Concours d’Elegance: East Africa’s love affair with classic cars
Lorenza Maria Gambacorta (left), Deputy Ambassador of Italy to Kenya, presents a trophy to Africa Concours d’Elegance 2025 winner Sati Gata-Aura and his wife Sashi during the 53rd edition of the event at the Nairobi Racecourse on September 28, 2025.
The Ngong Racecourse in Nairobi, usually a quiet stretch of turf beneath open skies, was reborn in a blaze of chrome and colour.
At the annual Concours d’Elegance, East Africa’s most glamorous celebration of vintage automobiles and motorcycles, history rolled in on four wheels and two—polished to perfection, dressed in nostalgia, and humming with pride.
