My Car Quest

November 24, 2024

One Man’s Monterey Car Week

Wherein our old hand jumps into the mouth of the wolf... by Wallace Wyss - The week long Monterey Car week has now spread over to two weekends but I chose the Wednesday before Pebble Beach to head up North from Los Angeles. My mount was … [Read more...]

Monterey Car Week 2018

by Mike - Monterey Car Week has been delayed to the last week in August this year (next week) because of an amateur golf tournament at Pebble Beach this week. Car Week is the week that more visitors come to the Monterey Peninsula that any other … [Read more...]

Concept Design Analysis: Vision Mercedes-Maybach 6

by Wallace Wyss - At the 2017 Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance, Mercedes unveiled a car called the Vision Mercedes-Maybach 6 (they seem determined to keep that name "Maybach" alive as their ultimate luxury model, though a Maybach marketed in … [Read more...]

Pebble Beach Classic Car Forum Announces Speakers

by Wallace Wyss - The Pebble Beach Classic Car Forum, an event that’s part of the Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance, and takes place at The Inn at Spanish Bay—a hotel about 5 miles from the Pebble Beach lodge, over several days, has announced its … [Read more...]

Portrait Of A ’64 Ford GT40

Oh, they showed one at Pebble Beach. But…. by Wallace Wyss - So there I was, at the Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance this past August, looking forward to seeing the Ford GT40s because I knew Ford was going to great effort to have one … [Read more...]

The Tour d’Elegance During Monterey Car Week

It’s more fun to see the crowd's reactions than the cars… by Wallace Wyss - I hear expressions of shock at the prices of the Monterey events, well, lemme tell ya there’s one that is no cost. Zero. And yet you get to see some of the crème de … [Read more...]