The Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance and all the festivities around Monterey, California, during Car Week transform the peninsula into an open-air car museum. Nearly every event—and there are many—is packed with one-of-a-kind cars you may never see again or that you’ve only seen in books. This weekend, our editors will share the most interesting, wild, and beautiful cars, and we invite you to join us through the weekend. So put on your salmon-colored pants or seersucker suit and join us in looking at some amazing cars. — Car and Driver
Saturday, August 14
Happy birthday to Parnelli Jones, who raced Indy cars, sprint cars, stock cars, off-road, and Trans-Am. He cut a cake decorated with his famous Bud Moore Boss 302 Mustang on the top.
Elana Scherr
It’s impossible not to be moved by the thundering V-8s of the 1960s and ’70s Trans-Am pony cars. And we mean that literally, too, as your chest vibrates as they accelerate down the front straight. That’s one of the great things about Monterey Car Week; not only do you get to see cars on display, but at Laguna Seca, racers from the recent and not-so-recent past have another excuse to give these cars the beans. It’s spectacular. — Dave VanderWerp
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This is Sauerkraut, a 1958 jalopy that was used as a promotional vehicle for a VW dealership back in the day. It is also the winner of the Concours D’Lemons Worst in Show award. — Sharon Silke Carty
Sharon Carty
Car and Driver
Okay, yesterday was The Quail, which was fancy, all champagne and people arriving by helicopter and so many Lamborghinis they started to look commonplace, but now we’re at a very different show. the Concours d’Lemons. These cars are duckin’ terrible. — Elana Scherr
I’m actually a little disappointed at how not terrible most of these cars are. Like this trio of Cosworth Vegas? So not terrible.
Car and Driver
Not that there aren’t a few miserable machines. This roadster Neon is pretty awful. As is the stretched Corvair limo.
Friday, August 13
Sunburns and champagne! Also some cars, a crowd around Lamborghini for some reason, and many dogs who probably eat off more expensive china than we do.
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Also new rule, if you match the car you get to keep it.
Elana Scherr
Genesis just unveiled the G70 GT4 Gran Turismo concept, built on a production G70, street-parking it in Monterey for bystanders to gawk. Although the company isn’t making any official announcements, they’re clearly getting the racing itch. No other detail was given, so I guess we’ll have to wait for it to show up in the Gran Turismo video-game franchise to figure out its power and performance. — Dave VanderWerp
Dave VanderWerp
Dave VanderWerp
Dave VanderWerp
Oh, hey, there’s a Ferrari SF90, the car that just ascended to the top of our all-time zero-to-60-mph leaderboard with a 2.0-second performance.
Dave VanderWerp
As part of the festivities surrounding the launch of the NSX Type S, Acura brought a number of NSXs to drive. I gravitated toward this 60,000-mile ’91 for a reminder of the glorious intake roar from the 8000-rpm V-6 and the purity of its manual steering and 3000-pound weight. (Also to remind myself how much I miss the one I sold a couple years ago.) It’s truly one of the greats.
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Dave VanderWerp
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This is Monterey Car Week, where cars that you’ve never seen in person suddenly appear in multiples. Like these two Pagani Huayra BCs, a coupe (one of 20) and a roadster (one of 40). Of course, there’s another Huayra parked a few spots down, too. — Dave VanderWerp
Dave VanderWerp
Dave VanderWerp
Thursday, August 12
This is how you get pulled over in Monterey during Car Week: by two very annoyed bike cops. — Sharon Silke Carty
Car and Driver
Driving the legendary Ford GT on Highway 1 is the stuff of dreams, although I didn’t expect to need to use a throw pillow to fit in the driver’s seat. — Elana Scherr
Elana Scherr
Tom Hanks’s Airstream and Toyota FJ40 Land Cruiser were sold at auction here this afternoon. Here’s a closer look, and we have a story with the sales results. — Sharon Silke Carty
Sharon CartyCar and Driver
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Here are a couple of photos from the reveal of the Acura NSX Type S, which I’ve covered in depth in a separate story. — Dave VanderWerp
Dave VanderWerp
Dave VanderWerp
Aston Martin is celebrating 70 years importing cars to the U.S. at Pebble this weekend, starting by showing off the Valhalla, for the first time in North America, as well as the Valkyrie Spider. Aston has a house and outdoor exhibition space on the 18th hole of the Pebble Beach golf course and is hosting a huge bash at The Quail Motorsports Gathering on Friday. — Sharon Silke Carty
Sharon Carty
Car and Driver
Car and Driver
There are a lot of ways to get to Monterey, California. Driving up Highway 1 in a 2002 Mercedes SL500 Silver Arrow is by no means the worst of them.
Elana Scherr
And it gets even better, or at least more thematic, when you’re chasing a 2005 SL55 AMG and a 1969 280SL.
Elana Scherr
Of course, the rule of Car Week is: Whatever you’re driving, someone’s got something rarer and wilder, and they’re about to pass you. — Elana Scherr
Elana Scherr
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