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The Monterey Car Week auctions always throw up some remarkable cars that won't fetch a million dollars, but are nonetheless, automotive treasures. This article is designed to allow the automotive enthusiast/investor to get a clear picture of the breadth of automotive offerings.

The 2019 Chantilly Arts & Elegance Richard Mille ​was a triumph in many ways, most importantly in the turnout of exclusive automobiles from 16 manufacturers including significant debutant models. For McLaren it was doubly so, as its new​ Speedtail took out "Best in Show."

​Renault launched the Zoe back in March 2012, with a monthly battery hire scheme that meant the company could offer an attractive purchase price. With other European car makers now muscling in on the compact electric space, Renault has bumped up the performance specs for the new, 3rd gen Zoe.​

Alpine has unveiled its new range-topping rear-engined A110S, bumping up the power, lowering the ride height and tightening up the suspension in the name of pure driving pleasure, while still keeping its quintessentially French character.

​At the Hannover Motor Show last year, Renault revealed that the future of urban package delivery is electric, connected, autonomous and shared. Now the company is looking into manned last mile deliveries too, with the announcement of the EZ-Flex concept electric delivery van.​

Renault wants that sweet, sweet Chinese market, and it wants it bad. So the French company has hit Auto Shanghai with a cute little electric city car styled to charm the Asian market and ready to go on sale by the end of 2019.

The 2019 Amelia Island Concours d'Elegance continued to grow in stature this year, but it was the symbiotic cluster of elite auctions that threw up the most interesting results. The collector car market is undergoing generational change, attracting a younger clientele driving prices below $500,000.

Renault has unveiled a special edition Alaskan pickup truck at the Geneva Motor Show in Switzerland. The Alaskan Ice Edition will be a limited offering of the pickup coming later this year. Custom features and two-tone paint mark it apart from other Renault Alaskan models.

The sports concepts and cars are a part of the Paris Motor Show story, perhaps even the best part. But it's 2018, which means an even bigger part of that story reads electric vehicles, SUVs and crossovers, classic cars and autonomous concepts.

Driving luxury has long been defined by the chauffeur - being driven, whether in a limousine, black sedan or armored ultra-premium SUV. But how will driving luxury be defined when autonomous vehicles drive everyone? Renault explores this question with the all-new EZ-Ultimo concept.

Renault says that future urban mobility will be electric, connected, autonomous and shared. The EZ-Pro autonomous electric pod concept is all of those things, and sees a manned package carrier at the front of a convoy of driverless, modular pods satisfying the delivery needs of online customers.

Renault is apparently big in Russia, owning almost a third of the market through its main brand and majority ownership of Lada. And apparently, Russians want to see more cars with the ground clearance and 4-wheel-drive capability of an SUV, but the body of a sedan.