I had a look at the mag again last night for you. It was actually spotted at Pebble Beach,
but had Colorado plates. Unfortunately the angle of the picture and the fact that it's little more than a thumbnail in the mag means reg identity is impossible
- It is silver in colour if that helps any?
Just checked on Exotic Car Spotter. I think it's probably this one:
http://exoticspotter.com/list.php?p...0054_107551.JPG&model=51&make=24&location=all
Which looks to have a Colorado plate (can't quite make it out) and would seem to be Ralph Lauren's - does he have a Colorado residence? Aspen?
Exotic Car Spotters Macca page apears to have a few spottings of Ralph's car around the Monteray area, there's also a silver F1 spotted near another concours event in Connecticut the driver of which looks like Ralph Lauren also. It seems either the guy has a few (aparantly he has 3!), or puts some fair mileage on this one.
*edit* Digging deeper...
"Ralph Lauren's own Double RL ranch is here in Ridgway" - a good place to start looking?
The vehicle in that ExoticSpotter photo, unbelievably,
does have a Colorado license plate. And yes, Ralph Lauren has a ranch in Colorado - it's on the Ouray County/San Miguel County line in southwestern Colorado:
I took that picture a month and a half ago on State Highway 62. The fence is the dividing line between public land and Ralph Lauren's property. Only weeks later did I find out I was taking a photo of Ralph Lauren's property and obviously only today did I find out there was a McLaren F1 registered there. In the photo, the vehicle is actually running dealer plates numbered 480-EYE, I believe (which is a number consistent with a dealer plate). Those plates could be registered to any car dealer, though there are few in that area (and no high-end dealers), so I have no idea on this one. Usually the plates are registered to dealers but dealer employees drive them because they can avoid paying registration taxes by having the "dealer" be the official owner. I'd think Ralph Lauren would be wealthy enough to afford not to do that!
I'd kill to see the vehicle and I bet spending a lot of time in the Ridgway/Telluride area would eventually yield a sighting of the vehicle. However it's a four hour drive from Denver, and I wouldn't be surprised if Ralph has never driven the vehicle up here.
Here's an interesting coincidence: the week that vehicle was spotted in Carmel, a Veyron was spotted (not by me) in Denver, and I spotted four Phantoms, two Murcielagos (including the Roadster that landed me in CAR), and a Maybach. Other interesting coincidence: that was exactly a year ago this week!
chaser_fan
You're absolutely correct. I've never seen a Carrera GT and I've never seen an SLR. I know for a fact that both of those cars are here somewhere, but I'm just unfortunate not to see them.
Oh you will - you know it.
Whichever of us gets a Veyron first buys the other a steak dinner!
*McLaren*
Yellow is like the 2nd most popular color for a Ferrari, and I haven't seen one in months, not even at dealerships.
The only "tan" Ferrari I can recall is the 456 I saw with chromed wheels ( ). There was a red 575M with chromed rims too.
Indeed - it was a
456 that takes the only tan Ferrari sighting I've had. That was the worst of them too - not only did it completely destroy my image of the 456 (a vehicle I had once labelled the "best-looking Ferrari of all time"), not a single person noticed it was a) a Ferrari or b) ridiculously expensive (which it was, when new).
Which reminds me. Do cars parked OUTSIDE auto shows count?
Yes - and though harry said he counts them inside shows too, I personally don't - if you did that, it'd be a lot easier. Plus, if you did that, I would've already seen a Veyron! In my view, the ONLY cars that count are in public or private, just so long as they're not on display or being serviced. I would even count a sighting in a car dealer's parking lot, with my sole stipulation being that the vehicle had private plates. But if it's on display or being serviced, then no way.
harrytuttle
You're not looking back far enough: Citroen DS, over 50 years ago.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citroën_DS
There were some US-made cars, too. Some had push-button selection:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teletouch
I swear I'm right - I'm not sure why you think the DS was manu-matic (the article doesn't state that) but Teletouch is more of a push-button gear selector that anything else. Neither are automatic transmissions with a manual shifter, which is what Tiptronic is. Really - the 968 was the first! (and the 911 which debuted the feature that year also)
Stat of the night: 25% of naturally-aspirated 911s are ordered with Tiptronic. That number rises to 33% for Turbos.
The Prowler is one of the few cars that just looks awful in silver (a color any other car can be safe in). The louder the color, the better the Prowler looks.
Yeah - totally agree. I'm not sure the theory behind ordering one in silver - though the vehicle did have Rotary Club plates so maybe the old guy driving it couldn't see himself in a red, yellow, or purple car.
chaser_fan
Here are the Ferraris I've seen since taking my camera around HK. Out of the 28 photographed yellow is a long way behind red. I thought there were loads more than that...
Between your Ferrari sightings and mine, we've got 34 in red - more than every other color combined. In fact the next most popular is yellow I believe - seven sightings - or about one fifth of red's total. The lesson: buy a new Ferrari in red. By a used one in something other than red.
I'm surprised you got a white one, though not surprised it's a 456. That vehicle shouldn't have been a Ferrari - it'd have been a
gorgeous Mercedes.
Speaking of colors,
TODAY was black day. No personal speculation as to why. If I see another DB9, I'll throw up.
August 22, 2006 - Denver, Colo.
A close-up of the DB9 coupe:
August 22, 2006 - Denver, Colo.
Upon seeing the vehicle, I sent the following text to one of my car-spotting colleagues here in Denver:
in front of ocean- either a DB9, or a vanquish, or a V8 vantage, or a new XK- no one is sure. Being a huge Callum fan, he came right back with
Everyone is sure it's good looking. Touche. Milestone: tonight I took my camera's 8000th photograph!! (the CLS55)
). There was a red 575M with chromed rims too.
But if you see something on the ultra-rare list (classics, 959, McLaren F1, XJ220, Skyline GT-R in the US, etc.) then I'm all for it, no matter where it's found. Breaking & entering private garages not officially encouraged. 
