Updated 17 August 2026 with confirmed auction totals, the record Shelby Cobra Daytona Coupe result and the 75th Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance winner.
Monterey Car Week 2026: The Short Version
Monterey Car Week 2026 ran from 7 to 16 August 2026 and finished as the biggest week in collector car history. The auctions took $747.9 million, a 73% jump on 2025 and comfortably past the previous record of $471.2 million set in 2022. A 1964 Shelby Cobra Daytona Coupe once owned by Carroll Shelby sold for $42,905,000, the most ever paid for an American car at auction. On the reveal side, three manufacturers launched naturally aspirated manual supercars within a few hours of each other at The Quail on Friday 14 August.
Monterey Car Week 2026 key takeaways
- Biggest reveal: McLaren McL 6GT — the first manual McLaren road car since the F1
- Biggest surprise: Gordon Murray S1 — 64 cars, a 12,100 rpm Cosworth V12, no fan
- Biggest number: 1964 Shelby Cobra Daytona Coupe, chassis CSX2300 — $42,905,000
- Biggest shock: Ferrari Luce ‘Tailor Made’ Chassis 0 — $40,000,000 for charity
- Biggest power figure: Bugatti Destrier one-off — 1,578 hp
- Best of Show: 1935 Duesenberg SSJ Special Speedster, once Clark Gable’s
- Week total: $747.9 million across 844 of 1,124 lots sold — a 75% sell-through rate
Monterey Car Week 2026 by the numbers
| Metric | 2026 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Total auction sales | $747.9 million | $432.8 million |
| Change year on year | +73% | — |
| Lots sold / offered | 844 / 1,124 | 818 / 1,078 |
| Sell-through rate | 75% | 76% |
| Average sale price | $866,107 | $529,034 |
| Top lot | $42.9M Shelby Daytona Coupe | — |
| Dates | 7–16 August 2026 | — |
Friday Was the Story: Three Manual Supercars in One Afternoon
Monterey Car Week 2026 front-loaded its reveals into The Quail, A Motorsports Gathering, as the week always does. This year it produced something close to a thesis statement.
Within a few hours on 14 August, three manufacturers on two continents independently launched naturally aspirated, rear-drive, manual-gearbox supercars priced in seven figures. None is a hybrid. None has a dual-clutch. It is the clearest signal yet that at the very top of the market, the product being sold has shifted from outright performance to driver involvement.
Every Major Reveal at Monterey Car Week 2026
Eight significant new cars were shown across Monterey Car Week 2026. Here is the full list, with the numbers that matter.
| Car | Headline | Units | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| McLaren McL 6GT | V8, manual — first since the F1 | ~500 | ~$1.5M |
| Gordon Murray S1 | 4.2L Cosworth V12, 12,100 rpm, manual | 64 | Undisclosed |
| Hennessey Blackbird | 6.2L NA V8, gated manual, no screens | 71 | $2.5M |
| Aston Martin Valen | 5.2L TT V12, 838 bhp, automatic | 150 | ~£1.5M |
| Lamborghini Revuelto SV | V12 hybrid, 1,050 hp | 1,963 | ~$741,000 |
| Bugatti Destrier | Quad-turbo W16, 1,578 hp, 39.4 in tall | One-off | Undisclosed |
| Eccentrica V12 Roadster | Diablo restomod, 550 hp, gated manual | 19 | ~$1.3M (coupe) |
| Cadillac V-ONE Concept | 830 hp hybrid single-seater, Dallara-built | Concept | n/a |
McLaren McL 6GT
The headline act of Monterey Car Week 2026. McLaren’s first manual road car since the F1 entered production in 1992 revives Bruce McLaren’s unfinished 1969 M6GT with a V8, hydraulic steering, a carbon monocoque and three pedals. CEO Nick Collins put it at around $1.5 million and roughly 500 cars, with production starting in 2028. Full breakdown in our McL 6GT story.
Gordon Murray S1
The one nobody saw coming. Sixty-four cars — the same number as McLaren F1 road cars — with a bespoke 4.2-litre Cosworth V12 revving to 12,100 rpm, a six-speed manual, three seats and a central driving position. Crucially, there is no ground-effect fan; the S1 uses active rear aero instead. All 64 are reserved. Full story here.
Hennessey Blackbird
Announced on 3 August and shown publicly at The Quail, the Blackbird is 71 cars at $2.5 million with an Ilmor-developed 6.2-litre naturally aspirated V8 targeting 800–850 hp beyond 9,000 rpm, a gated six-speed manual, and an interior with no screens whatsoever. Roughly a third of the run remains unallocated, which makes it the most orderable manual hypercar of the week. Full story here.
Aston Martin Valen
150 cars, 838 bhp from a 5.2-litre twin-turbo V12, and Aston’s claim to the most powerful front-engined production car ever built. The talking point is the gearbox: after the manual Valour and Valiant, the Valen is automatic only, contradicting months of speculation. Full story here.
Lamborghini Revuelto SV
Lamborghini’s hardest Revuelto yet: 1,050 hp and 1,051 lb-ft from the hybrid V12, 3,907 lb dry, 0–62 mph in 2.4 seconds, 0–124 mph in 6.7 seconds, and over 214 mph. Downforce is up 80%, with CCM-R Plus brakes. Lamborghini also claims a Hockenheimring production-car lap record at 1:41.6, though that claim is disputed over which circuit configuration was used. Reported at around $741,000, with 1,963 examples planned.
Bugatti Destrier
A one-off from Bugatti’s Programme Solitaire, built on the Bolide’s carbon monocoque with the 8.0-litre quad-turbo W16 producing 1,578 hp. It stands roughly one metre — 39.4 inches — tall, making it the lowest Bugatti ever built. The theming is medieval: a destrier is a warhorse. It made its public debut on the Concept Lawn at The Quail on 14 August.
Eccentrica V12 Roadster
Nineteen open-top Lamborghini Diablo restomods, each with a 5.7-litre V12 lifted to 550 hp, a close-ratio gated six-speed manual and more than 3,500 bespoke parts. Former Lamborghini CTO Maurizio Reggiani is on the engineering team. The V12 Roadster returned on Sunday as part of the Pebble Beach Concept Lawn.
Cadillac V-ONE Concept
A single-seat concept developed by Cadillac Design and Cadillac Racing with Dallara, using a V8 hybrid powertrain derived from the V-Series.R LMDh car for a combined 830 hp. Cadillac describes it as clearly a concept, intended to be easier to operate than the race car. No production has been announced.
Also Shown at Monterey Car Week 2026
The supporting cast was unusually deep. Among the cars debuted across the week: the Koenigsegg CCGT1, a CCGT race-car tribute; the Audi Nuvolari, a 987 hp flat-plane-V8 plug-in hybrid; the Czinger 21C Spyder at 1,250 hp; a Ferrari CZ26 Special Projects one-off on SF90 Stradale underpinnings.
Porsche was everywhere too: a one-off Porsche 911 Flachbau Sonderwunsch slantnose built on a 2018 GT2 RS; the 2027 Porsche 911 Carrera S with its newly restored six-speed manual; the RUF Ehra; the Lanzante 95-59; the Marc Philipp Gemballa Marsien GT; Gunther Werks GXR-Evo; two one-off Singer × Louis Vuitton 911s; the Wiesmann MF5 Tributo; and the Lamborghini Revuelto Miura 60° Homage, 99 cars revealed on 3 August and displayed alongside classic Miuras during the week.
Sunday’s Pebble Beach Concept Lawn added the Acura NEXERA Vision, a design study previewing Acura’s next generation of production cars, and the Bentley Bentayga X.
Monterey Car Week 2026 Auction Results: A Record $747.9 Million Week
The Monterey 2026 auction results total $747.9 million, up 73% from $432.8 million in 2025 and 59% above the previous record of $471.2 million set in 2022. Of 1,124 lots offered, 844 sold, a 75% sell-through rate. The average sale price was $866,107, up 64% year on year — with volume essentially flat, the record was driven almost entirely by price, not by more cars crossing the block.
Pre-sale forecasts had put Monterey Car Week 2026 at $470–496 million. It beat the top of that range by more than $250 million.
The $42.9 million Shelby Cobra Daytona Coupe
The number of the week came on Saturday at Gooding Christie’s. A 1964 Shelby Cobra Daytona Coupe, chassis CSX2300 — the third of only six built and the only one Carroll Shelby personally owned — sold for $42,905,000 including fees, against a pre-sale estimate in excess of $25 million.
Designed by Peter Brock specifically to beat the Ferrari 250 GTO, CSX2300 raced the 1965 Daytona Continental, Sebring, the Nürburgring, the Tour de France and Reims, where it finished ninth overall, as part of the Shelby American campaign that won the FIA GT Championship. The result sets four records at once:
- Most expensive American car ever sold at auction, beating the 1935 Duesenberg SSJ at $22 million in 2018
- Most expensive Shelby ever sold, beating CSX2000 at $13.75 million in 2016
- Highest result in Gooding Christie’s history
- Highest collector car auction result of 2026, beating a Ferrari 250 GTO at $38.5 million in January by $4.4 million
The $40 million Ferrari Luce
The second-largest cheque of the week went to a car built in 2026. Ferrari Luce ‘Tailor Made’, Chassis 0 — the first production chassis of Ferrari’s first all-electric model — sold at RM Sotheby’s for $40,000,000 with the buyer’s premium waived and 100% of proceeds going to The Ferrari Foundation’s technical education programme.
The estimate was “in excess of $1,100,000.” It sold for more than 35 times that. In a single lot it became the most expensive charity car, the most expensive new car and the most expensive electric car ever sold at public auction, and the third-most expensive Ferrari of any kind. Finished in Madreperla semi-gloss with Le Mans metallic leather in Perla, it is a four-door — a detail that made the result harder to read, not easier.
The rest of the top ten
| Lot | Price | House |
|---|---|---|
| 1964 Shelby Cobra Daytona Coupe (CSX2300) | $42,905,000 | Gooding Christie’s |
| 2026 Ferrari Luce ‘Tailor Made’ (charity) | $40,000,000 | RM Sotheby’s |
| 1996 McLaren F1 GTR ’10R’ (ex-Nick Mason) | $34,655,000 | RM Sotheby’s |
| 1963 Ferrari 250 P | $18,705,000 | Gooding Christie’s |
| 1963 Chevrolet Corvette Grand Sport | $18,705,000 | RM Sotheby’s |
| 2023 Ferrari Daytona SP3 | $17,825,000 | RM Sotheby’s |
| 1995 Ferrari F50 | $12,105,000 | RM Sotheby’s |
| 1985 Ferrari 288 GTO | $11,555,000 | RM Sotheby’s |
| 2003 Ferrari Enzo | $9,410,000 | RM Sotheby’s |
| 1935 Duesenberg Model JN Convertible Coupe | $9,080,000 | RM Sotheby’s |
Ferrari took seven of RM Sotheby’s top ten lots at Monterey Car Week 2026, worth roughly $107 million between them. The McLaren F1 GTR at number three is chassis 10R, one of two Short-Tail factory prototypes, previously owned by Pink Floyd’s Nick Mason and wearing its factory Blood Red and yellow pop-art livery.
How the auction houses finished at Monterey Car Week 2026
Gooding Christie’s sold 28 cars above $1 million and posted the highest total in its history on the back of CSX2300. RM Sotheby’s ran 199 lots across 13–15 August, with the top ten alone clearing $170 million. Broad Arrow, in its first year as The Quail’s official auction partner, sold 185 vehicles for $136 million across two days. Bonhams, newly relocated to Laguna Seca, took around $12 million at 79% sell-through, led by a 2024 Bugatti Chiron Super Sport at $4.57 million.
Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance 2026: Duesenberg Takes Best of Show
The 75th Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance, held on Sunday 16 August 2026, awarded Best of Show to a 1935 Duesenberg SSJ Special Speedster owned by Harry Yeaggy of Cincinnati, Ohio. One of only two SSJs built, it was originally delivered to Clark Gable; the other went to Gary Cooper.
There is a neat symmetry to the way Monterey Car Week 2026 ended. This is the same car that set the American auction record at $22 million in 2018 — the record broken the previous afternoon by the Shelby Daytona Coupe a few hundred yards away. It lost a record and won the lawn in the same weekend.
The win makes Duesenberg the most successful American marque in the event’s history, with eight Best of Show titles. “I won once before, 19 years ago, but I appreciate it a lot better now,” Yeaggy said. “People don’t realize how hard it is, how special it is, to win this award.”
The three runners-up on the ramp were a 1938 Delahaye 165 Figoni et Falaschi Cabriolet (The Pearl Collection, Baar, Switzerland), a 1955 Ferrari 375 MM Pinin Farina Berlinetta (Heinecke Family Collection, Bangkok) and a 1954 Ferrari 375 America Vignale Cabriolet (RQ Collections, The Woodlands, Texas).
The 75th running drew 218 entries — 185 cars from 30 US states and 33 from 14 other countries — and pushed the concours past $50 million in cumulative charitable giving. Full results are published by the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance.
What Monterey Car Week 2026 Told Us
Four things.
1. The manual is now a luxury good. McLaren, Gordon Murray and Hennessey all launched manual supercars on the same afternoon, all naturally aspirated, all seven figures. None of them is chasing a lap time. We mapped the whole segment in every manual supercar you can actually still buy new in 2026.
2. Scarcity is the business model. 64 cars. 71 cars. 150 cars. 19 cars. One-offs from Bugatti and Ferrari. The volume flagship of the week, the Revuelto SV, is capped at 1,963 — and it was the outlier.
3. The old money is still the big money — but not by as much as it looks. The largest cheque of the week went to a 62-year-old racing car. The second largest went to a battery-powered four-door built this year. Those two results, back to back, are the most interesting datapoint Monterey Car Week 2026 produced.
4. This is a K-shaped market. A 73% jump in total sales on flat volume means the money concentrated at the top rather than spreading out. Average prices rose 64% while sell-through slipped a point. The trophy end of the market is setting records; the middle of the collector market has been softening for two years. Read the record total as a statement about who is bidding, not about how healthy the hobby is. We track that split in our exotic marketplace report.
Monterey Car Week 2026 FAQ
When was Monterey Car Week 2026?
Monterey Car Week 2026 ran from 7 to 16 August 2026 on California’s Monterey Peninsula. Our full Monterey Car Week 2026 schedule lists every event day by day. The Quail, A Motorsports Gathering was held on Friday 14 August, and the 75th Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance closed the week on Sunday 16 August.
What was revealed at Monterey Car Week 2026?
The major reveals were the McLaren McL 6GT, Gordon Murray S1, Hennessey Blackbird, Aston Martin Valen, Lamborghini Revuelto SV, the one-off Bugatti Destrier, the Eccentrica V12 Roadster and the Cadillac V-ONE concept — most of them at The Quail on 14 August. The Acura NEXERA Vision and Bentley Bentayga X appeared on the Pebble Beach Concept Lawn on 16 August.
What was the most expensive car sold at Monterey 2026?
The most expensive car sold at Monterey Car Week 2026 was a 1964 Shelby Cobra Daytona Coupe, chassis CSX2300, which sold at Gooding Christie’s for $42,905,000. It is the most expensive American car ever sold at public auction, beating the 1935 Duesenberg SSJ’s $22 million from 2018.
How much did the Monterey 2026 auctions total?
The Monterey Car Week 2026 auctions totalled $747.9 million, up 73% on 2025’s $432.8 million and well past the previous record of $471.2 million from 2022. 844 of 1,124 lots sold, a 75% sell-through rate, at an average of $866,107 per car.
Who won Best of Show at the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance 2026?
A 1935 Duesenberg SSJ Special Speedster owned by Harry Yeaggy, originally delivered to Clark Gable. It is one of two SSJs built and gave Duesenberg its eighth Best of Show win, more than any other American marque.
How many manual supercars were revealed at Monterey 2026?
Monterey Car Week 2026 produced three, all on 14 August: the McLaren McL 6GT, the Gordon Murray S1 and the Hennessey Blackbird. All three are naturally aspirated, rear-wheel drive and priced in seven figures.
Why did the Ferrari Luce sell for $40 million?
It was Chassis 0, the first production example of Ferrari’s first electric car, donated by Ferrari with all proceeds going to The Ferrari Foundation and the buyer’s premium waived. Charity status, first-chassis status and Ferrari’s first EV combined to take it more than 35 times past its $1.1 million estimate.
What is the Bugatti Destrier?
A one-off from Bugatti’s Programme Solitaire built on the Bolide’s carbon monocoque, using the 8.0-litre quad-turbo W16 to produce 1,578 hp. At roughly 39.4 inches tall it is the lowest Bugatti ever built, and its design theme references medieval armour — a destrier is a warhorse.
Corrections, sources and editor’s note
Correction: an earlier version of this Monterey Car Week 2026 report, published while the auctions were still running, reported the Shelby Cobra Daytona Coupe at approximately $39 million on the basis of a single outlet and noted that the figure was unconfirmed. The confirmed result including fees is $42,905,000. Auction house totals, the Pebble Beach result and the week-long sales figure have all been added since first publication.
Sources: Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance, Hagerty, RM Sotheby’s and manufacturer press materials.
Editor’s note on imagery: the photographs accompanying this article are AI-generated illustrations created to visualise the events described above. They are not photographs taken at Monterey Car Week 2026 and do not depict any specific vehicle, person or lot. For official imagery, see each manufacturer’s and auction house’s press materials.
