It was bound to be a success: the event organized by the Club 8Volanti Tazio Nuvolari of Porto Mantovano (MN) during the first weekend of July 2021.
It was an opportunity to celebrate the 60th anniversary of one of the most beautiful cars ever, the Jaguar Type E, a car that, when it was presented at the Geneva Motor Show in March 1961, made the great Enzo Ferrari, not always easy to compliment other car manufacturers, say that it was the most beautiful car ever built.
About forty cars were present, including the splendid Type E Coupé that had already appeared in Auto Italiana winter 2021, a Type E Lightweight from Basel owned by the E-Type Register of the Jaguar Driver’s Club Switzerland, another fifteen Type E Coupés and Spiders, several XK 120/140/150 and other dream Jaguars including 2 beautiful MK II 3.8.
Present at the event was the fantastic Jaguar SS 2.5 DHC prototype from 1937, coming from Lugano in Switzerland with other Jaguars and not only by Swiss collectors of the Ticino Group of vintage vehicles.
Among the “other English” cars, a splendid Triumph Italia 2000, an MG A in an unusual Iris Blue, a Morgan and some Triumphs.
There was a large participation of crews who are members of the Scuderia Jaguar Storiche and the Registro Storico Italiano Jaguar, led by Mrs. Colomba.
After meeting in Piazza Sordello in Mantua, a splendid Renaissance living room, the cars set off for a long tour of the Morainic hills of Mantua and then stopped for lunch in Volta Mantovana in the ancient stables of Palazzo Valenti-Gonzaga and in the evening, after a brief return to Mantua, they left for Castel d’Ario, the birthplace of Tazio Nuvolari, where, in a splendid park, the cars were exhibited and dinner was held, unfortunately saddened by a heavy drizzle that did not allow the evening to unfold exactly as planned.
The next day, Sunday, the cars met in Piazza Sordello and then set off for a tour on the roads of Nuvolari, stopping in Castel d’Ario for a greeting from the Mayor, welcomed by the town’s band, and for the final lunch for thanks and greetings with the delivery of a souvenir of the event.
The event was a great success, with foreign guests amazed by the beauty of Mantua, a splendid city perhaps little known.”
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