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The Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance is an annual automotive event held on the Pebble Beach Golf Links in Pebble Beach, California.It is widely considered the most prestigious car show in the world and it is the pinnacle Concours d'Elegance competition worldwide.
This compared to a Car Life road test of a 400 cu in (6.6 L) powered GTO with a Ram Air engine, four-speed transmission, and 3.90 gear, which did 0–60 in 6.6 seconds, 0–100 in 14.6 seconds, and the 1/4 mile in 14.53 at 99.7 mph. Car and Driver wrote that the 428 cu in (7.0 L) powered car was "a fine, exciting car for either touring or ...
In 2025, the show was moved back to its previous January timeframe; [1] as a result, no show was held in 2024. [19] The 2025 public show ran from January 11–20, with the media and charity previews held on the 10th, [20] the latter featuring a performance by Flo Rida. [21] Like in 2023, the 2025 show was held entirely indoors at Huntington Place.
[8] In 1962, "Grand" was added to the title, contributing to the show's long-time moniker as "The Grand-Daddy of them All". [2] In 1967, the show moved to the Oakland Coliseum [10] Between 1998 and 2003, the show was held at a variety of other San Francisco-Bay Area venues [11] before relocating to Southern California's Fairplex in 2004. [12] [13]
In 1952, a car club known as the "Choppers of Pomona" aided by a young police officer, Sergeant Bud Coons, advocated that a safe place should be provided for local area drag racers. Coons, along with fellow hot rod enthusiast, Pomona Police Chief Ralph Parker, and the city government of Pomona asked to lease the parking lot of the LA County ...
A custom car that originated as a 1951 Mercury Eight. [51] [52] 1963 Chevrolet Corvette: $1.5 million Schaumburg, 2013 A customized vehicle once owned by General Motors executive Harley Earl. [53] [54] [55] 1963 Pontiac Catalina: $530,000 Indianapolis, 2014 One of 14 built by Pontiac for drag racing. [56] 1964 Ford GT40 prototype $7 million ...
The 2008 SEMA Show at the Las Vegas Convention Center. The SEMA acronym originally stood for Speed Equipment Manufacturing Association. [5] In 1970, government regulations became an issue and the name was changed to Specialty Equipment Market Association to improve the overall image of the association.
The G8 GXP was the most powerful production car Pontiac had ever built and is regarded as the best driver's car ever to wear the Pontiac badge. The Holden Ute was scheduled to be launched as the G8 ST before it was canceled in January 2009 due to GM's financial situation. It was later announced that the G8 may not see a second generation.