Are 17 Isotta Fraschinis too much of a good thing? To the average car lover, the answer likely is “Yes.” The luxurious Italian classics, however, were not too much for wealthy Americans - including Hollywood’s finest - who craved them in the years before the Great Depression and provided a new market for the Milan-based auto maker.
Visitors to the extravagant Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance expect too much of a good thing, and they got it, including a bevy of Isotta Fraschinis, with bodies open and closed, at the 67th event on August 20.