For twenty years, Bonhams has been partnering with The Quail, A Motorsports Gathering to offer Monterey Car Week an elegant car buying experience. Bonhams is celebrating this momentous milestone with a docket built specially for the peninsula’s distinguishing guests.
For over a quarter-century, RM Sotheby’s has made a name for itself as one of Monterey Car Week’s finest auctions. This year the perfect Ferrari collector’s starter kit; thirteen of Modena’s greatest hits from 1961 to today that could be yours for as little as twenty million dollars.
“Glamorous” is not a word you hear to describe modern Italian sports and GT cars. It’s a bit of a bygone word in an era when car designers and marketers much prefer terms like “aggressive.” Indeed, the modern versions often seem styled with angry-looking visages, perhaps to frighten other motorists or small children. The Maserati Mistral, built from 1963-1970, wears a happy look up front. Times are different.
With a carefully selected docket of vintage collectibles and modern exotics, Gooding & Company’s Amelia Island Auction has earned its reputation as one of the East Coast’s premier auto auctions.
In just eight days, thousands of car enthusiasts will crowd the Amelia Island barrier island for a weekend of displays, fine auctions, and concours. The sales and shows revolve around the Amelia Island Concours d’Elegance, the acme of Florida’s automotive calendar.
It won Motor Trend’s Car of The Year Award in 1972. It wowed all who test-drove it. It made passersby look twice, three times — even four times. “What the heck is that?” ~ The singular Citroën SM.
Now in its thirteenth year, The Ferrari Club of America’s Cars on 5th has burgeoned into one of Florida’s premier car shows. Come see the streets lined with automotive royalty.
Automotive connoisseurs are likely to keep their garages stocked with the best internal combustion vehicles from Ferrari, Lamborghini, Maserati and Porsche for a long time. But it’s a safe bet those same garages will make room for high-performance EVs.
We’ve assembled our “12 Classics Cars of Christmas” with cars that inspire lust but won’t end up gathering dust in the garage. A few, admittedly, may also bring back Santa’s own memories searching in every store only to find all have been sold. We even included a few stocking stuffers for family enjoyment.
