1937 Alfa Romeo 8C Wins Best of Show at Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance
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Deep blue Alfa scores three awards over the weekend
An exquisite 1937 Alfa Romeo 8C 2900B Touring Berlinetta took home the Best of Show prize at the 2018 Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance.
The deep blue Alfa Romeo won its class before competing for Best of Show and also picked up this year's Charles A. Chayne Trophy—plus, it was named the J. B. & Dorothy Nethercutt Most Elegant Closed Car.
"As a Zagato collector, I broke the rules and bought a Touring-bodied car because this Alfa Romeo is very special," said owner David Sydorick of Beverly Hills, California, in a statement. "It is a piece of automotive architecture mounted on a Grand Prix chassis that has technology that was top of the line for prewar cars. It's a wonderful combination. It's beautiful from top to bottom."
The polished prizewinner competed against over 200 cars from 17 countries and 31 states on the 18th fairway of Pebble Beach overlooking the Pacific Ocean. The concours is not a contest of speed, but instead one of elegance, just as it has been since its inception in 1950.
"This Alfa Romeo 8C 2.9 has all that one would wish for in a car—speed, style, and, frankly, sex appeal," said Sandra Button, Concours chairman, in a release. "The Touring styling is simply magical, and to top it off it makes all the right noises!"
Honorable mentions include a 1929 Duesenberg J Murphy Town Limousine owned by the Lehrman Collection of Palm Beach, Florida, and a 1948 Talbot-Lago T26 Grand Sport Figoni Fastback Coup owned by Robert Kudela of Chropyn , Czech Republic.
This year's Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance also raised $1.8 million for charity that will benefit over 80 local Monterey county charities.
The 69th Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance returns to the third Sunday of August next year—so be sure to mark your calendars for August 18, 2019.
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*** sigh ***
Me too. Love that looooooooong hood. The last photo indicates that it houses a straight 8.
Got to love a sexy Italian.
Indeed
I own some pretty cars but nothing like that!
She's a beaut isn't she?
Not a typical DIY engine under the hood. A work of art though.
Very sexy car porn.
Now that's what I call ''Class''.....Stunningly beautiful.
Good show.
(Perrie's going to do a little bragging here). I have actually been to the Pebble Beach Concours D’Elegance, as I am lucky enough to have friends who are not only members, but my friend Marty's company is one of the sponsors and he is the CFO of the company. It is so much fun to see these cars up close and personal. I too am a big car freak. I wish I could afford an amazing roadster. But now, I will had to admire a sexy Italian from a distance..
Sophia Loren?
Just for you Kavika
So an Italian pushing a German?
Yep. It was her favorite.
For those of us who live here, Concours week is when we all think of going out of town
After you've been a few times, all the locals start complaining about is the traffic that shows up with it. I do like checking out all the cars that park along the street in front of my office in down town Carmel by the Sea, but thankfully I am able to walk to work since finding parking during that week is nearly impossible. A local real estate office sold parking spaces in their private parking lot for the one day of the car show parade down Ocean Ave for $250 a space. There are also lots of "Rev"elers who can be heard all across town showing off how much noise their engines can make while they cruise at 15 mph through town.
And how often does one have an excuse to wear a tux?
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