Scarsdale Concours d'Elegance Celebrates Ten Years in Scarsdale

Now in its tenth year, the Scarsdale Concours d'Elegance will be held on Sunday, October 20th, from 10:30 am to 4:00 pm in the center of Scarsdale Village. The show will feature over 120 vintage, classic, and super-exotic automobiles, including dozens of marques such as Aston Martin, Alfa Romeo, Bentley, BMW, Bugatti, Cadillac, Chrysler, Cisitalia, Cord, Corvette, Delahaye, Duesenberg, Facel-Vega, Ferrari, Lamborghini, Lancia, LaSalle, Lincoln, Lotus, Maserati, McLaren, Mercedes Benz, Packard, Pagani, Porsche, Rolls-Royce.

The event was founded by Evan Cygler and Denis OLeary III, classmates from Scarsdale who had a passion for vintage and new cars and wanted to find a way to give back to the community.

In the fall of 2003 the founders discussed the idea of doing something fun and worthwhile involving their love of cars. Their simple idea of a car show snowballed into their first Concours. Everyone they talked to loved the idea and they received active support from numerous constituencies including the police, local government, merchants and car collectors. The event serves as a great lesson that anything is possible. In the past nine years the Councours has raised over $220,000 for charities across Westchester County.

With Evan and Denis now pursuing business careers, a group of accomplished local businessmen have assumed responsibility for the event to ensure that the legacy will continue for many years. In 2012 Evan Cygler passed the torch to two upcoming members of the board, both aged 14.

Ben Hasson and Sam Fried, both newly appointed members of the board will serve with their fathers, board members Ira and David. These two young men received a special honor from Cygler in a dedication accompanying the awards ceremony when he stepped down from his position as Founder and CEO of the Concours.

This year, Dan Patrizio, son of Board Member, Lawrence, is joining the board as is Jacob Goodman. With these additions the Scarsdale Concours board now has three father and son teams and four local high school students on the Scarsdale Concours Board of Directors.

The charities that the Scarsdale Concours d'Elegance will support this year are: Scarsdale & Edgemont Family Counseling Service, White Plains Hospital, and the Warrior & Family Assistance Fund.