Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance
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The 2011 Lotus Evora GTE Road Car Concept is a road going version of the Evora GTE race car and will make its world debut this weekend at the 2011 Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance.
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First Hennessey Venom GT Delivered To U.S. Making 2011 Pebble Beach DebutThe first example of the 1,200 horsepower Hennessey Venom GT delivered to a U.S. customer will make an appearance at the 2011 Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance.
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Mercedes-Benz Celebrating 125 Years Of The Automobile At 2011 Pebble BeachMercedes-Benz will be the featured marque of the 2011 Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance.
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Uncle Lexus Wants You! For The 2013 GS 350 Reveal, Of CourseYou already know the 2013 Lexus GS is going to be unveiled at Pebble Beach--you even already know what it looks like, more or less. But did you know that Lexus wants you to submit your photo to them on the chance that it could be broadcast around to world during the official unveiling? It's true...
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Ford Thunderbird, Shelby GR-1 Concepts Up For Auction At RM MontereyAuctions to benefit charities are common among the high-end car-loving crowd, and RM Auctions' Monterey event will host a pair of unique Ford concepts to benefit the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation: the 2001 Thunderbird Sports Roadster Concept and the 2005 Shelby GR-1 Concept Platform Model...
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2012 MINI Cooper Coupe To Make U.S. Debut At Pebble Beach, On Sale Oct. 1The 2012 MINI Cooper Coupe (and its S and John Cooper Works variants) have been revealed in detail already, and we know they'll start at $22,000 in the U.S., too. But as yet, we haven't seen the hardtop two-seater in production form in the U.S.--a fact MINI USA will be fixing at Pebble Beach in...
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The rare 1955 Ferrari 750 Monza Spider up for sale at the 2011 Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance was once owned by Fred Astaire and featured in the film 'On the Beach'.
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1964 Lincoln Continental Pope/Astronaut-Mobile At Bonhams Quail LodgeThis prototype stretch limousine, built specifically for the safety of Pope Paul VI, was also used as a parade vehicle for Apollo astronauts Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, and Jim Lovell. Astronauts, the pope, and a 1964 Lincoln Continental. It's like the most random, yet awesome, trifecta...
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2013 Lexus GS 350: Teaser ImageThe 2013 Lexus GS 350 will be unveiled later this month just ahead of the Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance, complete with a live stream via Facebook. Today, we get the first official teaser image of the car we've spied so many times. We've also seen the new GS showing its stuff on video, even...
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Lexus To Broadcast 2013 GS Unveiling Live Via FacebookIf you're not already free the evening of August 18th, you might want to shuffle some things around: Lexus will be broadcasting the unveiling of the 2013 GS live, with a special preview to Facebook fans starting 30 minutes early. The debut event will happen in Pebble Beach, just ahead of the...
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1931 Duesenberg Model J Owned By George Whittell, Jr. At Gooding & Co. Pebble Beach AuctionGeorge Whittell, Jr., was sort of the early 20th Century's male version of Paris Hilton--the son of a rich family, he never worked, instead spending his days with fast cars and equally fast women. One of his fantastic Duesenbergs is coming up for auction at the Gooding & Co. Pebble Beach event...
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2013 Lexus GS Hits The Autocross Course: VideoQuestion: what does a 2013 Lexus GS look like attacking an autocross-style course in full camouflage? Answer: see below. Despite the rather weak music overlaid on the video, we do get to hear some sounds of mild tire scrub in the video below, though the engine/exhaust note is too muted to make it...
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The Ferrari 250 GTO sculpture is just one of Swiss artist Dante's golden creations, the others being a Mercedes-Benz 300SL and Aston Martin DB5.
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Sheryl Crow To Auction 1959 Mercedes-Benz 190 SL For Joplin Tornado Relief At Pebble BeachWith a classic collector car like the 1959 Mercedes-Benz 190 SL, there's always a good reason to buy the car: the car itself. But this time, there's an additional incentive to keep bidding, and it doesn't have anything to do with collectibility or simple aesthetics. The proceeds will go to benefit...
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Lexus Confirms 2013 GS 350 For Pebble Beach DebutAfter the LF-Gh Hybrid Concept at the New York Auto Show and the spy shots we've captured of the car in testing, the shape of the next Lexus GS sedan is taking pretty clear shape. We only have about a month left to wait to see the final product, as Lexus officially announced today that it will show...
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1969 Chevrolet Stars And Stripes L88 ZL-1 Corvette At RM Monterey AuctionA 1969 Chevrolet "Stars And Stripes" L88 ZL-1 Corvette will be crossing the block at RM Auctions Monterey event.
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Coachbuilt Ferraris To Storm Gooding & Co. Pebble Beach AuctionsEvery car fan should make the pilgrimage to Pebble Beach at some point in their lives. It's an unbelievable playground for some of the very best cars in the world, from their earliest stages right up to the present. Once particularly sweet slice of the past will be up for sale via Gooding &...
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1935 Bugatti Type 57 Roadster Up For Sale At 2011 Pebble Beach ConcoursWhen it comes to rare classic cars selling at auction, few can match Bugatti’s ability to draw in the multi-million dollar bids as we’ve seen in the recent past. The current record for a car sold at auction goes to this 1936 Bugatti Type 57SC Atlantic, which fetched an undisclosed sum...
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Your chance to own a piece of automotive history will take place this August at the 2011 Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance. Auction company Gooding & Company will be selling what’s believed to be the very first production Bentley, a 1921 Bentley 3-Liter with chassis number 3. Bentley originally built two experimental cars with chassis numbers ‘EXP 1’ and ‘EXP 2’ before the 1921 model that we see here. The car with chassis EXP 1 no longer exists, while EXP 2 was retained by Bentley. The third car was sold to a man named Welshman Ivor Llewelyn who just so...
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2011 Pebble Beach Concours To Host 20-Car Ferrari 250 GTO GatheringToday's Ferraris are often raced, and even those that aren't can lay strong claim to the racing heritage and ongoing F1 development within the company. But the tradition of building special models just for homologation in sports car racing has largely died off, leaving icons like the 250 GTO to...
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2013 Infiniti JX Crossover Teased Ahead Of 2011 Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance DebutWe first heard about the possibility of a new model from Infiniti dubbed the JX last August when it was revealed the premium Nissan division had trademarked the JX name. Now, on the eve of the 2011 New York Auto Show, Infiniti has released a new teaser of an upcoming luxury crossover that will be...
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Emmy Awards Offer Infiniti PossibilitiesSomething's up at Infiniti. We're just not sure what. Compared to its Asian luxury rivals, Lexus and Acura, Infiniti is usually pretty quiet. But over the past week or so, the brand has popped up in conversation several times -- notably, in rumors about more hybrid models and a new Essence sports...
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First Drive: 2010 Aston Martin V12 VantageComing straight out of a two-hour stint in the Ferrari 458 Italia and jumping into just about anything else, you expect to be...underwhelmed. Not so with the Aston Martin V12 Vantage. Though it takes a very different route, the big-engined baby Aston is, in its own way, even better. Take Aston...
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Jay Leno, Arnold Schwarzenegger, And A Porsche Steering WheelMan With Steering Wheel: ...And this, of course, is the steering wheel. Jay Leno: Ordinarily, that's connected to the car, right? MWSW: Ach! You Americans. Such kopfschmerzen you give me. How do you put up with it, Arnold? Arnold Schwarzenegger: ...Huh? MWSW: I asked how you put up with all the...
Richard Read