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The Ultimate Guide to Monterey Car Week 2025

From The Quail to the Concours d'Elegance, here's everything you need to know about Monterey Car Week 2025 (and we mean everything).

Monterey Car Week 2025

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Jeff Perez

By: Jeff Perez

Updated: Aug 15, 2025 at 11:36am ET

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For classic car and supercar enthusiasts alike, Monterey Car Week is one of the most exciting events of the year—it's like Christmas in August. The annual automotive extravaganza has been around for 75 years, and it promises to be even more extravagant going into 2025.

As always, Monterey Car Week kicks off on the Friday before (August 8) in downtown Monterey, where hundreds of classic cars and supercars take over the streets surrounding the historic Cannery Row. From there, the festivities continue into the weekend—but it's not until the following week that things really speed up.

Starting on Monday (August 11), The Quail rally and the Porsche Monterey Classic Event set the table, followed by Concours for a Cause on Tuesday in downtown Carmel-by-the-Sea, the Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion on Wednesday, and Legends of the Autobahn on Thursday. Plus dozens of other events throughout the week.

The Quail, A Motorsports Gathering, opens its doors on Friday—where dozens of new supercars and hypercars are set to debut. It all culminates with the Concours d'Elegance on Sunday. The point is: There's plenty to do during Monterey Car Week. Below is a comprehensive list of events, including event timing and new-vehicle debuts that you can expect to see throughout the week.

When Is Monterey Car Week?

Monterey Car Week officially kicks off on Friday, August 8, and runs until Sunday, August 17, 2025.

When Is The Quail, A Motorsports Gathering?

The Quail, A Motorsports Gathering, takes place on Friday, August 15, 2025, between 9:00 AM and 4:00 PM.

When Is The Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance?

The Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance takes place on Sunday, August 17, 2025, and runs from 8:00 AM until 5:00 PM.

Monterey Car Week Events

Friday, August 15

Porsche Club of America Werks Reunion at Monterey Pines Golf Course
RM Sotheby's Auction at Monterey Conference Center
The Quail, A Motorsports Gathering at The Quail — 9:00 AM
The Quail Auction (Bonhams) — 11:00 AM
Pacific Grove Rotary Concours Auto Rally in Pacific Grove — 12:00 PM
The Paddock ft. RADwood at Bayonet & Black Horse — 3:00 PM
Vins d'Concours at LadySomm —6:00 PM

Saturday, August 16

Concours d'Lemons at Seaside City Hall lawn — 8:00 AM
Concorso Italiano at Bayonet Black Horse Golf Course — 10:00 AM
Serata Campioni — 10:00 AM
Exotics on Broadway in City of Seaside — 11:00 AM
Ferrari Event at The Barnyard at The Barnyard Shopping Village, Carmel — 4:00 PM

Sunday, August 17

Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance — 8:00 AM

Monterey Car Week Debuts

Acura RSX

Acura RSX Prototype

Photo by: Acura

Acura is bringing back the RSX… but not how you’d expect. Rather than reviving its affordable sports car, Acura is using the RSX name on an electric crossover coupe. Previewed in prototype form last year, the company will officially show its new SUV this year in Monterey.

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BMW 8 Series Edition M Heritage

Photo by: BMW

Based on the M850i xDrive Gran Coupe and limited to just 500 examples, the Edition M Heritage pays homage to the E31-generation 8 Series, sold from 1990 to 1999, with an array of colors available on the original car. Buyers will have a choice between Bright Red, Mauritius Blue, Cosmos Black, Oxford Green, or Daytona Violet.

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Bugatti Brouillard

Bugatti Brouillard: Live Photos

Photo by: Bugatti

The first one-of-one hypercar in its new Programme Solitaire, Bugatti debuted the beautiful Brouillard ahead of Monterey Car Week. Based on the brand’s ubiquitous W-16 platform, the Brouillard features a carbon-fiber and aluminum chassis, a quad-turbocharged engine, and a whopping 1,578 horsepower. And it may not even be the last W-16 hypercar we see from Bugatti.

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Cadillac Elevated Velocity

Cadillac Elevated Velocity Concept

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Cadillac's latest concept car, the Elevated Velocity, serves as a rolling testbed of possibilities for the automaker's future. And even more so than last year's Opulent Velocity, it's one of the wildest vehicles we've ever seen from the American luxury brand.

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Chevrolet ZR1X Quail Silver

Chevrolet Corvette ZR1X Quail Silver Edition

Photo by: Chevrolet

Fresh off a recent Nürburgring record, Chevrolet is bringing its new ZR1X to The Quail during Monterey Car Week. But this is no ordinary ZR1X. The Quail Silver Limited Edition pays tribute to the C1 Corvette with a custom silver paint job and a few performance upgrades. If you want to get your hands on a new ZR1X, it starts at a rather reasonable $207,395.

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Eccentrica Diablo V-12 Pacchetto Titano

Eccentrica Diablo V-12 Titano

Photo by: Eccentrica

Remember the Eccentrica V-12? The stunning Lamborghini Diablo restomod that debuted last year in Monterey is back for Car Week 2025—this time in an even more extreme form. Meet the Eccentrica Pacchetto Titano. Developed specifically for the track, the Titano trim takes Eccentrica’s V-12 restomod to a new level of performance and precision.

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Infiniti QX65 Monograph Concept

Infiniti QX65 Monograph

Photo by: Infiniti

The last great Infiniti SUV was the original FX. Based on Nissan's rear-drive platform, the FX was a crossover with coupe-like styling and excellent driving dynamics that was years ahead of its time. Since its 2003 launch, Infiniti hasn't created anything as great or as important as the original FX. So, it's trying to evoke its previous success with its newest concept.

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Karma Amaris

Photo by: Karma Automotive

Karma previewed the Amaris extended-range electric vehicle earlier this year, highlighting the coupe’s exterior design. Now, the automaker is showing off the interior ahead of the car’s public appearance at Monterey Car Week. Powering the Amaris GT Coupe is a pair of electric motors with a turbocharged four-cylinder generator and a 41.5-kilowatt-hour battery. Karma claims the system produces 708 horsepower and 676 pound-feet of torque, propelling the car to 60 miles per hour in less than 3.4 seconds.

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Lamborghini New Supercar

Lamborghini Fenomeno Teaser

Photo by: Lamborghini

Lamborghini hasn’t spilled the beans on its new Monterey supercar yet, but there’s reason to believe that it could be the company’s most powerful vehicle to date. Lamborghini trademarked the name ‘Fenomeno’ earlier this year, which could be used for this limited-edition model.

Lexus Sport Concept

Lexus Sport Concept Live Photos

Photo by: Brian Silvestro / Motor1

At The Quail, a Motorsports Gathering, during Monterey Car Week, Lexus took the wraps off a concept for its Sport Concept. This is a preview of what we've been calling the LFR, and it looks like a blend of LFA and LC500. Lexus hasn’t released any details on the car yet, but we should (and hope to) be learning more very soon.

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Lucid Gravity X Concept

Photo by: Lucid Motors

As we learned earlier this year, the Lucid Gravity is a shockingly fun electric crossover. It rips on dirt roads. So, Lucid’s leaning in to its SUV's rowdy nature with this: The Gravity X concept, which the automaker is debuting this week during Monterey Car Week. By all accounts, this is a Lucid off-roader.

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Pagani

Pagani Zonda Monza

Photo by: Pagani

Pagani isn’t bringing anything particularly new to Monterey. Instead, the Italian hypercar maker will have an entire fleet of some of its coolest vehicles on display—from the Zonda Monza and Zonda R, to the Revolución and Huayra R.

Rezvani Retro RR1

Rezvani RR1

Photo by: Rezvani

Rezvani is best known for its bulletproof Tank and Vengeance SUVs. But, the California coachbuilder also produces throwback supercars—the first of which being the beautiful RR1. Available in both 600- and 750-horsepower variants, the Rezvani RR1 upfits the 911 with retro bodywork, beautiful throwback wheels, and of course, a Martini-inspired livery.

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Ringbrothers Aston Martin 'Octavia'

Ringbrothers Aston Martin 'Octavia' Teaser

Photo by: Ringbrothers

Ringbrothers has built some ridiculously cool muscle car restomods in its day. But the Wisconsin shop is turning its sights to Monterey with a custom Aston Martin build dubbed “Octavia.” Based on a 1971 DBS, Rinbrothers spent 12,000 hours crafting this custom restomod, complete with carbon-fiber bodywork and an 805-horsepower supercharged V-8, paired with a manual transmission.

Rivian R1S Quad Pebble Beach

Rivian R1S Pebble Beach Edition

Photo by: Rivian

Rivian is new to the special-edition game. In fact, this is its first ever. It’s a one-of-one version of the R1S quad motor finished in a unique, hand-applied shade of Monterey Silver. There are a ton more unique details inside and out, too, and it’s up for sale. Rivian is auctioning this R1S at the Broad Arrow sale, with proceeds benefitting a clean-water charity.