In a Nutshell: The Monterey Car Week 2023
The Mekkah of extravagant and rare cars is the rendezvous of the year for all automobile enthusiasts. We indulged the 9-hour time difference between Europe and California and flew there to check the auctions as well as the different events around town and of course, the highlight of the week, the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance.
After a long flight and a 2-hour drive from SFO to Monterey, we started to notice a significant change in the type of cars on the road: a silver 300SL Roadster, a couple of McLaren’s, a red Ferrari F50…clearly, we had reached our destination. As with every year, the week is packed with auctions and events, too many cars to see and too many people to catch up with, which makes this week of the year enjoyable but quite stressful as well.
The first auction of the week took place at the Monterey Jet Center courtesy of Broad Arrow (which will go by the new name of Radius in the future), which had a great lineup of cars, mainly from the 90’s, such as a Japanese 11k km Ferrari F50 and a low-mileage Honda NSX-R NA1. But a few pre-war cars were also offered for sale, such as a Mercedes-Benz 500k Cabriolet A. In total, the sale grossed shy of 24 million USD with 95% of the cars at the venue finding a new home.
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