Charlie Grey was simply 26 when he bought his automotive coronary heart damaged. Although nonetheless younger, Grey had a flawless fame, the proper connections—his father had owned a high-end automobile dealership in Beverly Hills for almost 20 years—and the cash, $200,000 of which he’d already plunked down as a deposit. However Porsche was making exactly 918 of their new million-dollar, mid-engine 918 Spyder, and Grey was quantity 919 on the record. Porsche was immediate in returning his deposit, however for an aspiring predator within the supercar jungle, a six-figure refund is not any comfort.
“It was actually upsetting,” Grey stated, as he sat within the Lodge at Pebble Seashore awaiting the Concours d’Magnificence, the premier occasion of Monterey Automobile Week. “An actual bummed-out second.” Grey, now 36, has one hand tucked contained in the chest-baring jacket of his pleated, inexperienced Issey Miyake go well with; the opposite is holding a complimentary glass of Billecart-Salmon Rosé he hopes will thrust back his hangover. “I do know, I do know,” he says. “‘Poor little wealthy boy. You may’t have the Porsche you need.’”
