The Valletta Concours, born out of a collective love for art, Valletta, vintage and classic cars and their preservation as well as their enjoyment, will again be holding its annual staple event in St George's Square, this time during the last week of May till Sunday 2 June that will take us through another marvellous annual voyage of art and classic cars. The organisers again plan to make Valletta proud by merging an art exhibition,  the art in classic cars and the baroque architecture surroundings in front of the Grand Master's Palace.

The standards reached by the organisers of this distinctive concours are new to Malta, where the artistic engineering in vintage and classic cars is being showcased among the art in baroque architecture that surrounds Valletta's main square. Merged with this classic car event is a collective art exhibition with "Valletta and Classic Cars" as the theme.

This year's week long collective art exhibition by 16 local and foreign artists will feature artistic images portraying mainly several localities  of Valletta and cars.  

They will be displaying their best works at the St Domenic Hall , in Kings Own Club in Republic Street Valletta. The highlight of this exhibition will be on Sunday 2 June when  considerable numbers will be entering Valletta to see the Classic Car Concours d'Elegance and the exhibition. A number of artists will also be taking part in a live painting competition to take place during the Concours d'Elegance.

65 of the finest treasured vintage and classic cars will be set within the walls of the city of Valletta in order to create this unique event with Valletta itself being a unique 16th century baroque icon. At the same time these cars will be competing in various "classes" for their elegance, historical past and authenticity.  Participation of this sizable number of both local and foreign participants will be presenting a distinctive event that will blend automotive craftsmanship and design across a number of decades with the passion of classic car ownership. Foreign classic car collectors will also drive their classic car into St George's Square on Sunday 2 June.

The Valletta Concours,  today known as The Concours of the Mediterranean among classic car collectors, not only succeeded to reach certain international  standards, but managed to get nominated for its 2022 Concours d'Elegance as one of five finalist nominees for a  Rising Star Event award at the Historic Motoring Awards 2022  held in London by OCTANE, but was also even more successful in 2023 when last year's Concours d' Elegance was shortlisted as one of five nominees for the World Best Concours d'Elegance Award.

At Valletta Concours, the organisers managed to bring about very high level of locally done classic car restorations as locally restored cars after winning at Valletta Concours, made their way to win best awards at top overseas Concours d'Elegance events at Pebble Beach Concours and Cars at the Palace Conours.

Year  after year , the organisers manage to attract not only top world renowned classic car collectors, but also attract a team of world motoring connoisseurs  led by Chief Judge Jeremy Jackson-Sytner who will lead his international 20-strong jury into St George's Square.

The judging panel will focus primarily on originality and authenticity as well as attention to detail, design and styling amongst others. The state of preservation of vintage and classic cars is also being given an important attention and thus the Preservation Class.

This year the entrant cars will be participating in several categories, namely:  Elegance Class, Pre-war Class,  Post-war Class, Jaguar Class , Porsche  Class, ,Preservation Class, Popular Classic Class, Sports Car Class and Super Car Class.

New classes for this year are the Classic Motorcycle  Class and the Classic Pedal Car Class.

Valletta Concours will be commemorating 120 years of Rolls Royce and an award in this regard will be presented.

The winners of each of the above categories will then vie for the prestigious title of  "Best in Show" and the judging team will then decide which category winner deserves this title and the runner-up for this award.

The public who do not own a classic car, but love art, history and retro clothing can also participate in this prestigious concours by competing for the Best Retro Clothing Competition and  registering on the day of the concours in order to have their clothing  judged.

 

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