Opening Day at the Las Vegas Concours d’Elegance 2025

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Opening day of the Las Vegas Concours d’Elegance 2025, the Wynn Golf Club transforms into a veritable automotive art gallery, where today’s proceedings kick off with activations from prominent marques. McLaren takes center stage with the public debut of Project: Endurance, a purpose-built hypercar designed for the rigors of the 2027 FIA World Endurance Championship. This machine, engineered for customer teams chasing motorsport’s Triple Crown, integrates Le Mans-derived aerodynamics and a powertrain calibrated for sustained high-output performance, offering a glimpse into the fusion of racing pedigree and road-legal sophistication.

Pagani’s presence escalates the intrigue, assembling more than 30 of its creations – the largest such collection to date – for a special unveiling attended by founder Horacio Pagani. These include evolutions of the Huayra and Utopia lines, each one a testament to the brand’s philosophy of art as propulsion. Nearby, Lanzante introduces the North American debut of the 95-59, a limited-run tribute to its 1995 Le Mans triumph: a three-seat grand tourer with an 850-horsepower V8, extended range, and a driver-focused cockpit that balances track aggression with everyday usability, of which only 59 exist worldwide.

Bugatti’s contribution honors the Veyron’s 20th anniversary through history’s largest assembly of these icons, accompanied by siblings like the Chiron and Mistral, their quad-turbo W16 engines silent sentinels of hypercar supremacy. Hennessey counters with the Venom F5 Revolution EVO’s first outing, a 2,031-horsepower beast claiming the mantle of the most potent internal-combustion hypercar, flanked by the record-holding Venom GT. Koenigsegg adds the Spear, a track-honed variant exceeding a 1:1 power-to-weight ratio, with family principals Christian and Halldora von Koenigsegg on hand to elaborate on its global homologation.

Lamborghini’s owners convene for a Movember initiative amid displays of Huracan and Aventador variants. Rolls-Royce and Bentley activations provide quieter elegance, with Phantom and Continental GT evolutions emphasizing customization for the connoisseur who values subtlety over spectacle.

For collectors who regard such assemblies as forums for discernment, today presented an unhurried canvas to assess patina against innovation.