A Florida Grudge Match Splits the World’s Richest Car Collectors
The beef between Rob Myers of RM Sotheby’s and Hagerty, the new owners of the Amelia Island classic car concours, is coming to a head—and the world’s wealthiest auto aficionados are caught in the middle.
A worker wipes a 1932 Bugatti Automobiles SAS Type 55 Roadster vehicle on display during the 2017 Amelia Island Concours d'Elegance in Amelia Island, Florida.
Photographer: Mark Elias/Bloomberg
John Temerian started prepping his 2000 Lamborghini Diablo GT three months ago. The 38-year-old chief executive officer and co-founder of Curated, a company that sources European vehicles from the 1980s and ’90s, ordered new headlights, replaced a wheel and hired a detailer to clean the rare collectible with the compulsion of a forensic pathologist.
He’ll soon bring it to ModaMiami, a new car show at the Biltmore Hotel in Coral Gables, Florida, which will have a special “Raging Bulls” category for Lamborghinis like his. “I am really making sure that I don’t look stupid in the class,” he says.