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Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance 2000

For the 50th time, the Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance presented the most prestigious classic car event in the United States and the biggest show ever.

WINNER 'Best Of Show' 2000

1937 DELAHAYE 135 MS Figoni & Falaschi Cabriolet

The owner, Jacques Harguindeguy with his daughter.

Even with the closed softtop,it is a remarkable design.

The first Delahaye to win the
Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance.

More than 200 classic automobiles and several Concept Cars could be seen at the 2000 event of the Concours d'Elegance in Pebble Beach, which also marked the 50th anniversary of the show since it's inauguration in 1950. (There was no show in 1960)

In a special showing twenty of the previous 'Best of Show' winners came back to Pebble Beach. One of six Bugatti La Royale's in existence, and the winner of the 1966 Concours d'Elegance, had been flown in from Germany to participate.

Winner 'Most Elegant Open Car'

1913 Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost
Grosvenor Tourer
Owner, Arturo & Deborah Keller
Winner 'Most Elegant Closed'

1938 Hispano-Suiza H6C
Saoutchik Coupé
Owner, Charles H. Morse

Winner 'French Cup'

1939 Talbot-Lago T150 CSS
Pourtout Coupé
Owner, Steve & Marilee Hamilton
Winner 'Alec Ulmann Trophy'

1929 Hispano-Suiza H6B
Gallé / Dubos Torpedo
Owner, Lukas Huni

Winner 'Briggs Cunningham Trophy'

1929 Stutz Model M
Lancefield Coupe
Owner, David Cohen
Winner 'Chairman's Trophy'

1951 Jaguar XK 120
Martial Oblin Coupé
Owner, Daniel Brooks

Winner 'Road & Track Trophy'

1954 Maserati A6GCS
Pinninfarina Coupé
Owner, David & Ginny Sydorick
Winner 'Montagu of Beaulieu Trophy'

1934 Triumph Dolomite SS
Corsica Roadster
Owner, John Ridings Lee

Winner 'Elegance in Motion'

1938 Talbot-Lago T23
Figoni & Falaschi Coupé
Owner, Charles H. Morse

Winner 'Mercedes-Benz Trophy'

1937 Mercedes-Benz 540K
Special Roadster
Owner, Sam & Emily Mann

Other outstanding automobiles on the Green at the 18th hole.

1931 Bugatti Type 41
Coupé de Ville (La Royale)
Owner Volkswagen AG, Germany

1947 Bentley Mark VI
Graber Drophead Coupé
Owner David & Jill Scheibel

'Best in Class'

1932 Austro-Daimler ADR8 Alpine Sedan
from The Nethercutt Collection

'Best in Class'

1931 Duesenberg J Speedster
with a Weymann body
Owner, William Lyon

1929 Stutz Model M Lancefield Coupe
Owner, David Cohen

1919 Paige Prototype 666
Daytona Speedster
Owner, Ed & Judy Schoenthaler

1935 Auburn 851 Speedster
Owner, Jerry Vincentini

1933 Duesenberg J
Bohman & Schwartz Convertible Coupe
Owner, Dean Kruse

In another special showing seven of the fourteen original Talbot-Lago Teardrop Coupés have been united at Pebble Beach. This was the biggest gathering of these cars ever in one place.

Four of the Talbot-Lago Teardrop Coupés.

Although mostly built by Figoni & Falaschi,
no two Teardrop Coupés are alike.

A Talbot-Lago T23 with the long wheel base
next to a Talbot-Lago T150 on the right.
This is not a Talbot-Lago Teardrop, but a Bugatti Type 57SC Atlantic.
'Best of Show' in 1990 and owned by Ralph Lauren.

Please don't miss our reports about the Monterey Historic Automobile Races 2000 and the Concorso Italiano 2000.

Other Classics.com features :

Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance 1999

Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance 2001

Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance 2002

Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance 2003

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Four of the Talbot-Lago Teardrop Coupés.	Although mostly built by Figoni & Falaschi, no two Teardrop Coupés are alike.
A Talbot-Lago T23 with the long wheel base next to a Talbot-Lago T150 on the right.	This is not a Talbot-Lago Teardrop, but a Bugatti Type 57SC Atlantic. 'Best of Show' in 1990 and owned by Ralph Lauren.