Two international Concours d’Elegance took place on the weekend of 27th and 28th January 2018. Respectively they were held in Sydney, Australia, and in Palm Beach, Florida, USA. Whilst the Cavallino Classic in the States may have been a grander affair with a bigger classic car gene pool to call upon, the honour of being the first major Concours show of the year went to Sydney by dint of time difference, if nothing else.
But having said, that the quality of the 60 cars on show at the Sydney Superyacht Marina did not suffer in comparison with those on display on the other side of the Pacific. Run under the auspices of the International Chief Judges Advisory Group (ICJAG) the Sydney event not only had world class judges in the form of Chief Judge Nigel Matthews from Canada, Chris Kramer from Germany, and Siegfried Linke from the US, it also had some truly world class cars on display over the two days.
