Based on the press release from the Pebble Beach Concours d Elegance, edited by Cam Hutchins

The 74th Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance was held on Aug 17th at the fabled Pebble Beach Golf Course and the winning car is a great compliment to Canada, as the winner of the show was restored by a Canadian company RM Auto Restoration. A Torpedo-bodied 1924 Hispano-Suiza H6C Nieuport-Astra Torpedo won the honours of “Best of Show” and it had some very stiff competition.



According to the Pebble Beach press release, attending the show were 229 cars, with 55 international entries from 22 countries and 174 US entries from 31 states.
In it’s class, J1 European Classic Early, there was another 2 Hispano Suiza’s, an Isotta Fraschini Tipo 8A SS, two Bentley’s and an 1925 Amilcar CGS Grand Sport. To win best of show, a car has to first win the best of class, and this was a very significant class. The car was owned by Penny & Lee Anderson Sr., of Naples, Florida.

“This Hispano-Suiza ticks every possible box,” said Concours Chairman Sandra Button. “The underpinnings are technically advanced. The body is meticulously hand-crafted, light, and lovely. It was, notably, commissioned by aperitif scion André Dubonnet, and he raced it in both the Targa Florio and the Coppa Florio.

Lee Anderson also is a antique wood boat collector. He started collecting them 40 years ago, before it became vogue-ish to do that. So this car is really a good fit for him. Known as the “Tulipwood” Torpedo, the car is in fact constructed of strips of mahogany, each individually carved to shape and joined to the inner ribs by 8,500 rivets. “A later owner added pontoon fenders to the car, but the Andersons sought to return the car to its original form so you can see and truly appreciate its torpedo shape.”
“Winning Pebble Beach is probably the highest award you can get in automobile collecting,” Lee added. “We are very fortunate to have done it twice.” The Andersons previously took the top award at the 2022 Pebble Beach Concours with a Figoni-bodied 1932 Duesenberg J.



The Pebble Beach Concours has already raised more than $4 million for charity this year, bringing the event’s total charitable donations to over $45 million to date.
Next years date is August 16 2026
For more information on the Pebble Beach Concours visit www.pebblebeachconcours.net.

BEST OF SHOW NOMINEES
J2-06 1939 Maybach SW38 Spohn Sport Zweisitzer
Dana & Patti Mecum, Geneva Lake, Wisconsin

1933 Invicta 4½ Litre S Type Corsica Drophead Coupé
SBH, Riffa, Bahrain

1956 Maserati 200SI Fantuzzi Open Sports Racer
Phillip Sarofim, Beverly Hills, California

ELEGANCE AWARDS
H1-05 Gwenn Graham Most Elegant Convertible
1933 Rolls-Royce Phantom II Brewster Henley Roadster
Lehrman Collection, Palm Beach, Florida

J2-03 B. & Dorothy Nethercutt Most Elegant Closed Car
1937 Bugatti Type 57 Atalante Rolltop Coupé
The Pearl Collection, Zug, Switzerland

M1-01 Jules Heumann Most Elegant Open Car
1951 Ferrari 340 America Touring Barchetta
Nikolay Miroshnichenko, Almaty, Kazakhstan

O1-01 Strother MacMinn Most Elegant Sports Car
1953 Siata 208 CS Balbo Coupé
Jonathan & Wendy Segal, San Diego, California

SPECIAL AWARDS

J1-03 Alec Ulmann Trophy
1924 Hispano-Suiza H6C Hooper Saloon Limousine
Simon Kidston, Milan, Italy

Ansel Adams Award
1908 Welch Model 4L Seven-Passenger Touring
Bob & Linda Welch, West Vancouver, Canada

ArtCenter College of Design Award
1967 Ferrari 275 GTB/4 Scaglietti Berlinetta
William H. & Cheryl K. Swanson, Pebble Beach, California

Briggs Cunningham Trophy
1956 Maserati 200SI Fantuzzi Open Sports Racer
Phillip Sarofim, Beverly Hills, California

Chairman’s Trophy
1989 Ferrari 640 Formula 1
Simon Furlonger / Egon Zweimueller, Ennsdorf, Austria

Charles A. Chayne Trophy
1910 Benz 21/80 Prinz Heinrich Renn Wagon
Mercedes-Benz Classic, Stuttgart, Germany

Classic Car Club of America Trophy
1937 Lincoln K LeBaron Coupe
James Farley, Birmingham, Michigan

Elegance in Motion Trophy
1965 Bugatti Type 101C-X Roadster
General William Lyon Family, Newport Beach, California

CLASS AWARDS

A: Antique
A-07 1st: 1915 Packard 3-38 Six Five-Passenger Phaeton, The Collection of Howard A Schaevitz, Edgewater Park, New Jersey
2nd: 1908 Welch Model 4L Seven-Passenger Touring, Bob & Linda Welch, West Vancouver, Canada
3rd: 1907 Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost Barker Seven-Passenger Tourer, Anne Brockinton Lee / The Lee Collection, Sparks, Nevada

B: Vintage 1916–1928
B-02 1st: 1917 Packard 2-25 Twin Six Runabout, Robert & Linda Mollno, San Marino, California
2nd: 1920 Pierce-Arrow 51 Six-Passenger Touring, Ross & Beth Myers, Boyertown, Pennsylvania
3rd: 1916 Stutz 4C Bearcat, Wynn McCaw, Bellevue, Washington