Salon Privé’s Champagne Supercar Show Highlights
Mercedes, Jaguar, Maserati, Aston Martin... the biggest names in luxury cars have all been strutting at what is billed as Britain’s premier supercar gathering.
From September 3-5, the ever-popular Salon Privé garden party - resplendent with diamonds, champagne and other opulent trappings - once again proved itself a magnet for classic car connoisseurs.
We take a look at the highlights...
Going, going, gone...
A total of £5 million’s worth of business went under the hammer at Friday’s Silverstone Auction event. These included a:
- £900,000 Aston Martin DB6 Vantage Volante (1968): this sage green goddess exceeded expectations by £75,000, following a full Aston inspection and service
- £315,000 Porsche 911 997 GT2 RS (2010): precious few other production Porsches have ever exceeded this baby’s top speed
- £185,000 Lamborghini Diablo SV (1998): this Italian stallion wowed bidders with its 5.7-litre V12 motor and sports exhaust
- £137,250 Ferrari 328 GTS (1989): with only 1,600 miles under its bonnet, this treasure was once part of Mohammed Al-Fayed’s vehicle collection
Jabbeke’s just the job
An X120 “Jabbeke” won the Concours D’Elegance best-of-show award.
Just two years after a complete JD Classics-restoration job, this joyous Jag was back to its best 62 years after its finest hour.
Norman Dewis rode it to a world record in the Flying Mile with a then unprecedented 140.789mph. It later re-claimed the mark with an average 172.412mph.
