![These eight classic cars will vie for the ultimate prize in the concours world Classic & Sports Car – 8 Best of the Best 2022 finalists revealed](/sites/default/files/styles/article/public/2023-06/Classic%20%26%20Sports%20Car%20%E2%80%93%20Peninsula%20Best%20of%20the%20Best%20finalists%202022%20%E2%80%93%20Finalists.png?itok=hkbEP5qP)
The eight classic cars in the running to be honoured with The Peninsula Classics 2022 Best of the Best Award have been announced.
Each of these cars has already been decorated with the highest awards at last year’s most prestigious concours events, making this grand final the ultimate prize in the concours world.
The 2022 winner will be crowned on 13 August 2023 at the Quail Lodge & Golf Club in California, and will following in the footsteps of the one-of-nine 1956 Ferrari 250GT Berlinetta Competizione that claimed the prize last year.
![Pebble Beach’s 1932 Duesenberg Model J Sports Torpedo Classic & Sports Car – 8 Best of the Best 2022 finalists revealed](/sites/default/files/2023-06/Classic%20%26%20Sports%20Car%20%E2%80%93%20Peninsula%20Best%20of%20the%20Best%20finalists%202022%20%E2%80%93%2001.-1932-Duesenberg-Model-J-Sports-Torpedo.png)
![The Amelia’s winner was a 1934 Duesenberg J-531 LaGrande Convertible Coupé Classic & Sports Car – 8 Best of the Best 2022 finalists revealed](/sites/default/files/2023-06/Classic%20%26%20Sports%20Car%20%E2%80%93%20Peninsula%20Best%20of%20the%20Best%20finalists%202022%20%E2%80%93%2002.-1934-Duesenberg-J-531-LaGrande-Convertible-Coupe%CC%81.png)
The Duesenberg Model J Sports Torpedo (left) was top at Pebble Beach, while the J-531 LaGrande Convertible Coupé won at Amelia
Last summer’s Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance champion, a 1932 Duesenberg Model J Sports Torpedo wearing Figoni bodywork is one of two from this now defunct American marque to make the Best of the Best 2022 shortlist.