"Art of Automotive Design" the latest theme for Arizona Concours in 2024

“The Art of Automotive Design” has been chosen as the theme for the next Arizona Concours d’Elegance, set for January 21, 2024, at the newly renovated Scottsdale Civic Center, where a splendid array of 100 rare and historic automobiles will be displayed.

The sixth edition of the Arizona Concours, and the second year at the Scottsdale locale, the event will focus on some of the world’s most superb examples of the art of coachbuilding and car design, shown in the luxury atmosphere of a stylish garden party.

The Arizona Concours at the Scottsdale Civic Center is a professionally judged and curated assembly of rarely seen dream cars and highly valued collector vehicles, examples that impress and excite not only car lovers but anyone who appreciates the beauty of expressive design.

The Best of Show winner for the 2023 event, a luscious 1947 Talbot-Lago T26 Record Cabriolet with a sweeping body designed by Giuseppe Figoni, exemplified the elegant automobiles that are seen at the Arizona Concours.

The judged vehicles range from antiques from the dawn of motoring through pre-war classics, sports and competition cars, and modern-day exotics.

Previously held at the Arizona Biltmore Resort in Phoenix, the Arizona Concours at the Scottsdale Civic Center is presented in partnership with Scottsdale Arts, the organization responsible for multi-disciplinary artistic services in Scottsdale.  Proceeds from the Concours benefit local artists and the arts community.

“We are delighted to be back at the wonderful Scottsdale Civic Center and look forward to presenting a field of automobiles that truly exhibit The Art of Automotive Design,” said Chuck Stanford Jr., who co-chairs the Concours along with Ed Winkler.

For the Concours held in January 2023, the renovation of the Scottsdale Civic Center was not yet completed so that the show was confined to the finished section. Construction is now done, and the 2024 Concours will be expanded to fill the entire landscaped space, with the awards ceremony held on a new outdoor stage.

Co-Chairman Winkler noted that the January 2023 Concours received rave reviews from the media and the public.

“We received great reviews on the quality of the cars and the beauty of the venue, the Scottsdale Civic Center,” Winkler noted. “Last year, we were handicapped by the construction delay on the $35 million remodel of the Civic Center.  This is not the case for our 2024 Concours"