A hand-built Bugatti. A pre-war Rolls-Royce with sweeping, sculpted lines. A Delahaye. A Mercedes-Benz from the 1920s and 1930s, restored to exacting standards — like a touch of old Hollywood grandeur in Sunset Boulevard, with Gloria Swanson being driven in a stately Isotta Fraschini.
And just steps away, a modern hypercar worth several million dollars, shaped more like a spacecraft than a traditional automobile.
For one weekend each year, Scripps Park becomes something closer to a living archive than a car show. The La Jolla Concours d’Elegance returns for its 20th year this April 24, bringing together a century of automotive history — from early European craftsmanship to contemporary engineering — set against the Pacific.
Early days
What began 20 years ago as a local effort to draw visitors to La Jolla during the slower off-season has grown into one of the country’s most respected concours events…