Monday, August 22, 2016

Editors’ Picks: Our Favorites from the 2016 Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance

–The Concours d’Élégance at Pebble Beach once again lived up to its billing as the most over-the-top classic-car spectacle on the automotive calendar. There were 27 automotive categories, as well as one for motorcycles. In addition to the expected—pre- and postwar classics, American and European, open and closed; antiques, open and closed; preservation cars, pre- and postwar; Duesenbergs; Rolls-Royces (two classes); Ferraris (two classes); and a class devoted to custom coachwork (by Chapron)—attendees this year overdosed on Lamborghini Miuras, Bizzarrinis, Ford GTs, custom-bodied Fiats, 1930s Indy cars, Delahayes (two classes), and BMWs (three classes). From this the sea of automotive perfection, the C/D team plucked out a dozen favorites—including one prescient pick. Click through to see our best of the best.–1932 Stutz DV-32 LeBaron Speedster–1932 Stutz DV-32 LeBaron Speedster–1935 Ford V8 Miller Special–1935 Ford V8 Miller Special–1935 Voisin C25 Cimier–1935 Voisin C25 Cimier–1936 Lancia Astura Pinin Farina cabriolet–1936 Lancia Astura Pinin Farina cabriolet–My hero Bernd Rosemeyer had the impeccable taste to own and drive a Horch roadster during his mid-1930s salad days as Auto Union’s star Grand Prix star. In his honor and because this 1938 custom-bodied special edition is so impeccably turned out, it’s my top pick at Pebble Beach. —Don Sherman–1938 Horch 853 Erdmann and Rossi Special Roadster SS 02–1938 Delahaye 165 cabriolet–1938 Delahaye 165 cabriolet–1938 Packard 1605 Super Eight Bohman & Schwartz convertible sedan–1938 Packard 1605 Super Eight Bohman & Schwartz convertible sedan–1953 Fiat 1100 Allemano cabriolet–1953 Fiat 1100 Allemano cabriolet–1962 Ferrari 250 GTE police car–1962 Ferrari 250 GTE police car–1965 Ford GT40 P/1015 Mk II–1965 Ford GT40 P/1015 Mk II–1966 Bizzarrini P538 Italdesign Manta concept–1966 Bizzarrini P538 Italdesign Manta concept–1971 Lamborghini Miura SV Bertone Coupe–1971 Lamborghini Miura SV Bertone Coupe—
from Car and Driver Blog http://www.caranddriver.com/flipbook/editors-picks-our-favorites-from-the-2016-pebble-beach-concours-delegance


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