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Pictorial: Monterey Car Week & Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance 2017

By Mike Hanlon
August 22, 2017
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Monterey Car Week 2017 has come and gone and a host of anniversaries and memories have been consigned to history.

This year was the 60th anniversary of Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca, and we managed to attend most events from the Concours de Lemons, McCall's Motorworks Revival, The Quail Motorsports Gathering, Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion, Legends of the Autobahn Concours, Werks Reunion, Pebble Beach Tour d'Elegance through to the culmination of the whole week at the Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance.

It's hard to pick the highlights from an event as diverse and large as Monterey Car Week. It's a multi-faceted diamond, and regardless of your idea of what automotive nirvana might look like, you will find it in Monterey during this special week.

Here's a brief taste of what you'll find in our Monterey Car Week photo gallery:

There could be no more fitting entrant at Pebble Beach than this 1903 Mercedes Simplex 40 HP Tonneau, the model derived from the world's first sportscar. The car pictured was first delivered in March 1903, and is one of the oldest Mercedes in the world.
Tom O’Neal / Rolex
There could be no more fitting entrant at Pebble Beach than this 1903 Mercedes Simplex 40 HP Tonneau, the model derived from the world's first sportscar. The car pictured was first delivered in March 1903, and is one of the oldest Mercedes in the world.

There could be no more fitting entrant at Pebble Beach than this 1903 Mercedes Simplex 40 HP Tonneau, the model derived from the world's first sportscar. The car pictured was first delivered in March 1903, and is one of the oldest Mercedes in the world.

BMW's Concept 8 Series was unveiled in May 2017, then just a few days later BMW confirmed that there would be a full M8 treatment for the cars. At The Quail, there was an opportunity to listen to Adrian van Hooydonk about the future of the series. Expect to see the production model next month at Frankfurt Motor Show.
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Curious about The Quail? We take you inside.

The Pebble Beach Tour d'Elegance is underway and just about to cross the Bixby Bridge, led by a 1952 Jaguar XK120 Barris Roadster.
Tom O’Neal / Rolex

One of the highlights of the week is the Pebble Beach Tour d'Elegance and we have some great imagery of the concours cars in their natural habitat. That's a 1952 Jaguar XK120 Barris Roadster leading the charge across the Bixby Bridge.

Having released a show-stopper in Monterey last year, Ken Okuyama whipped the covers off his wedge-shaped Kode 0 at the Quail this year. Full story
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In addition to the older cars, there are countless examples of the very latest and most beautiful specimens. Ken Okuyama whipped the covers off his wedge-shaped Kode 0 at the Quail this year above ...

Another of Michael Fux' bespoke cars is this McLaren 720S created for him by McLaren Special Operations and displayed on the Concept Lawn on Sunday. The car combines  Fux' trademark fuchsia paint with a white leather interior
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Plus there are countless examples of the very latest and most beautiful specimens – cars you simply don't see in the wild elsewhere.

McLaren ambassador Mika Häkkinen stepped in for Jenson Button, who was originally down to drive the McLaren M23 at the Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion.
Tom O’Neal / Rolex

Recognize the face? McLaren ambassador and twice World F1 Champ Mika Häkkinen stepped in at the last minute for Jenson Button, who was originally down to drive the McLaren M23 at the Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion.

Volkswagen's I.D. BUZZ concept car began the year as a fascinating concept and within eight months, preparation for its launch as a production vehicle had begun. Volkswagen announced its production decision  at the Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance. If there's an irony, it's that the older Bulli/Kombi/Microbus is now worth more at the accompanying Monterey auctions than the new all-electric  I.D. BUZZ production car will be when it is new.
Somer Hooker / New Atlas

The gravitational pull of that was created by first the vintage racing at Laguna Seca and the Pebble Beach Concours has become a black hole for motoring enthusiasts for one week each year. It attracts the most monied audience assembled anywhere on the planet and has become such a global platform for communicating to global influencers that even Volkswagen chose to announce the production of its Samba/Kombi/Microbus.

The 1929 Mercedes-Benz S Barker Tourer which took out the Rolex Best of Show Award at Pebble Beach in 2017. The car won the coveted Rolex Oyster Perpetual Datejust 41 for well known racing personality, team owner and entrepreneur Bruce R. McCaw.
Tom O’Neal / Rolex

We've also included all the winners from the week's events ... head through to our gallery for the full Monterey photo tour.

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Mike Hanlon
As a photojournalist, Mike’s work has been published in a dozen languages across 20+ countries. He has edited or managed over 75 different print publications, each with a different target audience: sports, automotive, advertising, marketing, design, ad infinitum. Mike has been working in the internet for more than 25 years and was the veteran of five internet start-ups before founding New Atlas in 2002.
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KaiserPingo
Ken Okuyama's wedge-shaped Kode 0, looks like nothing more than a Lambo-shaped Ford GT. And that awful VW Bus ... Throw it away !!! Its nothing more than an Espace/Previa copy.
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