Monterey Car Week 2026 is set to be a major event for automotive enthusiasts, bringing together high-end auctions, concours, and race events in northern California. The wealthy seaside town of Monterey and the nearby Laguna Seca circuit will once again serve as a global epicenter for the industry’s most exclusive manufacturers to unveil their latest wares to high net worth customers. This year’s lineup includes a mix of new hypercars, restomods, and concepts from established brands and boutique manufacturers.
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The man behind the McLaren F1 continues to expand his Special Vehicles sub-brand for those finding the 100 examples each of the T.50 and T.33 simply too common. Set to be unveiled on 14 August, details on this new model are scarce for now, but the teaser image makes it pretty clear what to expect: this is something closely inspired by the McLaren F1 in its original and purest form. It follows on from last year’s S1 LM, closely inspired by the more hardcore LM version of the original F1. Expect it to once again be based around the basic architecture of the T.50, and feature a version of the same high-revving Cosworth V12. A central driving position and manual gearbox are also pretty much dead certs here.
If you for some reason find that the 1,001bhp, 217mph Lamborghini Revuelto just isn’t fast enough, Lamborghini is cooking up a harder, faster Super Veloce version, as it typically does for its big flagship V12 supercars. We don’t have many solid details yet, but expect the usual SV treatment: more power, less weight and, as confirmed by these prototype shots, more aggressive aero. The car’s already been out and set a production car lap record around a German racetrack, but not the one you’re thinking of – it’s the fastest thing with number plates around Hockenheim.
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Unveiled in the runup to the show, the Blackbird is the latest hypercar from the power-obsessed Texans at Hennessey, but – gasp! – there’s a twist, because this Hennessey isn’t chasing four-figure power outputs or speed records. That means that while Hennessey’s current hypercar, the Venom F5, is available with up to 2,031bhp, the Blackbird makes do with ‘only’ 850bhp from a naturally aspirated 6.2-litre V8. How will it even get out of its own way? Instead, the Blackbird is chasing a driving experience described as ‘analogue’, the new favourite word of companies building low-volume hypercars as they attempt to offer an alternative to the modern era of tech-obsessed supercars. That means it gets rear-wheel drive, a six-speed open-gated manual gearbox, and an interior with precisely zero screens. And that name? It’s a nod to the SR-71 Blackbird spy plane, which is also the inspiration behind those deployable tailfins at the rear.
What, you really thought we were going to get through a Car Week without a restomod of some sort? Come on now, don’t be silly. As the name suggests, this is a convertible version of the Eccentrica V12, a restomod of the Lamborghini Diablo. Using an original Diablo Roadster as its base, it gets the usual restomod treatment: modernised carbon bodywork, a carbon-reinforced chassis, an overhauled interior and a fettled version of the original 5.7-litre V12, now delivering 542bhp through a six-speed manual. Eccentrica says the aerodynamics have also been tweaked to minimise top-down buffeting.
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The latest entry in Bugatti’s Solitaire one-off series, the Destrier, named after the most respected type of horse used by medieval knights, is effectively a Bolide track car that’s been rebodied in a way that’s designed to emphasise its raw, sculptural form. That means that while it gets the same mighty 8.0-litre, 1,578bhp quad-turbo W16 as the Bolide, all the aggressive aero has been done away with in favour of an ultra-slippery streamliner body. It’s also stunningly low, with the roofline sitting just a metre off the ground.
