Parmigiani Fleurier was nice enough to invite us down to Pebble Beach this week to see the release of their newest creation, the latest embodiment of their relationship with legendary car maker, Bugatti. We spent our first day at the Quail, a car show/garden party of sorts… drinking wine and discussing the technicalities of some of the most important cars in the world, which are scattered around us. Events of the day included the release of the latest and last iteration of the Bugatti Veyron, the Super Sport, which among being a cleaner overall design, includes a larger engine and was able to reclaim the fastest production car title again.
Automotive icon Carroll Shelby was on hand to present some of his most important cars and a brief catalogue of his work and history, of note here was the showing of his first AC Cobra, quite likely one of the most expensive cars in the world now.
Some of the other highlights of the day included:
Early Bugatti Type 35C
Original Ford GT40 in Gulf garb
The new “baby rolls” the Rolls Royce Ghost
The legendary Mclaren F1
The interior of the new Aston Martin Rapide
A patrons helicopter, because multi-million dollar cars are only appropriate some of the time.
One of my all time favorites, the ever classic Ferrari 330 GTC
Finally we were invited that night to the release party for the Parmigiani x Bugatti, the watch which would become the successor to the model 370, a full post on this to come.
Michel Parmigiani with his latest creation
