Welcome back to my coverage of the Concours of Elegance 2025 at Hampton Court Palace. Today we’re going to be looking at the super and hypercars of the show.
We’ll start wit the biggest name in the industry; Ferrari.
There were a whole host of Ferraris at the show from early cars from the 50s to the present day. (I’ll be covering the cars of the 50s and 60s in a upcoming post: Golden Age Coupes – so subscribe to my email notifications for that!)
The 12Cilindri is Ferrari’s new V12 powered GT car. The design of the 12Cilindri is a homage to the 365GTB “Daytona” from the late 1960s to early 1970s and I think they’ve really nailed it. It’s a very pretty car!
An example of the 365GTB on which it is based was also present.
The 365GTB Daytona got it’s unofficial name in honour of Ferrari taking a 1-2-3 finish at the 24 Hours of Daytona in 1967. Another car that would commemorate that moment was the SP3 Daytona – the third car from Ferrari’s Icona series.
I’m still not sure about the looks of this one. It’s the third I’ve seen in person and I think this really deep, dark red has been the colour that suits it the most.
LaFerrari Aperta. This one with a 70th Anniversary badge.
There was also a FXX-K Evo, a track only version of the LaFerrari built for Ferrari’s exclusive XX program.
The SF90 XX is the first road registerable car from the XX program.
The F12TDF is a track focused variant of the F12 Berlinetta.
The TDF stands for Tour de France, which was a long distance race/rally held in various guises between 1899 and 1986. The Tricolore paint scheme on this car is a nice nod to its heritage.
There were plenty of other Ferraris from the 1980s to present day:
My favourite modern era Ferrari – the 575M. I was definitely influenced by the chase scene in Bad Boys II when I was a teenager haha! Rosso Corsa is a bright colour for one of these, but in a greyscale colour I think they look pretty understated.
There was an impressive selection of Lamborghini’s supercars on display. Starting with the OG – the first rear-mid engined sports car and the fastest production car in the world at the time of its release – the Lamborghini Miura.
The Countach that followed went through several stages and managed to be an icon of design in both decades that it was produced in. The original wedge shape screams 1970s, especially with the purple paint job.
Then in later years when it gained the wing, skirts and flared arches it became a symbol of 1980s excess. Looking at one of these always makes me think about organising the movement of a large amount of a questionable white powder out of Latin America on a mobile telephone the size of a brick. What a car!
The Diablo followed. The first production Lamborghini to break the 200mph barrier. Property tycoon and later President of the United States Donald Trump famously owned one.
Then came the Murcielago. This was the first model to be released since Lamborghini was acquired by Audi and the Volkswagen Auto Group.
The Aventador was next.
Then in 2023 we got the Revuelto. Lamborghini’s current flagship.
It’s not just the flagships that are special though. The Huracan is by far my favourite Lambo. In the U.S there are companies such as Underground Racing who make twin turbo kits for these and some of the cars produce astronomical power. Watching them race at events like TX2K and FL2K has given me a real appreciation for them.
And of course there’s the Urus. I’m not it’s biggest fan I’ll be honest, but they’ve sold thousands over the years which has hopefully helped to keep the brand afloat.
Maserati’s MC20. I’ve only seen a couple of these in person. They’re a great looking car!
Pagani’s stunning Huayra. The owner gets this one out to a lot of shows. It has certainly featured a few times on this blog.
From good ol’ Blighty are McLaren.
I really liked this orange into burgundy/purple 765LT.
The SLR was built as a collaboration between McLaren and Mercedes. It’s hard to believe the earliest ones of these are 22 and the latest are 15 years old!
Sticking with Mercedes we have the AMG Project 1. It has a 1.6ltr turbocharged V6 and hybrid drive system similar to the W06 Formula 1 car (just with extra motors on the front wheels, which the F1 car doesn’t have) – that was the its biggest selling point; putting a championship winning Formula 1 engine in a road car.
Swinging back to the Brits and we have the Aston Martin Valhalla.
The DB12.
A Vantage AMR Hero Edition.
The next one isn’t everyone’s definition of a supercar but I think it’s worthy of a mention. The Bentley Continental GT Number 9 Edition. 1 of 100 cars built by Mulliner to celebrate the 4.5 Litre Bentley Blower.
Jaguar’s Project 7 (based on the F-Type) and Project 8 (based on the XE) are limited edition cars from Jaguar’s Special Vehicle Operations (SVO).
There was some American muscle too. Both the 2005 and 2017 Ford GT were present.
First generation Viper. 8.0ltr V10 making 400bhp, a curb weight of just 1490KG (of which 323KG of that is the engine) rear driven with no traction control or anti-lock brakes. Beast of a thing.
The C8 Corvette is one of my favourite cars of the 21st century. Its powered by a mid mounted V8, is rear driven and has a dual clutch gearbox for under £100,000. It offers phenomenal value for money in comparison to its European counterparts.
Porsche’s Carrera GT and the later 918 Hybrid.
There were a few Pre-War Bugattis at this show (Which you can read about here: https://motorsportformentalhealth.com/2025/09/14/concours-of-elegance-2025-pre-war-cars/) but only one later Bugatti – A lone EB110. Another one of these was featured in the London Concours (https://motorsportformentalhealth.com/2025/06/22/london-concours-2025-the-dream-cars/) It’s nice to see these getting the love they deserve.
The BMW M1. A total of 460 of these were produced by BMW’s M division as a homologation special for Group 4 GT racing back in the late 1970s.
We’ll end today with a very unusual car. This is a Ligier JS2.
Before getting into Formula 1 Guy Ligier wanted to race GTs. To qualify for that class 500 road going examples of the car being entered had to be built, which was why this car exists.
In the end only 82 road cars were built before Ligier made the jump into Formula 1. There was no dealer network for spares so unfortunately over time a lot of these cars were simply scrapped.
It’s a cool little thing. It’s powered by a Maserati V6 making just shy of 200hp, which is mounted in the middle and driving the rear wheels. It has a fibreglass body so it weighs a mere 1069KG. I’d imagine that it’s great fun to drive and it’s an interesting piece of history to preserve!
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