Turbo Florio Collection
Monterey Car Week

I’d never had all three cars in one place—so I trailered the Turbo Florio collection down to our home in Carmel-by-the-Sea for Monterey Car Week and gave myself a few late-afternoon windows to work. Over a couple of days, I let the light do most of the styling: long shadows to carve shapes, blue hour to quiet reflections. I shot wide to show the set, then moved in for the transitions—where a line tightens, a radius relaxes, or a surface starts to talk.

Parked together, the names fit the personalities. Smells Like Teen Spirit (1996 911 Turbo, 993) is the anchor—air-cooled twin-turbo, compact and mechanical, hips-and-wing even at rest. Soul to Squeeze (2024 911 Turbo S, 992.1) is the counterpoint—modern aero and big brakes tucked under 20/21s, PDK calm in the stance. 21st Century (Taycan Turbo S) completes the arc—silent, immediate, composed; proof that “Turbo” now also describes delivery, not just hardware. Together, they read as a timeline more than a trio: air-cooled heritage, present-tense performance, and an electric future sharing the same driveway.

The house helps. Built in 1940 by a German couple, it’s all wood, Carmel stone, and stone pavers—textures that sit quietly behind the cars and let the paint deepen as the sun drops. The frames I like best are honest ones: a front three-quarter catching late light across a fender, a roofline tracing a shadow along the grain, the driveway’s stone softening the wheel arches without stealing attention.

The sequence ends where the week began: all three parked nose-in, each in its garage stall. A deliberate exhale—just the machines, the light, and a place that fits them—before the next start button gets pressed.