This is a concours where a McLaren F1 isn’t the main event

This year, in the glorious sunshine of the start of September, we were treated to some truly spectacular machines on display. Taking part in the main concours event was a Porsche Carrera GT Zagato, and a racing-spec longtail McLaren F1. And that’s just to mention a couple of cars that didn’t win.

The winner, since we should probably get this out of the way, was a stunning Maserati A6G Zagato. A trending theme through the event seemingly being that the work of said coachbuilders was drawing the most attention, the winner was set right next to a newly restored Aston Martin DB4 GT… Zagato.

But it would be churlish to try and say that only the Zagatos were worthy of your attention. The concours brought together the cars you expect – Ferrari 250s SWB and GTO, Porsche 917k – and those you might not. In a small display showing the history of the event was the quite astonishing Dubonnet H6B Xenia, a car which looks like it’s come straight out of the Jetsons, but was actually built in 1938.