February 11-14 - The fourth installment of the Miami Concours featured a dramatically reduced entry with a no pressure display event spread throughout Miami’s famous Design District in keeping with Covid guidelines in a socially responsible layout with plenty of space between the cars and spectators. The traditional second weekend of February date, which coincides with the Valentine’s Day and President’s Day holidays, was where ritual ended as the Miami Concours hosted no official social or extracurricular events, no red-carpet lined streets featuring dozens of the world’s most sought after collectible and exotic cars lined up end to end, no international team of judges to pour over the cars and hand out trophies for the best examples.
The Venue.
Miami’s Design District has emerged as one of, if not the, best venues in the country for displaying high end automobiles in a casual, luxurious setting. The world class shopping, art gallery, dining and entertainment quarter lends itself perfectly as a venue for the Miami Concours, the fourth year the event has taken place at the posh venue where proprietor Craig Robins hosts participants and VIP guests as cars were spread throughout from Jungle Plaza, Palm Plaza, through Paseo Ponti, across 41st Street and into Paradise Plaza.
The Event.
In 2020, the outbreak of Covid struck just days after the Miami Concours which saw 20,000 spectators fill the Design District despite early rain showers which usually keeps Miami residents locked in their home. The Design District was a mob scene as shops, galleries, restaurants and bars experienced the largest single day event in their history as 39th, 40th and 41st Streets were covered with the traditional end-to-end red carpeting, a selection of 100 of the world’s finest automobiles and the stunning 1950 Rolls Royce Silver Dawn Drop Head Coupe of Guy Lewis won Best of Show as presented by Chief Judge, Dr. Mark Moskowitz.
The calendar came around a bit too quickly in 2021 for organizers to host those sorts of numbers again and the responsible decision was taken to carry on with the event although with greatly reduced car counts and in an environment as dictated by the new reality public safety protocols.
The Cars.
The 25 cars on display throughout the Design District included but were not limited to the following Hypercars and Supercars presented on their own individual red carpet displays.
Aston Martin DB4 GT
Bugatti Divo
McLaren Senna GTR
Ferrari 365 GTB/4 Daytona
Ferrari Testarossa
Ferrari Enzo
Lamborghini Countach 5000S
Lamborghini Diablo GTR
Lamborghini Diablo 30th Anniversary Jota
Lamborghini Murcielago R-GT
Lamborghini Aventador SV
Lamborghini Urus
Pagani Huayra
Pagani Raduno
Porsche 930 Turbo Cabriolet Flatnose
Porsche 930 Turbo Coupe
Porsche 959 Canepa
To be sure, the 2021 version of the Miami Concours was not what organizers and spectators would have wished after the record-breaking event in 2020. The Design District, participating sponsors and entrants may look forward to being back in 2022 with a full compliment of cars and activities once again presented on the red carpet.
