Zurich Classic Car Award 2025: exhibition run on Lake Zug
For once, the Zurich Classic Car Award (ZCCA) took place in Zug this year. The renowned Concours d'Elégance shone with top-class classic cars and plenty of charm. Autosprint was on the jury.
One of a kind! Cars that only exist once are the salt in the soup of every Concours d'Elegance for classic cars. The 21st Zurich Classic Car Award (ZCCA) impressively demonstrated just how varied this can be. A Hansgen-Jaguar XK 120 Special built in 1953 shone as a unique racing car of inestimable value. But also the tiny and amusing Michelotti-Morris Spiagetta beach car from 1973, driven to Zug by its owner from Geneva.
The history of the Spiagetta is a nice example of what makes events like the ZCCA exciting - because you always learn something new. The coachbuilder Michelotti built a few dozen Spiagettas based on the Fiat 850. Then Australia was considered as a possible market. But Australia did not want Fiat technology. So the prototype was built using British Morris technology. But the project petered out and the prototype remained. A fan got hold of it and still owns it today.
Zug replaced Zurich this year
The fact that the ZCCA 2025 had moved from Zurich to Zug was due to the ongoing redesign of Zurich's Bürkliplatz, where the ZCCA had previously (and presumably will again in the future) been hosted. The city of Zug was happy to welcome the ZCCA and was a perfect fit in terms of atmosphere: the old town, riverside promenade - and almost 70 classic cars built in 1928 and later, which competed for class and overall victories in beautiful summer weather and temperatures of up to 32 degrees. But the ZCCA didn't just take off locally: The event, which was taken over by Open Air Tours, is now organized by NUK and has become smaller and therefore better. "Quality instead of quantity, class instead of mass," says organizer Stefan Fischer: like every Concours d'Elegance, the Swiss equivalent of Pebble Beach needs "as high a calibre of participants as possible," says jury president Ulrich Safferling. "We have achieved that!"
In fact, once again it was possible to dream with open eyes: In addition to likeable everyday cars such as the BMW 2002 or Citroën CX, there were also Mercedes 300 SL Roadsters and one of three Monteverdi Tiara cars. The jury judged. In addition to all the class victories, there were also overall winners. The public's favorite: Ferrari 275 GTB. Best documented vehicle: SS Jaguar. Most beautiful unrestored car: Maserati Ghibli SS. And the Best of Show: Ferrari 365 GTC.
