The Holiday season is a time for joy and reflection – a moment to look back on the roads we’ve traveled in 2025, the milestones reached, and the excitement that awaits just beyond the next bend as we accelerate toward 2026.
At duPont REGISTRY, this is when we celebrate the world’s finest automobiles, timepieces, personalities, and experiences – each a reminder that true craftsmanship and ambition never rest. They evolve, refine, and continue to set new standards for luxurious excellence.
Our cover story is the epitome of fine-tuning, revision, and polishing in search of automotive perfection. Kourosh Mansory has been expertly enhancing vehicles since the late 1980s, reaching beyond the regular aftermarket – by starting with Bentleys! He’s blazed a trail for luxury tuners, and his recent work on Bugattis, Ferraris, G-Wagens, Lamborghinis, Maseratis, and Rolls-Royces turns something already special into exclusive works of art. Khris Bharath meets the man in Dubai, along with his new U.S. dealer Farid Santiago Guanuna of Limited Spec Automotive, spotlighting this unique brand’s North American expansion.
From the UAE, we move to Italy, where I was one of the lucky few to get a first drive of Maserati’s new MCPura, the 2026 evolution of its MC20 and legendary MC12 bloodline of mid-engined supercars. The hillsides of Tuscany were the perfect place to put this V6 twin-turbo mountain goat through its paces.
In our DRIVE section, Michael Teo Van Runkle rips through the canyons of California in Audi’s incredible RS e-tron GT Performance. With over 900 hp on tap, this sub-$200k all-electric quattro clearly has Porsche’s Taycan in its sights. And I meet someone who knows all about Audi – he won seven of his record nine 24 Hours of Le Mans victories with the brand! Tom Kristensen is ‘Mr. Le Mans,’ and he reveals what it takes to succeed in the world’s biggest endurance race.
The LIVE chapter features our annual Holiday Gift Guide, including a dozen pages of luxury goods and extraordinary presents for everyone in the family.
Finally, SELL showcases a curated lineup of the world’s most desirable exotic, classic, and luxury automobiles, spotlighting Galpin Premier Collection, while Andrew Riedell takes a deep dive into the ‘Van Gogh’ of collectible cars, the iconic Mercedes-Benz 300 SL ‘Gullwing.’ And if you’d like your 2026 to begin in spectacular style, check out Mecum Auctions’ incredible Bachman Ferrari Collection to be offered at Kissimmee in January. See pages 100–107 for details.
