Every January, Arizona’s dry, salt-free climate brings automotive enthusiasts from around the world to Scottsdale for a week of shows, auctions, and seminars. As the first major event on the collector car calendar, Scottsdale showcases a quality of cars rarely seen off of a concours green.
Taking place on the grounds of the nation’s oldest continuously active foxhunt, this nationally-recognized concours has undeniable class. Now in its 20th year, this weekend’s event will be bigger and better curated than ever, featuring over 100 distinguished automobiles and motorbikes.
The Goodwood Revival, an annual festival devoted to vintage racing and sportsmanship, has a special place in the hearts of motorsports enthusiasts. Every year, Bonhams holds an appropriately exceptional automobile auction on the grounds of the event.
The Goodwood Revival is a three-day festival that hearkens back to this romantic era of the sporting gentleman, holding races for vintage automobiles that could have raced there during the track’s heyday.
If you have any interest in the Macan Turbo, you’re probably going to want the Performance Package, because in addition to goosing the 3.6-liter twin-turbo V6 to 440 horses, it equips this all-wheel drive machine with an upgraded brake system, lowered “sport” chassis, a sport exhaust system and the Sport Chrono Package. That’s a lot of “sport.”
The Concours of Elegance is an international car show and competition that celebrates the best of automotive art and engineering. But it’s more than just a concours; it’s a two day motoring experience that features a vintage rally, car show, and awards ceremony.
Connecticut’s Lime Rock Park celebrates its 34th annual Historic Festival with two full days of vintage racing leading up to Sunday’s car show and Concours d’Elegance. The classics return to the track on Monday from dawn ’til dusk to decide the winner of each of the 9 groups.
The coachbuilt Silver Cloud models have long been prized by collectors, yet the standard sedans, discussed here, have snuck past the $100,000 mark and make excellent drivable collectibles.
Following Monterey Car Week is a tall order, but the Milwaukee Concours d’Elegance meets the task admirably with an eclectic mix of vintage and classic automobiles. Since 2005, the Concours has provided thousands of spectators with the best of automotive art, history, and engineering.
