The move to Plymouth Township by one of the top car exhibitions in the country will put the area on the map for the owners of classic, antique and rare vehicles.

The Concours d’Elegance of America, which includes a car show, an auction, a motoring tour and other car-related events, is moving to the Inn at St. John’s, a hotel-conference facility and golf course on Five Mile, starting next year. The annual Concours has been located at Meadow Brook Hall, on the campus of Oakland University in Rochester, for 32 years.

This is a huge thing for us. We’re hoping to forge a great relationship with the Plymouth area, said James McCarter, executive director of the Concours.

Township Supervisor Richard Reaume, who helped secure the event by ironing out logistical issues such as parking for transport trailers and a shuttle service for visitors, said the Concours will boost local businesses and draw international attention to Plymouth Township.

This is truly a prestigious event, Reaume said.

This year’s Concours exhibition was Sunday and featured more than 200 cars, including two 1937 Bugatti Type 57s, a 1939 Rolls Royce and a 1904 White Steamer. There was also a dinner, a tour to the General Motors Tech Center, a seminar on car design and other events.

Next year, the exhibition will be on Sunday, July 31. McCarter said there will be a long weekend of related events.

We’re very excited about it, said Paul Wegert, general manager at the Inn at St. John’s. We feel that it’ll be a long-term relationship with them and we feel it’ll be a great partnership.

McCarter said having a hotel on the grounds at the Inn at St. John’s is the primary reason for the move. With no hotel at OU, he said, Concours participants were scattered among several Oakland County hotels, and it was difficult to bring them together for group events such as the motoring tour or a visit, for example, to The Henry Ford

Next year, most of them will be staying at the hotel, McCarter said. It’ll just be a seamless thing.

Wegert said his 118-room hotel will partner with the Hilton Garden Inn, on Sheldon Road about a mile south, to accommodate Concours participants, and will partner with other area hotels if needed.

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