Salon Privé and Chubb Insurance Concours d'Elégance 2013

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Salon Privé and Chubb Insurance Concours d'Elégance 2013 to be the biggest and best yet

Royal College of Art, at Kensington in London, will compete in an unique design contest to be judged at the 2013 Salon Privé.

The contest titled 'Concours of the Future' is a design exhibition where the students look back at some historic Concours-winning cars and then re-design these icons showing how these cars may evolve and what they would look like years from now.

The judging will be chaired by leading automotive designer and RCA visiting professor, Peter Stevens with a panel cinsisting of Dale Harrow, Head of the RCA Vehicle Design programme; Giles Taylor, Director of Design, Rolls-Royce Motor Cars Ltd; Peter Schreyer, Chief Design Officer, Hyundai and Kia Motors; and Peter Horbury, Vice President - Design, Geely.

Features for this year's event are: Celebrating 100 years of Aston Martin; The iconic Porsche 911 at fifty years; 50 years of legendary Lamborghinis; Wind in your hair; The beauty of Streamlining; 'Little Saloons': the birth of the Berlinetta; Graceful pre-war motoring; Post-war competition greats; The art of design: Pininfarina; Sporting motorcycles.

In the Streamlining Class will be the Riley 105 Transformable Coupé 1949. This unique and very special Riley from Swiss coachbuilder, Walter Koeng, originally purchased from Riley in Coventry as a running chassis in 1948. Koeng proceeded to build his ultimate dream car from the chassis up. The art deco influenced shape and aerodynamic form, with its sweeping lines and sensual curves, make the Riley a true one off, only to be seen at Salon Privé in September.

A new addition to the Salon Privé line up for 2013 is the Audemars Piguet British Super Car Show featuring models from exotic brands from around the world.

Presented models from Clark Abel, Futura Design, Icona, Spyker, Vencer, Zagato, Bentley, Maserati, McLaren, Radical, Rolls-Royce Motor Cars and Startech. Also part of the Audemars Piguet British Super Car Show will be 2 special collections:

The new Hyper Car Collection will display world's fastest and most expensive vehicles in production like the Koenigsegg Agera R, Pagani Huayra, Ruf CT3-S, SSC Aero GT and more.

The second display shows off concepts and prototypes like the Alfa Romeo Zagato TZ3, Ford Evos, Lightning GT as well as the Spyker B6 Venator and Icona Vulcano in the natural beauty of the lawns of Syon House.

Manufacturer ready to display include Audi, Bentley, BMW, Clark Abel, Ferrari, Futura Design, Harley-Davidson, Icona, Lexus, Maserati, McLaren, Overfinch, Radical Sportscars, Rimac, Rolls-Royce Motor Cars, Romans International, Spyker, Startech, SuperVettura, Touring Superleggera, Trident, Vencer, VUHL, WARR's and Zagato

Joining Salon Privé is Clark Abel, part of the Futura Group, design company. Clark Abel's Paul Karslake, the artist behind last years Monroe Evoque, based on the Range Rover, will exhibited a vehicle receiving one of his unique signature colour-way and design finishes.
Source: Salon Privé

Icona Vulcano 2014
The €3 million one-off Icona Vulcano will make its UK debut this September at the Salon Privé.
Image Credit: Photo Courtesy of Salon Privé 2013

Bugatti Type 35 of the future, by Jannis Carius (Germany) ©
Royal College of Art, Kensington, London, 2013 Salon Privé 'Concours of the Future'
Image Credit: Courtesy of Salon Privé

Lamborghini 350 GT of the future, by Hoe Young Hwang (South Korea) ©
Royal College of Art, Kensington, London, 2013 Salon Privé 'Concours of the Future'
Image Credit: Courtesy of Salon Privé

Audi Auto Union race car of the future, by Peter Ten Klooster (The Netherlands) ©
Royal College of Art, Kensington, London, 2013 Salon Privé 'Concours of the Future'
Image Credit: Courtesy of Salon Privé

Rolls-Royce Phantom of the future, by Nicholas_Dunderdale (UK) ©
Royal College of Art, Kensington, London, 2013 Salon Privé 'Concours of the Future'
Image Credit: Courtesy of Salon Privé

Riley 105 Transformable Coupe 1949
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Vencer Sarthe 2013
Image Credit: Sarthe Photo Courtesy of Salon Privé

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