{"id":1457,"date":"2025-08-18T08:48:35","date_gmt":"2025-08-18T08:48:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.cedritech.com\/?p=1457"},"modified":"2025-08-18T08:48:35","modified_gmt":"2025-08-18T08:48:35","slug":"these-are-our-editors-extremely-unofficial-picks-for-best-cars-from-pebble-beach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.cedritech.com\/?p=1457","title":{"rendered":"These Are Our Editors’ Extremely Unofficial Picks for Best Cars from Pebble Beach"},"content":{"rendered":"

How the 2025 Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance judges could possibly come to a decision about which of the dozens upon dozens of amazing vehicles nesting on the green is Best of Show is an ongoing mystery. The best explanation: They are experts with a depth of knowledge that permits them to say things like, “That air cleaner shouldn’t be shiny; originally it was semigloss black.” (Yes, we overheard that at a concours once.) We are not them, nor could the\u00a0C\/D<\/em>\u00a0editors who’ve been walking the show all day possibly agree on a single car that tops them all. Nevertheless, before the esteemed blue-blazer-wearing judges award the Best of Show trophy, the somewhat less esteemed\u00a0C\/D<\/em>\u00a0judges each made their own pick from among the 229 cars present.<\/p>\n

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K.C. Colwell’s Pick: 1931 Ruxton<\/h3>\n

This 1931 Ruxton sedan takes top prize for me, which based on my track record all but guarantees it won\u2019t win anything other than hearts. I don\u2019t normally dig prewar cars because I think so many of them look the same. Maybe I\u2019m just getting old enough to enjoy them. Either way, the Ruxton looks like nothing else of its era\u2014not for its tritone paint job, decadent metalwork, or swooping fenders, but because its long nose sits low and, believe it or not, it’s front-wheel drive\u2014totally novel in the ’30s. (continued)<\/p>\n

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