1932 Bugatti Type 55 Super Sport owned by Peter & Merle Mullin
Beverly Hills has a Father’s Day tradition that has been taking place for the last 23 years. The annual Rodeo Drive Concours d’Elegance held on Sunday, June 19, 2016, welcomed thousands of Southern California residents, as well as tourists from around the world, to celebrate this year’s themed event “The Fast Lane” on its famed thoroughfare.
The Rodeo Drive Committee — in conjunction with the City of Beverly Hills — selected the theme “The Fast Lane” and featured a wide selection of high-performance sports and collector cars valued at more than $100 million. There were limited-edition vehicles from Ferrari, Porsche, McLaren, Bugatti, Maserati and several others.Highlights of the featured exhibited vehicles included a 1959 Ferrari 250 GT LWB California Spider, 1932 Bugatti Type 55 and a 1958 Packard “Rita Hayworth” Sportster Kustom. The Best of Show Award went to a 1969 Lamborghini Miura S from Symbolic Motors. The award ceremony was co-hosted by Dave Kunz, ABC7 Automotive Specialist and Mike Brewer from Discovery Channel’s “Wheeler Dealers”.
Other notable cars on display were a 1966 Ferrari 330 GTC; 1978 Ferrari 512BB; 1994 Bugatti EB 110; 1931 Cadillac Fleetwood Sport Phaeton; 1936 Bugatti Type 57 Cabriolet By Graber; 2015 Porsche 918; 1987 Porsche 959; 2005 Maserati MC12 from the Riverside International Auto Museum; 1990 Porsche 911 Re-imagined by Singer Vehicle Design; 2016 McLaren P1 GTR; 1985 Ferrari 288 GTO; 1989 Ferrari F40; 2016 McLaren 570S; 2016 Pagani Huayra; 1994 Jaguar XJ2205; 2015 Ferrari LaFerrari and the 1957 Jaguar XKSS, once owned by Steve McQueen.
The Rodeo Drive Concours d’Elegance is the largest single-day Concours in North America, drawing approximately 30,000 spectators each year. The event attracts connoisseurs, collectors, tourist and locals who have the opportunity to admire a curated collection of impressive automobiles, all while shopping along one of the world’s most legendary and exclusive shopping destinations. It has been named “one of the 300 unmissable events in the world” by Frommer’s Travel Guide.
On behalf of Sports Car Digest, I would like to dedicate this report to all our Fathers, and in remembrance of my dad, Saul Varela, who passed away in 2013.
Rodeo Drive Concours 2016 – Photo Gallery (click image for larger picture and description)
1951 Jaguar XK120 Roadster owned by Allan Gordon
1963 Jaguar XKE-D Lightweight Custom owned by Tristram Buckley
1929 Packard Dual Cowl Phaeton by Dietrich owned by Dana & Lianne Graham
1960 Austin-Healey Mk.1 Sprite owned by Greg Aden
1973 Alfa Romeo GTV owned by Hector Vasquez
Porsche 356 Convertible
1991 Lamborghini Diablo owned by Raoul Grosvenor Van Kirk
Bugatti Veyron Super Sport 300
1971 Lamborghini Espada – Soren Kashani
1994 Bugatti EB110 – Petersen Automotive Museum
Steve McQueen\’s 1956 Jaguar XKSS – Petersen Automotive Museum
Steve McQueen\’s 1956 Jaguar XKSS – Petersen Automotive Museum
Steve McQueen\’s 1956 Jaguar XKSS – Petersen Automotive Museum
1971 Alfa Romeo Montreal owned by Brandon Adrian
1977 Aston Martin Vantage Coupe owned by Buddy Pepp
2014 Nissan Skyline GTR – Sage Automotive Group
1959 Ferrari 250 GT LWB California Spyder – GTO Engineering
1974 Ferrari 365 GT/$ BB owned by Nicholas Locasale
1974 Ferrari 365 GT/$ BB owned by Nicholas Locasale
2015 Ferrari LaFerrari – Skyview BMP
Bugatti Veyron
Bugatti Veyron
Bugatti Veyron
McLaren 570S
McLaren MP4-12C Spider
1954 Swallow-Doretti Roadster owned by Nan & Reed Harman
1965 O.S.C.A. 1600 GTS Zagato owned by Stu Carpenter
1959 Porsche 356A Coupe owned by Michael Leventhal
Great photos as always Victor ! Lots of good info in the captions as well.
Thanks, Mike! I try and provide as much as I can with the information that is available at these events.