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1934 Voisin C-25 Aerodyne 'Best Of Show' Winner

[/caption] Peter Mullin and his wife’s 1934 Voisin C-25 Aerodyne has snagged the ‘Best of Show’ award at this year’s Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance. The Voisin beat out of a field of 227 vehicles during the 61st outing of the prestigious event. A mere 28 examples of the C-25 chassis were created between 1934 and 1937 and only 8 received the Aerodyne body. Its ‘fixed roof’ slides back over the trunk creating the sunroof opening and one of the earliest and sleekest ‘targa’ models we’ve ever known. It is powered by…

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1957 Testa Rossa Prototype Smashes Auction Record At $16.39 Million

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[/caption] Setting a new world record for an automobile sold at auction, the iconic 1957 Ferrari 250 Testa Rossa Prototype went for an astounding $16.39 million at this weekend’s Gooding & Company event in Pebble Beach. Right out of the gate a bid of $10 million was thrown out and grew to a gavel price of 14.9 million.

1957 Ferrari 250 Testa Rossa Prototype Breaks Record

1957 Ferrari 250 Testa Rossa Prototype

106 out of 127 lots sold with total sales for the two-night event topping more than $78 million. Here are Gooding & Co.’s…

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Cadillac Debuts Ciel Concept At Pebble Beach

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Cadillac Ciel Concept

[/caption] Cadillac has unveiled their Ciel Concept here in Pebble Beach. French for ‘sky’, the Ciel is said to have been designed for ‘open-air grand-touring and inspired by the natural beauty of the California coast’. What better place for a debut than during Monterey Auto Week on the Peninsula? The Ciel is powered by a twin-turbocharged 3.6-liter direct injection V6 with a lithium-ion hybrid drivetrain.The interior feature Italian olive wood, aroma-therapy and a simplistic approach to the instrument panel. The Ciel is big, but is only 12 inches longer than the CTS sedan. How big will…

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Shelby SuperCars Tuatara Makes North American Debut At Pebble Beach

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Shelby SuperCars Tuatara at Pebble Beach

[/caption] Shelby SuperCars debuted their new Tuatara on the Concept Lawn at this year’s Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance. If you’re like us and have been taken aback by the vehicle’s design while browsing photos in the past, seeing this car in person gives a whole new perspective. This new hypercar appears well balanced, well-built and whose design fits in nicely with the hypercars of today – even the rear spoiler-wings are easily accepted when viewed in person. The company’s founder Jerod Shelby as well as the Tuatara’s designer Jason Castriota were both present…

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Two Ford Concepts Crossing The Block In Monterey

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Ford Shelby GR-1 Concept

[/caption] Following last year’s highly successful auction of Ford concept vehicles by RM, the two companies have teamed up again to bring a pair of Ford’s ideas from the past to the block next weekend in Monterey. The more exciting of the two cars is most certainly the Ford Shelby GR-1 Concept built to pay homage to the legendary Daytona Coupe and its 40th anniversary. Not only is it still a sexy design, but was fittingly debuted at Pebble Beach back in 2004. This is the fiberglass design shell featuring the 12-spoke 19″ wheels, but…

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Gooding & Company Sending Coach-Built Ferraris Across The Auction Block In Monterey

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1957 Ferrari 410 Superamerica Series II Coupe

[/caption] Wherever there is a prestigious enough concours d’elegance there is an equally stellar round of auctions nearby. Our jaws often drop and salivate at any number of vehicles throughout the year, but just like the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance itself, there’s just nothing like the lots that show up in Monterey. Gooding and Company is bringing 15 Ferraris to the stage this year, 5 of which are coach-built award-winning examples. These 5 most notable vehicles are – 1957 Ferrari 410 Superamerica Series II Coupe (Pinin Farina’s 1957 Paris Auto Show Car) 1953…

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2011 Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance Announces Featured Marques

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2010 Best of Show Winner - 1933 Delage D8S De Villars Roadster

[/caption] Car aficionados, auctioneers, vintage racers and the world’s wealthiest from all walks of life flock to Monterey Peninsula each August for the can’t-miss weekend that surrounds the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance. While the Jaguar E-Type and C-Type classics will be showcased at this year’s Monterey Motorsports Reunion, the featured marques of the 2011 Pebble Concours d’Elegance are Mercedes-Benz & 125 Years of the Automobile, the Stutz Centennial, Ferrari 250 GTOs, Edwardian Rolls-Royce Silver Ghosts, and Italian Motorcycles. Considering only 36 Ferrari 250 GTOs were ever…

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’64 Pontiac Banshee Prototype Coupe A No Sale In Monterey, Now Up For Auction On Ebay

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1964 Pontiac Banshee Coupe Prototype, 1 of 1

The famous 1964 Ponitiac Banshee Prototype Coupe (Xp-833) by John DeLorean failed to sell at Mecum’s Monterey Auction with a high bid of $400,000. Now it’s being offered through Ebay Motors. Currently, it has 17 bids and sits at $48,700. No word on what the reserve is set at, but with it failing to go for nearly ten times the current bid while surrounded by all that is Pebble Beach weekend, it certainly has a way to go before it’ll change hands.

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