Now in its second year, the Concours on Savile Row, which runs in May, is now an established part of the classic car scene.
For two days, the heart of tailoring since 1803 is closed to traffic and some of the most desirable cars in the world – both new and classic – are displayed on the red carpet.
Each car is teamed with one of the retailers on the street, so you can enter the various shops and find out more about individual cars and complete their story.
This year, as last, Belgian Sportscar, F1 and Paris-Dakar driver, Jackie Ickx was the guest of honour and it was a pleasure to hear his thoughts on his time with Porsche at Le Mans. At the end of the interview, a voice from the crowd asked him to give his thoughts on the recently departed Mauro Forghieri, for many years, Ferrari’s chief engineer, responsible for technical development right through the 70s, helping the likes of Niki Lauda and Jody Scheckter to world F1 titles with his exquisitely developed flat 12 machines.
The result was a fascinating insight into a period long gone, a particularly competitive period where the driver seemed to make more of a difference and computers didn’t rule the world.
