With so many top-class concours events populating the international calendar, the Peninsula Best of the Best award has become an increasingly contested and important accolade in the industry. Launched in 2015, the award aims to celebrate the best of what defines the automotive world, bringing together the concours circuit’s elite Best of Show winners.
The Peninsula has announced the nine finalists be voted on for the 2024 award, with the overall winner to be announced at The Peninsula Paris on 3 February 2025. This will mark the tenth anniversary of the award, and follows on from the last ceremony held in September 2024, which saw a 1935 Duesenberg Model SJ Speedster crowned as the 2023 Best of the Best.
All of this year’s finalists (listed below) have won awards at the past year’s major concours events, collectively representing the pinnacle of automotive design and engineering. The judging panel is made up of several renowned automotive designers and executives, including Peter Brock, Fabio Filippini, Ed Welburn and Henry Ford III. Additional judges include HRH Prince Michael of Kent, HH Rana Manvendra Singh of Barwani, Peter Marino, Ralph Lauren and Jay Leno.
Following the awards ceremony, the winning car will be on display at Rétromobile from 5-9 of February.
‘We are delighted to highlight this lineup of truly exceptional motorcars, which exemplify an astonishing level of beauty and performance,’ said The Hon. Sir Michael Kadoorie, Chairman of The Hongkong and Shanghai Hotels, Limited, and co-founder of The Peninsula Classics Best of the Best Award. ‘It is also a great pleasure to have become recognised, over the past ten years, as one of the premier classic car showcases in the world.’
The nominees for The Peninsula Classics Best of the Best Award 2024 are as follows:
1932 Alfa Romeo 8C 2300 Spider, coachwork by Figoni
Best of Show, 2024 Concorso d’Eleganza Villa d’Este 2024
1957 Ferrari 335 S, coachwork by Scaglietti
Best of Show, 2024 Salon Privé Blenheim Palace Concours
1964 Ferrari 250 LM coachwork by Scaglietti on a design by Pininfarina
Best in Show, 2024 Palm Beach Cavallino Classic
1937/1946 Delahaye 145 Cabriolet, coachwork by Franay
Best in Show, 2024 The Quail, A Motorsports Gathering
1947 Delahaye 135MS Narval Cabriolet, coachwork by Figoni et Falaschi
Best of Show, 2024 Amelia Island Concours d’Elegance
1934 Bugatti Type 59 Sports, coachwork by Bugatti
Best in Show, 2024 Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance
1937 Bugatti Type 57S Roadster, coachwork by Corsica
Best in Show, 2024 Cartier Style et Luxe
1928 Bugatti Type 35C Grand Prix, coachwork by Bugatti
Best of Show, 2024 Chantilly Arts et Elegance Richard Mille
1937 Rolls-Royce Phantom III Convertible, coachwork by J.S. Inskip
Best of Show, 2024 Concours of Elegance at Hampton Court Palace
