Circuit de Monaco and today the GP2 Series – also visit the circuit concurrently with Formula One. The idea for a Grand Prix race around the streets of Monaco came from Antony Noghès, the president of the Monegasque motor club, Automobile Club de Monaco, and close friend of the ruling Grimaldi family. The inaugural race was held in 1929 and was won by William Grover-Williams in a Bugatti. To date, only three local drivers have won a race at the Circuit. Louis Chiron did it at the non-championship 1931 Monaco Grand Prix; 82 years later, Stefano Coletti crossed the line in first position
Dodge Monaco engineered Monacos were sold than Premiers. The similarly sized yet less technically sophisticated K-car-based Dynasty, which had been introduced two years earlier as a 1988 model, outsold the new Monaco. Fleet buyers such as rental companies and government agencies liked the fact that the Dynasty could be equipped with any of three different engines and sold for a lower price. The Monaco, on the other hand, came with only one engine and was more expensive. Critics have argued that Chrysler did not properly market the Premier and Monaco, having confused its intended market. Premier ES and Monaco models were compared