As the headline in our image shows, America's finest Italian concours d'elegance is on the move. No, Concorso Italiano is not leaving the beautiful Monterey Bay area but hotel construction...
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The Great Race 2008, I'm sorry to say, may turn out to be the Great Fiasco of 2008. But don't blame the organizers. Bill Ewing, CEO of Great Race Sports, has informed participants that the...
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One-hundred years ago six cars and crews set out on an adventure that was billed as "The World's Greatest Race." At a time when cars were so primitive the public had little faith,...
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Okay, I'm a hopeless sentimentalist, so when I began researching this Zagato-bodied 1956 Maserati A6G Berlinetta, which appeared at the inaugural Palm Springs Desert Classic Concours, I may have...
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You won't find one of these parked by the curb in your neighborhood unless the owner is participating in a notable classic car event. Which is why this historic Ferrari 375 MM, body by...
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Felipe Massa, one of the fastest drivers in the world, races for Ferrari's F1 team. He's paid millions and can buy any car he wants. How nice, then, to see Felipe with a new Fiat 500 as his...
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This is the car I'll be looking at more than any other in 2008, starting March 16. It's the new Ferrari F2008, unveiled today and due to be tested at Fiorano beginning Monday. Of course it...
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The Intermeccanica Italia Spyder is a rare example of a period when Italian specialist builders frequently used American V-8's because manufacturers like Ferrari and Maserati weren't keen on...
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You won't find any calendars hanging in my little condo. It's not that I don't like them, especially when the photos consist of classic cars, planes, trains, etc. In fact I've kept a...
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Amid all the glitter and glamour of Pebble Beach is a concours with its own version of G&G, mixed with a large helping of Italian brio. I am, of course, talking about Concorso Italiano, probably...
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One of the highlights of my trip to Monterey/Pebble Beach in 2006 was visiting Concorso Italiano, a massive display of Italian collector cars plus some new models and a not insignificant showing of...
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Americans love their big, brawny muscle cars. Europeans have a similar affection for tiny vehicles that graduated their owners from two to four wheels. In Italy, the most-loved was Fiat's 500,...
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There isn't much you can't do with enough money. That includes ordering an Italian speciliast builder to build an Antas car based on your personal design concepts for, say, $800,000, which is...
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It's to be expected that Detroit will have more than its share of automotive events throughout the year and in summer things get hotted up as the classics go on show. Italian car fans will get a...
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This is possibly the most amazing scale model ever made. An Italian mechanical engineer whose name is (not too clear from the link) Pierre Scatti spent three years of his spare time making molds and...
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So where was I on Tuesday? In Vancouver, unable to access wireless from my hotel room. Hate to miss inserting a blog but on the other hand it was a busy couple of days. The action began on Monday...
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This rather plain, but nonetheless charming sedan is a 1953 Lancia Appia Series II which I photographed at the 2006 Concorso Italiano. Any Lancia is interesting because, from its very beginnings in...
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