“We’re here today to see how to get more, older guys interested in the hobby.” Jay Leno’s opening line at the new Pebble Beach Classic Car Forum, presented by Credit Suisse, was predictably lighthearted… but Leno was making an important point.
“Is a car significant because it is expensive, because it is culturally or socially important, or because it means something to you?”
On this particular morning of the three-day forum in Monterey, the panel had assembled to discuss the tantalising subject of ‘What makes a car significant?’. Inside a white tent billowing in the coastal breeze and sequestering the audience beside an impossibly beautiful seascape framing the moors of Spanish Bay, the discussion was spirited yet focused, savvy yet accessible, and ultimately amusing for both the ‘novice’ and the experienced car guy or gal in attendance.