Fairfield County Concours d'Elegance Bids Farewell
1981 Corniche II Rolls-Royce
1977 633CSi BMW
1973 Fidia ISO
1973 911 RS Carrera Porsche
1972 M19C McLaren
1970 701 March
1968 GT40 Ford
1966 T70 MKII Lola
1962 25 Lotus
1961 Silver Cloud II Rolls-Royce
 Bill Scheffler, Chairman, and John Shuck, President, of the Fairfield County Concours Consulting Group announce that after four months of evaluating numerous alternative venues and show formats after the loss of its location at the Fairfield County Hunt Club, there will be no 2012 edition of the Fairfield County Concours d'Elegance. 'Each venue we evaluated brought with it challenges and opportunities for an event of our scope, with regional reputation and headed for national repute. Ultimately, we concluded that none of the options enabled us to continue our steady growth over eight years and onward towards our greater goals,' said Scheffler.
The Fairfield County Concours rapidly grew from its fledgling show in 2004 at Westport, Connecticut's Veterans Green to become by 2011 one of the country's top ten automobile and motorcycle events. A move to the Fairfield County Hunt Club in 2007 allowed for new and exciting exhibits, a full weekend of events, partnership with additional significant sponsors, and notably, the addition of Bonhams automotive and automobilia auctions in 2010 and 2011. Continued success and growth to over 10,000 attendees by 2011 found the Fairfield County Concours at the limits of that venue.
'We introduced a number of innovations to the concours scene, and took extra care to make the experience for the vehicle owners a pleasurable one. One of our goals from the start was to welcome a new group of enthusiasts both young and old to our passion through education and the sharing of information,' commented President and Co-Founder John Shuck.
The Fairfield County Concours Consulting Group has been formed by the founders and management of the Fairfield County Concours and is actively developing new concepts in vintage automobile and motorcycle events. These exciting ideas build on the accomplishments and innovations of the Fairfield County Concours, including the facilitation of on-field public access to the vehicles and collectors through providing educational essays on each vehicle, on-field , expert-led tours, and the pioneering in the integration of motorcycles and 'barn find' vehicles in a concours setting. The next iteration of the Concours, to be launched in 2013, will continue the Group's commitment to displaying the best of the best, as demonstrated through the years of the Fairfield County Concours.
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