Detroit Concours d'Elegance
In the switch from Concours of America to the Detroit Concours d'Elegance comes a change of venue. It was hosted at the Detroit Institute of Art in the city's downtown area. Like Cars and Community, the concours had a wide array of automobiles, more than 100 of them. They included historic concept cars such as the Ford Mustang I, Chrysler Turbine car and Buick Y-Job, hot rods and customs, vintage sports cars, pre-war machinery and more. The overall winner of the event was a 1937 Delahaye 135 roadster
Video Transcript
JOEL STOCKSDALE: Hi, everyone, and welcome to the Detroit Concours d'Elegance. This is the continuation of the Concours of America, which used to be held up at the end at St. John's. But this year, has been renamed Detroit Concours d'Elegance because it's now here in Downtown Detroit.
We're at the Detroit Institute of Art, out in kind of the front lawn area. Cars are all on display around, and there's about 140 of them, in all kinds of different vehicle classes ranging from traditional, pre-war stuff to muscle cars to hot rods. There's a little bit of everything here, and we just wanted to give you a quick taste of what the Detroit Concourse is like.
Cars of Harley Earl.
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Detroit Autorama.
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Cars of Woodward Avenue.
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Pre-war American classics.
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Pre-war European classics.
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American sports cars of the 1950s and 1960s.
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Italian sports cars.
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GM limited production cars.
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European modern classics.
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Chrysler limited production.
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Ford limited production cars.
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Supercars.
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Orphan cars from Studebaker.
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Midwestern hot rods.
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Orphan cars from Packard.
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And that wraps up our time at the Detroit Concours d'Elegance. We've seen some amazing cars, and we're glad you were able to come with us. And we can't wait to see more next year.
