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Monterey Car Week Highlights: The Quail

The Quail event during Monterey Car Week is a must for any automotive, helicopter, party, wine, or epicurean enthusiast; there is beyond doubt something for anyone who enjoys the best.  For the price of the $600 all inclusive ticket you can spend your day surrounded by everything from a Ferrari F40 and Bugatti Veyron Vitesse to a decadent selection of 5 Buffet style pop-up restaurants prepared by Chef Ethan Mantle, offering Italian, Chinese, Carmel Valley, Beverly Hills, and French Cuisine…

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Monterey Car Week: The 2017 Concorso Italiano

For 2017, Concorso Italiano which takes place on Saturday between The Quail and Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance offered enthusiasts a wide ranging display of both Ferrari and Lamborghini, as well as Maserati, Alfa Romeo, Fiat, and Lancia spread across the Black Horse Golf Course in Seaside.  Though, the vast majority consisted of Ferraris, which came as no surprise as the automaker is celebrating it’s 70th anniversary this year. Unique standouts included a two million dollar Lamborghini Centenario, in addition, a concept…

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2017 Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion

Although the vast majority of Monterey Car Week showcases rare and vintage automobiles lined along golf courses during The Quail and the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance; the Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion at Laguna Seca Raceway offers something very different for the thousands of motorsport enthusiasts who gather at the track each year. Over five hundred race cars from multiple eras including everything from a 1915 Ford to a 1990 BMW M3 graced the historic 60 year old Mazda Laguna Seca Raceway and…

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McCall’s Motorworks Revival is the Epitome of a Luxury Playground

McCall's Motorworks Revival is the Epitome of a Luxury Playground

One of the most extravagant parties to take place during Monterey Car Week, McCall’s Motorworks Revival, was the event to be at, as automotive enthusiasts came from all over to join in the celebration kick off to Car Week on the Monterey Peninsula.  The week which leads to various other exceptional events by official automakers and preeminent classic car competitions such as the McLaren 720s MSO debut and the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance. McCall’s Motorworks Revival was held at the Monterey Jet Center, where…

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The Peninsula Classics Best of the Best Award Winner

1954 Maserati A6GCS/53 Berlinetta by Pinin Farina from the Monaco-based Destriero Collection

On August 15th, 2017 at a momentous private gathering during acclaimed Monterey Car Week, the winner of the second-annual The Peninsula Classics Best of the Best Award was declared.  The winner, a 1954 Maserati A6GCS/53 Berlinetta by Pinin Farina from the Monaco-based Destriero Collection, became the champion from a select lineup of 8 distinguished “Best of Show” finalists.  Pinin Farina have only manufactured a limited four Berlinetta-bodied sports cars through the years, with this one being the best preserved model, evident by it retaining its…

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Ferrari’s 70th Anniversary Celebration to be held at The Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance

Ferrari's 70th Anniversary Celebration to be held at The Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance

Ferrari is set for a spectacular 70th anniversary celebration, which will take place at the world renowned Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance in central California.  In many ways Ferrari gained much of their quintessential panache from California.  In 1947 when Ferrari’s first model, a 125 Sport featuring a 1.5 liter V12 hit the road, it set the course for something truly remarkable.  Shortly after that, the Italian Marque gained a steadfast global following, especially so, in California.  The first Ferrari to…

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McCall’s Motorworks Revival Celebrates its 26th-year

McCall's Motorworks Revival Celebrates its 26th-year

McCall begins their preparations for the most marvelous Motorworks Revival in its 26-year history, which is set to take place at the Monterey Jet Center during the world renowned Monterey Car Week.  The grand gala invites a total of 3,000 fellow auto-moto-aero enthusiasts, while this year’s event spares no expense in offering the finest culinary and wine presentations of the evening. McCall has combined aviation and automotive experiences together for yet another experimental celebration of the century alongside an array…

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Rolls Royce’s New Phantom VIII: The Best car in the world

Rolls Royce's New Phantom VIII: The Best car in the world

Every new Rolls-Royce Phantom series has upheld the same title as ‘The Best Car in the World’ ever since the day Co-Founder Sir Henry Royce first introduced the Rolls-Royce Phantom in 1925.  From then on, Rolls-Royce has never once left anyone thinking this title was undeserving as each Phantom model is an embodiment of pure perfection, visionary engineering, inventive ingenuity, and goes through a profound realization of what the world’s leading luxury should be.  And today yet another new Phantom…

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15th annual The Quail, A Motorsports Gathering

The 15th annual The Quail, A Motorsports Gathering

The Quail announced their selection of 2017 sponsors for the 15th annual The Quail, A Motorsports Gathering, which is slated to take place at the Quail Lodge & Golf Course in Carmel, California on Friday, August 18, 2017.  The list of sponsors for this luxury automotive event, that will be presenting new as well as returning names, includes Burgess Yachts, Rolex Watch USA, Sentient Jet, Louis Roederer, Walter Leather Company, Cultures by Toni P. Ltd., and many other renowned luxury labels. The Quail has…

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The Peninsula Classics Best of The Best Award

The Peninsula Classics Best of The Best Award

(Above: Last Year’s winner of  The Best of the Best Award) The 1937 Talbot-Lago T150C SS ‘Goutte d’Eau’: Goodwood Cartier Style et Luxe   The Peninsula Hotels announced on June 14, 2017, the eight outstanding automobiles also known as the top eight “Best of Show” winners that have qualified to compete for The Peninsula Classics Best of the Best Award: the international motoring world’s finest accolade for most remarkable classic car.  Taking place in Carmel, California for a second year, the…

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