by Wallace Wyss - San Marino is a posh community carved out of Pasadena and it is a fitting location for a concours d'elegance. I would rate the San Marino Motor Classic as a good warm up for Pebble Beach--many of the same car models but always … [Read more...]
Events: San Marino Moves its Concours Up Two Months Earlier…
June 4, 2026 By 1 Comment
by Wallace Wyss - In a long awaited move to minimize the heat of summer at past San Marino Motor Classic they moved the date forward so now it's a two part event taking place starting Saturday June 13th and going into the show itself Sunday June … [Read more...]
Party Hardy…In San Marino
August 31, 2024 By 2 Comments
by Wallace Wyss - The Dinner I just went to the San Marino Motor Classic, which is not in San Marino Italy, but in the enclave of San Marino, California nearby (or maybe surrounded by) Pasadena. I think it was a good thing. Not only did … [Read more...]
San Marino Motor Classic – 2022
September 2, 2022 By 6 Comments
Text by Wallace Wyss and photos by Bruce Caron - For those who didn't want to drive from Los Angeles to Monterey there was a classic car show right in Los Angeles only a few days later, the San Marino Motor Classic. San Marino is a plush … [Read more...]
San Marino Perks Up Concours by Instituting a Japanese Car Class
August 30, 2021 By 1 Comment
Text by Wallace Wyss and photos by Richard Bartholomew - The San Marino Motor Classic, which has been a tradition in this posh suburb of Pasadena for decades, should be congratulated on changing the face of concours if ever so slightly by … [Read more...]
Editorial: What Do We Expect to See at a Concours?
August 26, 2021 By 6 Comments
by Wallace Wyss - I covered two concours back to back one week apart--Pebble Beach about 120 miles south of San Francisco and San Marino, about 350 miles to the south of Pebble Beach, both in California. What struck me was that San … [Read more...]
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