Pictorial: the 8 most beautiful concours cars of 2022

The strongest field yet in the Peninsula Classics Best of the Best Award. Read on for details and links or go straight to the image gallery for all the imagery.

Each year for the last seven years, Peninsula Classics has been running an event that is so grandiose in concept that few others would even attempt to create an award on this scale. The Peninsula Classics Best of the Best identifies the world’s most exceptional classic car from a select group of vehicles that have won the highest awards at the previous year’s major concours events.

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Pictorial: The breathtaking cars of Concorso d’Eleganza Villa d’Este 2023

In winning the Trofeo BMW Group for Best of Show at Concorso d’Eleganza Villa d’Este 2023, this 1935 Duesenberg SJ Speedster with coachwork by Gurney Nutting booked itself a place in the final of the Peninsula Classics Best of the Best Award - the defacto world championship for concours cars. The car is spectacular in images, but it is difficult to comprehend the sheer presence and distorted scale of the behemoth - we suggest a look through the image gallery to grasp the opulence of this land-based leviathan.

An American car has won the prestigious Concorso d’Eleganza Villa d’Este, the world’s oldest and most traditional automotive concours.

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Bugatti’s amazing tower will allow owners to drive up to their penthouses

Dubai isn’t exactly lacking in eye-catching skyscrapers, but a new tower by automotive brand Bugatti and developer Binghatti is sure to turn heads. The stunning building will host luxury residences and include a pair of car elevators, allowing well-hee… Continue reading Bugatti’s amazing tower will allow owners to drive up to their penthouses

For the adolescent who has it all: Bugatti rolls out Mistral kiddy car

Bugatti blew the Pebble Beach crowd away this summer with the all-new 1,600-hp W16 Mistral, an ostentatious swan song for its W16 engine. At the same time it debuted the car publicly, it made billionaire outsiders the world over extremely jealous by re… Continue reading For the adolescent who has it all: Bugatti rolls out Mistral kiddy car

Pictorial: 2022 Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance & Monterey Car Week

The 71st Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance has been run and won, with a 1932 Duesenberg J Figoni Sports Torpedo taking out the most prestigious concours event on the international calendar against one of the strongest fields ever assembled, with finalis… Continue reading Pictorial: 2022 Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance & Monterey Car Week

Bugatti’s new $5 million W16 Mistral roadster is already sold out

Bugatti showed its final internal combustion engined car at “The Quail: a Motorsport Gathering” in Monterey today, dubbing it the W16 Mistral, and announcing that the entire production run of 99 vehicles is already sold out.Continue ReadingCategory: Au… Continue reading Bugatti’s new $5 million W16 Mistral roadster is already sold out

Monterey Car Week 2022 Auction Preview: the $10 million cars

Monterey Car Week is upon us once more, and the auction cluster that provides a large part of the show at the week-long automotive celebration is shaping as the biggest in history.Continue ReadingCategory: Automotive, TransportTags: Ferrari, Bentley, M… Continue reading Monterey Car Week 2022 Auction Preview: the $10 million cars

Top 100 highlights of the 2021 auction year

Our annual highlights of the auction year reached a crescendo in this post-2021 coverage - the most explosive growth, the most ridiculous lots, and dozens of examples of the most expensive items in history ... not to mention the most bizarre lots we've yet seen. The most intriguing of them all was the sale by tender of (most of) the cars from the 2015 movie, “Mad Max: Fury Road.”

The 2021 auction year was quite extraordinary, with almost all auction categories reporting unprecedented levels of participation and sales.

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Top 100 highlights of the 2021 auction year

Our annual highlights of the auction year reached a crescendo in this post-2021 coverage - the most explosive growth, the most ridiculous lots, and dozens of examples of the most expensive items in history ... not to mention the most bizarre lots we've yet seen. The most intriguing of them all was the sale by tender of (most of) the cars from the 2015 movie, “Mad Max: Fury Road.”

The 2021 auction year was quite extraordinary, with almost all auction categories reporting unprecedented levels of participation and sales.

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