Karl-Henry Edström gives a preview of Robb Report Monaco & Côte d’Azur’s anticipated annual Dream Machines edition—out now across Monaco and the French Riviera.
Whether they float, fly or flaunt their way around the Principality’s thoroughfares, high-end pieces of machinery that get us from A to B are as woven into the Riviera’s cultural tapestry as fine gastronomy, architecture, design and art. As such, our Dream Machines issue—amid stiff competition—is consistently one of the year’s most anticipated editions.
The return of the Monaco Yacht Show to Port Hercule this September for its 35th year is, naturally, the focal point of our exploration of water-borne vehicles. This particular event —which attracts some 560-plus exhibitors and 30,000 people, including the world’s leading yacht builders, designers, brokers and owners —is an occasion that underlines the Principality’s status as the nucleus of the global yachting scene. See page 67 for our take on the major talking points surrounding the flotilla of 120 game-changing reveals and premieres.
Elsewhere, the Riva Trophy is honouring the legacy of legendary, eponymous boat designer Carlo Riva (page 96)—expect Italian craftsmanship, panache and maritime history aplenty—and turn to page 122 to explore the world’s largest sailing yacht, Orient Express Corinthian, a vessel that blends traditional train-carriage glamour with sustainable maritime innovation.
Moving to aviation, Bombardier and Elie Saab’s ongoing redefinition of how elegant and inviting business aviation can and should look is explored on page 108, while VistaJet’s mission to evolve private aviation into a life-enriching membership programme—one in which Formula 1 legends are among the protagonists—gets our nod on page 114.
Our automotive focus sees us test the W1, the fastest-accelerating road-legal McLaren supercar ever, on Italy’s Mugello Circuit (page 102). Inverting this scenario, as Maserati celebrates 100 years of motorsport in 2026, we put a roadlegal evolution of the Trident’s dedicated race car, the GT2 Stradale, through its paces on the hills snaking above the Côte d’Azur (page 106).
Dream Machines of a far more diminutive nature, meanwhile, are celebrated on page 24, where we visit southern Utah’s canyon-filled desert to get beneath the dials of Vacheron Constantin’s latest additions to the Overseas range. These truly fit-for-purpose tool watches are a thrilling addition to the manufacture’s repertoire, representing a new chapter in its already fascinating narrative.
With chic Parisian bolthole Le Meurice, Aqua Expedition’s Seychelles-traversing superyacht Aqua Lares and Les Bateaux Belmond’s slow-paced Burgundy boat journey all on our current travel itinerary, readers interested in the most innovative strides in hospitality are also well catered for (pages 140, 130 and 136 respectively).
When it comes to the life sybaritic, may all your dreams become reality.
