Five star exhibits at the Warren Classic and Supercar Show

Classic fans won’t need much of an excuse to head to the Warren Golf & Country Club near Maldon in Essex on 24 September. 

This year's show will feature around 125 of the world’s most special classic cars contesting 12 concours classes. We’ve picked five amazing motors from a jaw-dropping entry list.

Mercedes-Benz 300SL Roadster

This year is the 60th anniversary of the Mercedes-Benz 300SL. To help celebrate it, and to support the Henry Surtees Foundation, John Surtees’ 300SL ‘Gullwing’ will be coming over from its current home in Switzerland. This beautiful 300SL Roadster will be there too. It’s owned by Belgian Gregory Noblet, the son of Pierre Noblet who raced various Ferrari 250s in the 1950s and 1960s, both privately and as an Ecurie Francorchamps team member. Pierre came second at Le Mans in his own 250GTO, but this Mercedes was his road car.

1955 Ferrari 250GT Europa

Only 34 250 GT Europas were built. It was the first Ferrari road car to use the legendary Columbo V12 engine, starting a 250 dynasty that included the Tour De France, SWB, GTO, and Lusso. This 250 GT one was raced (and eventually owned) by Ferrari racing maestro Olivier Gendebien. More recently it has competed in evocative road-race events like the Mille Miglia, the Liege-Rome-Liege and La Carrera Panamericana.

1937 Bentley 41/4 Gurney Nutting Rothschild Sedanca

This Four and a Quarter Bentley was commissioned in 1936 by Yvonne Cahen d’Anvers de Rothschild. Her idea was to combine the style of her husband’s two Hispano-Suizas with the sort of compactness that would allow easy commuting between the family’s London, Suffolk and Bedfordshire residences. H. R. Owen signed up Gurney Nutting to build a unique sedanca coupé on a Derby Bentley chassis, but when it still wasn’t finished seven months later Mrs de Rothschild cancelled the order. It was eventually finished in August 1937 and sold to a jam magnate.

1942 Alfa Romeo 6C 2500 SS Touring Coupé

Built by Touring of Milan, this is the ‘The Count Trossi Alfa’, owned by the famous ‘30s and ‘40s racer who won the 1947 Italian Grand Prix and the 1948 Swiss Grand Prix in an Alfa Romeo Tipo 158. Count Trossi financially supported the Scuderia Ferrari team and became its President in 1932.

1951 Ferrari 212 Monoposto

After its GP career, this ex-Bracco/Marzotto car lay quietly for a few years in a Uruguayan garage before being bought in the late 1960s by Colin Crabbe. It has since given pleasure to several well-known owners, running at the Goodwood Festival Of Speed and the Goodwood Revival in the mid-200s before undergoing a full rebuild in 2008.

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