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Farr\u00e9.<\/p>\n<p>It will be joined by another magnificent Italian car, a recently restored 1956 Ferrari 500 Testa Rossa that scored consecutive victories in the 1956 and 1957 Nassau Speed Weeks. The car has been lured out of hiding \u2014 having been in storage for more than 50 years \u2014 to compete in the \u201cRacing Improves the Breed\u201d class. One of just 18 examples built, it also finished 2<sup>nd<\/sup> in class in the Cuban Gran Prix of 1957.<\/p>\n<p>Also scheduled to appear is an extraordinary 1923 Voisin Type C6 Laboratoire, a rolling laboratory for Gabriel Voisin\u2019s experimental technology from the Mullin Museum in California. This car\u2019s streamlined profile was inspired by the wing of an airplane, and its monocoque structure is a wonder to behold. It is entered in the Voisins \u2013 Aviation to Automotive class.<\/p>\n<p>The confirmed 2016 Chubb Insurance Concours d\u2019El\u00e9gance classes are:<\/p>\n<p>50 Years of the Lamborghini Miura<\/p>\n<p>The Great V12 Ferraris<\/p>\n<p>Racing Improves the Breed<\/p>\n<p>Porsche Racing Pedigree<\/p>\n<p>Prancing Horse Racing Pedigree<\/p>\n<p>Pre-war Coachwork<\/p>\n<p>European Grand Tourers<\/p>\n<p>Gone with the Wind<\/p>\n<p>Dream Machines<\/p>\n<p>Voisins \u2013 Aviation to Automotive<\/p>\n<p>And three Motorcycle classes.<\/p>\n<p>For further information, please visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.salonpriveconcours.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.salonpriveconcours.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A one-off Alfa Romeo RL Normale Coup\u00e9 de Ville (above) will be featured at the Chubb Insurance Concours d\u2019El\u00e9gance at Salon Priv\u00e9, scheduled for September 1-3 on the South Lawn of Blenheim Palace in Woodstock, Oxfordshire, UK. 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It will be joined by another magnificent Italian car, a recently restored 1956 Ferrari 500 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":142,"featured_media":559989,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[260,17565],"tags":[432,16912,16936,17500,916],"class_list":["post-495687","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-car-events","category-concours-events","tag-events","tag-events-concours","tag-festivals-shows","tag-event-salon-prive-concours","tag-salon-prive"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Salon Priv\u00e9 (2016) - Preview<\/title>\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\/salon-prive-preview-2\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Salon Priv\u00e9 (2016) - Preview\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A one-off Alfa Romeo RL Normale Coup\u00e9 de Ville (above) will be featured at the Chubb Insurance Concours d\u2019El\u00e9gance at Salon Priv\u00e9, scheduled for September 1-3 on the South Lawn of Blenheim Palace in Woodstock, Oxfordshire, UK. 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