On the 20th of October 2012 Jaguar and Aston Martin Showrooms at Emil Frey AG, Badenerstrasse in Zürich were transformed into a showroom with most remarkable Swiss collector’s cars from different times.  It was time to announce the first Zürich Classic Car Award by EFG Bank. From 4 DolderClassics Sundays and one „concours d’élegance Bürkliplatz Zürich Prolog Raid Basel-Paris“ . A jury from the press  (Bärtschi Media, Textlab, Sonntagszeitung, NZZ, Autozeit, Zwischengas, Auto Klassik Illustrierte) has choosen 18 cars to be presented to the final judgement at Emil Frey. All 18 cars with their proud owners appeard tot he prize. To give the prize in 4 different categories (pre-war, after-war until 1960, from 1960 until 1975 and „best of Show“ was extremely difficult since every car deserved a price at its own such was the quality oft he 18 cars. The winners were:

Pre-war: Lagonda Saloon V12

1945- 1960: Jaguar C-Type

1960 – 1975: Lamborghini Miura S

Best of Show : Delahaye 135 MS Coupé des Alpes Coach by Tüscher Zürich

 

The first Zürich Classic Car Award was strongly acclaimed and enthousiastically commented by classic key figures and will certainly have a continuation in 2013