The London Concours is an annual event at Armoury House on City Road in London.
It’s a car show that I try to attend every year – it has a fantastic atmosphere, the quality of the cars is always exceptional and it’s evident how much effort the organisers put into making it happen.
As you enter the show, there are two field guns that create an arch over a flight of steps down onto the lawn. This is where the ‘Dream Cars’ class is normally located.
Dream Cars is a class for the poster cars kids had on their walls throughout the decades.
This year all of the cars were bright yellow which looked fantastic as you entered the show.
The first car on the right was the Ferrari Enzo, named after the company’s founder this was Ferrari’s flagship car in the early 2000s.
I believe this yellow is called Giallo Modena, though as always I stand to be corrected!
Opposite that was a Dino. The Dino was named after Enzo’s son and was the first Ferrari to be produced in (for that company) quite high numbers.
Until recently they were fairly attainable. Now it’s a £300,000 plus car. Rightly so in my opinion! They’re designed by Pininfarina and house a sprightly 2.0 V6 in the middle. They are a fun, but still useable classic Ferrari.
The Testarossa is rather suited by its’ yellow paintwork!
Finishing off the Ferraris in the group is the F12 TDF. Front engined V12 Ferraris are sort of my thing. If I ever say I’ve got one you’ll know that I’ve won the lottery haha!
Of course, Ferrari’s main competitor Lamborghini had a number of cars that have been the thing of dreams over the years.
The “Best of Show” award was taken by this Lamborghini Countach “Periscopio”.
The “Periscopio” is the earliest of the Countaches and is incredibly rare. Between 150 and 157 examples were built and around 19 of those were right hand driven, like this one.
I’m afraid I didn’t get a good picture of it, but you can just about see how the roof dips in the middle, like a reversed vent. That leads to the periscope style rear view mirror which is where the car gets its name from.
As the 1970s rolled into the 1980s the Countach grew boxy wheel arches and then the iconic rear wing. The later cars are a symbol of 1980s excess and are one of my favourite cars haha!
Then in 1990 the Diablo entered the scene.
In 2000 the Murcielago came along. This is a Super Veloce or SV – the track focused version.
The Aventador LP700-4. The name denotes 700PS (690HP), four wheel drive.
1st Generation Viper. This one tuned to 1100hp by Hennessey Performance, as subtly suggested on the bonnet stripes.
Finally we have a Lancia Delta Integrale – Group A legend of the early 1990s.
I hope you enjoyed this little look around the Dream Cars class of the 2026 London Concours.
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