Pebble Beach car show is set to feature Bugatti's Divo, Porsche's 'Project Gold', the McLaren 600LT supercar, and a host of classics
Italian marque’s Divo and concept designs by Audi, Mercedes, Genesis and Infinity to be unveiled at California’s Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance
Next week more than 20,000 car enthusiasts will trek to Pebble Beach, California, the Pacific peninsula 90 minutes south of Silicon Valley, for one of the most important classic car shows on Earth – the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance.
There will be an aurora-blue 1967 Ferrari 330 GTC Speciale, which is expected to sell at auction for US$3.3 million to US$3.8 million, and a 1963 Aston Martin DP 215 Grand Touring Competition Prototype, listed for US$18 million to US$22 million.
Total auction sales from the likes of Bonhams, Gooding & Co, and RM Sotheby’s are expected to bring in US$342 million this year – up 4 per cent from 2017 and the highest since a record US$428 million in 2014, Hagerty, the classic car insurer, predicts.
However, luxury carmakers are increasingly using the Pebble Beach event, which takes place on Sunday, August 26, as an opportunity to show new cars on the backs of those glamorous old ones.
This year, Bugatti will debut a supercar called the Divo.
Audi will unveil its PB 18 e-tron electric concept. Mercedes-Benz, Genesis, and Infinity, among others, will show futuristic concepts never before seen.
Porsche will display a special 993 911 Turbo called “Project Gold”, said to be a one-off car in partnership with the Porsche Classic Center and Porsche Exclusive and is meant to be auctioned for charity later this autumn.
