We had a fun, but rainy, weekend at the Greenwich Concours d’Elegance, especially on Sunday. Saturday was quite nice, though, and there was a spectacular array of cars on the field. This is our highlight gallery from Day 1.
Enjoy!
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Last year, I brought a Miata to this show, and I somehow managed to win 3rd place in the Import class (well, there were 3 of us). This year, the Lincoln may not have won anything, but my favorite car at the show won Best in Show, and the rest of the field wasn’t half-bad either. I spent the entire afternoon taking photos, talking to participants, and generally having a ball at the fact that the show was just steps away from my residence. This is the third year the show’s been running and the Elks Lodge in Piscataway does a beautiful job of getting the word out and getting some beautiful classic cars to turn up and show off their best. Enjoy the photos.
It’s amazing how much a touch of turquoise can enrich the fine details of a car. This Rolls Royce Dawn would’ve been elegant, if even a little bland, were it not for its turquoise details in its finely crafted interior. It really makes the car “pop.”
It’s so swanky!
-Nick
My brother Seth and his girlfriend Michelle have become almost as good as my other brother Matthew and his fiancee Rachel (being in Los Angeles, they have a big advantage) at spotting cars over the past few years or so. This time, Seth has found quite possibly the oldest car we’ve put in for a Spotted post in a very long time. This Model T looks to be a post-1920 model and looks fantastic. Keep up the good spotting, you two! Continue reading Ford Model T spotted in Princeton, NJ
These two SUVs are insanely fast by road car standards. But which one is best?
My aunt has become quite a car spotter since the time she and my uncle spent in London–and they certainly know the right places to look. Boca Raton, not the greatest place for car spotting even 10 years ago, has exploded as a great place to find classic cars sitting next to exotics (noveau riche vs old money). The first-generation Corvette is not a big favorite of mine, but if I had to pick one of them, I think the 1958-1959 model would be my favorite. It lacks the gaping maw of a grille shoved onto the Sixties models but looks mature and sophisticated compared to the single-headlights 1955-1957 models, and still packs small-block Chevy power. When can I move to Florida?
Spotted by: Randi and Dan Paul-Heskins
-Albert S. Davis
A nice blue on different blue Duesenberg for your Wednesday! Don’t we wish America still made a car with this much class? We may be heading in the right direction, though.
-Nick
Motor Trend has been putting out some fantastic videos over the past few years, and this new one with the 2016 Chevrolet SS Sedan is no different. Here as Jason Cammisa and Randy Pobst, with the help of their friend Tire S. Moke, explain just how fantastic the Chevrolet SS Sedan is.
-Albert S. Davis
Wait, didn’t he just buy an old red Miata? Why the hell would he buy a new red Miata now?
That is the question everyone around me has been asking all weekend. Yes, I went and bought this beautiful 2014 Mazda MX5 Miata Club Edition this weekend, and no I’m not crazy, although it may seem that way to many people around me right now.
Here’s why I went and bought this car, as best as I can explain it right now.
Sadly, this is not the hands-on review article it could’ve been. Yes, Porsche was actually having test drives in this 4.0L monster 911. While most people got there too late to even get in line for a drive in the GT3 RS, Al and I actually got there too early, and I mean by a few seconds.
It was literally as I handed my pen back to the Porsche lady at the booth, after signing up to drive the 991.2 Carrera S, that this bright orange GT3 RS pulled up. Dammit!
That said, it would’ve been really difficult and unsafe to get a real taste of the GT3 RS on the public roads of Amelia Island, not to mention probably an arrestable offense. So in many ways I’m glad I tried the new turbo’d Carrera S instead. I really want to experience the new GT3 RS on the race track, or at least a more open road, where I can actually drive it properly.
That said, it did look like people were having an absolute blast in it. So while part of me is looking on the bright side, the other part of me is peanut butter and jealous as all hell!
-Nick
In this episode of Dirt Every Day, Fred Williams goes on an adventure with three other people, after buying a forty-four year old Jeep Wagoneer and getting it running again. I’ve always been a fan of old Jeep wagons myself, and the Wagoneers of the Seventies tend to get overlooked by the fancier, wood-paneled glitz-mobiles of the Eighties and Nineties. The shell of these didn’t change much over time, and it’s cool to see one like this when cleaned up and not glammed-up. Enjoy the video of an American treasure, brought back to life!
-Albert S. Davis
We got our first look at the new Bentley Bentayga SUV at the New York International Auto Show. Part of me doesn’t think it quite fits as a Bentley, the other part of me sees how it was a no-brainer for the Luxury SUV segment.
I think there’s little doubt the Bentayga will sell well. I mean, pretty soon you’ll be seeing them sprinkled around the Apple Store side of your local mall, right next to the Teslas. The question is does it help Bentley or hurt their brand identity?
-Nick
Mind Over Motor 