Pebble Beach 2011: Still Awesome

The year passes, the famous Concours d'Elegance at Pebble Beach celebrated its 60 years of existence.

This in no way prevents the organizers of the 2011 edition organize many activities surrounding this magnificent event with more to offer visitors an impressive array of antique and exotic cars.

The festivities generated by the Concours d'Elegance Villa d'Este in Italy and Pebble Beach are among the most popular activities by fans who attend and present journalists who then savor a pleasure that must be the want more than one ...

Lovers of vintage cars

Pebble Beach is also the annual meeting place for lovers of old cars. Moreover since a few years it pays tribute to the legendary or mythical brands.

This year, it was noted mainly all 125 years of innovation of the Mercedes-Benz brand and the 50th anniversary of the legendary Jaguar E-Type.

Updates to the auction

The Concours d'Elegance at Pebble Beach is also an opportunity for many collectors to seize cars, often legendary, which are put to auction by RM Auctions society.

Beautiful cars put to the auction at prices generally very high.

Viewers can also see defiler several old cars in front of them on a track specially designed for this purpose.

Increased participation of manufacturers

The Concours d'Elegance at Pebble Beach has become in recent years an opportunity for all REVEE automakers to present new models and concepts in the first major global or large North American premiere. Recently, several of them will even be present a new model and has very limited circulation, offered at prices exceeding the readily million U.S. dollars.

Here are the cars that are illustrated in Pebble Beach

Jaguar E-Type 1961: We made it a very nice tribute

Blitzen Benz 1911 It beats the speed record 228.1 km / h

Cadillac Ciel Concept: A long four-seater convertible

Edsel Ford Roadster 1934 A very well done restoration

Ford Shelby GR-1 Concept 2005 an auction generous

Hennessey Venom GT: A powerful American of 1217 ch.

Infiniti JX Concept: A very close concept of the model series has come

Lexus GS350 2012: World Premiere for the serial model

Lotus Evora GTE and Elise SC Final Edition: On American to discover

24K Dante Rubli models: Aston Martin DB5 and Ferrari 250 GTO

McLaren MP4-12C: The model of series finally ready to hit the road