Salon Privé’s 2022 event at Blenheim Palace proved well up to par, with some dazzling cars spanning well over 100 years of motoring history. Rolls-Royce and Bentley were well represented, with one car from each marque scooping a major award: Best of Show third place for a spectacular 1931 Bentley 8-litre Saloon by Freestone & Webb and the Churchill Cup for Most Exceptional Design for an even more rakish 1933 Rolls-Royce Phantom II Continental coupé by the same coachbuilder, and part of the Bamford collection.
The 8-litre naturally took the class win for Class D too – ‘pre-war closed / elegance’. Amongst the honorary awards, a 1929 Rolls-Royce 20hp 3-position Cabriolet by Windovers took the prize for ‘Most Opulent’, while a 1933 Rolls-Royce Phantom II Continental drophead-coupé by James
