Salon Privé, the UK’s most prestigious luxury automotive event, opens at Blenheim Palace next week for its 21st year, and organisers say this will be the biggest run of super and hypercar debuts the show has ever staged.
For Oxfordshire residents, it means world-first unveils arriving on the county’s doorstep. Twelve leading coachbuilders, restorers and manufacturers will bring cars to the show’s Automotive Gallery at Blenheim Palace, which first drew crowds in this format last year.
Lamborghini Leads the Blenheim Palace Debuts
Lamborghini heads the list with the UK debut of the Revuelto SV, fresh from its global reveal at The Quail earlier this month. It is the latest in Lamborghini’s V12 super sports car line, and the brand describes it as the purest expression of its performance philosophy.
The Super Veloce name goes back to 1971 and the Miura SV, and has since marked out some of Lamborghini’s sharpest V12 models, including the Diablo SV, the Murcielago LP 670-4 Super Veloce and the Aventador SV.
Built on the standard Revuelto, the SV sharpens aerodynamics and power delivery. Lamborghini quotes a maximum output of 1,065 CV (783 kW), 1,425 Nm of torque, 0 to 100 km/h in 2.4 seconds and a top speed beyond 345 km/h, making it the fastest production Lamborghini yet built.
Just 1,963 examples will be built, a nod to the year Automobili Lamborghini was founded. Stephan Winkelmann, the brand’s Chairman and CEO, said the SV “takes the potential of Revuelto to an even higher level” and called it “Lamborghini DNA in its purest form.”
The Revuelto SV will stand alongside the Urus SE Performante, which makes its own debut at Blenheim Palace this year.
BRABUS and Giamaro Automobili Also Debut at Blenheim Palace
BRABUS brings two UK firsts to the Oxfordshire show. The BODO is a coachbuilt carbon fibre supercar standing just 130 cm tall, limited to 77 units worldwide and built as a tribute to founder Bodo Buschmann. It uses a hand-built 5.2 litre V12 biturbo engine, with 0 to 100 km/h in 3.0 seconds and a top speed of 223 mph.
The second BRABUS debut is the 800 Cabrio, a limited-edition cabriolet conversion of the Mercedes-AMG G 63, built from more than 500 newly developed components. Power comes from an 800 hp 4.0 litre twin-turbo V8, with production capped at 50 units worldwide.
The Giamaro Krafla also arrives in the UK for the first time, shown in its GC livery of Azzurro Giamaro, Bianco Infinito and Grigio Cenere with exposed carbon fibre elements. Roberta Bicocchi of Giamaro Automobili said Salon Privé “offers the perfect setting to present our vision of the automobile” to collectors and enthusiasts.
More at the Automotive Gallery
Further debuts are confirmed from Electrogenic and Theon Design, with first major public displays from Petroyle and Talos. The Automotive Gallery will also host presentations from Bristol Motors, Delage Automobiles, Koenigsegg and Elektron Motors.
Salon Privé co-founder David Bagley said the show is building on its 20th anniversary at Blenheim Palace last year. “The volume of debuts and level of unveils planned for the Automotive Gallery this year is unparalleled, and guests will be blown away,” he said.
Visiting Salon Privé at Blenheim Palace
Salon Privé 2026 runs from 2 to 6 September at Blenheim Palace, opening with the Salon Privé Concours by Aviva Private Clients, followed by Ladies’ Day by Boodles, Supercar Saturday and Club Trophy Day presented by Lockton, and Supercar Sunday and Lifestyle Club Day.
Tickets start from £60 for entry, rising to £645 for luxury hospitality packages, and are available at www.salonpriveconcours.com
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Editor’s Note
This article draws on a press release supplied by The Maverick Group on behalf of Salon Privé and its exhibitors; performance figures and pricing are as stated by the manufacturers.
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