Motoring fans have until 31st October 2013 to vote online for the 2013 International Historic Motoring Awards Car of the Year.

The awards celebrate the ‘best of the best’ in the international historic motoring industry, and the Car of the Year category gives enthusiasts the chance to vote for their favourite from a list of very special historic cars that have made headlines worldwide in the past year.

This year’s nominees have two very hard acts to follow: in 2011 the award was won by one of the two surviving examples of Porsche’s first-ever model, the Type 64 Rekordwagen, while in 2012 the winner was the magnificent ‘Birkin’ Bentley, which set a world record for a British car at auction when it sold for £5 million last year.

This year’s entries make the 2013 result impossible to predict, they include the extremes of unprecedented auction value, the legend of former race winners and the drama of international film stars. The winner will be the one which evokes the greatest emotional response, which from our perspective means they all deserve to be winners.

Here are the entries:

  • Mercedes-Benz W196

    Fangio’s fantastic steed is on the list not because it’s currently the most expensive car ever sold at auction, but because it was wonderful to see it in public after years hidden away.

  • Mercedes-Benz W196
  • Bugatti 57SC Aerolithe recreation

    The original is long lost, but this recently completed recreation is built in magnesium alloy, just as the original is thought to have been. It’s been displayed around the world during 2013.

  • Bugatti 57SC Aerolithe
  • Porsche 911 RSR

    The legendary winner of the 1973 Targa Florio, which beat Ferrari and Alfa Romeo against the odds, underwent a full restoration in 2013 ready for a return to the event 40 years on.

  • Porsche 911 RSR
  • Blue Bird V

    Malcolm Campbell’s 301.129mph 1935 record-breaker is back in the UK for only the second time in its life, and has made star appearances at Goodwood and the National Motor Museum.

  • Blue Bird V
  • Skyfall Aston Martin DB5

    Cinema audiences across the world gasped in delight as 007 pulled open the garage doors to reveal the glorious DB5, re-establishing it as the most famous car in the world.

  • Aston Martin DB5
  • Leyland P76

    The winner of the Peking to Paris Challenge survived a 33-day, 7610-mile journey across some of the most inhospitable terrain in the world, driven by 81-year-old Gerry Crown.

  • Leyland P76

You can place your vote online at the awards website and the results will be announced during a gala celebration at the St Pancras Renaissance Hotel in London on Thursday 14 November.

The International Historic Motoring Awards is produced in association with EFG International and Octane Magazine.

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