Cartier Travel With Style 2011: Winner's List

With over 56 cars competing in seven categories at the Cartier Travel With Style event, the judges surely had their work cut out. As for the car owners, they had to ensure that their vehicles were in running condition as a prerequisite to the event. The competition itself was rather tough for some of these cars have been buried under the sands of time for a couple of decades and for many of them this is the first time that they have ever been displayed at an international level show.

In order to make a well informed and solid decision, the panel of judges that included the likes of  H.R.H. Prince Michael of Kent, Sir Anthony Bamford, Sir Michael Kadoorie, Gordon Murray, Marc Newson, Simon Kidston, Lapo Elkann, Peter Stevens, William E Conner, John E McCaw Jr, Bryan Ferry, Oliver Martinez, David Clark, Geordie Greig, and Yasmin Le Bon, spent two days surveying the cars, getting to know their provenance, authenticating stories with the curator of the event, HH Rana Manvendra Singh of Barwani, and finally making their decision.

Walking away with top honours was the exsquisitely restored Rolls-Royce low bonnet state car that was commissioned by the Nizam of Hyderabad. Brilliantly restored back to immaculate condition and done up in a bright yellow, the car was indeed a showstopper and the craftsmanship it displayed was carried out to the finest detail.

Detailed List of Winners:

Jaguar Class:
Runner up-1947 SS Jaguar owned by Laxmi Raman
Winner-1937 SS Jaguar owned by TT Raghunathan

Roadster Class:
Winner-1959 Daimler SP 250 Dart owned by VP Singh Badnore

Indian Heritage Class:
Winner-1955 Fiat 1100-103 Millicento owned by Owais Moshin Kidwai

Post-war Classics Class:
American runner up-1956 Cadillac Series 62 convertible owned Sudhir Sasliwal
European runner up-1958 Mercedes 300D owned by KC Anand
Winner-1947 Cadillac Series 62 owned by Amal Tanna

Ressurection Cup:
1929 Mercedes Nurburg owned by Viveck Goenka

Ladies Judges Choice:
1928 Lancia Di Lambda owned by Prahlad Agarwalla

Classic Class:
Runner up-1930 Stutz Series M owned by Diljeet Titus
Winner-1938 Bentley 4 1/4 litre overdrive MX Series owned by Mr Jaiswal

Preservation Class:
1959 Chevrolet Impala owned by Sukhwant Singh

Classic Rolls-Royce Class:
Runner up-1937 Rolls Royce 25/30 h.p. Owned by Roshni Jaiswal
Winner-1911 Rolls Royce Silver Ghost Dome Roof Limousine owned by HH Princess Ezra of Hyderabad

Car driven on public highway greatest distance:
1959 Daimler SP250 Dart owned by VP Singh Badnore

Children's Choice:
1925 Rolls Royce Phantom 1 owned by Yadupati Singhania

Cartier Best of Show 2011:
1911 Rolls Royce Silver Ghost Dome Roof Limousine owned by HH Princess Ezra of Hyderabad