Plus it's better looking doppelganger... by Wallace Wyss - In days of old, there were a lot of ways to measure how fast a car was. One way was if it could beat a train that was well known to cover a certain point to another certain point in a … [Read more...]
One Man’s Monterey Car Week
September 4, 2018 By 4 Comments
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...]
Concept Design Analysis: Vision Mercedes-Maybach 6
September 15, 2017 By 2 Comments
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
July 6, 2017 By 3 Comments
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
October 7, 2016 By 1 Comment
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
September 2, 2016 By 5 Comments
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...]
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