5. Concorso d’Eleganza Villa d’Este. When: 23-25 May. Where: Villa d’Este, Cernobbio, Italy. The Concorso d’Eleganza Villa d’Este assembles 50 showstopping classic cars outside a 16th-century villa on the shores of Lake Como.. And if that’s not enough for you, there’s also a larger gathering of concours machines on show at the neighbouring Villa Erba across the weekend.

5. Concorso d’Eleganza Villa d’Este. When: May 23-25. Where: Villa d’Este, Cernobbio, Italy. The Concorso d’Eleganza Villa d’Este assembles 50 showstopping classic cars outside a 16th-century villa on the shores of Lake Como.. And if that’s not enough for you, there’s also a larger gathering of concours machines on show at the neighboring Villa Erba across the weekend.

1. Alfa Romeo Spider. The most famous of the various Alfa Spiders was a roadster based on the first-generation Giulia saloon. It outlived the Giulia by a very long way, remaining in production (with several updates) all the way from 1966 to 1994.

5. Audi 72. The Audi 72 was something of a mish-mash of inputs from various German car makers. Its main body was a reworked version of the DKW F102, hence this car being referred to within Audi as the F103, and the engine was a Mercedes-Benz unit.

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4. Fiat 126 (33mpg) This little city car helped mobilise Eastern Europe, even if its refinement left something to be desired. As time has gone on, prices have risen – a right-hand-drive example sold for £7000 recently, based on nostalgia for a car affectionately referred to as maluch, Polish for ‘toddler’.. This cultural icon weighs between 580kg and 619kg, and horsepower ranges from ...

1. Aero Type 30. The Czech company Aero predominantly built small two-stroke cars before and just after the Second World War. The most successful was the Type 30, which had a 1.0-litre two-cylinder engine and, impressively for the time, all-round independent suspension.

4. 1951 Jaguar C-type. Inspired by the promising potential of a three-car works XK120 entry in 1949’s Le Mans 24-hour race, William Lyons consented to the creation of an XK120-based sports-racer with reduced weight, better brakes and more performance.

2. Alfa Romeo RZ. As the 1990s got into gear, so did Alfa Romeo with its soft-top interpretation of the SZ coupe. The Roadster Zagato, or RZ for short, came with the same angular styling as the coupe that, when the roof was lowered, accentuated the car’s wedge profile even more.