Vendor drops $10 million by knocking back €20 million bid

Last week we forecast that the sixteenth car in history would sell at auction for more than US$20.0 million. It didn’t happen, but what did occur was even more astonishing. The 1964 Ferrari 250 LM had been to auction in Paris in February where a bid of… Continue reading Vendor drops $10 million by knocking back €20 million bid

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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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

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

Pictorial: 2021 Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance

The most pressing question hovering over the spectacular 18th fairway at Pebble Beach Golf Links last Sunday afternoon was whether such mass elegance could ever be matched again. In addition to crowning a new Best of Show at the world’s most important … Continue reading Pictorial: 2021 Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance

2020 Petersen (Virtual Monterey) Car Week On-line Auction Report

As we pointed out in our preview of the 2020 Petersen (Virtual Monterey) Car Week auctions, Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution is particularly relevant in the new reality of a COVID world: “the species that survives is the one that is able to adapt t… Continue reading 2020 Petersen (Virtual Monterey) Car Week On-line Auction Report