# The winners of 2015's top six classic car rallies **URL:** \ **Category:** General Discussion\ **Created:** [September 6, 2016, 12:20pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/the-winners-of-2015s-top-six-classic-car-rallies/95377 "2016-09-06T12:20:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![VDCdriver](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/vdcdriver/32/30_2.png) [@VDCdriver](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VDCdriver)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2016, 12:20pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/the-winners-of-2015s-top-six-classic-car-rallies/95377/1 "2016-09-06T12:20:39Z")
…are spectacular! For some luscious eye candy, take a look at: > **[2015 Winners of Six Top Classic Car Rallies - The Big Picture](http://ritholtz.com/2016/09/2015-winners-six-top-classic-car-rallies/)** > > Some truly outstanding examples of Automotive art:   1937 Talbot-Lago 1932 Isotta Fraschini Tipo 8A 1930 Cord L29 Brooks Stevens Speedster 1965 Ferrari Dino V6 1968 Alfa Romeo Tipo 33 Stradale 1903 Mercedes Simplex Source: Bloomberg ---
**Author:** ![jtsanders](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c2a13f/32.png) [@jtsanders](https://community.cartalk.com/u/jtsanders)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2016, 9:22pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/the-winners-of-2015s-top-six-classic-car-rallies/95377/2 "2016-09-06T21:22:55Z")
Oooooh! I feel all googly inside! Seriously, thanks for the treat. I’ve always had a special place in my heart for the Talbot Lago. If I win the big one this week, I probably still can’t afford the Talbot! ---
**Author:** ![ok4450](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e9bcb4/32.png) [@ok4450](https://community.cartalk.com/u/ok4450)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2016, 10:28pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/the-winners-of-2015s-top-six-classic-car-rallies/95377/3 "2016-09-06T22:28:12Z")
That is some more than serious money there. I can’t say that I’d be very enamored over racing that 1903 Benz on winding mountain roads though. ---
**Author:** ![Marnet](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/marnet/32/41_2.png) [@Marnet](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Marnet)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2016, 4:54am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/the-winners-of-2015s-top-six-classic-car-rallies/95377/4 "2016-09-08T04:54:52Z")
Never before heard of a Talbot-Lago but boy oh boy it looks like the epitomy of art deco style artwork. No clue how it ranked automotively but that beauty is an incredible piece of sculpture. ---
**Author:** ![VDCdriver](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/vdcdriver/32/30_2.png) [@VDCdriver](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VDCdriver)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2016, 12:14pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/the-winners-of-2015s-top-six-classic-car-rallies/95377/5 "2016-09-08T12:14:00Z")
> [@Marnet](#): > > Never before heard of a Talbot-Lago but boy oh boy it looks like the epitomy of art deco style artwork. No clue how it ranked automotively but that beauty is an incredible piece of sculpture. Talbot was fairly obscure on this side of the Atlantic, but for wealthy Europeans of the 1930s, that make was one of the go-to choices for extremely high style–as well as high quality. However, Talbot wasn’t the only French manufacturer that featured extremely innovative and forward-thinking body designs. How about some of these designs from Delage (another French make rarely seen in The US)? [https://www.google.com/search?q=delage&biw=1280&bih=596&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjh2\_iR3P\_OAhUD7SYKHaf3Dr8QsAQIMw](https://www.google.com/search?q=delage&biw=1280&bih=596&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjh2_iR3P_OAhUD7SYKHaf3Dr8QsAQIMw) Delage was later absorbed by Delahaye, which was even more…over the top…with its designs: [https://www.google.com/search?q=delahaye&biw=1280&bih=596&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&sqi=2&ved=0ahUKEwihoLOq2\_\_OAhXHKCYKHXnHAFEQsAQIPw](https://www.google.com/search?q=delahaye&biw=1280&bih=596&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&sqi=2&ved=0ahUKEwihoLOq2__OAhXHKCYKHXnHAFEQsAQIPw) And, of course, Bugatti was a French make also renowned for its high style, high quality, and high prices. Perhaps their most beautiful design was the Type 57: [https://www.google.com/search?q=Type+57SC+Atlantic&biw=1280&bih=596&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi5x4WF3f\_OAhUFYyYKHXOfA8MQsAQIGw](https://www.google.com/search?q=Type+57SC+Atlantic&biw=1280&bih=596&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi5x4WF3f_OAhUFYyYKHXOfA8MQsAQIGw) ---
**Author:** ![Marnet](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/marnet/32/41_2.png) [@Marnet](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Marnet)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2016, 7:49am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/the-winners-of-2015s-top-six-classic-car-rallies/95377/6 "2016-09-10T07:49:15Z")
@VDCdriver. Wow, extraordinary line up of car photos. Thank you. I don’t necessarily like all of them but give kudos to the designers for very distinctive artistic designs. What I have often wondered is how drivers could adequately see the road ahead when driving cars with such high and long front ends and often with vertically narrow windshields. ---
**Author:** ![jtsanders](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c2a13f/32.png) [@jtsanders](https://community.cartalk.com/u/jtsanders)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2016, 3:34pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/the-winners-of-2015s-top-six-classic-car-rallies/95377/7 "2016-09-10T15:34:41Z")
These were sunny day cars for rich folks. The other days they were chauffeured in their limousines.