Miami's second-ever Motorcar Cavalcade Concours d'Elegance took place on Sunday, 15 January 2023, and CarBuzz was on the ground to enjoy all the eye candy. We bumped shoulders with Wyclef Jean, Kat DeLorean, Alonzo Mourning, and John Hennessey.
It's fair to say Hennessey stole the show, which took some doing, considering all the unobtanium on display. Hennessey chose the Cavalcade to showcase the new Venom F5 Revolution, its new 1,817-horsepower lightweight track toy. It costs $2.7 million, which is small change for a prestigious event like this.
Still, the Revolution packs a mighty punch in the flesh. The images don't do it justice. Luckily, the Revolution was parked right next to a standard Venom F5 for a proper side-by-side comparison. Later this year, the F5 is going for the 300 mph record.
As mentioned in our preview, there were various awards up for grabs, but only two that really mattered. The Best of Show winners were split into two categories: Modern and Classic.
The Modern title was claimed by a 2021 Mercedes-AMG GT Black Series, while the Classic award went to a 1928 Auburn 8-115 Speedster.
AMG's GT Black Series went out of production after 1,700 units. It was the most hardcore AMG GT available, apart from the track-only Mercedes-AMG GT3 Edition 55. How could a mundane car like an AMG GT win, especially when you consider all the other cars in attendance? We're talking a Mclaren Senna and a Speedtail, several Bugattis, a Ferrari SF90 Spider, and possibly the rarest of them all, the Lamborghini Sian. Lamborghini will soon show its new V12 hybrid supercar, but the Sian was the first. Perhaps the Black Series owner simply had a better detailer than other supercar owners in attendance.
Unless you're a proper old-school car nerd, you likely don't know much about the other winner and the company that created it, Auburn. Between 1900 and 1937, it was right up there with Duesenberg as a manufacturer of high-end vehicles for wealthy bankers. Then Wall Street threw a hissy fit in 1929, and there wasn't demand anymore. It filed for bankruptcy in 1940 and joined forces with the Central Manufacturing Company to form Auburn Central Manufacturing (ACM).
ACM would go on to build three-quarters of the Willys and Ford Jeeps used during WW II. So the massive hunk of metal you see below is a distant cousin of the Jeep Wrangler.
We shared the fairways of the JW Marriott Turnberry Resort's golf course with at least 2,000 other people, and the interest will likely only grow from there. There were far too many cars to mention, but you can enjoy everything in the gallery below.