{"id":498377,"date":"2019-09-09T12:17:08","date_gmt":"2019-09-09T19:17:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportscardigest.com\/\/?p=90794"},"modified":"2024-10-30T02:18:38","modified_gmt":"2024-10-30T02:18:38","slug":"rolls-royce-silver-ghost-crowned-best-of-show-at-hampton-court","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/rolls-royce-silver-ghost-crowned-best-of-show-at-hampton-court\/","title":{"rendered":"Hampton Court Palace Concours (2019) – Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost Crowned Best of Show"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Concours of Elegance, presented by A. Lange & S\u00f6hne, celebrated a weekend of motoring royalty on September 7\u20138, welcoming well over 10,000 automotive enthusiasts and around 1000 incredible cars into the spectacular gardens of Hampton Court Palace. Best in Show was awarded to the 1919 Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost by Barker, as voted for by the owners of the participating cars.<\/p>\n

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Seventy-five of the world\u2019s rarest vehicles were parked in the spectacular Fountain Gardens of Hampton Court Palace vying for the honor of Best in Show. The quality of the cars was so impressive that to even be invited to attend was a triumph. Among them was perhaps the most significant Ferrari in the world \u2013\u00a0a Le Mans and Mille Miglia-winning 166MM \u2013 the world\u2019s first production Jaguar D-Type and a collection of the most important Bentleys ever built.<\/p>\n

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1919 Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Best in Show-winning 1919 Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost by Barker was a crowd favorite throughout the weekend. This elegant car with polished aluminum bodywork was certainly the most flamboyant Silver Ghost ordered by a man who owned \u202825 of these Rolls-Royces: Lt.-General His Highness the Maharaja Sir Bhupindra Singhof Patiala. In his care, it spent many years in North West India. Its styling had been inspired by the French coachbuilder Henri Labourdette, whose stylish Art Deco bodies built on Rolls-Royce chassis in 1913-14 had caught the imagination of the Maharaja, but in December 1915 he chose the leading British coachbuilder Barker to build this body on chassis 11 PD.<\/p>\n

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Stout Scarab<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Awards were also given out for different classes and eras. \u00a0Once more judged by the owners of the Main Concours cars, the winners included a fresh factory-restored McLaren F1 and a one-of-nine Stout Scarab \u2013\u00a0 an art deco masterpiece and the world\u2019s first minivan \u2013 in the 1930s class.<\/p>\n

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Aston Martin Vulcan<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Outside of the main Concours of Elegance cars, nearly 1000 other models parked at Hampton Court Palace for the weekend, including a collection of Future Classics which were crowned by the car that eventually won this class; an Aston Martin Vulcan. Also taking part in the feature were a rare RUF CTR and a one-of-100 Bentley Mulsanne W.O Edition. Meanwhile, the Harry\u2019s Garage display brought together the best supercars of the \u201890s, including a Pagani Zonda C12 S, a Lamborghini Diablo and a Bugatti EB110SS.<\/p>\n

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Stunning Aston Martin display.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Aston Martin Owners\u2019 Club gathered an astonishing world-first display of each and every variant of Aston Martin Zagato. During the Centenary Year of Zagato, 17 different cars lined up, charting the evolution of one of the automotive world\u2019s greatest creative partnerships.<\/p>\n