The Wheels of Pebble Beach

While the people of Seattle have their breaths caught and vocal cords reprogrammed by the frankly obnoxious air the richest 1 percenters flock to California for the opening of the Pebble Beach 'Who's Stick is bigger' Car showoff. That is not to say the citizens of Seattle are affected by the cars at the ridiculously expensive golf club, but you get the idea.

The Pebble Beach 'Stick' competition has always been a glamorous event, not only because its champagne costs more than most houses but some of the best of the best cars get unveiled there. And this year is no different. While more companies join into the fray, glimpse at the highlights till today

1. Lamborghini Aventador SVJ

Possibly the most anticipated car at this Concours' D'elegance event, the Lambo SVJ bullied its way to top of the Nurburgring production car lap record by beating its fellow sister company's Porsche 911. It has a small bump in horsepower over its SV cousin and has enough carbon-fibre added to make it compete with a Batmobile for the sheer monstrosity. An Aventador has always been a head-turner and this special edition will probably crack the necks of relatively poorer passers-by. Only 63 will be made, and costing the better part of 350000 pounds its not cheap. But people who'll buy this lithe road-legal Batmobile probably have Bruce Wayne levels of money an would probably not care. 

2. Bugatti Divo

Volkswagen is really having a jam at this event, isn't it? While obviously a standard Golf or a Passat wouldn't make the cut at this event, VW is using its other brands to signal that they are still in the game, no matter the cost of 'Dieselgate'. The Bugatti Divo is not a successor to the Chiron, but merely a special edition, and we reckon it looks better. With a snarling front fascia and, elegantly flowing side skirts, it is a sucker punch to anyone who bought their recent Chiron Sport, cuz obviously the Divo is lighter, faster, and better. The back end looks much better than a Chiron but we would very much likey if the engineers at Molsheim had made it more aggressive. It looks like a massive honeycomb with taillights, an improvement, but not much over the standard Chiron. However, we do love the new rear wing design and the shameless French flag at the side of this still heavy hypercar. If you want a car to show that France won the World Cup or display your significant wealth, this is it. Only 40 will be made and each should cost around 5 million USD. Aaaand they're Sold Out!

3. Audi PB18 E-Tron

A hypercar for the future, the PB-18 E-Tron concept is the car which left us very stumped at this event. The teaser images were promising, very promising to be exact, but on learning that it was a sporting brake kinda killed the enthusiasm. It still is very good-looking, like a lower, faster, more aggressive and silent Hyundai Veloster (which is another stunning car) but a shooting brake was not on our minds. However, it has more screens than any traditional Audi vehicle and its party trick is the fact that the driver's seat can slide around. So if you are dropping your kid to school on the way to the Nurburgring, you could easily change from left hand driving to a central driving position ala' McLaren's upcoming Speedtail. We still think a supercar like a body would really bring out the 'hyperness' of this hypercar despite the fact that it has a proper racy spoiler at its rear end. Still, it is a shooting brake I would buy considering it rockets from 0-60 in a claimed face-ripping, stomach roiling 2 seconds. And it's a car you drive and not leave to some German version of Jarvis. And did I mention its looks? The front fascia looks like it can cut, yes cut, through diamond. It brings a different meaning of 'Looking sharp today, boss.'

4. Rimac C-Two

Finally a non-Volkswagen owned company. But wait! Porsche cut its teeth into this Croatian pie, and Porsche is owned by...you guessed it Volkswagen. The Germans have their hands in everything, don't they? Not that we begrudge them. They make fine wheels. And the Rimac is no slouch. 

Released, or officially unveiled to the world at the Geneva Motor Show earlier this year, the Rimac is another hypercar for the future. Which is not too bad. A 0-60 time of 1.85 seconds is video game levels of acceleration, and the fact that interior is so liberally leathered makes it a comfy GT provided its 400-mile range is not just 4 with extra zeros. A cool car from a cool company with baby blue vibes. What's not to love?

5. BMW Z4

BMW really love this golf club. This time last year, they had unveiled their Z4 concept, and now finally after years of intense praying to the German gods of car engineering, they have finally given us this Brutus wearing german clothes. From the back, it is a little (very little) anticlimactic but the front fascia is spectacular. It makes a Mazda Miata look like a cheap discount toy from Walmart. And being a BMW it is naturally very techy. The model here is the M version, so maybe the more consumer editions are less how you say ..bossy. But right now we can't help but say "Et Tu Brute'? "