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Editorial

I’m retiring to the editorial Oculas (What!? – see our ‘Classic Life’ feature below) for a couple of Fridays so this will be the last ClassicInside until after the unlikely event of dust being allowed to settle on the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance and accompanying jollifications at Monterey next week.

We’ve amalgamated all auction and event previews in one article so do click on the link to see what’s happening and when, and a preview of all the saleroom action that promises to be even more multi- than usual (on the $US million front, that is).

This week has seen your editor conducting an extraordinary 1,200 kms day trip in a singular car, as well as running out for sandwiches in a Ferrari 288 GTO and viewing at close hand a potential winner of the forthcoming Goodwood Revival Royal Automobile Club TT Celebration and the restoration specialists who have done such a good job preparing it.

For all of this, and much more I hope, including early reviews of Monterey 2006, catch up with ClassicInside on Friday 25th August.

Until then, wishing you all a restful summer holiday.

Steve Wakefield
Managing Editor
sw@classicdriver.com

*THIS WEEK IN CLASSIC DRIVER*
	Monterey and Pebble Beach 2006 Events guide plus auction round-up It's Monterey week again. Five days to be precise, but in that time all the world's high-rolling car collectors and dealers will converge on the Pacific peninsular synonymous with high octane and even higher auction prices... read more...
	The all-new BMW X5 With a super-successful seven years of its existing model behind it, BMW has launched the all-new X5, a longer and wider replacement for the current model that's range includes a 4.8 litre, 355 HP V8... read more...
	Celebrity Status Maserati Quattroporte - The First Incarnation ‘A bit of foreign’ can make the mundane sound mellifluous. Take ‘Maserati Four Doors’, for instance: funky in Frankfurt perhaps, but soulless in Solihull. ‘Quattroporte’, on the other hand, has that exotic ring to it... read more...
	Ferrari P4/5 by Pininfarina at Pebble Beach 2006 Following on from their world premiere of the bespoke Ferrari 612 Scaglietti at Villa d'Este, Pininfarina will be showing at Pebble Beach another car specially commissioned by an American collector - the Enzo-based Ferrari P4/5... read more...
	Goodwood Revival 2006 - The runners and riders In just three weeks' time the gently rolling Sussex circuit wil reverberate to the sound not only of racing engines, but jazz bands, aero-engines and high heels on immaculately swept tarmac. It's the Revival and if you still haven't booked some tickets perhaps this list of drivers may be the final reminder... read more...

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