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Monterey Car Week is an auction venue like no other on the planet. Six major auctions occur during 72 hours, all within a few miles of each other, with a third of a billion dollars in sales. Here are the top 200 cars which caught our eye during the Monterey sales.

The 2019 Ram 1500 has been completely revamped as a new generation of the pickup truck. Core expectations from the Ram line continue forward, but a new mild hybrid system and better efficiency and capability have been added. We spent a week in the Rebel off-road model and learned a few things.

The flagship of the Jeep brand, the Wrangler is one of the most easily-recognized and cultishly followed vehicles in America. When Jeep announces a new-generation of the Wrangler, it’s an event as momentous as Halley's Comet: both rare and much-anticipated.

The Chrysler Pacifica is the newest minivan on the market, introduced for this model year as an all-new model to replace Fiat-Chrysler's best-selling vans. The Pacifica Hybrid is an option that surprises on several fronts ... not the least of which is that it's a plug-in hybrid minivan.

The Chrysler Ghia Streamline X "Gilda" is is a one-off, turbine-powered concept car from 1955. Now this fully operational, outrageous looking machine is set for auction.

Chrysler has completed the production of 100 Pacifica Hybrid minivans built specifically for self-driving use by Waymo. The news is the first of note to come out of Waymo since it was spun-out from being Google's autonomous car project, with the vehicles to be used for self-driving testing.​

Mopar has shown its hand at SEMA, whipping the covers off six show cars for its stand at the Las Vegas Convention Center. Highlights include a Challenger, a retro-modern Jeep and a RAM Power Wagon.​

Last week Artcurial held a D-Day sale where the entire contents of a World War II museum went up for auction – every aspect of perhaps the most important single military confrontation in history and a fascinating insight into the technologies of WWII and the evolution of warfare.

Last month's Jeep hack is only the tip of the iceberg and consumers face bigger problems if manufacturers don't take some lessons on board. Security researchers at DEF CON described the many attack surfaces of today's connected vehicle and pointed to potential improvements to protect consumers.

Two skilled hackers have made a terrifying demonstration: an exploit that lets them remotely take control of just about any electronically controlled part of your internet-connected Chrysler, including the steering, throttle and brakes.

In terms of investment potential, the prices of movie star cars are accelerating faster than either the collectible car or movie memorabilia markets. This week Herbie (The Love Bug) set a new world record for a Beetle at $126,500 to become one of the top 50 movie cars ever sold at auction.

Not only has Jeep revealed a new Wrangler pickup concept for this year's Easter Jeep Safari, but it also has an airy, military-look Wrangler, a surf-styled tribute to the original 1970s-era Cherokee, a Grand Cherokee overland camper, and three other interesting packages.