The place to be this week is in Monterey as the Porsche Panamera is scheduled to make another appearance in connection with the Monterey Classic Peninsula’s Classic Car Week. With the four door sports car now a reality, Porsche is said to be bringing in 30 new Panameras to cover major car events that include:

• 36th Rolex Monterey Historics
• Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance Auto Week

Other cars scheduled to be showcased by Porsche:

• The 1962 Porsche Type 804 Formula 1 racer
• The 1960 Porsche Type 718 Formula 2 racing car
• The 1962 Porsche Type 718 W-RS 8-cylinder Spyder
• The Porsche GT1 98LM

Porsche-sponsored activities for the fans at Laguna will include a heritage display featuring former and current race cars, Porsche’s current showroom product line, and experts to answer Porsche questions. The Porsche Panamera will go on sale this October 17, 2009 at the brand’s 202 U.S. dealers.

(Source) Press

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A 1934 Phantom II 40/50 HP Continental “All-Weather Convertible” is up for grabs. Hans Gunther Zach is cleaning up his garage and among the items up for grabs include this classic Rolls Royce which was custom made by Maharaja of Rajikot.

The price for this classic car is pegged to be worth around $14,138,000. Should there be any wealthy car collector there who would end up vying for the right to have this classic car, the winning bidder may very well end up with the most expensive car in the world!

(Source) JamesList via Bornrich

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For the many North Americans who have been eagerly awaiting their chance to catch a glimpse at the latest Porsche model, you can get your chance to do so this coming August 9 to 16 during Monterey Peninsula’s Classic Car Week. The all-new Porsche Panamera Gran Turismo is the first-ever four-door sports car. Porsche’s unique four-seater was conceived and designed as a grand touring car, combining numerous talents in typical Porsche style: sporting driving dynamics, a spacious interior, and the supreme comfort of a gran turismo.

“The exclusive automotive events that take place on the Monterey Peninsula this August are the perfect stage to roll out this extraordinary car,” said Detlev von Platen, President and CEO of Porsche Cars North America. “Our Panamera will feel right at home among both vintage and modern classics and will make quite a splash among the tens of thousands of true automobile enthusiasts there.”

The Porsche Panamera Gran Turismo will start selling by October 17, 2009.

(Source) Press

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Newcastle doctor Harold Carr drove his 1937 Bugatti Type 57S Atalante for a little while and then stashed it in his garage, where it sat waiting for 50 years alone and unused before being put on a Paris auction block after Dr. Carr’s recent death. Only 17 of the rare automobiles were ever made, making it one of the hottest and most valuable collectible cars in existence. The Bugatti was discovered by Dr. Carr’s relatives who put it up for auction, where it sold for $6.5 million this week.

Harold Carr drove the rare Bugatti for about five years before parking it in his garage and forgetting about it, and he drove it lightly even when it was in use. The odometer on the vehicle at auction was still at only 26,284. Coveted greatly by collectors, the Bugatti 57S is a prize possession – at least four out of the seventeen similar cars are believed to be the property of the Musee Nationale de L’Automobile in Mulhouse, France.

Tags: 57S, Bugatti, classic car, Collectible

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Using its so-called “clean-diesel” as its carrying mark for marketing its 2009 Mercedes Benz ML320 Blue Tec, this classic car brand is certainly touting diesel power as a solution towards wiser motoring today. They claim that their BlueTEC diesel engines are the cleanest diesels ever produced for the passenger car market.

There’s nothing new about the usage of diesel engines in passenger cars, certainly not in Europe where they outnumber gasoline engines. What’s new and exciting in the Mercedes-Benz stable of oil burners is the trickle-down of BlueTEC diesel technology from their commercial truck line to select offerings in their passenger car/SUV field.

(Source) Auto 123

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