by Mike Gulett - Another Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance show car has been destroyed in a trailer fire on the roads of Monterey County. It happened on Wednesday September 4th on Highway 68 and York Road. The last time it happened it was a Ford … [Read more...]
Death of a Dream Car
August 26, 2024 By 2 Comments
by Wallace Wyss - You aren't supposed to buy them of course. When car companies make concept cars (they used to call them "dream cars") they often don't bother to put in seat belts or air bags or emergency braking etc. because after all it's only … [Read more...]
The Pebble Beach Way
August 22, 2024 By Leave a Comment
by Wallace Wyss - When Pebble Beach announced that an unrestored car had taken first place at their vaunted concours (1934 Bugatti Type 59 Sports shown by Fritz Burkard of The Pearl Collection), I am sure half a dozen car restorers in the crowd … [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...]
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...]
The American Motors AMX/3 – Number 6
October 31, 2022 By 6 Comments
by Mike Gulett - There were only five AMX/3s made before American Motors shut the program down in late 1970. Then one more was assembled by Salvatore Diomante from the remaining parts for a total of six of these beautiful super cars. The AMC … [Read more...]
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