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Concorso Italiano 2009 - Click image above for high-res gallery
Monterey coverage continues unabated, with today's posts highlighting three different events: Quail: A Motorsports Gathering, La Dolce Vita, and Concorso Italiano. While
Quail and
La Dolce Vita have already been covered, here we're focusing on the Italians. Concorso Italiano has been one of Monterey's largest gatherings of Italian vehicles for many years, but last year's move to a municipal airport almost killed the event dead.
Previously held at the nearby Bayonet Black Horse Golf Course in Monterey Bay, Concorso had to relocate due to some course reconstruction in 2008. This year the show went back to the links, but Laguna Seca Golf Ranch was the lucky host rather than Black Horse. Though the location was different, the show was much the same as we had come to expect from years past. Just like the past 20-something years, the event drew some stunning examples of Italy's finest.
Special gatherings honored the
Ferrari 288 GTO,
Alfa Romeo BAT cars,
Ducati and Iso. There were also the usual huge clusters of
De Tomaso,
Alfa Romeo,
Fiat,
Lancia,
Maserati and "
Honorary Italian" vehicles. Oh, and there were also a few
Lamborghinis and
Ferraris. Something on the order of 200 of each it seemed. Personal favorites included the
Ferrari 512 race car,
lime-green Dino, ultra-rare
288 GTO Evoluzione, white
Scuderia,
Lamborghini LMA,
1929 Alfa Romeo 6C 1750 SS, and the
Gilda turbine car that will be auctioned at Gooding on Sunday. It was also great to see
Tesla,
Fisker and newcomer
SV Motors represented. Check out the gallery and you'll see why this has become one of the biggest events in the world for lovers of Italian machinery.
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