Jay Leno

Best of Show 1927 Mercedes-Benz Cabriolet Body by Armbruster - more pictures here.

Carroll Shelby

More than 100 automobiles - representing over a century of automobile history - came together on Rodeo Drive in Beverly Hills for the third annual Concours on Rodeo and the biggest show ever. Beginning with a 1901 Panhard&Levassor, the automobiles were grouped together by decades with one vehicles representing each year. Nowhere else before has it been possible to walk through the evolution of automotive development and design - year by year, decade by decade and epoch by epoch. The composition of the single models tried to represent every important engineer, manufacturer and designer - the list of the displayed vehicles reads like a who's who in an automobile encyclopedia : Alfa Romeo, Aston Martin, Bugatti, Buick, Cadillac, Chevrolet, Chrysler, Delahaye, Duesenberg, Ferrari, Ford, Hudson, Jaguar, Lamborghini, LaSalle, Lincoln, Maybach, Marmon, Mercedes-Benz, Mercury, Miller, Oldsmobile, Porsche, Pierce-Arrow, Riley, Rolls-Royce, Shelby, Stutz and others

1901 Panhard et Levassor equipped with a 2-cylinder, 8 horsepower engine. This was the oldest automobile in the show.

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1902 Mercedes 40/45 4-cylinder, 45 horsepower out of 6.8 litre volume, one of the earliest Mercedes in existence.

1912 Oldsmobile Autocrat Speedster Founded in 1896, Oldsmobile is one of the oldest - and still existing - American automobile companies. In 1908, it became part of General Motors.

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1919 Miller One of the famous Indianapolis 500 racing cars with a 8-cylinder engine.

1920 Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost Boattail Bodied by Barker, first as an open tourer and later re-bodied as a boattail in 1930.	1 9 2 0 - 1 9 2 9	1927 Mercedes-Benz Armbruster Cabriolet Bodied in Vienna, Austria - the winner of the Concours on Rodeo 2000.
1927 Mercedes-Benz Armbruster Cabriolet A view into the interior - outfitted with finest crocodile leather.	1 9 2 0 - 1 9 2 9	1927 Mercedes-Benz Armbruster Cabriolet To make the design appear slimmer, Armbruster omitted the running boards.

1932 Maybach Zeppelin DS8 featuring a 12-cylinder engine design, which has been also used in the famous airships.	1 9 3 0 - 1 9 3 9	1933 Stutz DV 32 Roadster The DV 32 was the successor of the Bearcat, with a guaranteed top speed of 100 mph.
1939 Alfa Romeo 8C 2900 B Touring Spyder one of 14 produced and a 1999 Pebble Beach winner - featuring a supercharged straight 8, 185 hp engine.	1 9 3 0 - 1 9 3 9	1938 (Jaguar) SS 100 The SS originally stood for Swallow Sidecar - because of unwanted association after WWII, the company was renamed Jaguar.

1947 Delahaye 135 MS 'Vedette' Chapron Cabriolet The war was certainly over when this automobile was built for the 1948 Paris Auto Show.

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1948 Chrysler Town&Country Convertible Custom built for actor Leo Carillo, featuring a longhorn's head with illuminated eyes.

1952 Ferrari 340 Mexico Vignale Berlinetta This car participated in the 1952 Carrera Panamericana with Phil Hill at the wheel.

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1959 Aston Martin DB2/4 Mk III This car was originally given to Carroll Shelby, after he won the 24 Hours of Le Mans for Aston Martin.

1965 Shelby Mustang GT 350 In the background a 1966 Cobra 427 and a 1967 Chevrolet Corvette L88.

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1964 Ford GT40 This was Fords winning entry in the 24 Hours of Le Mans in the Sixties. click here for engine sound

1972 Lamborghini Miura SV The ultimate dreamcar of the Seventies. This is one of two Miura delivered in 'Black-Violett'. click here for engine sound

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The design of the Lamborghini Miura was influenced by the Ford GT40 - both cars have also a mid-engine layout.

1988 Porsche 959 Like the Miura in the Seventies - this car was of advanced engineering and remained a dream for most.

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The wing of the 1984 Lamborghini Countach the back of the 1985 Ferrari 288 GTO and the spoiler of the Porsche 930 Turbo - the symbols of performance in the Eighties.

84 years of development are between the 1992 Lamborghini Diablo and the 1908 Franklin Touring.

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1999 Ferrari F360 Modena, showing off the 8-cylinder, 400 hp engine through the rear window.

DaimlerChrysler - the major sponsor of this event- displayed several concept cars such as this study of a Jeep with the name Varsity.

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Another Dodge concept, the 4-door Charger.

Thanks to the collective effort of the organizers and the participants, the 2000 Concours on Rodeo has been a spectacular show in the heart of Beverly Hills and it will hopefully become a tradition to spend Fathers Day on Rodeo Drive in the years to come.

You can find our features about other Concours on Rodeo events here:

Concours on Rodeo '01
Concours on Rodeo '99

This year's Concours on Rodeo will be June 16th, 2002 !

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