Contemporary Sports Cars At the Cincinnati Concours

The Contemporary Sports Cars class at the 45th Annual Cincinnati Concours d'Elegance includes domestic and foreign sports cars made between 1960 and 1985. Despite a torrent or rain that kept a number of entrants and a ton of spectators away there were still some very amazing vehicles on display. Among them was this 1971 Opal GT coupe. Opal is a German company owned by General Motors so the cars were sold in America at Buick dealers. The "pop up" headlights are manually operated. The car has a 1.9 liter inline four cylinder engine that generates 83 horse power but that is enough for the car to go from zero to 60 in under 11 seconds while still getting 50 miles per gallon.

The styling for this 1974 Triumph TR6 was done by the German company Karmann. The TR6 was one of a long line of TR models that were built between 1953 and 1981. This model sports a 2.5 liter straight six cylinder engine which is good for 150 horse power.

The selection committee made a bit of an exception with this 1991 Morgan Plus 4. It is one of only 357 Plus 4s built with the 2.0 liter dual overhead cam inline four cylinder Rover M16 engine. It is one of only five in the United States. It was imported in 2019.

Only 2672 Jaguar XK150 drop head coupes were made between 1957 and 1961. This 1961 model is one of the last to roll out of the factory. A drop head coupe means that it is a convertible. It has the famed XK engine, in this case a 3.8 liter inline six cylinder version that was good for 220 horse power.

No concours could be complete without a Ferrari. This is a 1977 512 BB which is one of only 929 carbureted versions made between 1976 and 1981. These cars weren't originally sold in the USA and had to be modified to adhere to American regulations. The car has a 4942 cc flat 12 cylinder engine that puts out 360 horse power.

Enzo Ferrari called the Jaguar E-Type the most beautiful car in the world. It's easy to see why he said that from looking at this 1966 Series 1 model. The Series 1 cars are easy to spot because of their enclosed head lights. These cars were marketed in America as a XKE because of the famed XK engine that powered this beautiful car. The engine is a 4.2 liter inline six cylinder that generates 265 horse power.