FedEx the “Momo” to Como & meet me at Villa d’Este’s Concorso d’Eleganza

by: Nic Kalikow - May 1st, 2009

The Concorso d’Eleganza is held once a year at my favourite hotel in Italy – Villa d’Este (also where George Lucas placed the love scenes in the last 3 Star Wars). The car show, limited to vintage cars, is perhaps the most significant of all events in the car world and makes one feel lame for being able to point to Pebble Beach on a map. Since 1929, the “Concorso d’Eleganza” at Villa d’Este has maintained authentic aristocracy rather than the commercial atmosphere of other car shows.

I had no idea one could FedEx a car but that’s how the Kalikows got their Momo to Como. Nic Kalikow and his father – Peter Kalikow, an avid vintage New York car collector, are taking their self-made limited run (only 6 were ever made) 1972 Momo Mirage to show in the “Italian Body” category.

Peter Kalikow's Momo at Villa d'este this year

Last year they walked away with Best in Class for thier ’58 Ferrari.Here is Nic Kalikow’s report:

“I flew in to Modena (where Ferrari is based) and stayed the night.”

“I rented a Fiat 500 Abarth to drive into Como … An AWESOME little car. So much fun to drive you have no idea.”

“Here it is: The Momo Mirage. In 1972 my father started the Momo car company and built six examples of the Mirage. This is no. 002″

“My father wasn’t feeling well so be told me to drive the Mirage to collect our award. First question: where the hell are the windshield wipers?”

Peter and Nic Kalikow with the 1972 Momo Mirage, “A photo shoot with my father’s car.”

Peter Kalikow taking the Mirage on a little spin though Italy.

Peter Kalikow with friend Paul, who also entered a car, “Paul’s babies in his baby”:

“My hotel room at Villa d’Este. That place is like heaven with room service.”

One of the hallways at Villa d’Este

“The Morgan Aero Super Sport. This car is absolutely exquisite.”

“Bugatti Type 57C. Another one of my favorite cars, especially in this colour combination.”

“If anyone is trying to figure out what to buy me for my birthday here’s a hint.”

“Amphibious car”

“What colour interior for an emerald green car? Beige? Brown? How about neon green with dark green accents?”

“This is a special Bertone one-off car designed by my friend Jason. It’s incredibly bad-ass looking.”

“This Jetsons looking car is powered by a jet turbine. It was extremely sound and stank of jet fuel. And the owner was a bit of an ass. I called it Rocket Car, and everybody hated rocket car.”

Nicholas Kalikow lives in L.A. and is the CEO of Film 101 Productions, a feature and documentary production company in Beverly Hills focused on producing unconventional and unique documentaries along with groundbreaking independent feature films.

Until next year …

Photos from Nic Kalikow

Tags: ANNUAL SOCIAL CALENDAR, Beau Monde, Beverly Hills, car shows, Cars, Nic Kalkow, Villa d'Este car show

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