Concours dElegance

A 1956 Ferrari 250 GT Berlinetta Competizione yesterday became the winner of 2021 Annual Peninsula Classics ‘Best of the Best’ Award, the most prestigious concours honor in the world. Here's a pictorial of the winning car, and the other 7 finalists

America’s automotive passion is proving as relentless and innovative as its technological initiative, as evidenced by the transformation of the Father’s Day Rodeo Drive Concours d’Elegance into the inaugural Beverly Hills Tour d’Elegance on June 20.

So far this year, there hasn't been a car sold for eight figures, but one auction to be held at the Concours of Elegance on September 5, 2020 could see three cars all surpass that mark inside two hours.

Drawing its contestants from the winners of eight elite Concours events held in Europe and America in 2019, the Peninsula Classics 2019 Best of the Best Award is the de facto world championship of Concours cars. Here's a look at the eight finalists.

Mercedes-Benz Classic, the restoration arm of Mercedes, has reconstructed the streamlined race car from 1932. The SSKL will be showcased at Pebble Beach as part of the event's "125 Years of Motorsport" theme. A 1938 Mercedes-Benz 320 n combination coupe (W 142) will also be shown.

The Italian city of Turin played host to a new and important Concours d'Elegance this week when the inaugural Parco Valentino Classic was run in conjunction with the fifth Parco Valentino Motor Show from June 19 to 23, 2019.

​​Ferrari's $48.4 million 250 GT may have just broken the auction world record, but it wasn’t the only curvaceous car from the Prancing Horse to turn heads at Pebble Beach this year. The event also saw the world premiere of the new 488 Pista Spider as part of the 2018 Concours d’Elegance.

Infiniti's retro-modern racer was perhaps the most pleasant surprise amongst Pebble Beach debuts. One complaint: the initial debut left us absolutely starving for some driving footage. Thankfully, Infiniti didn't wait long to show some on-track action.

A year after BMW ended production of the Z4, a new Z4 has made its debut. The striking Concept Z4 Roadster wears some of the creased bodywork previewed on the Concept 8 Series, creating an open two-seater that begs for furious, bluff-hugging twists high above smashing waves.

New classes for the Concorso di Motociclette Villa d'Este motorcycle beauty pageant are often conjured up from areas where most concours organizers fear to tread. This year the eccentric category choices all offered an opportunity to celebrate different aspects of transportation heritage.

McLaren has let its MSO (McLaren Special Operations) division loose on the 570GT. The result, McLaren 570GT by MSO Concept, will be shown in full at next week's Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance, but the company has teased a handful of images and details ahead of the debut.

Following the debut of the Galpin Rocket last year, Galpin Auto Sports and Henrik Fisker are back with the Speedster version. The new design gives the custom-bodied, 725-hp Mustang a droppable carbon fiber roof.