2019 Pebble Beach Concours: Tour d'Elegance

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Pebble Beach Tour
The Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance is one of the most prestigious automotive events in the world. Every year on a Sunday in August, the 18th fairway in front of The Lodge at Pebble Beach hosts many rare and significant cars from around the world in a judged competition that results in one car being named Best of Show. But on the Thursday prior to the prestigious concours, many of those same vehicles take to the streets surrounding Carmel By the Sea and Pacific Coast Highway during the Pebble Beach Tour d’Elegance.

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Challenging Route
The Pebble Beach Tour begins by parading in front of The Lodge at Pebble Beach before winding through the hills east of Carmel, and then turning south on Highway 1 to Big Sur before returning to Carmel for lunch. But this tour is not simply a parade — the cars travel nearly 70 miles before returning to Pebble Beach.

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Public Viewing
Upon arrival in Carmel, Tour d’Elegance vehicles line all four lanes of Ocean Avenue, providing a free public display that includes most of the cars that will adorn the lawn at the Pebble Beach Concours on Sunday. Let’s look at some of amazing machines that cruised the tour route this year.

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Pebble Beach Tour d’Elegance
1966 Bentley S3 Continental Graber Convertible

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Pebble Beach Tour d’Elegance
1938 Bentley 4 1/4 Litre Pourtout Aerodynamic Coupe

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Pebble Beach Tour d’Elegance
1953 Ferrari 340 MM Competition Vignale Spyder

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Pebble Beach Tour d’Elegance
1960 Porsche Carrera Abarth GTL Viarenzo and Filliponi Coupe

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Pebble Beach Tour d’Elegance
1930 Bentley Speed Six Old Number 3 Vanden Plas Tourer

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Pebble Beach Tour d’Elegance
1960 Ferrari 400 Superamerica Pinin Farina Aerodynamica Coupe Series I

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Pebble Beach Tour d’Elegance
1926 Bentley 6 1/2 Litre H. J. Mulliner Open Two Seater

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Pebble Beach Tour d’Elegance
1937 Peugeot 302 Darl’mat Pourtout Roadster

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Pebble Beach Tour d’Elegance
1956 Ferrari 410 Superamerica Pinin Farina Coupe

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Pebble Beach Tour d’Elegance
1950 Alfa Romeo 6C 2500 Ghia Supergioiello Coupe

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Pebble Beach Tour d’Elegance
1960 Ferrari 250 GT Scaglietti Spyder California

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Pebble Beach Tour d’Elegance
1931 Cadillac 452 Fleetwood All Weather Phaeton

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Pebble Beach Tour d’Elegance
1938 Talbot-Lago T150C-SS Figoni and Falaschi Teardrop Cabriolet

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Pebble Beach Tour d’Elegance
1931 Studebaker President Four Season “Speed Way Model” Roadster

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Pebble Beach Tour d’Elegance
1967 Lamborghini Miura P400 Bertone Coupe

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Pebble Beach Tour d’Elegance
1939 Bentley 4 1/4 Litre “Honeysuckle” Vanden Plas Drophead Tourer

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Pebble Beach Tour d’Elegance
1930 Bentley Speed Six Corsica Sportsman’s Saloon

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Pebble Beach Tour d’Elegance
1936 Cadillac Series 90 Fleetwood Convertible Coupe

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Pebble Beach Tour d’Elegance
1967 Lamborghini Miura P400 Bertone Coupe

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Pebble Beach Tour d’Elegance
1956 Ferrari 410 Superamerica Pinin Farina Coupe

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Pebble Beach Tour d’Elegance
1936 Mercedes-Benz 540K Erdmann & Rossi Special Cabriolet

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Pebble Beach Tour d’Elegance
1960 Ferrari 400 Superamerica Pinin Farina Aerodynamica Coupe Series I