Stuff: 2010 Pebble Beach Concours D’Élégance

[svgallery name=”2010_Pebble_Concours_hirez”] Story and photos by John LeBlanc PEBBLE BEACH, Calif.–If interest in the automobile is waning, don’t tell any of thousands of enthusiasts who made their way out to the annual Pebble Beach Concours d’Élégance this year. Between the new, the old, the classic, the survivors, and the just plain odd cars on display […]

Top 10: Show cars for 2010

By John LeBlanc The wrapup of last week’s Chinese auto show in Beijing brings an unofficial close to the 2010 international car show season – a round-the-world tour that started with yours truly making stops starting last September in Frankfurt along with Los Angeles, Detroit, and New York. The 2011 season will kicks off this […]

2010 Geneva: Canadian passports denied

[svgallery name=”2010 Geneva NOT Coming”] Story and photos by John LeBlanc GENEVA–With the continuing globalization of the auto industry, the differences between cars sold from country to country is becoming smaller each year. For example, the 2012 Ford Focus is virtually the same car, whether it’s sold in Canada, China or the Canary Islands. Yet, […]

2010 Geneva: Bertone creates Pandion-ium

[svgallery name=”2010 Geneva Bertone Pandion”] Story and photos by John LeBlanc GENEVA – Full disclosure: When I saw the first PR images of Italian design house Bertone’s Geneva concept, the Alfa Romeo Pandion, it came across as a bit of a rip take-off of BMW’s recent Vision EfficientDynamics. Now that I’ve seen the concept up […]

2010 Geneva: PininFarina creates an Alfa for new Graduates

[svgallery name=”2010 Geneva Bertone 2uettottanta”] Story and photos by John LeBlanc GENEVA – One of the great treats of the Geneva show are the Italian styling houses that show up here, just a short blast up over the Alps where most are located in Italy’s north. And with the demise of the home Turin show […]

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