Motorlux 2026: Car Week’s Swanky Evening

Hagerty's evening soiree continues to dazzle

Motorlux has become the unofficial opening celebration of Monterey Car Week, combining exceptional automobiles, aircraft, food and wine in the distinctive setting of the Monterey Jet Center. Its roots date to 1991, when Gordon and Molly McCall created McCall’s Motorworks Revival as a gathering of friends and enthusiasts. Over the following decades, the event evolved into one of Car Week’s signature social occasions, bringing collectors, designers, drivers and industry figures together before the week’s major concours and races. Hagerty assumed stewardship in 2022, with the first official Motorlux held in 2023.

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