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Monterey 2010: The Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance roundup gallery

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2010 Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance – Click above for high-res image gallery

Another Pebble Beach Concours has come and gone, the confetti has flown and the champagne has been imbibed. The somewhat surprising Best of Show selection has been entered into the record books, and now, we, your faithful Autobloggers, can finally get some rest. It’s been a grueling week full of new car unveilings, vintage car races, auctions and, of course, the Concours. As much as we enjoy every minute of it, and are sad to see it end, we’re always glad to be home again, sleeping in our own beds. But before we crawl back into our caves to slumber for another year, we have some unfinished business to take care of.

There are always thousands of images that don’t make it into the official posts, most of which are just as beautiful, and just as interesting. As you probably surmised if you’ve seen our coverage so far, this year’s Concours was truly spectacular – from the Dawn Patrol entrance of the twelve Jaguar XK-SS roadsters to the crowning of the champ, we’ve shown you the tributes to Indy, Alfa, and Jaguar, to the Ferrari SWB and Ghia… and now it’s time to show you all of the rest of the 2010 Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance. We’ve assembled a gallery of high-res images for you to peruse that covers what we didn’t cover to date. Call it a parting nod to you our readers and to all those who make this such a great event. See you next year.

Gallery: 2010 Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance

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2010 Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance Best of Show: 1933 Delage D8S De Villars Roadster

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2010 Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance Best of Show – Click above for high-res image gallery

Last year’s announcement of the Pebble Beach Best of Show felt almost anti-climactic. The winning Horch 853 was so stunning that we instantly thought it would be the grand champion the moment we laid eyes on it.

In contrast, this year’s show was a bit more wide open. There were literally dozens of cars that we thought had a chance to bring home the honors – but in the end it was The Patterson Collection’s 1933 Delage D8S De Villars Roadster that brought home the gold.

Kudos to them and the rest of the winners this year. We’ve assembled a gallery of the champion below and are working on a few more galleries showing you all of the featured classes as well. But for now, click below to see the 2010 Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance Best of Show 1933 Delage D8S De Villars Roadster.

Gallery: 1933 Delage D8S De Villars Roadster

1933 Delage D8S De Villars Roadster

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Monterey 2010: Pebble Beach Tour d’Elegance creates ultimate photo-ops

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2010 Pebble Beach Tour d’Elegance – Click above for high-res image gallery

While the skies were gloomy and even a bit weepy this year, at least we didn’t have fog like last year. The Pebble Beach Tour d’Elegance is one of our favorite events in Monterey every year, and it’s nice to actually see the cars. The Tour, if you’re not familiar, is an event that includes a large portion of the entrants in Sunday’s Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance, but as its name implies, the cars are moving. The best part is that it’s free to anyone with a lawn chair.

The cars leave the Pebble Beach grounds around 8:30AM and snake through 17-Mile drive, loop through Monterey and then head down Highway 1 to Big Sur before turning around and coming back up into Carmel for lunch. Mercedes-Benz was the sponsor this year so there were plenty of SLS, SLK, S Class, GL, ML… LMNOP models on hand to serve escort duty for the “real” media, VIPs and racers like Sir Stirling Moss, who led the whole parade in an old Gullwing. Nice cars for sure, but the Tour is also our first glimpse at what’s going to be vying for Best of Show on the 18th fairway at Pebble on Sunday.

Unlike last year when the Horch just shown like a freshly polished diamond in a coal pile, we didn’t spot any clear favorites this year. That’s not to say there aren’t a ton of great cars here this year – just not one superstar. Several cars did manage to stand out as the entries chugged past us along PCH though.

That’s the magical part of the Tour, the cars careening down the coast with hundreds of spectators and photographers lining every turn-out. All five of your senses are involved here, with everything from horseless carriages to 1950s dream cars whizzing by, spewing an intoxicating mix of fuel vapor, oil, exhaust, brakes, clutch and various other overheated material scents as the ground rumbles under your feet, particularly with the race cars. And come on, how often do you get to see GP cars on the street?

Check out the amazing gallery of 109 high-res images by clicking below. We’re still in the process of labeling them all, so shout it out in the comments if you can identify any of the ones we’re missing.

Gallery: Monterey 2010: Pebble Beach Tour d’Elegance

Mercedes-Benz 300SL driven by Sir Stirling Moss

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