Concours D'LeMons Lowers Standards at Monterey Automotive Week - Yahoo Autos (blog)
The Concours de’ Lemon is supported by Hagerty and Grassroots Motorsports magazine. Grassroots Motorsports publisher Tim Suddard, said, “we do these events because we love the idea and the people who find, fix up and share these wacky, unloved cars“. Spielberg said he saved the beat-up Citröen from the crusher, and since he doesn’t store it at his home he doesn’t have to “look at it or fix it. ” As owner of one the more popular cars at the Concours d'LeMons, he enthusiastically displayed the... Gallery: Concours d’LeMons. Not surprisingly, the Citroen won the “Unmitigated Gaul” award as Lemons’ worst French car. That earned Spielberg a bag of French-related Dollar Store items, along with a lemon-shaped cutting board and stainless steel knife that Galbraith claimed was "made from the bumper of a Citroen. ” Galbraith repeated the joke with every winning car, changing the steel’s origin to match the car’s manufacturer. Among the winning automobiles were a 1995 Nissan Altima turned "Mad Maxima,” which claimed the “Soul Sucking Japanese Appliance” award. Source: www.yahoo.com
