Salon Privé, the UK’s most prestigious luxury automotive event, has crowned two Best of Show winners making this the first ever double crowning moment in the Concours’ 21-year history.
This year was the first time Salon Privé has evolved to include two distinct Best of Show awards recognising both the great classics of the past and the modern collector cars increasingly shaping the market today.
The second winner was Terry Bramall’s 1995 McLaren F1, which has made history as the first ever winner of Salon Privé’s new Best of Show Concours d’Excellence award. Competing in a dedicated class celebrating early supercars, titled Poster Cars – Icons from Our Youth, the F1 was selected as the finest modern collector car on the lawns. The top honour was created specifically for entrants into Salon Privé’s new limited-edition supercar and hypercar classes, in recognition of the growing importance of contemporary performance cars within the international collector market.
Andrew Bagley, co-founder and Chairman of Salon Privé, said: “The standard of cars on the competition field this year has been incredible, and I think our two winners demonstrate just how much the collector car world has evolved.
“Introducing the Concours d’Excellence Award was a big step for us this year. The great classics will always be at the heart of the Salon Privé Concours, but there’s no question that modern supercars and hypercars are now hugely important to collectors too, and they deserve to be recognised in their own right.
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