Maserati

Salon Privé is best known for its globally recognized Concours d’Elégance, but over the 15 years since it began, it has grown into a week of automotive celebration that encompasses important car and luxury product launches and an upmarket lawn party.

Monterey Car Week is upon us once more, and the auction cluster that provides a large part of the show at the week-long automotive celebration is shaping as the biggest in history.

Born in 2020, the Maserati MC20 reminds us that light shines even in the darkest times. And in this case, that light gives new life, leading to the much-anticipated convertible MC20 Cielo, a butterfly-doored spyder with electrochromic roof.

Maserati put its own voluptuous stamp on the SUV market when it introduced the Levante back in 2016. Now it's gone a little smaller, adding the all-new Grecale and its twin-turbo, mild-hybrid and full-electric powertrains to the lineup.

In addition to crowning a new Best of Show at the world’s most important Concours d’Elegance at Pebble Beach, two of the last three Peninsula Classics Best of the Best winners were there, plus 38 former Pebble Beach winning cars.

Early leaks over the last few days may have ruined some of the surprise, but Maserati has finally launched its MC20 supercar and the future of its brand. The 630-horsepower V6 engine is a fully in-house design, and the car itself is a beauty.

Maserati has stepped into a phone booth, and in September it'll debut its first proper, red-blooded supercar, as well as its first in-house engine, in decades. The MC20 and its 620-horsepower, twin-turbo V6 signal the Tridente's return to racing.

Concorso d'Eleganza Villa d'Este has been held annually at the palatial 16th-century villa on Lake Como since 1929.​ As a setting for a celebration of automotive heritage, there could be no finer location, as the former royal residence is world-renowned for its terraced Renaissance gardens.​

The Amelia Island Concours d'Elegance, now in its 24th year, is a multi-faceted diamond, with many ancillary events combining to offer something for everyone, regardless of which genre of automobiles an individual might be interested in.

The 2019 Amelia Island Concours d'Elegance continued to grow in stature this year, but it was the symbiotic cluster of elite auctions that threw up the most interesting results. The collector car market is undergoing generational change, attracting a younger clientele driving prices below $500,000.

This year we've assembled the 100 most interesting lots, regardless of whether they sold or not, and ordered them with the highest bid counted. It reflects the diversity of the automotive market this year more than ever.

The Concours of Elegance (UK) is a more recent fixture on the British Automotive heritage calendar, having been first held in 2012, but it has established itself as one of the premier such events in the world in a very short time.​