The Pinnacle of Concours D'elegance at Blenheim Palace 2024

Held at the beautiful Blenheim Palace near Oxford, Salon Prive is a well established event in the super car calendar, this year holding its 19^th edition!

If your looking to attend, expect a range of high end classics, modern super cars, hyper cars and customised creations that fill the lawns around the palace adorning its beautiful grounds for several days over the shows duration.

Over the years we’ve come to expect a plethora of  well known super car specialists and high end restoration businesses to be in attendance, thus putting on created displays to show off the greatest and latest examples of their work.

This year was no exception and just some of the big names with collections on display were Joe Macari, Furlonger specialist cars, Porsche, Koenigsegg, Tuthill Porsche, Morgan, Crazy Horse Designs, Theon Designs, electrogenic, Lotus cars, Oshe, Maserati, Zenvo, Naran Automotive, Kingsley, Rolls Royce, Lockton and many more.

There were helicopter sales for those wanting to kit themselves out with an additional mode of transport for when the traffic is a problem and then there were a number of non automotive luxury brands selling items from clothing, to jewellery to art.

Aside from the main show area and of course the hotly contested concourse competition, the rest of the grounds near the lake were filled with various owners clubs competing for the Club trophy sponsored by Lockton. The Ferrari , Aston Martin and Porsche owners clubs showing out in particularly healthy numbers and a few very special limited edition model gems hiding in those groups also.

Either side of the main drive/strip down to the main house was lined with more owners clubs and cars or special interest. This main strip also provided a good vantage point come closing time for those that wanted to see some of their favourite cars purr past with a cheeky burble of engine note.

All in all it was a fantastic event at an incredible location showcasing some of the very high end limits of concourse cars, brands and their owners.

If your in the area come the next Salon Prive event or even if your not and you need to travel a few hours to get to it like I did, please do, I promise you wont regret it...!!

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FULL LIST OF WINNERS

Best of Show

1957 Ferrari 335 S by Scaglietti entered by Brian Ross

Best of Show Runner-up

1933 Rolls-Royce Phantom II Sport Saloon by Freestone & Webb entered by Lord Bamford

Best of Show Third Place

1927 Isotta Fraschini Tipo 8AS Fleetwood Roadster entered by Nic & Shelley Schorsch

Chairman’s Award

1923 Rolls-Royce Springfield Silver Ghost Pall Mall entered by Jack Boyd Smith Jnr

Duke of Marlborough Award

1993 Lamborghini Diablo entered by Lars Nielsen

Most Iconic – The George Barry Gregory Trophy

1965 Rolls-Royce Phantom V by Mulliner Park Ward entered by Jody Klein

Class A: Pre-War Open

Winner: 1927 Isotta Fraschini Tipo 8AS Fleetwood Roadster entered by Nic and Shelley Schorsch

Honourable Mention: 1937 Cord 812 SC Convertible Phaeton entered by Yohan Poonawalla

Class B: Bugatti – Grand Prix to Grand Touring

Winner: 1939 Bugatti Type 57 Cabriolet by Saoutchik entered by Anne Brockinton-Lee

Honourable Mention: 1927 Bugatti Type 38 Philadelphia by Figoni entered by Luc Slijpen

Class C: Pre-War Closed/Elegance

Winner: 1938 Bentley 4^¼ L Brougham de Ville by James Young entered by Axel Schroeter

Honourable Mention: 1930 Bentley 4^½ L Sports Saloon by Freestone & Webb entered by Peter Little

Class D1: Inspiring Greatness – 120 Years of Rolls Royce (Pre-War)

Winner: 1933 Rolls-Royce Phantom II Sport Saloon by Freestone & Webb entered by Lord Bamford

Honourable Mention: 1911 Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost ‘London-Edinburgh’ by Holmes entered by John Snook

Class D2: Inspiring Greatness – 120 Years of Rolls-Royce (Post-War)

Winner: 1954 Rolls-Royce Silver Dawn DHC by Park Ward entered by Volker Schumann

Honourable Mention: 1988 Rolls-Royce Silver Spirit 2-door by Hooper & Co. entered by Tony Robinson

Class E: Post-War Open

Winner: 1951 Mercedes-Benz 300S Cabriolet A entered by Albert Streminski

Honourable Mention: 1960 Maserati 3500 GT Spyder by Vignale entered by Claudio Mosconi

Class F1: Post-War Closed (International)

Winner: 1960 Maserati 3500 GT by Touring entered by Greg Newman

Honourable Mention: 1968 Lamborghini Islero GT by Marazzi entered by John Day

Class F2: Post-War Closed (British)

Winner: 1952 Jaguar XK 120 Supersonic by Ghia entered by Bill Heinecke

Honourable Mention: 1986 Aston Martin V8 Vantage X Pack entered by Lee Malpass

Class G: Sports-Racers

Winner: 1957 Ferrari 335 S by Scaglietti entered by Brian Ross

Honourable Mention: 1954 Jaguar D-type entered by Vijay Mallya

Class H: Ferraris of the 1950s & ’60s

Winner: 1953 Ferrari 166 MM Spider by Vignale entered by Lord Bamford

Honourable Mention: 1963 Ferrari 400 Superamerica Coupé Aerodinamico by Pininfarina entered by Michael Korecky

Class I: 60th Anniversary of the Ferrari 275

Winner: 1965 Ferrari 275 GTB/C by Scaglietti entered by Private collector

Honourable Mention: 1965 Ferrari 275 GTB 6C by Pininfarina entered by James Cottingham

Class J: Legendary Liveries

Winner: 1996 Subaru Impreza WRC97 by Prodrive entered by Richard Coar

Honourable Mention: 1974 Lancia Stratos HF by Bertone – Alitalia, entered by Christian Gläsel

Class K: Supercar Icons – Prancing Horse

Winner: 1996 Ferrari F50 by Pininfarina entered by Karim Said

Honourable Mention: 1985 Ferrari 288 GTO by Pininfarina entered by Martin Allmand-Smith

Class L: Supercar Icons to 2005

Winner: 2004 Porsche 996.2 GT2 entered by Rob Howarth

Honourable Mention: 1993 Lamborghini Diablo by Gandini entered by Lars Nielsen

Honorary Awards

Spirit Award – The Margaret Bagley Trophy

1960 Maserati 3500 GT Spider by Vignale entered by Claudio Mosconi

Most Exceptional Coachwork

1966 Ferrari 500 Superfast by Pininfarina entered by Andrew Bagnell

Most Opulent

1969 Rolls-Royce Phantom VI Park Ward entered by Murad Salikhov

Coup de Coeur – The Matt Pearce Trophy

1958 AC Ace entered by Mike Dacre

Best Interior

1939 Rolls-Royce Wraith by Mann Egerton entered by Edward Iliffe

Most Elegant

1932 Bugatti Type 55 by Gangloff entered by Shane Houlihan

Best Works Car

1956 Lister-Maserati entered by Christian Jenny

Best Liveried Race Car

1967 MGC GTS Lightweight entered by Martin Block

Best Open Car

1965 Ferrari 275 GTS by Pininfarina entered by Joe Macari

People’s Choice

1996 Ferrari F50 by Pininfarina entered by Paul Hogarth