Morgan Midsummer and Ferrari Daytona Join the Field for Jersey Concours d’Elegance 2026
Joe Castellino, Concours promoter and Director at Le Riche Automobile, has announced two significant new entries for Jersey Concours d’Elegance 2026, adding further depth, rarity and character to what is becoming one of the Island’s most anticipated motoring occasions.
The 2026 event will mark the fifth consecutive year that Le Riche Automobile has hosted the modern Jersey Concours d’Elegance. In that time, the event has grown steadily in stature and reputation, attracting owners, collectors and enthusiasts from Jersey, the wider British Isles and further afield, with previous participants travelling from as far as the United States to present their cars.
Morgan Midsummer rear three-quarter
The Morgan Midsummer is a limited-production barchetta created with Pininfarina, combining hand-built British craftsmanship with Italian design refinement.
For 2026, the Concours carries added significance. The event marks 75 years since Jersey’s first Concours, held on 30 August 1951 along Victoria Avenue. That early post-war gathering reflected an Island already deeply engaged with motoring design, presentation and mechanical pride. The modern event continues that tradition, bringing together exceptional vehicles and the stories behind them in a public celebration of automotive elegance.
Jersey’s motoring history is unusually rich for an island of its size. In the early 1950s, Jersey hosted international road racing that formed part of the wider story of post-war motor sport, including events that helped shape the culture from which modern Formula One would emerge. This year’s event poster evokes that atmosphere with a reference to Bel Royal corner, recalling an era when the Island’s roads were associated with courage, speed and classic engineering.
“As the stature of the Concours increases, so too does the quality and diversity of the entries,” said Joe Castellino. “We are delighted to announce two rare cars which will be attending in 2026. Each represents a different aspect of automotive craftsmanship: one rooted in traditional British coachbuilding with Italian design influence, the other a landmark in Ferrari’s grand touring history.”
The first of the newly announced entries is the Morgan Midsummer, a highly limited production open-top sports car created by the Morgan Motor Company in collaboration with Italian design house Pininfarina. With only 50 examples built, the Midsummer is a rare and carefully considered machine. Its barchetta form, hand-built construction and elegant proportions combine Morgan’s long-standing Worcestershire craftsmanship with an unmistakable Italian sense of line and surface.
Morgan Midsummer overhead view
Only 50 examples of the Morgan Midsummer will be built, each reflecting a careful balance of traditional materials, coachbuilt detail and contemporary performance.
It is a car that rewards close inspection. The Midsummer is not simply a modern sports car; it is a study in material, shape and restraint. Its presence at People’s Park will offer visitors the opportunity to see a contemporary coachbuilt car that respects tradition while presenting something distinctly new.
The second confirmed entry is a Ferrari 365 GTB/4, universally known as the “Daytona”. Produced between 1968 and 1973, the Daytona remains one of Ferrari’s defining front-engined V12 grand tourers. Unveiled at the 1968 Paris Motor Show as the successor to the 275 GTB/4, it combined dramatic Pininfarina styling with immense performance and long-distance ability.
Ferrari Daytona cultural reference
Detective Sonny Crockett drove a black 1972 Ferrari 365 GTS/4 Daytona Spyder replica in the first two seasons of Miami Vice, helping cement the Daytona shape in 1980s popular culture and its enduring association with style, speed and cinematic presence.
The Daytona name was never the factory’s official designation, but it quickly became inseparable from the model. The nickname was adopted by the media in honour of Ferrari’s celebrated 1-2-3 finish at the 1967 24 Hours of Daytona, and has remained part of the car’s legend ever since. Capable of a verified top speed of 174 mph, the 365 GTB/4 was regarded as the fastest production road car of its time.
For many enthusiasts, the Daytona also carries a powerful cultural memory. Its sharp nose, muscular stance and effortless glamour made it one of the defining automotive silhouettes of the late 1960s and 1970s, later enjoying a second life in 1980s popular culture. Yet beyond the screen associations lies a serious grand tourer of great mechanical importance: a front-engined V12 Ferrari built at the height of Maranello’s analogue era.
Jersey Concours d’Elegance 2026 will take place on Saturday, 13 June 2026 at People’s Park, St Helier, from 12 noon to 4pm. Admission is free to the public. Visitors are warmly invited to join us for an afternoon of vintage, classic and supercars, historic motorcycles, Island history and the personal stories that make these machines more than objects of design.
For owners, sponsors and spectators alike, the Concours is not simply a car show. It is a living expression of Jersey’s motoring heritage, where craftsmanship, provenance, memory and community meet on the grass.
