The annual car show at the Quail—which takes place at the eponymous golf resort just in Carmel, California, on the Friday of Pebble Beach week—bills itself, somewhat humbly, as “a motorsports gathering.” In truth, the Quail is more like a lifestyle gathering for those with CEO-level bank accounts and the many marketeers who would like to meet them. As such, the cars threaten to be subsumed by a wash of champagne, caviar, exuberant sportswear, and fractional jet ownership. Tickets, at $600, are twice the price of those for Pebble Beach.
-Still, for those who could set down their fancy snack fare and sparkling wine, there were plenty of cars to see—a curated field of 150 or so, along with some motorcycles and manufacturers’ displays of high-end new metal. This year’s special classes were pre-1965 Porsches, coachbuilt Ferraris, and the long-tail cars of LeMans. They join the traditional classes of prewar sports and racing, postwar sports, postwar racing, supercars, great Ferraris, and sports and racing motorcycles. There were also a smattering of other cars on hand that weren’t a part of any class—although they still had plenty of class, like this ’40 Packard woody.
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Taking home the best-in-show trophy was a ’68 Alfa Romeo Tipo 33 Stradale [pictured at top]. But maybe you would have selected something different. Pour yourself a glass of bubbly and take a virtual stroll through our photo gallery and choose for yourself. No hat or sunscreen—or $600 ticket—required.
-from Car and Driver Blog http://ift.tt/1Ko6ywt
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