---
title: "Lamborghini’s First Concours d’Elegance Honors Famed Swiss Architect"
description: "Fifty Lamborghinis attended the event to pay tribute to Le Corbusier."
date: "2017-09-19"
modified: "2017-09-19"
authors:
  - name: "Chris Constantine"
    link: "https://www.thedrive.com/authors/chris-constantine"
url: "https://www.thedrive.com/article/14470/lamborghinis-first-concours-delegance-honors-famed-swiss-architect"
categories:
  - "News"
tags:
  - "architecture"
  - "Art"
  - "Concours d'Elegance"
  - "Lamborghini"
  - "Switzerland"
  - "vintage"
---

# Lamborghini’s First Concours d’Elegance Honors Famed Swiss Architect

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Famous for its obsession with [design and performance](<https://www.thedrive.com/article/14198/lamborghini-exhibit-opens-at-saint-petersburg-museum>), Lamborghini held its first-ever [Concours d'Elegance](<https://media.lamborghini.com/english/latest-news/all/first-lamborghini-concours-d--l-gance-at-neuch-tel--switzerland--paying-homage-to-illustrious-archit/s/ef723e8c-4d76-4130-80c4-a4826f32f0bd>) on Sept. 17 in Neuchâtel, Switzerland. Titled, "Lamborghini & Design," the non-competitive Concours commemorated the work of legendary Swiss architect Charles-Édouard Jeanneret-Gris, also known as [Le Corbusier](<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le_Corbusier>).

To pay tribute to Jeanneret-Gris, participants stopped by Maison Blanche and Villa Turque in La Chaux-de-Fonds (just 12 miles from the showcase), some of Le Corbusier's first independent designs.

Organized by [Lamborghini's Polo Storico](<https://www.thedrive.com/news/7514/lamborghini-restored-this-350-gt-to-better-than-new-perfection>) restoration division, the event also celebrated the design evolution of Lamborghini, detailing how signature elements of the company's first cars are still apparent in its latest [halo cars](<https://www.thedrive.com/news/14385/theres-a-new-lamborghini-halo-car-already-on-the-way>) 54 years later.

Attendance at the Swiss Concours was high with more than 50 Lamborghinis on display representing every era of Lamborghini's legacy, including appearances from a Miura, LM 002, and [Veneno Roadster](<https://www.thedrive.com/article/13926/buy-this-lamborghini-veneno-for-9-5-million>).

While the venue itself wasn't meant to be as serious as most [Concours d'Elegance](<https://www.thedrive.com/article/14172/mclaren-bringing-special-720s-and-570s-spider-to-chantilly-arts-elegance-in-france>) events are, Lamborghini employed a team of veteran designers and ex-Concours judges to choose the winners of the 11 categories of awards. "Best of Show" went to a gorgeous 1971 Miura SV, while "Best of the Best" was awarded to a one-off [Lamborghini Marzal](<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lamborghini_Marzal>) concept car. A British gentleman and his 1987 Countach QV took home the "Long Distance Driving" award, driving nearly 1,600 miles to Neuchâtel for the event.

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