The Sport Contemporary class at the Keeneland Concours d'Elegance featured brilliant sports cars manufactured from the mid 1960s through the end of the last century. The first car I saw was a fairly rare 968 Lamborghini Islero which featured a 4.0 L 370 horse power V12 engine.
Also gleaming in the sun was a 1969 Mercedes Benz 280 SL which features the unique "pagoda" removable top and it's condition allowed to to star in a Mercedes Super Bowl ad, a 1974 Porsche 914 which has every option available that year except for a heated rear window, a 1965 Jaguar E-Type which was one of only eight in this color that year and was used in promotions for the first two years of its life, a 1965 Morgan Plus 4 Plus which was the firm's attempt to modernize their look with a closed body, a more modern 1999 Pontiac Trans Am WS6 which has twice won the Trans Am Nationals original class award as well as the group's Best of the Best, a 1961 Volkswagen Type 1 Sedan which has won an AACA Senior Grand National trophy, a 1972 BMW 2002 Tii which for its early life was used for autocross, hill climbs and rallies in addition to being a daily driver, and a very rare 1974 DeTomaso Longchamp which is considered perhaps the best known unrestored example of this automobile.
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