14 Jul 2021

Event: Monterey Car Week 2019

[gallery link="none" columns="1" size="full" ids="34075"] Here’s the dirty little secret about Monterey Car Week. You can’t see it all. You simply can’t. No matter how much you prepare, you’d be incredibly hard pressed to know about all of the cool events and meet-ups going on that week. And, even when you do, there simply aren’t enough hours in a day… or week. That may sound like a whiner’s view, given what an embarrassment of riches this particular car week represents. We’d a...
27 Apr 2020

Monterey Car Week 2020?

[gallery link="none" columns="1" size="full" ids="34085"] words: Bill, photos: George Achorn, Denis Podmarkov For the past several years, a band of us would get together and flock to the town of Monterey in mid-August to indulge in our automotive fantasies. Actually, we were there to work but who can just work when you're surrounded by some of the most rare, old/new, gorgeous, and exotic metal around? [gallery link="none" columns="1" size="full" ids="33927"] With events such as Leg...
1 Aug 2019

The Quail, a Motorsports Gathering at Monterey Car Week 2019

  [gallery link="none" columns="1" size="full" ids="33920"] Named for the golf lodge on whose lush grounds it is held, “The Quail” may very well be the most exclusive car event of the weekend. Tickets are three figures and sell out quickly after becoming available. Security is tight, though incredible food and celebrities are plentiful once inside. All that said, it’s obvious that Quail is enthusiast produced. Fireside chats with racing legends, car and concept reveals, e...
31 Aug 2018

Event Report: Monterey Car Week 2018

by: George Achorn The term bucket listis oft over-used, meant to call out the ultimate and often less-than-ultimate experience of just about anything. Even still, when speaking of Monterey Car Week, it is a fair descriptor. Bucket list is also an apt analogy, because with the simply impossible number of events going on over just a few days, seeing everything is about as attainable as one of those million dollar Bugattis and the like that you’ll spy over-and-over in Monterey traffic....
1 Aug 2018

1934 Horch 780B Cabriolet Headed to Bonhams Monterey Auction

With Monterey Car Week looming, including a great number of classic car auctions, it's worth keeping track of places to be and events not to miss. Earlier this week we provided a general breakdown of the highly crowded Monterey Car Week schedule. Now, we're happy to add to that list with a callout to Bonhams' Quail Lodge Auction. Bonhams is quickly becoming the auction not to miss for Audi enthusiasts. Last year included a Sport quattro as part of a Group B collection, and also a pre-war ...