VOLUME III / ISSUE IX / SEPTEMBER 2019
INSIDE THE PEBBLE BEACH CONCOURS D'ELEGANCE PEBBLE BEACH, CALIFORNIA
This year, the Monterey car week saw more of a mix between old and new than ever, with golf course lawns dotted with a gleaming candy-color assortment of Lamborghinis, Ferraris, Porsches, and Bugattis of both the vintage and modern variety. The pinnacle of the week, Sunday’s Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance, came the morning after a controversial, page 26
botched Sotheby’s auction in which a 1939 Type 64 silver coupe failed to sell at all. The no-sale auction proved to be by far the most dramatic event of the week. But that’s not to take away anything from the cars themselves. Bugatti, celebrating its 110-year anniversary, showed off the new Centodieci, a nearly $9 million vision in white inspired by
the Bugatti EB110s from the 1990s, four of which were on the lawn during the Quail Motorsports Gathering event Friday morning. Lotus, announcing its vision for the future under Chinese ownership, debuted the Evija, a $2.1 million electric hypercar said to achieve 1,972 horsepower and 200mph-plus top speeds. Meanwhile three examples of its ret-
