Jalopnik: Monaco

Monaco driver causes million-dollar fender bender

Justin Hyde — Fri, 22 Jul 2011 15:01:00 EDT

Only in Monaco would you find a Bentley Azure T that's managed to plow into a Ferrari F430, damaging an Aston Martin Rapide, a Porsche 911 Carrera S and a Mercedes S-Class in the process. Monaco's body shops must make their casinos look like convents. Cela va droit à buff! More »

Chatting about Ayrton Senna’s greatest qualifying lap

Peter Orosz — Fri, 01 Jul 2011 15:00:00 EDT

Yeah, it’s that lap. Laps, in fact. His third race for McLaren, the 1988 Monaco Grand Prix, when Ayrton Senna got himself into the mother of all flow experiences and out-qualified Alain Prost by a second and a half, then out-qualified himself lap after lap in the McLaren MP4/4: More »

Watch Top Gear drive a small CEO in a similarly-sized car

Justin Hyde — Tue, 31 May 2011 10:00:00 EDT

As Top Gear continues filming for its new season, the BBC gave a sneak peek this weekend showing the trio tooling around Monaco in those hot hatchbacks. Why do Jeremy Clarkson and Formula 1 chief Bernie Ecclestone look like they're on a date? More »

Truck fire burns new patch of Monaco F1 track

Matt Hardigree — Wed, 25 May 2011 10:45:00 EDT

A pickup fire scorched part of the Monaco circuit ahead of the big F1 race this weekend, according to Martin Brundle. Crews are repairing the tarmac, which is at the turn in point to the track's first corner. (H/T Quattro-LUVR!) More »

Bugatti, Monotracer, Koenigsegg star in Down On The Street, Monaco edition

Justin Hyde — Tue, 19 Apr 2011 15:00:00 EDT

How many supercars can you spot in this brief video shot on the streets of Monaco by a BMW driver enchanted by a Monotracer? It's like the world's wealthy villains decided to convene in a convention center. More »

1966 Monaco is the biggest artillery of the Dodge rebellion

Tom Joslin — Sat, 05 Feb 2011 09:00:00 EST

For 1966 Dodge unleashed a full advertising campaign detailing the Dodge Rebellion. Although we aren't sure exactly what Dodge was rebelling against, it involved secret meetings, Dodge Monacos and the very 60s blonde spokeswoman of the rebellion. Sign us up. More »

Silver Arrows In Flight

Justin Hyde — Mon, 17 Jan 2011 09:00:00 EST

Formula 1 racers Jacky Ickx and Hans-Joachim Stuck took to the streets of Monaco last May in Auto Union Silver Arrows Type D and C, respectively, briefly creating an eight wheel, 28-cylinder piece of history. [HellForMotors] More »

What I Learned From Jackie Stewart "In A Flurry Of Feathers And Blood"

Bob Judd — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 14:45:00 EDT

Bob Judd, a former ad executive, recalls the insight gleaned from Jackie Stewart while the racing legend showed off the '83 Thunderbird. — Ed. More »

Digital Drive: Vintage Racing Arcade Games

Rob Krider — Sat, 03 Jul 2010 16:00:00 EDT

Before the days of Gran Turismo on your home gaming console you had to occupy local arcades to hone your digital driving skills. Here is a trip down a virtual memory lane. More »

How To Make A Grand Exit

Matt Hardigree — Mon, 24 May 2010 14:30:00 EDT

The Cosworth-powered Virgin Racing VR-01 is raised from the course during warm-up for this year's Monaco Grand Prix as the fabulously wealthy watch from their yachts. (Photo Credit: Paul Gilham/Getty Images) More »

Five Reasons Monaco Is The Grandest Of Grands Prix

Sam Smith — Thu, 20 May 2010 14:00:00 EDT

The oldest race on the Formula 1 calendar is also one of the most glamorous and most dangerous. The 68th running of the Monaco Grand Prix took place last weekend. Miss it? Here's why you should pay attention. More »

The Carnage Of Iron Man 2

Sam Smith — Fri, 14 May 2010 12:00:00 EDT

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Even for a metal-suited superhero film, Iron Man 2 destroyed an awful lot of cars. The list contains everything from smashed Rolls-Royce Phantoms to formula cars sliced in half by laser whips. Here's how the magic is made. More »

New Iron Man 2 Footage Blows Up Monaco Grand Prix Track

Matt Hardigree — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 14:00:00 EST

Along with more footage of Tony Stark's psuedo-F1 racer getting Whiplashed a la the first Iron Man 2 Trailer, this behind-the-scenes footage shows a new Rolls-Royce getting spanked on the Circuit de Monaco. Oh, and Scarlett Johansson. More »

Dartz Car Commemorates Pamela Anderson Russian SUV Whale Penis Scandal

Ben Wojdyla — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 16:45:00 EST

The whole Dartz Prombron Monaco Red Diamond Edition with whale penis leather saga continues the weirdness. After announcing they'd nip the penis leather interior following outrage from PETA and Pam Anderson, they've built a "Penisgaurd" Volga to demonstrate their whale-penis-love. More »

Pam Anderson Forces Russian SUV-maker To Circumcise Whale Penis Leather Interior

Ben Wojdyla — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 20:00:00 EST

It's Pamela Anderson's fault Russian custom car shop Prombron's backing away from including a whale penis leather interior on its ultimate offering, the $1.5 million Dartz Prombron Monaco Red Diamond Edition. Help us Stephen Colbert, you're our only hope! More »

$1.5M Russian SUV Features Diamonds, Whale Penis Leather

Ben Wojdyla — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 14:00:00 EDT

Whale penis leather interior. That's all you really need to know about the $1.5 million Dartz Prombron Monaco Red Diamond Edition. Yes, the diamond-encrusted white gold gauges and gold-plated bulletproof windows are impressive, but seriously, whale penis leather interior. More »

1968 Monaco Grand Prix In 8mm Glory

Mark Arnold — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 18:00:00 EDT

This silent Super-8 film of the 1968 Monaco Grand Prix is the perfect time warp to watch in contrast to the dazzling spectacle of the recent Singapore Grand Prix. The raw footage of the then-savage sport captures the essence of what a street-circuit F1 race was 40 years ago. For better or for worse, things have certainly changed. Film below the jump. More »

Camo E-Class Panzerwagen Menaces Monaco, Max Mosley Coup d'Etat Next?

Murilee Martin — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 15:00:00 EDT

You never know where the next automotive fad may originate, but the Principality of Monaco should be able to lay claim to this sure-fire Next Big Thing: reticle-equipped camouflage Mercedes-Benz station wagons! Longtime reader Deckard spotted this W210 wagon, put two and two together, and came up with what we think is a totally plausible conspiracy theory... More »

Max Mosley Threatens FIA Will Go To Crap If He's Ousted, Officially Channeling Nixon

Matt Hardigree — Fri, 16 May 2008 17:40:00 EDT

We'd rather not devote time to Max Mosley and his ongoing attempts to screw up racing like he's screwed up his life, but the story keeps getting crazier and crazier. After being asked to avoid F1 events and, basically, being benched for Monaco, Mosley has issued a letter stating that FIA will be ruined and Formula One destroyed if he's voted out in the big "vote of no confidence" meeting this June. This is basically the Nixon approach. The nation will be ruined and the media, who are blowing everything out of proportion for political reasons, will win. Snippets from the crazy letter discovered by Autosport.com below. More »

Max Mosley Turning Tables On F1 Teams, Avoiding Them At Monaco

Matt Hardigree — Fri, 16 May 2008 12:00:00 EDT

Remember how that small group of F1 participants (just drivers, staff, team bosses and sponsors) were developing an elaborate system to avoid Max Mosley at Monaco? They were going to hire spies and scouts to follow his movements and make sure that when Mosley tried to find someone they'd have it so someone would say they had just left the place that someone else had said they had just been before. Basically, the Monaco Grand Prix was going to turn into one long Abbot & Costello routine. But then the FIA decided to strip Mosley of his official title, for the event, instead putting Mosley's Deputy in charge. More »

F1 Teams Plan To Avoid Mosley In Monaco

Wes Siler — Tue, 13 May 2008 17:20:00 EDT

Drivers, team bosses and senior executives from major sponsors are making elaborate plans to avoid meeting or being photographed with Max Mosley during the Monaco Grand Prix. The May 25th race will be the first Mosley will attend since the Max Mosley Sex Video leaked. According to The Times, some teams are even going as far as employing scouts to keep them informed of Mosley's location and movements. More »

1935 Monaco Trossi Is 16 Cylinders of Radial Engine Awesome

Ben Wojdyla — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 15:20:00 EDT

When we showed off the Moto Guzzi version of the three-wheel Blackjack, commenter superstar DoctorNine dropped an image into the thread that had us running for the history books. Built by Augusto Monaco and Carlo Felice Trossi, the 1935 Monaco Trossi is a front engined beast designed to race in Grand Prix, but due to terrifying driving dynamics never did. The engine is an eight bank, 16-cylinder radial air-cooled 2-cycle, 3982cc engine with two Zoller superchargers. The whole shebang was good for 250 HP at 6000 rpm and powered the front wheels. More »

End Of The Line For This 1966 Dodge Monaco

Murilee Martin — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 14:00:00 EST

The junkyard is fun (and our wannabe 24 Hours of LeMons car hungers for parts), so I'm going to follow up the Junked Opel GT with the latest interesting find at an East Bay self-service wrecking yard: this 1966 Dodge Monaco. It's got a big-block (feel free to decode the build tag and tell us whether it's a 361 or 383, Mopar lovers) and still showing a sense of style even as it awaits its final ride. Make the jump to see even more photos. More »

Now You Can Have Your Own Bluesmobile!

Murilee Martin — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 10:30:00 EST

This exact replica of the car from "The Blues Brothers" has served its purpose well, touring with "the top Jake and Elwood Blues impersonators in the country" for 15 years, and now it's time for Steve "Jake" Ronken and Bob "Elwood" Masewicz to move on. A $19,500 starting bid for what's essentially a '74 Dodge Monaco with Mount Prospect PD emblems on the doors and a big PA speaker on the roof seems a bit steep, does it? You gotta consider the car's history before you scoff at the price- this fine automobile has seen NASCAR tracks and shopping-mall openings alike, in every state in the continental US! And if you're willing to fork over an extra $7500, "Jake" and "Elwood" will deliver it to you in person! [eBay Motors] More »

Mopar Obscura: The Dodge Superlight!

Mike Bumbeck — Mon, 07 May 2007 18:00:00 EDT

Hearkening back to the boundless optimism of the American space-age is the Dodge Superlight. Available as an option on the absolute biggest of the Dodge fleet, the Superlight was an early version of now fairly commonplace HID automobile lighting. The option was dropped in 1970 after various legal challenges on the state level and cold war resource allotment eating into Superlight R&D. The Superlight is further proof that the ultimate weapon against communism was the full-size American station wagon. – Mike Bumbeck More »

Car Hack's Notebook: Top of the Top Marques

Mike Spinelli — Mon, 30 Apr 2007 14:00:00 EDT

This past week took me to Top Marques in Monaco, the ostentatious home of pure money yet consistent proof money does not buy class. Monaco is populated by rich, orange women well into their 50s who still believe they can carry off miniskirts. But it is also home to the world's most glamorous car show, with passenger rides round the Grand Prix track thrown into the bargain. And faced with such hot metal it is only natural to revert to the child within and go begging rides in the best of the bunch. The fact that the press were limited to one passenger ride per show made it all the more fun, the pits area turned into a black market of promised coverage, favors cashed in and backs rubbed, figuratively anyway... More »

More Fast Oil-Burners: The Trident Iceni Headed to Monaco on Single Tank of Biodiesel

Mike Spinelli — Mon, 16 Apr 2007 12:15:00 EDT

A slithery GT coupe powered by GM's 6.6-liter Duramax turbodiesel? What's next, a Navistar-powered TVR? A Cummins 610 Turbo Morgan? Not so fast — the Trident Iceni is for real. And with 375 hp and 520 lb-ft of torque, it can get up and go from zero to 60 mph in 3.9 seconds and top out at 170 mph. The company's taking orders on the six-figure sportster now. But before it does, it wants to prove the Iceni's fuel efficiency and eco-friendliness, so it's driving one of the cars from the UK to the Top Marques show in Monaco this week on a single tank of biodiesel. That's 900 miles on 26 gallons (and the filler will be sealed, so no clandestine fillups. Let's see a Duramax Silverado top that. – Mike Spinelli More »

Caparo T1 Coming to Goodwood Festival of Speed

Mike Spinelli — Wed, 28 Jun 2006 09:33:55 EDT

Visitors to the manor that is Goodwood this year will get to eyeball a prototype Caparo T1, the street-legal, almost-open-wheel, F1-style racer created by ex-McLaren engineers. A pre-production model will be on display, but won't be taking part in the famous hill climb. Still, its makers say the Caparo — reported to go from zero to 60 mph in 2.5 seconds will be ready for a 2007 attempt. We'd imagine more than one Aston Martin is quaking in its Michelins. More »

Honey, I Shat the Yacht Bed: F1, Coke 'n' Hookers In Monaco

Davey G. Johnson — Fri, 09 Jun 2006 15:01:43 EDT

From the "something that will most likely never happen to us" file, here's a tidbit from popbitch sent in by our pal Cole Coonce, who once rode his bicycle to Harper's Ferry: More »

The Maserati MC12 Corsa in a Parking Garage — in Monaco

Mike Spinelli — Tue, 30 May 2006 10:05:36 EDT

One of the Gawkerettes, much to our considerable and unrelenting jealousy, spent Sunday in Monaco checking out the Grand Prix (go, go Alonso) from a yacht in the Mediterranean. While there, she (by the grace of Bill the parking attendant) captured a shot of the just-revealed Maserati MC12 Corsa — the track-only, limited-edition version of the Enzo-based MC12 — as it sat waiting for, well, we're not exactly sure what. Special thanks go to Mark Cumming of for use of the phone cam. More »

Mr. Barris Goes to Monte Carlo

Davey G. Johnson — Tue, 16 May 2006 16:27:13 EDT

George Barris is a funny little man. Back when he was in high school at San Juan, he and his brother would clamber into their hopped-up jalopy and drive down from out in Citrus Heights (which was completely the sticks back in the 1940s) and cruise down to McClatchy High in Sacramento, because, in Barris' words, "McClatchy had the best-looking girls." Later on, Barris built the Sidewinder, and if you couldn't cruise a high school in this bad boy and pull some tail back in '76, man, you weren't even trying. It's up for bids at Bonhams' Les Grandes Marques a Monaco in Monte Carlo this weekend. [Thanks to the Mighty Thor for the Mighty Tip.] More »

Tailfin Magic: The Antas V8

Mike Spinelli — Wed, 19 Apr 2006 12:39:23 EDT

Our beaux fr res over at Le Blog Auto offer up this distinctive machine built by Italian restoration house Faralli & Mazzanti. It's the Antas V8, a design study that shows what might happen if a team of designers from Panoz and Morgan stared too deeply at a Tatra T87 after inhailing an eighth of 150-proof grappa. The V8-powered prototype will make its public debut at the Top Marques event in Monaco this week, where it'll be drooled on by tipsy, southern-European viscounts in scarves that cost more than Manhattan real estate. Tres gauche! More »

Caparo T1 to Be Unveiled in Monaco

Mike Spinelli — Fri, 14 Apr 2006 13:43:00 EDT

Caparo Vehicle Technologies, a specialty-car development company founded by ex-McLaren engineers, will soon unveil the street-legal F1 car they've been threatening to build. The batshit-insane, 1,100-pound, V8-powered T1 will be introduced by His Most Serene Highness of Monaco at the kingdom's Top Marques event next week, though with a zero-to-60 time of 2.5 seconds, it's doubtful even the king could keep his composure. An international incident may be at hand. More »

Cue "Can't Turn You Loose" and Floor It: The Bluesmobile

Davey G. Johnson — Tue, 19 Jul 2005 12:30:17 EDT

With all of the attention given to '69 Chargers these days due to the Dukes of Hazzard hoopla, we felt it was time to focus on another historic Hollywood Mopar: It's got a cop motor a four-hundred- and-forty cubic-inch plant. It's got cop tires, cop suspension, cop shocks; it was a model made before catalytic converters so it'll run good on regular gas. So what is it? A 1974 Dodge Monaco, of course. With the Bullitt Mustang and the Bandit's Trans Am, the Bluesmobile stands as a member of the Triumvirate of Filmic Car Chase Icons. And yes, we just made that up. Has a nice ring, tho, eh? Ah, if the policemen of Mt. Prospect, IL only knew what they'd given up. After all, all it needed was a new cigarette lighter. More »