Highlights of the 2014 Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance - MotorTrend Magazine
Starting around 6 a. m. , some of the cars featured in the abso-spectacular Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance begin driving onto the famed golf course’s 18th fairway. The sights, the sounds, the smells -- the entire spectacle is pure car guy (and gal) fantasy stuff. Even if you don’t make it for dawn, you can strut the lawn like a fancy pants while wearing your fanciest pants at the Concours d'Elegance. The cars, people, the cars. No one will ever think she’s handsome, but this oddball engineering exercise sure has presence. By the late 1930s the car world was obsessed with the idea of streamlining, and this 1938 Mercedes-Benz was built to explore exactly that. Cranked out in 1938, the 540K Streamliner was a one-off, lost for decades, and then rebuilt by Mercedes’ Classic Center just in time for this year’s Pebble party. We’re not sure if we like the exposed hinges or the spats better. Including this larger-than-life 1941 Mercedes-Benz 770K Series II W150. Loved by Hitler (he had seven at his disposal), a handful were rescued after World War II with a total production run of 88 vehicles. ” So no one knows for sure what they went for new. Production began in 1938, and the last cars were delivered to customers in March of 1944, a month before the Führer. Source: www.motortrend.com
