Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance
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McLaren has revealed its new track-focused P1, which wears the automaker’s iconic GTR badge last used on the string of McLaren F1 GTR race cars built in the mid-1990s. F1 GTRs have competed in various motorsport competitions but the car’s most famous accomplishment was overall victory at the 1995 24 Hours of Le Mans. The F1 GTR raced up until 2005 when the final chassis was retired, but now it’s being reborn in the form of the P1 GTR. The new P1 GTR will start deliveries next year to mark the 20th anniversary of the F1 GTR’s win at Le Mans, but a...
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World's Only Mercedes 540K Streamliner Headed To Pebble Beach: VideoMost will recognize the Mercedes-Benz 540K as a large, elegant roadster with a trio of headlights at the front, a large chrome grille and flowing bodywork that wraps around a trunk-mounted spare wheel. But back in 1938, the German firm wrapped a single example of the 540K in a streamlined...
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Renovo Coupe Is All-Electric Beauty... And The Beast: VideoSilicon Valley is typically considered to be on the cutting edge of the technological world. Still, it's not exactly the type of place you'd expect to find a car company that's mindful of the past. Those exist in places like Southern California and Detroit, and that's it. Well, that thinking would...
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Hennessey Venom GT Prepares For Pebble Beach, First One In White: VideoHennessey is taking its Venom GT to the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance this weekend and has released a video showing the firm’s preparation of the car for its upcoming presence in Monterey. Hennessey, which recently announced plans for an even more extreme Venom F5 supercar, says the...
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Jaguar F-Type Project 7 Rolls Into Pebble Beach With $165,925 Price TagJaguar’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...
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Panoz Esperante Returns At Monterey Car WeekThis 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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Saleen's modified Tesla is called the FourSixteen.
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Lamborghini Huracán LP 610-4 Super Trofeo Racer Revealed Early: VideoUPDATE: 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 conceptToyota 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 Continental GT3-R Priced From $337,000Bentley’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...
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First 1963 Jaguar Lightweight E-Type continuation model heads for Pebble BeachBack 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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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 the 2014 Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance this weekend. WATCH: Mercedes-Benz G63 AMG 6x6 Terrorizes Supercars At Zandvoort: Video The 650S Sprint takes the chassis of the standard 650S and is enhanced with a series of upgrades. Unfortunately, the many modifications means the car is no longer...
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2015 Land Rover Range Rover Sport SVR Revealed: VideoLand 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 BeachIt 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 BeachWith 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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BMW Vision Future Luxury Concept Scheduled For Pebble Beach Concept Lawn ShowingThe 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...
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McLaren P1, 650S Spider Get Special Operations Treatment For Pebble BeachThe 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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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 Vantage S coupe in the range, offering its top-down take on a 201-mph top speed and 0-60 mph acceleration in just 3.9 seconds. The V12 Vantage S Roadster will carry many of the same features and upgrades found on the coupe, including CNC-machined combustion chambers, hollow cam shafts, Aston...
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One-Off BMW i8 Concours d’Elegance Edition Headed To Pebble Beach AuctionThe 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 GatheringWe 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 AmericaLast 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 Tribute At This Year's Pebble Beach ConcoursTatra, 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...
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More Photos Of Production 918 Spyder From Pebble BeachRaw 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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