The Antwerp Concours d’ Elegance proclaimed winners in each category. As we already gave away in the first previous articles the winning BMW and Mercedes from the duel of the giants, and the best Ferrari, Auto Union and Porsche RS in the article on the anniversary themes. There were nearly a dozen other prizes to take home, including the best of the show.
Modern cars could get only one prize, the 2022 Prestige Cars ‘Sports & Luxury’ was handed to the 2022 Alfa Romeo Giulia GTAM. This is one victory we could not support wholeheartedly. The line-up included many thorough bread sportscars, that we would rank before a V6 Sedan.
The best pre-war style & luxe category went to a 1911 Panhard & Levassor Type X8. It was fully operational.
The best pre-war adorable & affordable award was given to a 1913 Ford Model T. Needless to say, this car also completed its parade tour without external help…
The term pre-war was taken seriously, as these cars were built before even World War I started. Honestly, we can’t argue with those choices, we could nominate other participants if we had to, but this was spot on.
The certainly endorsed the best pre-war sport & competition title car was awarded to the red 1930 Alfa Romeo 6C-1750 re-bodied by Carrosserie Bidée. We could nominate the Bugatti Type 51, but we are absolutely fine with the Jury’s decision.
The first post-war prize was handed out in the 1950s Noblesse Oblige category. The winner is a 1955 Bentley Continental R-Type coachbuilt by Mulliner. It is an astonishing car indeed, and certainly more majestic than the Ferraris, though we would probably like to take home an Italian stallion from that era.
The best restoration prize was given to the white 1959 Mercedes 300SL Roadster. Here we could consider 90% of the field, due to their showroom shine condition. If we have to name one, we recalled the 1939 Mercedes 170 (from the w136 series), for its outstanding condition.
The best preservation award went to the 1965 BMW 700CS Coupe, and the best provenance title (special prize of Autogids magazine) went to the 1931 Amilcar C6.
The special mention of the jury was the blue 1952 BMW De Ridder Special and the Best Design Price to the 1956 Maserati 250Si.
And finally, the best of show 2022 Antwerp Concours went to the 1972 Ferrari 365 GTS/4 ‘Daytona’ Spider. If you saw our previous article on the 75th anniversary of Ferrari category, you may have noticed that we did not take many photos of the car, so obviously, we would not concur with the judges.
Rest assured though, the car is quite special, experts esteem the total production to some 122 specimens, and the rest are replicas from coupés. For comparison, over 1300 super-expensive hypercar F40s were produced.
At the same time, we are not a big fan of the Daytona, and we surely could name quite a few favourites. For sure, the blue Horch took our breath away with its impressive proportions.
Among the post-war cars, a Ferrari is a safe bet, but we would rather name one of the 275 GTBs (we prefer the silver one, as the colour better highlighted its elegant lining). If it would be up to us, these two would have been our absolute favourites of Antwerp Concours 2022.
