This year’s Yorkville Exotic Car Show was twice the size of previous shows, with the red carpet extending from Avenue to Yonge street.
I have a lot to cover so I will get right to it with my show favourites. I have seen TVRs in the past but I think this was the first time for the Sagaris and it was STUNNING! Also a lot smaller than I was expecting. The grey car in the foreground almost looks like an SUV in comparison…
…but it is actually a Nissan GTR!
The Sagaris looks like it could fit inside Godzilla
Notwithstanding the size, look at the amazing details on this car
And that incredible rear spoiler
vs. the GTR
and me for further size comparison
Another small car with freaky spoiler that I loved, the Maserati Shamal
the latest offering from McLaren
Back to my picks for most beautiful cars of the show, the Wiesmann MF4
Believe it or not, I have seen a BMW Z1 on the road back in the day. I think he was driving with the doors down as well lol
The M8 competition would certainly blow the Z1’s doors off
I saw the Rimac Nevera at the Toronto Autoshow, in fact I met Mate Rimac and his spokesperson, Richard Hammond! It was nice to see it again, this time in black.
Koenigsegg Agera
Pininfarina Battista
Bugatti Chiron
vs. the Veyron
Not all of my show favourites were small lol. Take for example the Gwagen 4×4
It makes the Defender look tiny
No Ruf this year but they did have a 1978 930 Turbo Slantnose
look at those old school BBS wheels!
and 40 years apart, a 2019 911 Turbo
977 C2S “Daffy Ducktail”
928 S4! I almost bought one of these back in the day
More Porsche
The Aston Martin corral
DBS showing off its engine
DB11 AMR Signature Halo Edition
Vantage V12 S roadster
DBX
And my favourite Aston Martin at the show
I did not stay for the unveiling of this one though
Aston Martin sponsored this area
Sticking with British cars, Lotus Exige
More Lotuses (Loti?)
Including the Eletre
The new Emira
and old Esprit
Evora
Bentley Continental GT Speed
Another Conti
Rolls Royce Wraith
Moving on to Italians, my favourite Lambo of the show, Murcielago
New Countach
Gallardo
Love the steering wheel on this racer
Ferrari 328
No Ferrari hypercars this year like the F40, F50, Enzo, LaFerrari etc. but still plenty of Prancing Horses to see
For those interested in electric cars that are cheaper than the Rimac and Pinninfarina, how about a Lucid
or Polestar
Tesla Model X Plaid
I’m not ready to give up on big gas engines 😊
Lots of old school at the show
Cool display!
That’s it for my coverage of cars but I am not quite done for the day.
The show’s location on Toronto’s premier shopping street provides ample opportunity to peruse luxury goods such as high end apparel, jewellery, and watches. And you better believe I will take advantage lol.
Royal De Versailles has split their store into two, a dedicated Rolex boutique and a separate showroom for all their other brands. This new setup allows for a much larger selection to be on display.
Indeed, in addition to the 5 Daytonas in the window, they had at least 4-5 more on display inside!
Lots of GMTs and Submariners too including a Deepsea (inside)
What Rolex shortage? (these are just the window displays!)
The window displays for the second storefront, including JLC
Omega
Breguet
Hublot (they had TONS of Hublot inside)
Blancpain (sadly they sold one of my grail watches, the 500 Fathoms, that they had last time I visited)
Vacheron Constantin
Inside they also had lots of Franck Muller, Chopard, IWC etc.
I was super happy to see an Omega Ultradeep though they didn’t have it in Titanium. It was much SMALLER than I thought it would be! Seriously, the way people describe it online, I was expecting a frisbee on my wrist. This is totally wearable.
Both of these watches can go down to the Marianna’s Trench!
Now on to our newest watch store L’Oro for IWC, Panerai, Roger Dubuis, Grand Seiko etc.
It has been a while since I looked at a Doppelchrono. It was smaller than I remembered.
BTW the white ceramic you can see in the background looks stunning in person!
Incredible dial on this AMG G63 edition Big Pilot
This Roger Dubuis would match that bright yellow Lambo I showed earlier
Roger Dubuis uses the tires from F1 winning cars as strap material!
Ok last but not least, my food choice for the day. Someone always asks about and I have a treat for you today, the first Shake Shack in Canada!
Given the time I spent in line, I figured it would be good to try a few things such as the Shake Stack burger and High Heat Hotdog, with cheese fries of course.
Now off to dream about the Sagaris and Ultradeep.
RL
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