{"id":53774,"date":"2026-09-03T17:55:06","date_gmt":"2026-09-03T15:55:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.italpassion.fr\/?p=53774"},"modified":"2026-09-01T17:20:05","modified_gmt":"2026-09-01T15:20:05","slug":"as-a-child-he-couldnt-afford-to-go-to-the-worlds-biggest-auto-show-30-years-later-hes-going-there-with-14-lamborghinis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.italpassion.fr\/en\/lamborghini\/enfant-il-navait-pas-les-moyens-daller-au-plus-grand-concours-automobile-du-monde-30-ans-plus-tard-il-y-va-avec-14-lamborghini\/","title":{"rendered":"As a child, he couldn't afford to go to the world's biggest auto show; 30 years later, he's going there with 14 Lamborghinis"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Thirty years ago, Pebble Beach was nothing more than a distant, almost unattainable name to John Temerian. Back then, the man who would become the co-founder of Curated spent his days in his father\u2019s workshop, sweeping the floor, preparing car bodies for painting, and watching cars being restored. Every summer, the same promise came up: this year, they would go to Pebble Beach. But the trip was expensive, and the family lived modestly. They never made the trip.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Three decades later, the story took a rather dramatic turn. For Monterey Car Week 2026, Temerian didn\u2019t just come to attend America\u2019s most prestigious automotive event. He showed up with Curated and a veritable armada of Lamborghini<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

From a family workshop to 14 cars for Monterey<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The scene could almost serve as a summary of his journey. Before the start, the transporters are loaded with Lamborghinis: Diablo SV<\/a>, Countach LP400 S<\/a>, Miura<\/a> and other rarities. Temerian estimated the convoy at \u00ababout 14 cars.\u00bb A few hours later, the trucks began unloading them at the Pebble Beach Equestrian Center.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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And that's just the beginning. Curated is also setting up its Villa Curated on the famous 17-Mile Drive and organizing a rally dedicated to the Diablo. For The Quail, the company is even bringing together around 18 Lamborghini Diablos, including cars from former customers and a few from its own inventory. It\u2019s a scene hard to imagine when Temerian recalls his first time participating in the event, back in 2019: just one car, limited resources, and, in his own words, an experience that turned into a \u00abdisaster.\u00bb.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Some of the rarest Lamborghinis in the world<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The lineup gathered in Monterey is breathtaking. Among the cars on display are a factory-built Diablo SE30 Jota, a Diablo GT, several Roadsters, and an extremely rare Gallardo<\/a> with a manual transmission in Verde Ithaca, or even the original SE30 prototype<\/a>. Curated is also returning to California the famous Miura that once belonged to Eddie Van Halen<\/a>, to mark the model's 60th anniversary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The week also takes on a financial dimension. At the RM Sotheby\u2019s auction, Four Lamborghinis presented by Curated<\/a> are setting records, notably with a Countach LP400 S Series 1 that sold for around $2.34 million and a Murci\u00e9lago SV for around $3.14 million. For him, however, this surge is not merely a matter of speculation: the increase in value also provides an economic justification for the maintenance and restoration of cars that were once neglected.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00abThe dream is simply to be here.\u00bb<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Pebble Beach, however, remains the true thread running through this story. Curated features a remarkably well-preserved Miura SV there, which retains most of its original paint, its original interior, and documentation detailing its history with exceptional precision.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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In the end, it didn\u2019t win its category. But that\u2019s not what matters most. For Temerian, simply getting the car into the Concours d\u2019Elegance was already a victory. He, who once viewed Pebble Beach as an unattainable dream while working as a child in the family workshop, finds himself\u2014thirty years later\u2014at the very heart of the event. If you love Lamborghinis, the video below is a must-see!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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