| Top Marques Monaco | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Status | Active |
| Genre | Supercar show and luxury fair |
| Frequency | Annually |
| Venue | Grimaldi Forum[1] |
| Location(s) | 10 Avenue Princesse Grace 98000 Monaco[2] |
| Coordinates | 43°44′37″N 7°25′54″E / 43.74361°N 7.43167°E |
| Country | Monaco |
| Years active | 2004–present[2] |
| Inaugurated | April 22, 2004–April 25, 2004 |
| Founder | Lawrie Lewis, Manoj Bairstow, [3] |
| Most recent | May 30, 2019–June 3, 2019 |
| Next event | June 9, 2022–June 12, 2022 |
| Attendance | 35,000 (2014)[4] |
| Patron(s) | Albert II, Prince of Monaco |
| People | web |
| Website | topmarquesmonaco |
Top Marques Monaco is an event that takes place annually at the Grimaldi Forum in the principality of Monaco. It features exhibitions by numerous purveyors of luxury aircraft, automobile, boat, watches, jewellery etc.[2][5] A quarter of the event's ticket sales are donated to Monaco Aide et Présence, a charity established by Monaco's reigning Prince Albert.
2010
Sales during the event totalled US$600 million (446 million euros).[6] The entrance fee was 50 euros.[6]
2011
At the four-day 2011 event, there were 42 automotive manufacturers exhibiting luxury vehicles, 13 manufacturers exhibiting luxury yachts and other boats, and 26 jewelry manufacturers exhibiting watches.[1] Exhibitors included Bugatti, Dartz,[6] Exagon Engineering,[1] Gillet, GTA Motor, Koenigsegg, Noble Automotive, Pagani, and Peraves.[6] Six cars made their European debuts, including the Conquest Knight XV SUV and the Keating ZKR.[6] A hundred cars were on display, of which more than two dozen were available for test drives.[1] The entrance fee was 50 euros.[1] Attendance was 33,000 people from twelve countries.[1]
2013
The four-day 2013 Top Marques Monaco featured six supercar debuts,[7] including ABT Sportsline, Hamann Motorsport, Mansory, and MTM,[5] and exhibitions by over 150 companies.[7] Supercars on display included the GTA Spano, the Gumpert Apollo, the Koenigsegg Hundra, the Mazzanti Evantra,[7] the Noble Automotive M600, the Roding Automobile Roadster, the Savage Rivale, the Soleil Motors Anadi, and the Vencer Sarthe.[5] Other exhibitors included Aston Martin,[5] Bentley,[2] Ferrari,[5] Fisker,[2] Jaguar,[5] Lamborghini, Pagani, Rolls-Royce, Ronn Motor Company,[2] Vintech, and Wiesmann.
2014
Running from 17–20 April,[8] 2014's Top Marques Monaco was attended by Prince Albert of Monaco, Loris Capirossi,[9] and a total of more than 35,000 other attendees.[4] Vehicles premiered included David Brown Automotive's Speedback,[4] Energica Motor Company's Ego 45 motorcycle,[9] NanoFlowcell's Quant e-Sportlimousine, and W Motors's Lykan HyperSport.[8] Other vehicles on display included cars manufactured by Aston Martin, Audi,[10] BMW,[4] Bugatti, Ferrari, Hamann Motorsport,[10] Mazzanti Automobili,[4] Mercedes-Benz, Pagani,[10] Porsche, Tesla Motors,[4] and Zenvo;[10] and the Energica Motor Company's Eco, Forza·G's Icaro and Demonio, and Mando's Footloose e-bicycles.[8] VIP ticket-holders had the opportunity to use a 3D virtual studio to try their hands at designing a supercar.[8] Other exhibitors had jet-propelled hovercraft and powered surfboards on display. The entrance fee was 50 euros.[4]
2015
Automotive exhibitors included BMW, Ferrari, Lamborghini, McLaren,[11] Mercedes, Nimrod Performance, Porsche, Tesla and Zenvo.[12] Larte Design's Tesla Model S[12] and Toroidion's 1MW[13] had their world premieres there, as did the AeroMobil 3.0, a Slovakian-made road-legal vehicle that transforms into a light aircraft.
2016
The theme of Top Marques Monaco 2016 was James Bond; supercars from the film Spectre, as well as an Aston Martin DB5 as seen in Goldfinger, were on display along with props from the franchise.[14]
2017
AeroMobil s.r.o. unveiled the production model of its AeroMobil flying car, announcing that it would begin taking pre-orders for the vehicle before the end of 2017.[15][16] Other exhibitors, including Donkervoort D8 GTO-RS, Vanda Electrics Dendrobium, and Calafiore C10 had their world premieres. The Jean Boulle Luxury Group announced that its patent-pending luxury diamond finish technology had been applied to a classic Pininfarina-styled Bentley, the Bentley Azure exhibited that year. The Boulle Luxury Bentley Azure was unveiled by Albert II, Prince of Monaco on 20 April at the official opening of Top Marques 2017.[17][18][19]
References
- ^ a b c d e f Hortail, Philippe (20 April 2011). "Top Marques Monaco, le salon VIP". L'argus.fr. Retrieved 17 September 2015.
- ^ a b c d e f Campbell, Scott (6 January 2014). "2014 Top Marques Monaco". SENATUS.net. Retrieved 17 September 2015.
- ^ https://www.linkedin.com/in/manoj-bairstow-99389b17a?originalSubdomain=mc [self-published source]
- ^ a b c d e f g Fiala, Jiri (26 April 2014). "Top Marques Monaco 2014: Přehlídka superluxusu". Auto.cz. Retrieved 18 September 2015. (translated from Czech by Google Translate)
- ^ a b c d e f "Top Marques Monaco 2013 show gallery". AutoCar.co.uk. 20 April 2013. Retrieved 18 September 2015.
- ^ a b c d e Hall, Nick (5 May 2011). "The World's Most Exclusive Auto Show — Top Marques Monaco". MotorTrend.com. Retrieved 17 September 2015.
- ^ a b c Domijan, Igor (21 April 2013). "Monaco 2013: Highlights by Igor Domijan". GTspirit.com. Retrieved 17 September 2015.
- ^ a b c d Lathbury, Claire (2 April 2014). "Selling the future". The Monaco Times. Retrieved 18 September 2015.
- ^ a b "Energica Ego 45 a Hit at Top Marques Monaco". Motorcycle-USA.com (Press release). 6 May 2014. Retrieved 17 September 2015.
- ^ a b c d Anderson, Brad (23 April 2014). "Video: The Very Best Supercars From Monaco's Top Marques Weekend". GTspirit.com. Retrieved 18 September 2015.
- ^ Anderson, Brad (19 April 2015). "2015 Top Marques Monaco Day 2 Highlights". CTspirit.com. Retrieved 17 September 2015.
- ^ a b Anderson, Brad (26 April 2015). "Top Marques Monaco 2015 Final Highlights". CTspirit.com. Retrieved 17 September 2015.
- ^ "Finnish electric supercar turns heads in Monaco". YLE Uutiset [YLE News]. 17 April 2015. Retrieved 18 September 2015.
- ^ "James Bond Revient a Top Marques Monaco". Royal Monaco Riviera (in French). 2016-04-03. ISSN 2057-5076. Archived from the original on 2017-09-17. Retrieved 2017-09-17.
- ^ Krivokapic, Milos, and Angela Charlton, "Correction: Monaco-Flying Car story," Associated Press, April 21, 2017, 9:22 AM EDT. Archived April 22, 2017, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Anonymous, "AeroMobil, Unique Limited Edition Flying Car, Launched at Top Marques Show," aeromobil.com, April 20, 2017.
- ^ "Jean Boulle Luxury Group unveils Classic Bentley Azure covered with 2 million gem diamond crystals to demonstrate its proprietary diamond finish". Retrieved 2 May 2017.
- ^ "For First time at the Grimaldi Forum, a Bentley covered completely in diamond paint". 15 April 2017. Retrieved 2 May 2017.
- ^ "Bentley Azure painted with two million diamonds from the Jean Boulle Luxury group". Retrieved 2 May 2017.
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