Historic Acuras, Future BMWs Heading To Monterey

by Mark Stevenson

Published: July 18th, 2015

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Acura and BMW are heading to Monterey Automotive Week with vehicular examples old and new.

Both automakers will show vehicles at several events during the week, including The Quail, A Motorsports Gathering, Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion, Gordan McCall’s Motorworks Revival, and Carmel-By-The-Sea.

BMW will reveal two world premieres at its annual press conference at the BMW Villa in Pebble Beach. The unnamed vehicles will be shown to the public later at The Quail, A Motorsport Gathering, Legends of the Autobahn Concours d’Elegance, Rolex Monterey Motorsport Reunion and Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance.

Acura will have a much more involved presence at this year’s events as the premier automotive sponsor for The Quail, A Motorsports Gathering. At The Quail, Acura will showcase the new NSX along with examples of the first-generation supercar.

The Comptech Racing Spice Acura GTP Lights race car, pictured at top, will make its inaugural run at the Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion. Also at the event, Gil de Ferran’s 2009 Acura LMP1 race car and the new NSX will also be on display.

HondaJet will sponsor Gordon McCall’s Motorworks Revival, featuring the new NSX and a replica of the 2015 McLaren-Honda MP4-30 Formula 1 car.

At Carmel-By-The Sea Concours on the Avenue, Acura will be the event’s exclusive sponsor, showcasing — surprise, surprise — first- and current-generation NSXs.

The events start August 10 and run to August 16.

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Fred on Jul 18, 2015

Historic Acuras makes me feel old.

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- Corey Lewis on Jul 20, 2015
  
  Days of simple lines and upright formality, gone away. http://assets.blog.hemmings.com/wp-content/uploads//2011/05/87_legend_coupe-small.jpg
  
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Sitting@home on Jul 18, 2015

"Acura will showcase the new NSX along with examples of the first-generation supercar." Which are bookends on an otherwise empty display case, as Acura have had little worth even a casual glance since long before the demise of the 1st gen NSX.

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- Mkeenly on Jul 18, 2015
  
  "Historic Acura" sounds like an oxymoron. And I try not to yawn when I see one of the newer Acuras. They haven't been worth a second glace.
  
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- Corey Lewis on Jul 20, 2015
  
  @mkeenly Funny to think that the oldest Legends are now 29 years old.
  
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