Jalopnik: Pebble Beach

Owls Head collector car auction is New England's answer to Pebble Beach

Tom Joslin — Sun, 28 Aug 2011 17:00:00 EDT

Every year on the third weekend in August a week of high end car shows and auctions on the Monterey Peninsula ends with the beyond upscale and world famous Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance. On the opposite side of the country a decidedly less upscale collector car event has been held the same weekend in the small seaside town of Owls Head, Me for the past 34 years. More »

The concept car that survived a civil war

Justin Hyde — Wed, 24 Aug 2011 12:00:00 EDT

In the greens of metal at the Pebble Beach Concours D'Elegance, one car leapt out at me; a strange red speedster with a Plymouth badge. I had no idea just how strange it was until the owner shared the details of its five-decade journey from speeding around Detroit to dodging mortars in war-torn Beirut. Here's the story of Plymouth's lost jet-age concept car - and its forthcoming digital redemption. More »

Monterey Auto Week: The highlights

Justin Hyde — Tue, 23 Aug 2011 15:30:00 EDT

The roads surrounding the Pebble Beach Concours D'Elegance are the only place in the world where you can get jaded by the sight of a mid-'60s Ferrari in a matter of days. Here's the best of what I saw this weekend. More »

A Lamborghini gets sand-trapped at Pebble Beach

Mike Spinelli — Sat, 20 Aug 2011 10:00:00 EDT

A Lamborghini Gallardo Spyder wound up in a sand trap after the driver took a wrong turn leaving the Concorso Italiano event at Pebble Beach last night. Mulligan! More »

The car that made Steve McQueen a Ferrari poser

Justin Hyde — Fri, 19 Aug 2011 12:00:00 EDT

Steve McQueen's status as patron saint of all things automotive has only grown in recent years, but early in his career the actor wasn't above some poser subterfuge — like putting fake badges on an Italian roadster and calling it a Ferrari. More »

Cadillac Ciel is a convertible Sedan de Ville for the 21st Century

Justin Hyde — Thu, 18 Aug 2011 22:19:00 EDT

To kick off the Monterey uber-auto festival, Cadillac unveiled a new concept: the Ciel, named for the French word for "sky" and meant to suggest the next evolution of Caddy's art-and-science design paired with a V6 turbo hybrid. Caddy's going big. More »

First Hennessey Venom GT lands in American hands

Matt Hardigree — Mon, 15 Aug 2011 16:30:00 EDT

It's only right the Hennessey Venom GT — a monster with a 1,200-hp American heart — should finally find an American owner. And it's "P***Y Magnet" yellow to boot, though we're sure the owner isn't Nick Hogan. More »

Infiniti IPL G Coupe: 348 HP Japanese Luxotourer

Matt Hardigree — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 14:30:00 EDT

The much-rumored Infiniti Performance Line launched today with the Infiniti IPL G Coupe, a slightly more aggressive version of the standard G37S with a tweaked 348 hp V6 and "lets go racing" look. But will it please the Infiniti enthusiast? More »

Jaguar XK175: A Rare, Expensive Beast

Ben Wojdyla — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 09:30:00 EDT

The Jaguar XK175 debuts at Pebble Beach today with a special aero package, 510-hp, 461 lb-ft supercharged V8 and electronically-limited 174 mph top speed. Only 175 cars will be built at a cost of $104,500... kitty's got nails. More »

Morgan EvaGT: The Sexy Family Coupe

Ben Wojdyla — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 17:30:00 EDT

The Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance is this weekend, which means the new Morgan EvaGT will debut. This is the car's second teaser and we really don't think we could take another one. Make ours ash-framed please. [WCF] More »

Morgan EvaGT 2+2 To Get 306 HP, 40 MPG

Ben Wojdyla — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 13:00:00 EDT

Pebble Beach will see the unveil of the 2+2 Morgan EvaGT sport coupe. It'll ride on the Aero chassis, get a 306HP BMW inline-6, sprint to 60 mph in 4.5 seconds and return 40 mpg. Hopefully, without the cross-eyes. [ MotoBullet] More »

Why Yes, My Ferrari Is Made Of Aluminum — Why Do You Ask?

Sam Smith — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 15:30:00 EDT

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This may not be a real Ferrari, but no matter — it's still one of the most gorgeous things we've ever seen. Pontoon-fendered 250 Testarossa body, you had us at hello. More »

2011 Infiniti M Foam Model Drives Through Pebble Beach

Matt Hardigree — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 08:00:00 EDT

Using a foam model and some serious projection technology, the 2011 Infiniti M appeared to drive out of its Pebble Beach debut. It's a truly amazing effect, shaming the typical fake smoke-and-cloth-drop reveal. More »

Stig-Spotting At Pebble Beach?

Ray Wert — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 11:00:00 EDT

Is this The Stig spotted this weekend at Pebble Beach or just a Top Gear fan-boy engaging in some strange form of CosPlay? (Hat tip to Paul!) Photo Credit: Pzeissig More »

Bentley Mulsanne: It's Definitely Big

Matt Hardigree — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 16:30:00 EDT

It turns out the 2010 Grand Bentley is actually the Bentley Mulsanne, a $300,000 homage to the Bentleys of yore that just premiered at the Pebble Beach Concours D'Elegance. Tough market to drop a big, expensive Bentley in, eh? More »

2011 Infiniti M Revealed At Pebble Beach

Ben Wojdyla — Sat, 15 Aug 2009 20:10:00 EDT

Apparently Nissan didn't get the message all the cool stuff was happening at the Woodward Dream Cruise today and they went ahead and revealed the 2011 Infiniti M at the stinky old Pebble Beach Concours. More »

2011 Infiniti M Teaser Sketch Previews Virtual Pebble Beach Unveil

Ben Wojdyla — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 12:30:00 EDT

Nissan's released this teaser of the 2011 Infiniti M, set to debut August 14th at the Pebble Beach Concours, kinda. It's actually going to be digitally revealed, projected onto a blank foam model. Weird. More »

Grand Bentley: Yet Another Dark Teaser Shot

Ray Wert — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 07:00:00 EDT

After the first dark and stormy teaser shot, Bentley's revealed yet another dark kink in the new Grand Bentley's sheet metal ahead of its Pebble Beach Concours D'Elegance reveal. Full press release accompanying the night-life shot below. More »

Devon GTX Heading To Pebble Beach Despite Losing Viper Bid

Wes Siler — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 16:00:00 EDT

The Devon GTX was supposed to be based on the Dodge Viper. Unfortunately, Scott Devon's $5.5 million bid for the Viper brand and factory was turned down. What can he use instead? More »

Nick Hogan's Rolls Royce Phantom Drophead Coupe At Pebble Beach

Wes Siler — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 13:40:00 EDT

2009 Mercedes SL65 AMG Black Series Back-End At Pebble Beach

Wes Siler — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 12:40:00 EDT

Bugatti Veyron 16.4 Grand Sport Drives Pebble Beach In Its Bloomers

Ben Wojdyla — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 11:50:00 EDT

Spyker C8 Aileron To Debut At Pebble Beach, Dilute Show Even More

Ben Wojdyla — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 12:45:00 EDT

We've just heard the Spyker C8 Aileron will make its North American debut at this weekend's Pebble Beach Concours D'Elegance. We've already seen the Aileron make it's worldwide debut at the 2008 Geneva Motor Show, so color us jaded if we're not terribly excited by this news. In fact, we're beginning to get a bit annoyed with automakers treating Pebble Beach like the Detroit Auto Show. At the current count, debuting this year is the Bugatti Veyron 16.4 Grand Sport, the Pininfarina Hyperion, and one other (much more interesting) car we can't tell you about 'till tomorrow morning. Sure would be nice to have, you know, old cars at the show too.

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Hertz To Auction 25 Shelby Mustang GT-H Convertibles At Monterey Kruse Auction

Mark Arnold — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 10:30:00 EDT

Only 500 2007 Shelby GT-H Convertibles were made for Hertz's Rent-a-Racer fleet, but if you want one, 25 of them will be for sale at next week's Kruse auction in Monterey. True, you could probably build your own by bolting on a few parts to a standard GT Mustang Convertible, but if you're convinced a GT-H driven some of the hardest miles known to man by a series of cement-footed Ford fan-boy tourists will have some level of future "value," then by all means, head on over to the Auction. Sure, you'll have to pay $100 to get in the door plus a 10% commission on the car, but with so many of the yellow-and-black Mustangs under one roof, you may end up with a steal. (Hat tip to Buckster!) More »

Porsche "No. 1" Coming To Pebble Beach

Mark Arnold — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 09:40:00 EDT

The Porsche officially known as the Type 356-001, but affectionately known simply as "No. 1," will be making it's first ever appearance in North America at this month's Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance. The forefather of Bruce, originally designed by Dr. Ferdinand back in 1947, was supposed to be at the '98 Monterrey Historics for the brand's 50th anniversary, but was damaged in transit. Apparently it took another ten years for Porsche to decide to try it again — as the car now heads over to us from the fatherland to celebrate Porsche's 60th anniversary. So if you're a passionate Porsche purist, this may be your only chance to scope out "No. 1" on these shores for quite some time. The car's full story is in the press release after the jump. More »

Bugatti Veyron Targa To Bow At Pebble Beach, Car Snobs To Feign Disinterest

Ben Wojdyla — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 11:20:00 EDT

The Pebble Beach Concours D'Elegance usually plays host to the reveal of at least one high profile, high-dollar piece of driveway candy every year. This year is no exception with the Bugatti Veyron Targa expected to make an appearance and drop its very expensive top. And when we say expensive, what we really mean to say is ridiculously expensive. More »

Pininfarina Hyperion, Rolls Royce Drophead Coupe-Based Convertible To Premiere At Pebble Beach Concours

Wes Siler — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 10:30:00 EDT

The coolest thing about the Pininfarina Hyperion isn't its swooping, yacht-influenced lines or abbreviated passenger compartment. It's that this isn't a concept car, it's a one-off coach-built special commissioned by a wealthy enthusiast. Other details on the Rolls Royce Drophead Coupe special haven't yet emerged, but expect to see the Hyperion in full at the Pebble Beach Concours in August. [via Pininfarina] More »

Farewell, Monterey. Hello Again, L.A.

Davey G. Johnson — Mon, 20 Aug 2007 09:15:00 EDT

For dirt-poor gearheads with a penchant for the unloved and inexpensive as well as a passion for history, craftsmanship, design and wonderful noises, scoring a chance to hit the Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance and its attendant and ancillary events is like being handed a golden ticket to an automotive fantasyland where Ferraris scream in the distance as one falls asleep at night, while race day is populated with barking Offenhausers, thundering big-block V8s and spitting, yowling Coventry Climaxes. New cars appear and old cars reappear, sometimes weathered by the ravages of time, others restored to a high-gloss sheen that's likely better than the condition in which the vehicle first arrived in its original owner's hands. We'll go so far as to say that although it's presented in a high-buck format, you owe it to yourself to experience the Monterey weekend at least once in your life. It's that good. If you missed our reportage due to excessive sleep and/or family life, fear not — we've got a link to the insanity here. What's more, there's plenty of goodness left to share throughout the week. Break out the eye peeler. More »

The Jalopnik Yuri Gagarin Memorial Timepiece Collection

Davey G. Johnson — Sun, 19 Aug 2007 16:00:00 EDT

While judges scour and pore over fine examples of coachwork from Zagato and Scaglietti, chassis and engines by Duesenberg, Aston Martin — and even a hand-picked selection of hot rods by ingenious American hoodlums — in search of a winner, Bumbeck and Johnson scoured the field for the odd little gems that most embody the spirit of awesome. Sometimes it's a detail as small as a primer bowl on a rack of Webers. Others, it's the pure aura of gigantic gobs of awesome, most strikingly displayed by the Napier-Railton Brooklands oval speed-record car. Plus, some brave individual manhandled the beast through the Corkscrew yesterday at Laguna. And what could be better than that? More »

2008 Lexus SC 430 Pebble Beach Edition

Mike Spinelli — Thu, 16 Aug 2007 16:53:55 EDT

Ladies who lunch, start your mixed green salads. It's the 2008 Lexus SC 430 Pebble Beach Edition, and it's coming soon to a tennis club in Orange County, California. Considering this is the time of year when car enthusiasts' thoughts turn to all things snooty and julip-soaked, Lexus again will give its aging SC a good tricking out. And as usual, they're whipping out the upmarket-sounding phrase book. Check out the Smoky Granite Mica exterior paint, and the exclusive two-tone Camel and Ecru leather trim interior and Espresso Bird-eye maple wood trim. Also note the white illuminated scuff plates, sleek rear spoiler and 18-inch chrome, six-spoke wheels under a set of run-flats. Excuse us while we put the Chardonnay on ice, draw a bubble bath and get out our secret stash of Criss Angel: Mindfreak DVDs. More »

Max Weinberg Not Auctioning Lotus 7

Davey G. Johnson — Fri, 20 Jul 2007 17:00:00 EDT

Conan O'Brien's bandleader, Max Weinberg, will have a few machines up for sale at Christie's Pebble Beach auction, including an immaculately-restored '57 Corvette. At the age of 24, with his first Born to Run bux in his pocket, Weinberg picked up a '70 E-Type. But probably the raddest testament to Weinberg's car love is that his first ride was an $800 Volvo P1800 that he picked up because Roger Moore drove one in The Saint. Still, we would've loved to have seen young Max in Patrick McGoohan's Sixties television ride... [ForbesAutos] More »

The "Legendary" 1975 Pink Fin Painting Up For Auction At Pebble Beach Concours

Ray Wert — Tue, 17 Jul 2007 14:30:00 EDT

The Harold Cleworth painting billed as beginning "...today's modern automotive art movement" is going up for auction Saturday, August 18 at the Gooding Auction to be held after the Pebble Beach Concours. While we're more of a fan of Cleworth's other works with the album covers of such masters as The Who and The Rolling Stones, we're pretty sure someone out there will snatch up this piece of automotive art history. We'll wait until we can snag the original of "Dogs Playing Poker." More »

A Bit About Wealthy Car-Guy Culture

Davey G. Johnson — Thu, 31 Aug 2006 16:30:00 EDT

We weren't raised wealthy, but we were raised in the 1980s, when conspicuous consumption was everywhere. We mostly came of age in the 1990s, when our weird punk geek friends made bundles of money in tech and bought us drinks and drugs, but it was cool to be (or appear to be) broke. As Ian MacKaye so famously sung, "Cool's eternal, but it's always dated." And if that line isn't as famous as it should be as a social critique, well, it should be. And now? Well, now we're in an age of some weird aspirational decadent affluence that seems like a strange melange of the self-consciousness of the 1990s and the weird rah-rah, score-at-all-costs innocence of the '80s. So what does this have to do with cars? Largely everything. More »

Bill Harrah: 1, Igor Sikorsky: 0

Davey G. Johnson — Mon, 28 Aug 2006 15:15:00 EDT

We were talking to our folks last night and mentioned the majesty of the Hoover Dam, one of the few unnatural features of Nevada that doesn't reek of chintzy artifice. Being of Nevadan stock ourselves, we have mixed feelings about the state; the superficial glitz, dumb hicks and ridiculous high-roller wannabes get to us, but you know, there's familial history there and we've got a weakness for strippers. Six o' one, a half-dozen of the other, we suppose. While we were in Pebble Beach a week ago, we caught the auction of a rather fascinating 1971 Ferrari 365 GTB/4 that somehow dovetails with all of this yammering. More »

Lancia at Laguna: D50 Runs the Monterey Historics

Davey G. Johnson — Fri, 25 Aug 2006 00:00:00 EDT

Imagine gargling six-penny nails and then running the resultant sound through an analog, vacuum-tube powered signal processor. Now imagine that sound being one of the best sounds you've ever heard. That, friends is the Lancia D50 bombing into a turn at Laguna Seca in the hands of Steve Tillack. He may have finished 17th, but there wasn't a cooler car on the track during the 1955-1965 F1 & F2 race at the Monterey Historics. More »

If Any Car Is Worth $5,610,000, This Is Probably It: The Ferrari 412S

Davey G. Johnson — Thu, 24 Aug 2006 15:00:00 EDT

We Yanks tend to think of Euro cars as machines for overmoneyed, caviar-nibbling, expensive-jeans wearing sleazebags with expensive watches and questionable facial hair. Manliness is measured by the pure cubic inch, not the horsepower-per-cubic-inch. And truth be told, there's more than a fair dose of reality in that stereotype. But. But, there was a time when European sports racers, while more sophisticated than the Hudsons and Chryslers running 'shine across the backroads of the South, were just as goddamn rip-your-nips-off hairy-chested as anything we ever produced. More »

The Cadillac NART

Davey G. Johnson — Thu, 24 Aug 2006 13:30:00 EDT

Luigi Chinetti was famously the original American distributor of Ferrari automobiles and honcho of the company's North American Racing Team. In the late 1960s and early '70s Chinetti was worried about impending emissions regulations possibly strangling his Ferrari business, so he turned around a front-drive Eldorado powertrain and stuffed it in the back of a four-seat coupe designed by his son, Luigi, Jr. and had Zagato whip up an example. The result was somewhat horrifying, and despite the fact that it's a one-of-one vehicle comissioned by a legend in the realm of motoring and constructed by a fabled coachbuilder, it's still, shall we say charitably, two-bag ugly. No wonder it sold for tuppence ha'penny (read: $52,500) at the RM auction in Monterey. More »

Classic IMSA Action at the Monterey Historics

Davey G. Johnson — Wed, 23 Aug 2006 20:15:00 EDT

Armed with only our trusty little Nikon Coolpix L3 — which is a fine we camera for shooting things that happen to be static, but not so good for objects moving at a high rate of speed — and Pen's access to the trackside Ferrari Club of America tent, we went for broke shooting the no talkin' man, all action IMSA race. While some of the other classes were more of a high speed exhibition, the IMSA guys weren't poontangin' around; dudes was haulin' some serious poop. While the race was dominated by 935s and Monzas, Bobby Rahal showed up in an M1 and put on a strong showing. Ultimately, though, Bruce Canepa of Scotts Valley, CA (the #12 car pictured above) walked off with the win in his '79 935, but not after doing some serious Ginsu-style slicing and dicing to score the victory. Best race we saw all weekend. More »

The Joy of Muntz

Davey G. Johnson — Wed, 23 Aug 2006 17:00:00 EDT

The last vehicle to cross the block at the last event of the Monterey weekend was a 1953 Muntz Road Jet. Bidding started at $35k for what's reputed to be the cleanest unrestored Road Jet in the country. One person took the bait and the car rolled offstage. Sort of a whimpering end to a wallbanger of a weekend. But Earl "Mad Man" Muntz, who made his bacon selling televisions (he named his daughter "Tee Vee") was no shrinking violet. More »

Paddock Randomness at the Monterey Historics

Davey G. Johnson — Wed, 23 Aug 2006 15:15:00 EDT

The nutso thing about the Monterey Historics is that everywhere you look, there's something to catch your fancy, even if you're not checking out the action on the track, which can get pretty heated at times — to wit, the Saturday Trans-Am race and the Sunday IMSA battle. But just walking around the reserved parking areas taken up by various and sundry clubs, you'll run across something you haven't seen in a long time, or perhaps have never laid eyes on before. (Although we have to admit, in the case of the de Tomaso Guara, we wish we hadn't laid eyes on it. Why, Alejandro? Why?) More »