It's a trek to the West Kowloon Waterfront Promenade and it can be sweltering when you get there, but the new harbourside walkway seems an ideal site for a car show.
The Leisure and Cultural Services Department proved the area's potential last Sunday, when it literally rolled out the red carpet for the Collectors Car Club, whose 35 models were the highlight of a carnival celebrating the reclamation's opening to the public.
The haze obscured the sun, but bonnets and leather seats were still scorching with no shade. The club says more than 10,000 people braved the heat for free fun, games, cycle rentals and a waah at some of the oldest and fastest cars in town.
A thick, red security cordon restrained the exuberance of youngsters who got too close to the pristine paintwork, but few families could resist a Mother's Day snapshot with the centrepiece, a 1926 Rolls-Royce Phantom I.
A 1924 Vauxhall LM14/40 Sports Tourer stole the show. The car was originally shipped to Australia, where it was used as a template for locally made cars, the club says. Many visitors may have been surprised to learn that the Vauxhall rivalled Rolls-Royce, Bentley and Bugatti in its day, with a chassis of ground-breaking aeronautical aluminium instead of steel, leaf-spring suspension and a four-cylinder, 2.3-litre, side-valve engine on a ladder frame.
'The owner [Victor Ma] would like to use this car to join the Paris-Beijing Rally - like the Paris to Dakar Rally, which he did last year,' says club spokeswoman Connie Lau. The names of those who own the remaining cars at the event weren't released, but there were several highlights, from a swish, black 2004 Porsche Carrera GT to a sporty 1957 Austin Healey 100/6 and a gold, four-headlight 1966 Porsche 911,
one of the first in the series.