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Chantilly Arts & Elegance 2026

October 5, 2026 By pete Leave a Comment

Story and photos by Hugues Vanhoolandt

Every two years in September, the Chantilly estate, its château and its gardens host the ‘Chantilly Arts & Elegance Richard Mille’ competition, showcasing exceptional vehicles divided into 14 classes. Around forty automobile clubs are also represented and compete for their own awards.

All of this takes place in an atmosphere of French elegance, with Paris, the capital of luxury, being only 60 kilometers from Chantilly. Two years after the competition’s creator, Patrick Peter, passed the torch to his successors, it seems the organization is in good hands. We’re already looking forward to two years from now.

But before then, let’s discover the highlights of the 2026 edition.

Prewar Cars

1925 Amilcar CGS with Open Torpedo Boat Tail body by Duval, 3rd prize in the Pre-war open cars class.

1922 Bugatti Type 13

1928 Bugatti Type 40 Grand Sport

1931 Delage D8 120 Four-Seater Sport Tourer by Chapron, 1st in the Pre-war open cars class.

This Delage D8 SS coupé by Gurney Nutting won the pre-war coupé class as well as Best of Show at the Concours d’État for pre-war cars.

1937 Talbot-Lago T150-C SS by Figoni&Falaschi # 90110

A rare 1939 Atalanta V12 Short Wheelbase coupé bodied by Abbott of Farnham, presented by David Cottingham, powered by a 4300cc V12 engine

The Delahaye in all its forms class

This classically shaped Delahaye, a 1947 135 MS Vedette cabriolet bodied by Chapron, won its class.

This Delahaye 135 MS cabriolet is unique because it was bodied by the Bordeaux coachbuilder Gramond in 1949. They produced a cabriolet, a coach and a sedan using an all-steel patent from Faget-Varnet.

Another Delahaye 135 MS cabriolet, this one bodied by Saoutchik in 1950.

Endurance Racing Cars

1947 Cisitalia 202 SMM Nuvolari Spyder designed by Giovanni Savonuzzi. The coachbuilder is mentioned as Garella. Third in class.

Second in category, this Jaguar D-Type XKD523, designed by Malcom Sayer.

And winning its class, the 1949 Ferrari 166MM Touring Barchetta, chassis 0006 M.

The very special Peugeot 203 created by Paul Barbier based on a design by Roger Tunesi.

Automotive art according to Pininfarina

1939 Alfa Romeo 6C 2500 Super Sport on a design of Count Mario Revelli de Beaumont

1947 Lancia Aprilia convertible

1956 Ferrari Superfast I, shown at the 1956 Paris Salon, presented by Anne Brockinton Lee.

1960 Pinin Farina X with four wheels arranged in a diamond pattern, only the front wheel being driven. It was presented at the 1960 Turing Motor Show and is now usually housed at the Louwman Museum in The Hague.

Tribute to Ercole Spada

Presented by the Italian collector Corrado Lopresto, this Alfa Romeo Giulietta SZ Coda Tronca has the distinction of having been only partially restored, preserving the paint and the marks of time on the other part.

Presented at the 1965 Turin Motor Show, the Bikini is a beach car designed by Ercole Spada around a Fiat 500 engine. It remained a one-off project.

Also presented in 1965, the Lancia Fulvia Sport Zagato was the result of a collaboration between Lancia and Zagato, with Spada contributing to the design. Several examples distinguished themselves in rallying and endurance racing.

The Rover TCZ, released in 1967, is a unique model designed by Zagato based on the Rover P6 saloon. Despite its successful design, it did not receive Rover’s approval for production.

Presented at the 1993 Geneva Motor Show, the Ferrari FZ93 is also a unique model based on the Testarossa. Its nose is inspired by the F1 cars of the time and its roof features the characteristic double bubble of Zagato.

Cars in the spirit of the ACF Grand Prix

1904 Gladiator Grand Prix car, designed by Alexandre Darracq. Powered by a 9.4-liter 4-cylinder engine.

The 1907 Fiat 130 HP is famous for winning the ACF Grand Prix that same year. Its 4-cylinder engine has a capacity of 16,286 cc! This car is housed at the MAUTO Museum in Turin.

Built in 1908, this Panhard & Levassor was also designed to fight for overall victory. To achieve this, its 12,824cc 4-cylinder engine develops 120 HP.

Unlike the Panhard, the 1908 Delage Type F made do with a 1256cc single-cylinder engine. This was enough to win the 1908 ACF Voiturette Grand Prix, which contributed to the sporting reputation of the Delage brand.

In the same category of small cars, there is the 1908 Sizaire & Naudin 12 CV, whose single-cylinder engine has a capacity of 1470cc. This car, along with the Delage and the Panhard, are presented by the National Automobile Museum of Mulhouse.

This S57/14B model was prepared by Fiat for the 1914 ACF Grand Prix in Lyon. It is powered by a 1330cc 4-cylinder engine and is on display at the MAUTO Museum in Turin.

The original cars of the Tour de France Automobile

Entered in the 1956 Tour de France by Belgian driver Olivier Gendebien, assisted by Michel Ringoir, this Ferrari 250 GT Europa Pinin Farina coupé finished third. It has been owned by the Traber family in Switzerland for almost 40 years.

In 1960, this Ferrari 250 GT SWB finished 2nd in the Tour de France Automobile (Pierre Dumay-Jo Schlesser) and 4th in the 1000 km of Paris. It is now part of the collection of the new M24 Museum at the 24 Hours of Le Mans circuit.

From the same museum, this Matra MS 650 won the 1971 Tour de France, driven by Gérard Larousse assisted by journalist Johnny Rives.

Ferraris with front-mounted V12 engines (Pre-1970)

This Vignale convertible, chassis 0125 EL, has a complicated history. Originally a Vignale coupé, it was rebodied as a Vignale convertible following an accident. It later received a spider body before being reunited in 2015 with its convertible bodywork as seen today.

This 212 Inter coupé, built by Ghia, was presented at the 1952 Paris Motor Show with chassis number 0233 EU. It was later renumbered 0191 EL before being sold to the Argentine president Juan Perón. It has now been restored to its original colors.

This 275 GTB Competizione was entered in the 1966 24 Hours of Le Mans by Ecurie Francorchamps for Claude Dubois and Pierre Noblet. It ranked 10th overall and 2nd in the GT +3 liter category.

Converted into a competition version by Sport Auto Modena at the request of NART, this 365 GTB/4 finished 9th in the 1972 24 Hours of Le Mans with Jean-Pierre Jarier and Claude Buchet. It has since participated in numerous historic racing events.

Born in 1972 as a 365 GTC/4 coupé, this car was rebodied in 1975 as a beach car by the Swiss Willy Felber, based on a design by Giovanni Michelotti.

Elsewhere in Chantilly

Chantilly is also renowned as a horse capital, with its horse races and living museum of the horse. Equestrian demonstrations were part of the festivities.

This 1958 Fiat 1200 TV Granluce won the Special Prize from the French Federation of Vintage Vehicles (FFVE). This is one of four examples built by Pinin Farina, of which only two others remain, one in Sicily and the other in Texas.

An interesting exhibition featured several twin-body cars, including the 1948 Tarf-Gilera Tarf I, built by the famous Italian racing driver Piero Taruffi and designed to break speed records. It is powered by a 493cc four-cylinder engine. This car is now part of the collection of the MAUTO museum in Turin.

In 1951 the Tarf II was designed, this time with right-hand drive and the engine installed in the opposite fuselage. Equipped with various engines throughout its history, it broke several records. After restoration, it received a Dino 246 engine. It is now located at the Louwman Museum in the Netherlands.

The last ‘Bisiluro’ born from Piero Taruffi’s initiative, the 1967 Osi Silver Fox, was equipped with a small 1-liter engine from a Renault Alpine, aiming to reach 250 km/h. With Osi ceasing operations in 1968, the Silver Fox remained an automotive curiosity.

One year before its fortieth anniversary, the Ferrari F40 was celebrated in Chantilly with a parade bringing together several examples.

Curtain call on Chantilly 2026. See you in two years!

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