GALLERY: Melbourne's Motorclassica makes big post-lockdown comeback

Motorclassica, billed as the country’s premium concours event, came back with a vengeance this year after a two-year Covid-enforced layoff.

Held at the historic Royal Exhibition Building in Carlton, Melbourne, the 2022 Motorclassica show had no trouble filling the halls with premium classics.

Mark Jansen, Chief Curator for Motorclassica and proprietor of classic car business Oldtimer Australia, was upbeat about the return of the event.

"Normally we have around 120 cars. Of that, maybe 50 are curated and 70 selected from entries," he explained.

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"With all the pent-up demand of the event not being run since 2019, we received close to 350 entries for cars, which is mind-boggling.

"We do have more cars here this year – just over 140 cars on the floor, which we’ve restructured.

"It’s exciting that there has been so much interest from the classic car world to get Motorclassica back.

"And we’ve had to say no to so many great cars, but not because they’re not worthy!"

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Jansen mentions that sometimes there are simply more cars of a certain type or model than the event can handle.

"There are lots of good cars that didn’t make it, simply because they didn’t fit with the classes we have this year and hopefully they can reapply next year.

"It’s a great position to be in for the event and reinforces the strength of the hobby, which quite frankly is as popular as it’s ever been."

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Among the highlights were a broad Ferrari line-up celebrating 75 years of the marque, and the Icons of Speed section featuring exotics such as Pagani, Bugatti and Koenigsegg.

This story first appeared on our sister site, TradeUniqueCars.com.au.

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