Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance
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Jaguar’s F-Type Project 7 made its world debut back in June at the Goodwood Festival of Speed, but now the stunning speedster is being showcased in its American specification in the lead up to the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance taking place this weekend. The biggest difference between our version and the one showed back at Goodwood is the windshield: Because of local regulations a full height windshield has been fitted instead of the shortened one available elsewhere. ALSO SEE: 1962 Ferrari 250 GTO Sells For $38M, Highest Price Paid For A Cat At Auction The car’s hero...
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Panoz Esperante Returns At Monterey Car Week
This year's Monterey Car Week seems busier than ever, with headline-grabbing auctions, classic cars galore and all manner of special-edition sports cars. But for Panoz, it's also a chance to release a special 25th Anniversary Edition of the Esperante Spyder, celebrating the specialty sports-car...
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Tesla Model S-Based Saleen FourSixteen Heads To Pebble Beach
Saleen's modified Tesla is called the FourSixteen.
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Lamborghini Huracán LP 610-4 Super Trofeo Racer Revealed Early: Video
UPDATE: Lamborghini’s new car for its one-make racing series has been revealed as the Huracán LP 620-2 Super Trofeo. Click here for all the details. Lamborghini’s new Huracán LP 610-4 race car, which will compete in the Italian automaker’s Super Trofeo one-make...
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Toyota reveals 2 new versions of Supra-previewing FT-1 concept
Toyota has revealed two new versions of its stunning FT-1 sports car concept, which is thought to preview the look of an upcoming Supra successor as well as lay the groundwork for the design of future models from the Japanese automaker. The original FT-1 concept was shown back in January at the...
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Caterham Seven 480 And 360 Are Bound For The U.S.
Caterham announces two models designed for the U.S. market.
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Bentley’s most dynamic road car in the company’s history, the Continental GT3-R, is heading to the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance this weekend, after which it will be racing into showrooms with a staggering $337,000 price tag. That might seem steep at first, especially considering its higher than the starting price of the Mulsanne flagship, but the Continental GT3-R is the fastest accelerating car the company has ever launched. DON'T MISS: 2015 Dodge Charger SRT Hellcat Is World's Most Powerful Sedan And production of the Continental GT3-R is also extremely limited, with...
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First 1963 Jaguar Lightweight E-Type continuation model heads for Pebble Beach
Back in February 1963, Jaguar embarked upon the 'Special E-Type GT' project—a series of lightweight, aluminum-bodied variants of the E-Type specially designed for competition. Just 18 cars were planned but only 12 were made—until now. WATCH: Mercedes-Benz G63 AMG 6x6 Terrorizes...
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McLaren 650S Sprint revealed ahead of Pebble Beach Concours
Hot on the heels of the McLaren 650S GT3 race car revealed earlier this summer comes the all-new 650S Sprint, a slightly tamer version of the GT3 racer designed for track enthusiasts. The 650S Sprint is the follow-up to last year’s 12C GT Sprint and will be on sale shortly after a debut at...
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2015 Land Rover Range Rover Sport SVR Revealed: Video
Land Rover’s high-performance Range Rover Sport has finally landed. The vehicle is the 2015 Range Rover Sport SVR, and it’s the first volume production model from Jaguar Land Rover’s new Special Vehicles Operations unit. As expected, the vehicle packs the supercharged 5.0-liter...
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Q By Aston Martin Showing Four Bespoke Cars At Pebble Beach
It still seems a little unbecoming that Aston Martin's personalization division is called 'Q by Aston Martin' (we get it guys, you're proud of all the James Bond stuff...) but there's little doubt that the real-world 'Q branch' turns out some spectacular vehicles. Four of those will appear at the...
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Final Bugatti Veyron Legends Car, Honoring Ettore Bugatti, To Debut At Pebble Beach
With the Bugatti Veyron nearing the very end of its extended model cycle—the car has been on sale for 11 years now—the final edition of the six final special editions will be unveiled at the pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance and The Quail gathering next week. The car, the last of...
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The next far forward-looking view of BMW’s design themes and luxury concepts will come at the 2014 Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance, in the form of the BMW Vision Future Luxury concept, previously shown at the 2014 Beijing Auto Show. “We use visionary concept vehicles like the BMW Vision Future Luxury to show where we may be going with these themes in the future, and to give us new inspiration and motivation,” said Adrian van Hooydonk, BMW Group Design senior vice president in a statement. “The BMW Vision Future Luxury—with its innovative technologies and...
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McLaren P1, 650S Spider Get Special Operations Treatment For Pebble Beach
The 2014 Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance is nearly upon us, and with it will come some of the most amazing automotive hardware on display anywhere. Contributing its new cars to the vintage fold, McLaren Special Operations will show two upgraded vehicles: a 650S Spider and a P1. The MSO 650S...
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Aston Martin V12 Vantage S Roadster To Debut At Pebble Beach
The fastest roadster Aston Martin has ever built will join the family on August 14 as part of the festivities leading up to the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance in Monterey, California. Powered by a 565-horsepower 6.0-liter AM28 V-12 engine, the V12 Vantage S Roadster joins the hardtop V12...
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One-Off BMW i8 Concours d’Elegance Edition Headed To Pebble Beach Auction
The BMW i8 is taking the world’s automotive media by storm, impressing with its style, performance, and efficiency. But soon, there’ll be an even more impressive example on the road: the one-of-a-kind BMW i8 Concours d’Elegance Edition. ALSO SEE: New Toyota Supra Powertrain...
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Ferrari 250 GTO To Be Auctioned Off At The Quail, A Motorsports Gathering
We may see a new car receive the world’s most expensive title at this year’s The Quail, A Motorsports Gathering event on August 15, as a 1962 Ferrari 250 GTO is going under the hammer. Another 250 GTO sold for a staggering $52 million just last year, and the car coming up for sale next...
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Ferrari 250 GTO Is Inspiration For One-Off SP America
Last week Ferrari introduced a new one-off supercar developed on behalf of a client by the Special Projects division, the F12 TRS, whose lines were inspired by the 1957 250 Testa Rossa and whose owner is believed to be a British resident. Now we have details on a second one-off Ferrari developed by...
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Tatra, the old Eastern European automaker best known for its innovative designs and rear-engined vehicles, will get the recognition it deserves this year with an official display at the Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance. While modern-day Tatra produces only heavy goods vehicles, its classic vehicles are often considered under-appreciated. The company's vehicles were surprisingly modern for the day--as noted by Hemmings, Tatra models featured swing-axle rear suspension and a backbone chassis as early as 1919. Aerodynamic forms are a familiar Tatra attribute too, arriving in 1933 with the Tatra...
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More Photos Of Production 918 Spyder From Pebble Beach
Raw performance wrapped in beauty and driven by an environmentally-conscious flair, the Porsche 918 Spyder--along with the McLaren P1 and Ferrari LaFerrari--is possibly the archetypal expression of the supercar for the future. In development for the past several years, the car is just weeks away...
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Saleen Unveils Heritage Collection Camaro, Challenger And Mustang
Saleen’s surprise reveal during the past weekend’s 2013 Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance wasn’t the brand new car we were hoping for but the company did show up with some impressive wares including the first of a trio of new Heritage Collection muscle cars honoring three...
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Lamborghini Racing & Style At The Quail: An Interview With CEO Stephan Winkelmann
There's automotive luxury and exclusivity, and then there's The Quail, A Motorsports Gathering. Dovetailing with Lamborghini's own brand values, the event is a high-dollar, high-class show of the highlights of the best cars, new and old, to be found anywhere on the Monterey peninsula during Car...
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Packard 1108 Twelve Dietrich Convertible Victoria Wins Best Of Show At Pebble Beach: Video
Despite the best efforts of numerous other challengers, it was a relatively obscure American classic that won the prestigious Best of Show award at this year’s Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance. The award went to a 1934 Packard 1108 Twelve Dietrich Convertible Victoria, owned by Joseph...
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Laraki Returns With New Epitome Supercar
After two failed attempts, Moroccan designer Abdesslam Laraki is having another go at building a world class supercar. The Epitome is his latest attempt and it made its world debut over the weekend at the 2013 Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance. The Laraki Epitome is based on the chassis of a...
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