The Pebble Beach Tour d’Elegance 2015 was held Thursday, August 13th, starting and ending at the Pebble Beach Equestrian Center in Pebble Beach, California. The 18th annual scenic 75-mile trip around the Monterey Peninsula, held in association with the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance, was open to vehicles that are participating in the 2015 Pebble Beach Concours on Sunday, August 16th. This year saw over 150 historic automobiles take off from Pebble Beach for a tour of the region’s scenic driving routes.
Begun in 1998 to showcase the elegance of the automobile in motion, the Tour also underscores the early history of the place that is Pebble Beach. Decades before golf links were laid out along the edge of the Pacific Ocean, this area was known for its scenic drive, winding for miles through pine and cypress forest, dancing alongside dramatic cliffs and leading, ultimately, to a beautiful crescent-shaped bay.
Two separate starts grouped the cars together as they set off across the start line, past the Pebble Beach Lodge and on to the famous 17-Mile Drive. After leaving 17-mile Drive, this year’s running of the Tour continued through the region’s valleys, hills, forests and dramatic cliff sides, touching on California Highway 1 in the direction of Big Sur until participants hit their turn-around destination at the Ripplewood Resort. Tour participants enjoyed a gourmet lunch in Carmel-by-the-Sea, plus a champagne celebration at the finish and commemorative gifts.
As mentioned, the Pebble Beach Tour d’Elegance presented by Rolex was open to all entrants in the 2015 edition of the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance. It is important to note that the Tour and the Concours are directly linked. If two vehicles tie in class competition at the Concours, the car that successfully completed the Tour gets the nod.
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Similar to our coverage of the 2010 Tour, 2011 Tour, 2012 Tour, 2013 Tour and 2014 Tour, Senior Photographer Tim Scott also documented the 2015 Pebble Beach Tour d’Elegance with the following stunning images that show the wonderful and diverse selection of cars entered in the Concours, plus the breathtaking views of the Monterey Peninsula and Pacific Coast seen on the Tour. We split up Tim’s pictures into two galleries. The first gallery starting below features our favorite images, all displayed in the full-width view of Sports Car Digest, while the second gallery can be found on the last page of the article and gives a comprehensive view of all the photographs. To see more from Tim, visit fluidimages.co.uk.
Pebble Beach Tour d’Elegance 2015 – Featured Photo Gallery
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Pebble Beach Tour d’Elegance 2015 – Main Photo Gallery (click image for larger picture and description)
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[Source: Pebble Beach Concours; photos: Tim Scott / Fluid Images]
If the definition for Elegance is “0-60mph in 20 seconds, no smog check is required forever, pollute as wished” then I never want any Elegance in my garage.
Get a life
Greens are the most miserable human beings on this earth!
With that type of attitude then thank goodness you will never have an “elegance” in your garage.
Love the Arnolt Bristol
Another superb gallery from Tim, some lovely shots. My favourite is the picture of the 250 LM and Cobra, by chance picture #250 🙂
Greenies are never happy unless they are making someone else’s life a misery!
God protects the innocents…this gentleman may have no crietria about elegance afterwards…you either have or you dont…cant be bought….
This is perhaps the single best collection of superb photographs of amazing classics that I have seen. All kinds of congratulations to the photographer!
Great pictures. But that blue “1937 Jaguar SS 100 Roadster” is an AC 16/80 (I believe both cars shared the same Standard Motor Company chassis).