Pebble Beach Concours

The Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance released the commemorative posters for the 2017 event, in addition to the Pebble Beach Tour d’Elegance and Pebble Beach RetroAuto. The tradition of creating these posters dates back more than 60 years to the first Pebble Beach Road Race and Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance held in 1950. Artists are now commissioned to paint them, and they generally showcase automobiles related to … [Read more...]

From an unlikely partnership between lawyer Cesare Isotta and car enthusiasts Vincenzo, Antonio and Oreste Fraschini, came Italy’s most opulent automobile brand: Isotta Fraschini (Ee-So-ta fra-Skee-nee). A wide range of Isotta Fraschini models, from the very first to the last cars built, will be showcased in three full classes at the 2017 Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance on August 20. Corrado Lopresto, who … [Read more...]

The headline North American celebration of Ferrari’s 70th anniversary will be held at the 2017 Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance, scheduled for August 17-20 at the Pebble Beach Golf Links in California. “This will be an historic celebration of Ferrari, bringing its seventy years of engineering, style and passion to life for our clients, collectors and fans during the incomparable Pebble Beach Automotive Week,” … [Read more...]

The Pebble Beach Concours 2018 will take place on Sunday, August 26, 2018. The one-time move from the third to the fourth Sunday of August makes room for the United States Amateur Championship to be held at Pebble Beach Golf Links and Spyglass Hill Golf Course from August 13 through 19. … [Read more...]

One-off Ferrari Speciales and Jaguars with Custom Coachwork will be among the featured marques at the 2017 Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance, scheduled for August 20th in California during Monterey Car Week. Applications for entry are due January 9, with competitors expected to learn their fate by April. … [Read more...]

Charities were a big winner again at the 2016 Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance, as this year's event raised more than $1.7 million for charity. Donations from the Concours have averaged $1.4 million annually since 2006. "Throughout this past decade we have consistently given over $1 million to charity each year, and we are very proud of that," said Concours Chairman Sandra Button. … [Read more...]

The Mullin Automotive Museum shared its collection during the 2016 Monterey Car Week with the crowds at the Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance, Quail Motorsports Gathering, McCall's Motorworks Reunion and the Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion. This year the Mullin brought eight road and race cars from its collection, all of which were honored at the events in which they were entered. “To have the Museum’s … [Read more...]

At the Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance on Sunday 21 August 2016, FIVA (the Fédération Internationale des Véhicules Anciens) awarded its preservation trophy to the 1902 Thomas, Model No. 17, owned by Kirk Bewley of Sacramento, California and Stewart Laidlaw of Redding, Connecticut. The FIVA preservation award recognises vehicles that retain much of their original components, materials and finishes and as such are … [Read more...]

The Pebble Beach Concours caps off the eventful Monterey Classic Car Week filled with a grand display of the finest collector cars in the world, all riding on four tires. To that end, Tennessee-based Coker Tire reports that half of the field of 205 entries at the 2016 Concours were equipped with period-correct Coker Tires, including 77 out of 110 cars in the pre-war classes, 15 First in Class winners out of the 26 … [Read more...]