CAR SHOWS & CONCOURS D'ELEGANCE 2011

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CAR SHOWS & CONCOURS D'ELEGANCE around the world. Photos and Stories.

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YEAR 2011

Chronicle | SFGate.com
53th Annual International Auto Show
Moscone Convention Center. San Francisco, California
November 20 through 28, 2012
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The International Auto Show is expecting manufacturers exhibits of their 2011 vehicles of: Acura, Aston Martin, Audi, Bentley, BMW, Buick, Cadillac, Chevrolet, Chrysler, Dodge, Ford, GMC, Honda, Hyundai, Infiniti, Jaguar, Jeep, KIA, Lamborghini, Land Rover, Lexus, Lincoln, Lotus, Mazda, Mini, Ram, Nissan, Rolls Royce, Saab, Scion, Subaru, Porsche, Toyota, Volkswagen and Volvo.

The International Auto Show is the premier auto exposition in northern California and the second largest auto show in the western United States.

The International Auto Show will again feature the Academy of Art University Classic Car Collection. It will be the largest display of classic cars in the shows history. Looking into the future? Alternative fuel and hybrid vehicles, along with prototypes and concept vehicles. Oh yes, also toss in some Dominator Hot Rods, and racecars.

Concorso Italiano®
Monterey, California,
August 19, 2011
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Goodwood Festival of Speed 2011
Goodwood Estate, Chichester, West Sussex, UK
July 1-3, 2011
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The Festival of Speed is billed as "The Largest Motoring Garden Party In The World". Held in the immaculate grounds of Goodwood House, the annual hill-climb event is a true celebration of motor sport and all things automotive.

Pebble Beach
Concours d'Elegance® 2011
August 21, 2011
Pebble Beach, California
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PROLOG:
All the Monterey and Pebble Beach Events August 14 - 21 2011 - pdf courtesy of Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance.

8.5.11 PEBBLE BEACH, California:
John Surtees the only man to win world championships in both motorcycle racing and in Formula 1, will be at the 61st annual Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance on Sunday, Aug. 21.

Surtees raced motorcycles winning seven class world championships and won his first F1 race In 1963, then his F1 world championship in 1964 in a V8-powered Ferrari 158 that will be at Pebble Beach.

Surtees later formed his own racing team, which competed for nine seasons.

John Surtees at Pebble Beach, August 14 - 21 2011 - pdf

courtesy of Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance.

Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance 2011:
In celebration of the 50th anniversary of the Ferrari 250 GTO, more than twenty of these exclusive sports racing cars will take to the show field of the 2011 Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance on Sunday, August 21.

Thirty-six 250 GTOs were originally produced, and there are two 330 GTOs with larger capacity engines. All of these exclusive cars have been invited to the Concours and more than half have already accepted the invitation. Some of these GTOs have sold for as much as $30 million in recent years. FULL STORY - pdf

Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance 2011
The Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance has announced the featured marques and classes for the 2011 competition. The 2011 year event will celebrate the 125 anniversary of the automobile. In 1886, Karl Benz received the first patent for a gas-propelled car.

The 2011 featured marques are: The creations of Benz and Daimler and their successors -- notably, Mercedes and Mercedes-Benz; Early Rolls-Royce Silver Ghosts (1907-1919); Stutz Centennial; The Birth of the Ferrari 250 GTO; and Italian Motorcycles.
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The 125th Anniversary Of The Automobile will be celebrated with a MERCEDES-BENZ tribute at the 2011 August Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance.

Early 'White Knight' Race Cars, Coachbuilt Classics and Preservation Cars to Be Highlighted. FULL STORY - pdf

1957 Ferrari 250 Testa Rossa Prototype, Chassis 0666 TR
Photo Courtesy of Gooding & Company 2011

7-20-11 Pebble Beach, California:
The Legendary 1957 Ferrari 250 Testa Rossa Prototype will be on auction at Pebble Beach this August, by the Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance's official auction house of Gooding & Company.

Gooding & Company expects to break the All-time World Auction Record with this rare offering.

Also to be available, the 1963 Shelby Cobra 289 Factory Team Car.

Euro Festival 2011
Blue Ridge Mountains of South Carolina
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Autumn Classic Car Show
Morgan Hill, California
October 16, 2011
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MG Fall Festival 2011
Petaluma, CA California
September 30, 2011
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15th Annual Ironstone Concours d'Elegance
Ironstone Vineyards, Murphys, California
September 24, 2011
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PROLOG:
15th annual Ironstone Concours d'Elegance, Sept. 24, 2011:
The 15th annual Ironstone Concours d'Elegance, at Ironstone Vineyards, Murphys, California. The concours attracts only the best and most beautiful vintage automobiles from Northern and Central California. More than 300 outstanding classic are expected.

1913 Stutz

Attendees will be able to take rides in a 1913 Stutz Bearcat from the National Automobile Museum collection in Reno, Nevada, and rides in Model T and Model A Fords supplied by local clubs. In addition.

Featured marques are Stutz, Packard, Pierce-Arrow, Bentley, Rolls-Royce and classic Volkswagens. Also Chevrolet's 100th anniversary with antique motorcycles, wooden boats, art-deco trailers and campmobiles.

THE CALIFORNIA MILLE
1000 miles throughout Northern California over 4 days
April 2011
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SAN FRANCISCO,
INTERNATIONAL AUTO SHOW
November 2010
San Francisco, California
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AMK Veteran Vozdovac Old Time
Vehicle Gathering Serbia 2011
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Oldtimer Club
Belgrade Hippodrome 2011, Serbia 2011
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Gumballa 3000 runs through
Belgrade (Beograd), Serbia 2011
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VW Beetle club
VW Cars gather in
Belgrade (Beograd), Serbia 2011
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American cars on Sarajevo Street
May 2011
Belgrade (Beograd), Serbia 2011
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Mogulaire Concours d'Elegance
Wente Vineyards, Livermore, California
July 23, 2011
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Mogulaire at Blackhawk Museum
Danville, California, May 2011
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Cveti Family Patron's Day
Auto Show
Belgrade (Beograd), Serbia 2011
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Serbian 49th International
Auto Show
Belgrade (Beograd), Serbia 2011
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Concept Cars
Avenue des Champs Elysees
Paris, France January 1, 2011
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24 Sata Elegancije Beograd
Danube Promenade
Belgrade (Beograd), Serbia
September, 2011
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Serbian League of Historic Vehicles (SSIV)
Grand Prix of Belgrade 72nd anniversary
Belgrade (Beograd), Serbia
April, 2011
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Monaco:
Top Marques Monaco on April 14, 2011 host the launch of six world supercars from Gembella (Germany), Codatronca (Italy), Keating Supercars (UK), Tirrito (Italy), Identity Cars (Spain), and Soleil Motors (Italy).

Models reported to be on site are: KOENIGSEGG AGERA, The Savage Rivale Roadyacht GTS, MELKUS RS2000, Xenatec Coupé. Cars will be showcased at the Grimaldi Forum, Monaco.

10.20.11 SANTA MONICA, CA:
Gooding & Company reported record sales for 2011 on collector cars.

The 2011 year-end sales of more than $131 million, was a 14% increase in sales from 2010 results. The auction house had 37 world record sales, including those from a 1957 Ferrari 250 Testa Rossa Prototype that sold for $16.39 million, the world's most valuable car ever sold at auction, and the Whittell Coupe Duesenberg Model J that sold for $10.34 million, the most valuable American car ever sold at auction. Two-hundred and ninety cars were sold at auction throughout the year, averaging $451,867 per car sold. Included were 27 cars sold at values greater than $1 million each. FULL STORY - pdf

Gooding & Company, Amelia Island Auction , February 24, 2011.
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Photo by Scott Nidermaier © 2010 Courtesy of Gooding & Company

GOODING & COMPANY:
at its January 2011 Scottsdale Auctions will offer a 1962 Mercedes-Benz 300 SL Roadster sn-198.042.10.0003020, with only 7,367 miles on the car. Believed to be the "lowest-mileage Roadster in existence," says David Gooding.
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