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Best of the Best finalists announced

World’s top Concours winners vie for supremacy

Rex McAfee

Only the best, please

The Peninsula, whose global brand has epitomized glamour and luxury for generations, has announced the eight finalists that will vie for its prestigious automotive honor, The Peninsula Classics 2023 Best of the Best Award. Hosted this year on 3 September 2024 at The Peninsula London, the awards program celebrates the world’s most exceptional classic cars. All eight selected contenders were winners of the highest awards at major 2023 concours events.

Eight finalists

1935 Duesenberg Model J Speedster

Included among the finalists is a 1935 Duesenberg Model J Speedster that won the coveted 2023 Best of Show award at the Concorso d’Eleganza Villa d’Este. Of the 481 Duesenberg Model Js produced, only 38 were supercharged; just 30 chassis were delivered to European coachbuilders, and only one of them – this particular car – went to Gurney Nutting. Equipped with a supercharged engine and a 153½-inch-long wheelbase chassis, this one-of-a-kind SJ was ordered by Maharajah Holkar of Indore, who was just 28 at the time.

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