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With three months to go until Car Week, Carmel hashes out a plan for the crowds.
Opinion

With three months to go until Car Week, Carmel hashes out a plan for the crowds.

  • Pam Marino
  • May 7, 2026

Pam Marino here, remembering the night Weekly staff writer Celia Jiménez and I spent in downtown Carmel during last year’s Car Week. I wanted …

Concours d'Elegance reports record amount raised for charities, aims higher for 2026.
News

Concours d'Elegance reports record amount raised for charities, aims higher for 2026.

  • Dave Faries
  • Nov 18, 2025

Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance is looking at some neat round numbers—and lofty ones, at that.

Concours d'Elegance to happen one week earlier beginning in 2028.
News

Concours d'Elegance to happen one week earlier beginning in 2028.

  • Dave Faries
  • Aug 21, 2025

Unmark your calendars, Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance will take place a week earlier starting in August 2028.

Best of Show goes to a polished classic while exotics roam the streets during Car Week.
News

Best of Show goes to a polished classic while exotics roam the streets during Car Week.

  • Dave Faries
  • Aug 18, 2025

As confetti showered down onto the lawn at Pebble Beach, Car Week 2025 came to a festive conclusion.

There are the cars, but Car Week is also about the people, the place and the good time had by many.
Opinion

There are the cars, but Car Week is also about the people, the place and the good time had by many.

  • Dave Faries
  • Aug 17, 2025

Dave Faries here, noting that I never had time to get my car detailed before Car Week. So mine was the one dusty eyesore among polished and gl…

The raddest cars return to the spotlight during a Car Week event making its debut.
News

The raddest cars return to the spotlight during a Car Week event making its debut.

  • Erik Chalhoub
  • Aug 16, 2025

Like many vehicles from the era, Jae Friend’s 1984 Toyota Corolla doesn’t have air conditioning.

Two customs and a classic coming to Car Week are examples of the shifting nature of collecting.
Cover story
Centerpiece

Two customs and a classic coming to Car Week are examples of the shifting nature of collecting.

  • Dave Faries
  • Aug 14, 2025

“What if this was the car they really wanted to build in 1961?”…

The Shelby Cobra adds another notch to its impressive résumé – a judged class at Concours d’Elegance.
Cover story

The Shelby Cobra adds another notch to its impressive résumé – a judged class at Concours d’Elegance.

  • Erik Chalhoub
  • Aug 14, 2025

“I’ve got a real bad car problem… modern medicine has not been able to cure it.”

The hot rod era endures for lifelong car enthusiasts, with or without the elevation of Car Week.
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The hot rod era endures for lifelong car enthusiasts, with or without the elevation of Car Week.

  • Sara Rubin
  • Aug 7, 2025

At first, it sounds like there might be a problem with Tom Scardina’s timeline in his memory. The 82-year-old who grew up in Pacific Grove rem…

PHOTOS: A look back at Car Week 2024 in words and pictures.
News

PHOTOS: A look back at Car Week 2024 in words and pictures.

  • Dave Faries
  • Aug 19, 2024

The last gavel has pounded, the last glasses of champagne tipped, the last ribbon of confetti has fallen and the last of the troublesome boy r…

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