1934 Bugatti Type 59<\/a> Sports.<\/p>\nFIVA vice president and chairman of the FIVA Events Commission Malcolm Grubb shared, \u201cAt Villa d\u2019Este, FIVA presents its award in the pre-War category, and despite hot competition, the Bugatti scooped top place because the judges considered its historical importance and extreme originality quite outstanding.\u201d<\/p>\n
Grubb added, \u201cOriginally a Grand Prix racing car in Bugatti Blue but repainted early in its life, this Type 59 was later modified by the factory for sports car racing and sold to King Leopold III of Belgium. It remains an extraordinarily original and well-preserved pre-War car, as well as being one of the few road cars that was initially a Grand Prix racer.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
One of the many awards that were given out at the 2022 Concorso d\u2019Eleganza of Villa d\u2019Este is the Best Preserved Vehicle Award. It recognizes the historical and cultural significance of the motor car. In 2016, FIVA (F\u00e9d\u00e9ration Internationale des V\u00e9hicules Anciens or international federation of historic vehicles) created the Best Preserved Vehicle Award to recognize the custodians of perfectly maintained and truly authentic historic vehicles. They wanted to honor vehicles that were able to keep a very high proportion […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":48,"featured_media":788236,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[495,260,17565],"tags":[5469,12794,16912,16936,813],"class_list":["post-499890","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bugatti","category-car-events","category-concours-events","tag-bugatti","tag-t59","tag-events-concours","tag-festivals-shows","tag-villa-deste-concorso-deleganza"],"yoast_head":"\n
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