China’s First Concours—The Bund Classic

On October 18-20, China hosted its first international caliber concours d’elegance, when the first annual Bund Classic was held at Shanghai’s historic No. 1 Waitanyuan, site of the former British Consulate.

On the morning of October 19, close to a dozen display vehicles held a grand parade along Shanghai’s iconic Bund. A broad cross-section of Porsche, Ferrari, Ford, Lincoln and Rolls-Royce offered the public a rare view of exotics not often seen on China’s roads, as they slowly coasted along the Bund, flanked by the Huangpu River and the iconic Lujiazui skyline on one side and the European-inspired architecture of the Bund buildings on the other.