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CONCOURS OF ELEGANCE 2021: THE RAREST CARS IN THE WORLD

CONCOURS OF ELEGANCE 2021: THE RAREST CARS IN THE WORLD

The Concours of Elegance has revealed the full list of vehicles that make up its Main Concours display of the rarest cars in the world From trailblazing pre-war Grand Prix cars to the very Rolls-Royce that gave birth to ‘the best car in the world’ moniker Collection of around 60 vehicles sits at the heart of an eve ... Continue reading

Automotive Heritage Foundation 2021

Automotive Heritage Foundation 2021

The 2021 Automotive Heritage Awards took the stage at the M1 Concourse last Friday during their Woodward Dream Show, a great new venue for the AHA. It was mighty hot with too few clouds and not a wisp of breeze to mitigate the summer heat, but we had a hearty audience of winners and guests. ... Continue reading

Don't MIss 2021 Automotive Heritage Awards

Don't MIss 2021 Automotive Heritage Awards

Hosted by M1 Concourse during their Woodward Dream Show August 20th, 4:00 PM Woodward and South Boulevard, Pontiac, Michigan Get your tickets now! Guests: Registration Code: AHA25 for discount $75 ticket We are part of the M1 Concourse two-day Woodward Dream Show activities on the weekend of the epic Woodward Dream Cru ... Continue reading

The glamour of the Mercedes-Benz SL at the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance The glamour of the Mercedes-Benz SL at the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance

The glamour of the Mercedes-Benz SL at the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance The glamour of the Mercedes-Benz SL at the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance

It could hardly get more exquisite than this: at the annual Monterey Car Week in the grounds of the Pebble Beach Golf Club, the most exclusive and spectacular classics in motoring history are presented, admired, awarded prizes and sometimes even auctioned off for record-setting sums. ... Continue reading

Nutson Auto News Wrap-up Week Ending August 7, 2021

Nutson Auto News Wrap-up Week Ending August 7, 2021

Links to full versions of today's news nuggets along with a million pages of the past 25 year's automotive news, articles, reviews and archived stories residing in <a href= ... Continue reading

Toyota to Reproduce Spare Parts for the Land Cruiser

Toyota to Reproduce Spare Parts for the Land Cruiser

TOYOTA GAZOO Racing has announced that it will reproduce spare parts for the Land Cruiser in celebration of its 70th anniversary today, August 1. The parts will be reproduced for the 40 Series Land Cruiser, which was produced between 1960 and 1984, as part of the GR Heritage Parts Project. ... Continue reading

Fabulous Display of Ferraris Joins Hampton Court Concours Of Elegance

Fabulous Display of Ferraris Joins Hampton Court Concours Of Elegance

Some of the world’s finest Ferraris are coming to the Concours of Elegance September 3-5, 2021. In total, nearly 1,000 vehicles will be on display across the weekend. ... Continue reading

2021 Concours d’Elegance of America at St. John’s Survives a Storm

2021 Concours d’Elegance of America at St. John’s Survives a Storm

Bookends for Chairman Larry Moss By Steve Purdy Shunpiker Productions [Larry Moss deserves a medal of valor for keeping a cool head in the face of adversity saving this important Concours d’Elegance - perhaps the third most prestigious show of its kind in the country - from natural disaster . . . twice. [Larry Moss] ... Continue reading

TODAY! - Final Concours d’Elegance of America at St. Johns July 23-25, 2021 Before New Era Begins

TODAY! - Final Concours d’Elegance of America at St. Johns July 23-25, 2021 Before New Era Begins

First, let me remind you that the prestigious Concours d’Elegance of America at St. John’s is coming up this weekend, July 23-25, on the golf course at the Inn at St. ... Continue reading

Nutson's Weekly Auto News Wrap Up - July 18, 2021

Nutson's Weekly Auto News Wrap Up - July 18, 2021

The Auto Channel Journalist Larry Nutson "The Chicago Car Guy" Take On Last Weeks Important Auto News, Published Here In Readable Nuggets ... Continue reading

Aston Martin Valkyrie Declared Showstopper of the 2021 Goodwood Festival of Speed

Aston Martin Valkyrie Declared Showstopper of the 2021 Goodwood Festival of Speed

Michelin Supercar Paddock Showstopper of the Festival at FOS  · The all-electric Rimac Nevera hypercar and the bespoke Glickenhaus SCG 004S road car were runners up  · Showstopper Award judges Jodie Kidd, Frank Stephenson, Mr JWW and Mike Fernie commended the Valkyrie’s design and pursuit of function o ... Continue reading

The Amelia Island Concours d'Elegance Has Been Acquired by Hagerty

The Amelia Island Concours d'Elegance Has Been Acquired by Hagerty

Heritage Capital Group, Inc., an investment banking and financial advisory firm serving middle-market and emerging growth companies in the U.S. and worldwide, is pleased to announce that its client, The Amelia Island Concours d'Elegance ("The Concours"), has been acquired by Hagerty. Businessman and car collector Bill ... Continue reading

Electric Cars Add Will Add More Frazzle To Your Busy Life

Electric Cars Add Will Add More Frazzle To Your Busy Life

I'm still awaiting a convincing “no-dog-in-the-fight” argument about the viability of Electric Cars replacing the tried and true easy to use Internal Combustion Engine powered car. ... Continue reading

Porsche Success Story at Le Mans - with Real Legends +VIDEO Pt. 1 of 6

Porsche Success Story at Le Mans - with Real Legends +VIDEO Pt. 1 of 6

Porsche made moments for eternity at Le Mans. In the upcoming months, the Porsche Museum will dedicate itself extensively to the leading heritage theme: “The Porsche success story in Le Mans”. The starting point is 1951, the year in which Porsche first drove to a class victory with the 356 SL. ... Continue reading

The Yugo - The Rise and Fall of The Worst Car in the World - Book Review And Link To Yougo Library

The Yugo - The Rise and Fall of The Worst Car in the World - Book Review And Link To Yougo Library

THE YUGO THE RISE AND FALL OF THE WORST CAR IN THE WORLD By Jason Vuic Published by Hill and Wang, New York A Book Review By Steve Purdy Detroit BureauThe Auto Channel I met Jason Vuic during an author’s book fair at the Detroit Public Library’s National Automotive History Collection a couple weeks ago. A ... Continue reading

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