Show Notes
We're still working our way through the many, many announcements from Monterey Car Week. Some were good, some were bad, and handful were downright meh, so we've picked out the cars that caught our for all the right and wrong reasons.
On top of that, this week's buying challenge comes from a PHer looking to replace their Maserati GranSport with a slightly less temperamental sports car for £60,000.
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Chapters: 0:00 Intro 8:41 Monterey Car Week highlights! 10:40 Porsche 911 Flachbau RS 15:23 Louis Vuitton Singer 911 18:15 Lamborghini Revuelto Super Veloce 22:24 Koenigsegg CCGT1 29:15 Aston Martin Valen 33:45 £60k sports car challenge 50:37 Land Rover Defender Dakar 54:28 McLaren MCL 6GT 57:01 GMA S1
TOPICS: Porsche 911 Flachbau RS: https://www.pistonheads.com/news/ph-germancars/porsche-flachbau-rs-resurrects-slantnose-911/51566 Louis Vuitton Singer 911: https://www.pistonheads.com/news/ph-germancars/new-singer-collab-typifies-art-of-travel/51547 Lamborghini Revuelto Super Veloce: https://www.pistonheads.com/news/ph-eurocars/1065hp-revuelto-super-veloce-breaks-cover/51563 Koenigsegg CCGT1: https://www.pistonheads.com/news/ph-eurocars/koenigsegg-ccgt1-celebrates-gt1-moonshot/51554 Aston Martin Valen: https://www.pistonheads.com/news/ph-britishcars/aston-martin-valen-is-provocative-850hp-supercar/51558 Land Rover Defender Dakar: https://www.pistonheads.com/news/ph-britishcars/road-legal-defender-dakar-is-635hp-pinnacle/51561 McLaren MCL 6GT: https://www.pistonheads.com/news/ph-britishcars/new-mclaren-mcl-6gt-gets-first-manual-since-f1/51556 GMA S1: https://www.pistonheads.com/news/ph-britishcars/gordon-murray-goes-back-to-future-with-new-s1/51555
£60k sports car challenge: https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&f=255&t=2148411
CARS: Sam’s Aston Martin V8 Vantage: https://www.pistonheads.com/buy/listing/20782041 Cam’s Porsche Boxster (987) Spyder: https://www.pistonheads.com/buy/listing/20492537
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