pm |

Kuwait Concours D’ Elegance ended the fourth edition of the competition, which lasted over eight days from 11 to 18 February under the patronage of His Highness Sheikh Nasser Al-Mohammad and the organization of : The Historical, Vintage and Classical Cars Museum, where it has seen competition between the greatest range of cars participating Kuwait and a number of countries from around the world.

Mr. Abdulaziz Saud Isaac, President of the Kuwait Concours D’ Elegance, thanked His Highness Sheikh Nasser Al-Mohammad for his support and sponsorship of this global and unique competition in the Middle East, which highlighted the name of Kuwait in the field of classical cars. He also thanked the sponsors of the event and the panel of judges whom managed the process of selecting and choosing the winners in each category. In addition he expressed his gratitude to the organizing committee, which has done an extravagant job to bring this event to international standards and reflect the event on behalf of Kuwait.

The manager of the museum of classic cars, Abdelaziz Al Yaseen clarified that this year's competition was the most fierce, where members of the jury had a hard time in selecting the winners in each category due to the beauty of all participating cars.
Al Yaseen added that the competition, which was inaugurated by His Highness Sheikh Nasser Al-Mohammed in the presence of a large crowd of Kuwaiti VIPs and lovers of historical and classical cars, had seen many events throughout its 8 days. The events varied between cars display, the parade of the cars participating in the competition, which won the intense admiration of the public who saw it in the Marina Crescent, in addition to the various side events that ranged from displaying the old government cars, motorcycles and the Monkey Gas cars presented for the first time in the Middle East. The competition also celebrated the festival of Ferrari, the Chevrolet Knights, the Almubar Cars as well as some of the most famous cars that participated in Hollywood.

He also confirmed that the fourth edition has achieved great success as it coincides these days with the national celebrations of Kuwait and it attracted large number of the public who were happy to take pictures the more than 100 cars participating in the contest this year.

And revealed that over the competition days discussions took place between members of the jury to choose the winners in each category and choose the best car, which concluded to announce the Lamborghini 350 GTS Spider model 1965, from Switzerland, as the winning car.
During a gala dinner held to honor the winners, the announcement of the winning cars was made as per the following:

Class A:
1919 Pierce Arrow Model 48 – Canada
1928 Mercedes-Benz 460 K Nürburg – Germany
1924 Bamford & Martin Side-Valve Boat-Tail 3 Seater-Team Car – Kuwait

Class B:
1933 Invicta S-type 4.5 Litre Low Chassis – Netherlands
1939 Rolls-Royce Wraith James Young Coupé – Germany
1940 Packard Super Eight Convertible – Jordan

Class C:
1957 Chrysler Imperial Convertible – Bahrain
1951 Alfa Romeo 6C 2500 SS Villa d’Este – Netherlands
1958 Fiat Abarth 750 GT Zagato – UAE

Class D:
1965 Lamborghini 350 GTS Spyder – Switzerland
1971 Maserati Gibli SS – Germany
1961 Bentley S2 Drophead Coupe – Switzerland

Muscle Cars:
Buick GS-X Stage 1 1971
Pontiac GTO "The Judge" 1970
Pontiac Trans-Am SD-455

Special Awards:
Best Preserved Car 1924 Cadillac Type V63 – Qatar
Kuwait Concours D’elegance Chairman Award : 1933 –BMW 303 – KUWAIT
Historical, Vintage Classical Cars Museum Award: 1933 Avon 10hp – Lebanon
Most Elegant Sport Racing Car : 1953 Ferrari 625 TF Spyder by Vignale – Spain
Best Closed Car : 1953 Fiat 8V Supersonic Coupe by Ghia- Switzerland
Best Restored Car :- 1958 Austin-Healey l00-Six "Goldie" - USA
Best American Car :- 1959 Cadillac Eldorado Biarritz Convertible – SAUDI
Best Open Car :- 1960 Ferrari 250 GT SWB California Spyder – Switzerland
Best Sport GT Car :- 1968 Ferrari 275 GTB – USA
Best Concept Car :- 1970 Lancia (Bertone) Stratos HF Zero – USA
Best Design Car 1972 Lamborghini Miura SV – UK
Best European Car 1973 Porsche Carrera RS 2.7 – Kuwait
Most Elegant Car by Chopard :- 1954 Chevrolet Corvette C1
BEST OF SHOW :- _ 1965 Lamborghini 350 GTS Spyder - Switzerland