{"id":369314,"date":"2011-04-18T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2011-04-18T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportscardigest.com\/?p=32629"},"modified":"2024-01-16T12:46:48","modified_gmt":"2024-01-16T12:46:48","slug":"motorclassica-concours-delegance-2011-information","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/motorclassica-concours-delegance-2011-information\/","title":{"rendered":"Motorclassica Concours (2011) &#8211; Information"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Pic-MC-event-high-view-US-end.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-794462\" src=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Pic-MC-event-high-view-US-end.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Pic-MC-event-high-view-US-end.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Pic-MC-event-high-view-US-end-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Pic-MC-event-high-view-US-end-100x75.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Pic-MC-event-high-view-US-end-770x578.jpg 770w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Pic-MC-event-high-view-US-end-293x220.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a>Motorclassica, the Australian International Concours d\u2019Elegance and Classic Motor Show, will return to Melbourne\u2019s Royal Exhibition Building from October 21 to 23, 2011.<br \/>\nOrganisers expect an even bigger showing of classic vehicles for the second year, based on early expression of interest from entrants, exhibitors and patrons. Increased entries are likely in motorcycles and Australian cars, both of popular local marques and their less well-known predecessors.<br \/>\nMotorclassica earned wide praise from both local and overseas enthusiasts, including guest judge Sir Stirling Moss, who was particularly impressed by the heritage-listed venue.<br \/>\n\u201cIt\u2019s a beautiful venue for the cars \u2013 they look so good there,\u201d Moss said. \u201cI\u2019d be surprised if Motorclassica doesn\u2019t grow, because of the crowds of people who were there and the fantastic state in which the cars were presented. This was a wonderful display of beautiful machines \u2013 really fascinating cars and some of them exceptionally rare \u2013 and next year I would like to come back to see how it has grown.\u201d<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/sportscardigest.com\/motorclassica-concours-delegance-report-and-photos\/\"><strong>(See Motorclassica Concours d&#8217;Elegance 2010 &#8211; Report and Photos)<\/strong><\/a>.<br \/>\nEvent director Paul Mathers said Motorclassica 2011 would bring out a whole new showing of world class cars, as the cars entered in the Concours could not return for three years.<br \/>\n\u201cEven before this year\u2019s event was over, people were talking about what cars they might enter next year, and encouraging friends and associates to participate in the future,\u201d he said.<br \/>\n\u201cFor 2011 we will continue our policy of not charging a fee to compete in the concours, while car clubs are encouraged to participate in Picnic with the Classics for no more than the price of a discounted ticket to the main concours and classic motor show.\u201d<br \/>\nFor more information, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.motorclassica.com.au\">www.motorclassica.com.au<\/a>.<br \/>\n[Source: Motorclassica]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Motorclassica, the Australian International Concours d\u2019Elegance and Classic Motor Show, will return to Melbourne\u2019s Royal Exhibition Building from October 21 to 23, 2011. Organisers expect an even bigger showing of classic vehicles for the second year, based on early expression of interest from entrants, exhibitors and patrons. Increased entries are likely in motorcycles and Australian cars, both of popular local marques and their less well-known predecessors. Motorclassica earned wide praise from both local and overseas enthusiasts, including guest judge Sir [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":106,"featured_media":794462,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[260,17565],"tags":[17604,432,16912,17603],"class_list":["post-369314","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-car-events","category-concours-events","tag-event-australian-international-concours","tag-events","tag-events-concours","tag-event-motorclassica-concours"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Motorclassica Concours d\u2019Elegance 2011 Information<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Motorclassica International Concours d\u2019Elegance and Classic Motor Show, returns to the Royal Exhibition Building in Melbourne, Australia October 21-23, 2011.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/motorclassica-concours-delegance-2011-information\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Motorclassica Concours d\u2019Elegance 2011 Information\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Motorclassica International Concours d\u2019Elegance and Classic Motor Show, returns to the Royal Exhibition Building in Melbourne, Australia October 21-23, 2011.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/motorclassica-concours-delegance-2011-information\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Supercars.net\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Supercars.net\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2011-04-18T12:00:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-01-16T12:46:48+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Pic-MC-event-high-view-US-end.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"800\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"600\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Sports Car Digest\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@supercars_net\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@supercars_net\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Sports Car Digest\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/motorclassica-concours-delegance-2011-information\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/motorclassica-concours-delegance-2011-information\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Sports Car Digest\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/188bd99a52d1e69543c54566c30e906b\"},\"headline\":\"Motorclassica Concours (2011) &#8211; 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