The 2025 Las Vegas Concours Was Overwhelming In The Best Way

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Over nan past 3 years I've watched nan Las Vegas Concours d'Elegance from afar, either because I wasn't capable to be aliases because it hadn't seemed for illustration a stand-out show, contempt — being conscionable a mates months aft Pebble Beach doesn't help. But a mates months agone I started proceeding that this year's Vegas Concours, held connected nan play people astatine nan Wynn, was going to person nan largest gathering of Bugattis ever, including nan astir Veyrons. First nan number was successful nan twenties. Then I heard astatine slightest 30 were going. Once a friend who useful astatine a Bugatti dealership said much than 40 were confirmed, I booked a same-day round-trip level ticket.

For a travel that was little than 12 hours total, it was wholly overwhelming. Over 600 cars were connected display, and nan Concours estimates nan full worthy was astatine slightest $1.1 billion. Beyond nan 47 Veyrons (and 64 Bugattis total), location was nan largest number of Lamborghinis ever successful 1 spot (apparently 230 cars), much than 30 Paganis, astatine slightest 4 Skyline GT-Rs, nan benignant of unthinkable pre-war machines and Group C title cars you expect from a Concours, and each sorts of different weird and uncommon worldly for illustration a brace of Oldsmobile Aerotech conception cars. My dream for a bully car show is that I'll spot things I've ne'er seen before, and nan Las Vegas Concours really delivered connected that.

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Tim Cook was there, apparently because nan mint green Codalunga Speedster that was on Pagani's guidelines is apparently his (sadly I didn't spot Cook successful nan crowd). I think Pagani is successful its flop era correct now, but retired of nan few-dozen cars connected show location were immoderate that caught my eye, for illustration immoderate original Zondas that haven't been messed with, and a Huayra Imola Roadster pinch an absurd colorshift paint. 

The item of nan Lamborghinis was this Veneno coupe, 1 of conscionable 4 ever made. There was besides a Sesto Elemento (one of ten), 2 Reventón coupes (out of 21 of those, positive 15 roadsters), and some a Centenario coupe and a roadster (there's 20 of each). Also aggregate caller Countachs, a mates of Diablo GTR title cars, and an LM002 pinch a winch. Other absurd newer worldly included a bedazzled Aston Martin Valkyrie Spider, a matching achromatic McLaren F1 and P1 GTR, a chromaflair Ruf CTR3, a Gumpert Apollo, a Mercedes CLK DTM adjacent to HWA's 190E restomod, a Honda NSX-R and an AMG One.

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Best successful show went to a 1929 Mercedes-Benz 680 S Barker Tourer 26/120/180 successful nan Pre-War class, a 1951 Ferrari 212E successful nan Post-War class, some deserving winners. That bluish Benz was genuinely spectacular; owned by Bruce McCaw, it won Best of Show astatine Pebble Beach successful 2017. If you're a younger enthusiast, erstwhile you've been to a batch of Concours shows it's difficult to get excited astir pre-war American cars, but location were a bunch present that caught my eye, for illustration a awesome 1932 Auburn 12 Boattail Speedster. A achromatic Toyota 2000GT, a matcha greenish 1952 Pegaso Z102, and a 1948 Jaguar Mark IV Drophead Coupe pinch a funny look were different favorites of mine. There was truthful overmuch assortment crossed each sorts of classes, eras and value points that nan supercar-averse still had plentifulness to drool over. Even without nan committedness of astir 70 Bugattis, nan Vegas Concours is decidedly getting added to my almanac going forward.

But man, those Veyrons. To maine that is the car, nan undisputed top of each time. I sewage to question and reply Frank Heyl, Bugatti's existent main of design, astir 20 years of nan Veyron and what it was for illustration being surrounded by truthful many. Look retired for that communicative soon.