Concours d'Elegance At Cranbrook Entry and Events Set For July 24-25

Renowned Show-winning Bugatti Atlantic Joins Prestigious "Sweet Sixteen" (16-cylinder)

Vintage and Concept Vehicles in World-class Display BLOOMFIELD HILLS, Mich. - The Cranbrook Educational Community in Bloomfield Hills, Mich. will host the second annual Concours d'Elegance at Cranbrook this weekend in conjunction with Cranbrook's Centennial Celebration. The schedule of events includes:

Saturday July 24, 8am-2pm: Concours Cars on Tour. Oakland County Commissioner L. Brooks Patterson is the Grand Marshal for the tour featuring over 25 vintage cars that will travel from Cranbrook to Pine Lake Country Club in Orchard Lake, Mich. and then on to Shain Park in downtown Birmingham, Mich. The vehicles will be on display at each stop.

Saturday July 24, 7pm-midnight: Cars Under the Stars Gala and Auction at the new GM Heritage Center in Warren, Mich. (patron: $175; benefactor: $300). A limited number of tickets remain

Sunday July 25, 10am-4pm: Concours d'Elegance at Cranbrook main event. Admission is $25, which includes access to Cranbrook's Art and Science Museums. "We have managed to gather together a stunning collection of classic vehicles as a truly great celebration of the automobile," said John F. Smith, General Motors Group Vice President, North America Vehicle Sales, Service and Marketing and Honorary Chairman of the 2004 Concours d'Elegance at Cranbrook. "The beautiful landscape of the Cranbrook Educational Community - a grand testimony to the heritage of art, science and design - is an ideal environment for enthusiasts and the general public alike to appreciate the great contribution that cars have made to our heritage." Joining the distinctive collection of more than 180 of the world's finest classic automobiles on Cranbrook's 319-acre National Historic Landmark campus will be the remarkable 1936 Bugatti Type 57SC Atlantic Coupe that won Best of Show at the 2003 Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance in Carmel, Calif. Owned by Peter and Susan Williamson this rare and beautiful car is one of only two Bugatti Atlantics in existence, the other belonging to renowned designer Ralph Lauren.

A focus of the Concours d'Elegance at Cranbrook's 2004 collection will be categories of 16-cylinder concept and vintage vehicles.

The concept vehicles, which have never been displayed together before, include:

The Cadillac Sixteen, which embodies the timeless qualities of an exceptionally luxurious super-sedan with a sleek, gemstone appearance. It brings forth the exclusivity and grandeur of the custom-built Fleetwood coach cars of the 1930s for today's generation of exceedingly well-heeled customers of discerning taste and has a 13.6-litre V-16, 1000 horsepower engine to drive its rear wheels;

The Bugatti Veyron 16.4 sports car which packs an 8.0-litre W-16, four-turbocharged horsepower engine that produces 1001 PS (or metric horsepower, equivalent to 985 SAE hp) and has a claimed 249 mph top speed;

And the Rolls-Royce 100EX, a concept produced to commemorate the company's centennial and the first to be produced by it since moving to Goodwood, U.K. Based on a lightweight aluminum space frame, this open-top, four-seat, drophead has an experimental 9.0-litre V-16, 64-valve engine and is appearing at an automotive event in North America. Over two dozen vintage 16-cylinder cars will make up a distinct category titled "The Sweet 16" that includes: The world famous 1936 Auto Union Silver Arrow V-16 Grand Prix race car. A 1932 Marmon 16 Phaeton with custom body by Waterhouse-a vehicle that was custom-built for John D. Rockefeller Sr. as a present for his daughter.

A 1938 Cadillac V-16 fastback limousine custom-built as a one-off by GM Styling for display at the 1939 New York World's Fair.

A Bugatti Type 45 Grand Prix race car with a U-16 engine (two supercharged straight eights mounted on a common crankcase).

And the only Miller V-16 car, a 1932 Indianapolis race car. General Motors is the presenting sponsor of the Concours d'Elegance at Cranbrook; supporting sponsors include Audi North America, GMAC, Federal Mogul, ASC and DaimlerChrysler. The Concours d'Elegance at Cranbrook is a non-profit charitable event benefiting The Women's Committee for Hospice Care and Cranbrook Educational Community.