Another Monterey Car Week is in the books. Thousands of well-dressed, well-heeled collectors and antique car aficionados are on their way home after spending the last week ogling some of the most impeccable two- and four-wheeled machines ever made. From historic classics to futuristic concepts, there was something for every car nut.

For those unable to make it to this year’s festivities, we bring you some of the highlights.

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Best of Show: When the 1931 Bentley 8 Liter Gurney Nutting Sports Tourer debuted, the company guaranteed it would top 100 mph regardless of how its coachwork was configured. KIMBALL STUDIOS

69th Annual Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance

For a collector, an invitation to compete or simply show your car in Pebble Beach is the automotive equivalent of being nominated for an Oscar. This year nearly 200 classic cars roll out onto the 18th fairway at the Pebble Beach Lodge to celebrate the art of the automobile.

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Best in Show, too: Designed to go head-to-head with the Rolls-Royce Phantom II, the first 8 Liter Bentley appeared at the Olympia Motor Show in October 1930 and created a sensation, just as it did at the Concours. ROLEX

This year’s Best of Show honors went to a 1931 Bentley 8 Liter Gurney Nutting Sports Tourer (pictured above) owned by the billionaire Sir Michael Kadoorie of Hong Kong. The vehicle is one of six 8-liter Bentleys competing in the show, and one of only 100 ever built.

The Gurney Nutting in the title refers to the company that manufactured the car’s coachwork—at the time, interiors and bodies were often commissioned separately by the purchaser or the manufacturer. This is head and shoulders above the rest.

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Best Mercedes: Just 26 of these Mercedes-Benz 540K Special Roadsters were ever built. This is one of the last surviving examples. KIMBALL STUDIOS

Other ribbon-worthy competitors at the show include this 1936 Mercedes-Benz 540K cabriolet, with a body built by Berlin coachbuilder Erdmann & Rossi. It took home top honors in the Mercedes-Benz Prewar class. Currently owned by The Keller Collection at the Pyramid, Petaluma, California, it was ordered initially by Barbara Hutton, the wealthy Woolworth heiress and socialite, as a gift for her husband, Count Kurt von Haugwitz-Hardenberg-Reventlow. Unusual fact: She has it it fitted with decorative exhaust pipes on the left side of the car so it would look symmetrical. Just 26 of the 540K Special Roadsters were ever built. Beautiful and rare.

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Italian Stallion: There was more to Ferrari’s success than just Enzo Ferrari. Coachbuilders like Vignale, Pininfarina, and Scaglietti, who created this exceptional piece of art, deserve credit, too. KIMBALL STUDIOS

Famed Ferrari restorer Patrick Ottis and his wife, Carolyn, of Berkeley, California, own the stunning 1955 Ferrari 750 Monza Scaglietti Spyder pictured above. Winner of Ferrari Competition class, it is not just pretty window dressing. This prancing horse was raced by three of America’s most significant racing drivers: Jim Hall, Phil Hill and Carroll Shelby. It has just finished a complete, two-year mechanical and cosmetic restoration and is shown here just as it looked back in the car’s racing heyday.

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Purple Power: This class-winning 1937 Delahaye 145 is fitted with Delahaye’s Type 165 4½-liter, V12 engine. KIMBALL STUDIOS

Famed collectors Merle and Peter Mullin of Los Angeles own the 1937 Delahaye 145 Chapron Coupe, winner of the European classic closed class, pictured above. It was initially built as an open race car driven by René Dreyfus and Louis Chiron in the 1938 and 1939 European racing seasons. In 1947, when its competitive career was at an end, the racing body was replaced with the grand touring coupé-style body seen here.

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Get Around: This class-winning Ford Model T hot rod is credited with starting the T-bucket–style hot-rod craze. PEBBLE BEACH CONCOURS D”ELEGANCE

When you think of the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance, the last thing you think about is hot rods. But this 1931 Ford Model A V8 Roadster is as sweet a car as they come, and was built on a chassis that Norm Grabowski purchased for $100 back in the day.

In 1956 the car was repainted with the flames it wears today and nicknamed the “Kookie Kar” a year later when it starred on the TV show 77 Sunset Strip and was driven by a character named Gerald “Kookie” Kookson III.

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The Italian Job: Leading the pack was this pair of 1968 Lamborghini Miuras. The red SV was one of 150 built in Sant’Agata Bolognese, and the orange P400 Bertone Coupé starred in the Michael Caine film “The Italian Job.” KIMBALL STUDIOS

Tour d’Elegance

While Sunday’s Concours d’Elegance anchors Monterey Car Week, Thursday’s Tour d’Elegance kicked the festivities into high gear. It began 22 years ago as a way for organizers to prove that the competition at Pebble Beach didn’t just consist of pristine trailer queens that never touched the pavement. Over 175 historic automobiles and Pebble Beach competitors took part in the drive.

The scenic trip around the Monterey Peninsula starts and ends at the Pebble Beach Equestrian Center, winding up the hills toward Tehama Golf Club, down to Carmel Valley Road and then straight south to Big Sur and back again.

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Picture Perfect: Driven by owner Mark Hayman, this Talbot-Lago T23 won first in class, European Classic Closed, on Sunday at the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance. It was once owned by renowned photographer Jacques-Henri Lartigue. KIMBALL STUDIOS

The 4-liter, 6-cylinder engined Talbot-Lago T23, pictured above, is owned by Mark Hyman of Saint Louis, Missouri. It was offered with three factory body styles, but several, including this four-passenger teardrop-shaped Faux Cabriolet crafted by Figoni & Falaschi. It features a steel sunroof, skirted rear fender spats and distinctive chrome trim. On Sunday, it captured a best in class award.

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Happy Birthday: A field of the most beautiful prewar Bentleys gathered to celebrate the British marque’s centennial. ROLEX

THE QUAIL

The other big show of the weekend, “The Quail: A Motorsports Gathering,” on Friday at the Quail Lodge in Carmel-by-the-Sea saw some of the most expensive, exclusive iron and steel of the weekend. Whereas Pebble Beach doesn’t allow modern cars to participate, the Quail has everything from the latest concepts to legendary sports cars.

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Look into the future: Bentley says that this is a glimpse of how its GT cars may look in 2035. ERIC ADAMS

Bentley celebrated its 100th anniversary at the lodge with a display of more than 30 prewar Bentleys, as well as by unveiling the EXP 100 GT Concept. It sports massive doors that open upward to reveal an interior with sliding seats upholstered in sustainable materials. Powered by four electric motors, the GT can reach a speed of 96 km/h in less than 2.5 seconds.

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Baby got back: Lotus will build just 130 examples of the Evija. The final price isn’t available, but the company targets a figure from $1.8 million to $2.5 million. ROLEX

The Lotus Evija also made its debut at the Quail. The battery-powered supercar is powered by four electric motors that develop an astounding 1,973 horsepower (1,471 kilowatts). The company claims the car will reach 62 miles per hour (100 kilometers per hour) in less than three seconds. The top speed will be above 200 miles per hour (322 kilometers per hour). The estimated range for this setup is 250 miles (402 kilometers). Production doesn’t begin until 2020.

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Speed Racer: Driver Jamie Cleary qualifies for Group 1A, Pre-1940 Sports Racing and Touring Cars/1927-1951 Racing Cars in his in his 1932 Studebaker Indy. ROLEX

Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion

For those who prefer to see their cars in motion, there’s also the annual Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion at the Laguna Seca Raceway. For four days, some of the world’s oldest, fastest and most expensive cars competing on the legendary circuit, some driven by their owners, others by legends of motorsports like Derek Bell and Stirling Moss. Fans can get an up-close-and-personal look at many of those vehicles — while chatting with the owners and drivers — in between races.

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The Champ: Once again, the 2019 Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance Best in Show, a 1931 Bentley 8 Liter Gurney Nutting Sports Tourer. KIMBALL STUDIOS/WWW.KIMBALLSTOCK.COM