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1933 Delage Named Best of Show at Pebble Beach

The winner of this year’s Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance Best of Show award was a 1933 Delage D8S De Villars Roadster owned by The Patterson Collection. The white, streamlined Delage with coachwork from De Villars eliminated its competitors that came from 33 states and 14 countries.

"There are so many things about this car that are special," said owner Jim Patterson. "We've won (with other cars) at a lot of concours, but never here. This win at Pebble is the ultimate. This is the one win that really matters."

Delage added the sports version to the D8 range in 1930. To make the S more aerodynamic than its predecessors, a new radiator shell was used, which also required a special hood and firewall.

The D8S in question, winner of the Best of Show award, was presented at the 1933 Salon de Paris at the Grand Palais. It was owned during the 1950s by the Grand Hotel Velasquez in Madrid, Spain and was used as transportation for its more exclusive guests.

"This Delage has a short wheelbase that makes it look more rakish, but it still has a long and elegant look," said Concours Chairman Sandra Button. "It did 110 miles-per-hour in its day; it could race and was stunningly beautiful. This car could do it all; it embodied style, speed and comfort."

The next edition of the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance is scheduled to take place on August 21, 2010, and will include Mercedes-Benz and 100 Years of the Automobile, Stutz Centennial, Ferrari 250 GTO and Italian Motorcycles, with a host of other features to be announced in the coming months.
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