by Wallace Wyss - If there is one style that all automakers steer away from in 2023, I'd say it is the landaulette. It gets its name from being first a landau, a French word for a folding top car. But also this was a model that the roof folded … [Read more...]
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Concorso Italiano 2023
September 8, 2023 By 1 Comment
by Wallace Wyss - Concorso Italiano was another well planned show though had more of a cars-'n-coffee feel than say The Quail ($1000+ ticket) or Pebble beach (roughly $500 a ticket). The goal was to fill a couple of well manicured greens of the … [Read more...]
Casa Ferrari: A Free Ferrari Show
September 2, 2023 By 1 Comment
by Wallace Wyss - Ferrari is the most profitable automaker and some of that is no doubt due to astute marketing, knowing what events to tie in with. In North America they have zoomed in on the Pebble Beach Concours, an event that goes back … [Read more...]
This Aston Martin V12 Vanquish S is Now in Our Garage
August 29, 2023 By 8 Comments
by Mike Gulett - For those of you who follow My Car Quest you know that I try to document my experiences with cars and my search for the next one. You will also have read that in May 2022 I sold the 1971 Lamborghini Espada after more than 6 … [Read more...]
Pebble Beach Concours 2023: More Spectacular Than Ever
August 26, 2023 By 3 Comments
by Wallace Wyss - The Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance is the most well known concours not only because it has been around since 1950 but because it's always innovating. There's always some surprise (come to think of it, have they had ice cream … [Read more...]
How GM Gave Away A Million Dollar Car To The First Guy That Asked…The Two Rotor Corvette
August 22, 2023 By 16 Comments
From the My Car Quest Wayback Machine we have another great story by Wallace Wyss from April 2016. Believe it or not. Mike Gulett, Editor by Wallace Wyss - I was working in Detroit at the time. Early ‘70s. General Motors was crazy … [Read more...]
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