There are a few other events earlier in the Monterey car week, but for us it’s Gordon McCall’s Motorworks Revival that really gets things started. This year marks the 20th anniversary of the event at the Monterey Jet Center, and it was celebrated with plenty of amazing cars, planes, and fine food and drink.

This year also brought a host of debuts from various sports car manufacturers. Lotus debuted the Evora GTE Road Car Concept, Lamborghini showed off the Aventador this side of the Atlantic for the first time, Hennessey showed off the first Venom GT destined for a domestic customer and Aston Martin brought the V12 Zagato, freshly washed and waxed after its campaign at the Nürburgring.

The Monterey car week is more about classics, however, and there was plenty of vintage iron on display as well. Attendees enjoyed everything from a gorgeous Jaguar D-Type to a Trans-Am Camaro race car. You can see those and more in the high-res gallery above.

McCall’s Motorworks Revival celebrates 20th anniversary originally appeared on Autoblog on Thu, 18 Aug 2011 16:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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The annual Monterey classic and exotic car festivities may culminate in the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance on Sunday, but there are literally dozens of events during the week to keep everyone happy. Check out our official Autoblog Monterey Calendar if you doubt us. Our favorite way to kick off the week is always Wednesday night’s McCall’s Motorworks Revival at The Monterey Jet Center. The Jet Center Party, as it’s more informally known, brings together some of the most significant cars from all of the other events, along with many of the celebs and VIPs, lots of fabulous food and beverages, and an awesome assortment of classic warplanes and new jets for sale. It might sound like an odd mix, but it makes for a perfect start to our week in Monterey every year.

While the Lotus booth was truly a worthy centerpiece this year, with its all-new, million-dollar Lotus Exos T125 single-seat racer, Lotus Evora Cup GT4 car, Takuma Sato’s Indy Racing League Lotus Dallara and a production Lotus Evora, there was plenty more to see as usual. Bonham’s brought over several of their top offerings; a few race cars made it over from the track, some vintage Jaguars snuck over from Quail, and Bentley, Jaguar, Audi, Porsche; and several other manufacturers had their usual grand displays. There were even a few oddball, one-off and fledgling builders on hand, like the Singer 911 and Morgan.

Highlights included the Jaguar XJ13 and XK-SS, Audi Sport Quattro and R10, Lola T220, the bare metal Aston Martin DB4 GT Zagato, Maserati A6GCS, Porsche 550 and 917 Spyders and that super rare drag pack Shelby GT350 Mustang. Heck, we even got to hang out with Takuma Sato who said he’s really enjoying his rookie season in IndyCars and that ovals are a real test of your concentration. He also said he loves the way the Lotus Evora Cup GT4 car feels. Real nice guy.

Click below to check out our gallery of photos from Wednesday night’s Jet Center Party.

Photos copyright (C)2010 Drew Phillips / AOL

Monterey 2010: McCall’s Motorworks Revival kicks things off originally appeared on Autoblog on Thu, 12 Aug 2010 11:53:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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