From NY Daily News:
1931 'Birkin' Bentley wins Car of the Year at the International Historic Motoring Awards
International Historic Motoring Awards
The 1931 4.5-Litre Supercharged ‘Birkin’ Bentley recently became the
most expensive UK car ever sold at auction, selling this year for £5
million ($8.05 million).
Bentley's single-seater sportscar that has set records on the track and
at the auction house has been named the star at an annual international
classic car ceremony.
December traditionally heralds the start of the motoring awards season,
where the world's newest vehicles stand side by side to be declared
best car in their class, price range or geographic region. But it is
also the time of year when classic cars and those who own and care for
them are celebrated and rewarded.
Presented by five-time Le Mans winner and double World Sports Car
Champion Derek Bell and hosted at the St Pancras Renaissance Hotel, the
International Historic Motoring Awards are decided by an international
panel of expert judges including US chat show host and avid classic car
collector Jay Leno, car designers Ian Callum and Peter Stevens and
Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance Chief Judge Ed Gilbertson.
International Historic Motoring Awards
A 1938 Bentley ‘Embiricos’ Special, 1963 Aston Martin DB5, a mid 1960s
Ford GT 40, and the 1964 Lindner Nöcker lightweight E-type Jaguar all
await guests at the 2012 International Historic Motoring Awards.
The Car of the Year award went to the 1931 4.5-Litre Supercharged
‘Birkin' Bentley that set the Outer Circuit record of 137.96 mph at
Brooklands in 1932, in the hands of Sir Henry ‘Tim' Birkin, before going
on to become the most expensive UK car ever sold at auction, when it
went under the hammer for £5 million ($8.04 million) at Bonhams this
summer.
However, it was not the only classic supercar on display as guests at
the event were greeted by four of the most rare and desirable
British-built or developed classic vehicles currently available: a 1963
Aston Martin DB5; a 1938 Bentley ‘Embiricos' Special; a mid-1960s Ford
GT 40; and the famous 1964 Lindner Nöcker lightweight E-type Jaguar.
The awards, now in their second year, also celebrate personal and
institutional achievement with the UK's National Motor Museum named
Museum or Collection of the year and Restoration of the Year going to
Paul Russell & Co. for its work on a 1928 Mercedes-Benz 680S.
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