Celebrating the Oddball,
of the entire automotive world.
Upcoming Events
(Register / Spectate)
Low power to the people!
Location
Event / Date
Location
Date
Event
2024
2025
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For Participants
(Assuming your car makes it.)
Judges / Judging
Guaranteed to be unprofessional, inattentive, capricious, and subject to bribery. (Liquor and food seem to be favorites.) Satisfactory bribes will earn the “Ribbon of Dishonor,” to be placed on the car’s windshield. Don’t like their decisions? Check your ticket–you’re at the wrong car show.
This year the Concours d’Lemons has suckered several automotive world luminaries into being Guest Judges. They risk their reputation, you get to hobnob with bigwigs, everyone has a good time.
Classes
BY REGION OF ORIGIN
Rust Belt American Junk – Ford
Rust Belt American Junk – GM
Rust Belt American Junk – Mopar
Rust Belt American Junk – Other
Unmitigated Gaul
Rueful Britannia
Needlessly Complex Italian
Der Self-Satisfiedkrauttenwagen
Soul-Sucking Japanese Appliance
Swedish Meatballs
Kommunist Kars
Wonders of the Korean Peninsula
SPECIAL AWARDS
This car should have been a Law Suit – Conn Law PC.
Best Back Seat
Slightly Better Than a Go-Kart
Sight for Sour Eyes
Driving on a Prayer
Participation
Chronic Dick-Teague Syndrome (for AMC 1964-1983)
Sickest Sickle
Worst in Show
Sponsors
The Concours d’Lemons is inexplicably sponsored by these otherwise respectable companies:
Hagerty
Classic Motorsports Magazine
Oris – Official timepiece of CdL CA 2024
Conn Law PC.
Element Fire Extinguishers
Sponsors
Concours d’Lemons can put your car-related business in front of large, enthusiastic crowds of automotive fans at a fraction of the cost of fancier events.
Alan’s your man: agalbraith@concoursdlemons.com or 916.207.4645
Blog
August 22, 2024
Photos & Winners – 2024 Concours d’Lemons California
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Element Fire Extinguishers to Sponsor “Combustion Crown”
Element Fire Extinguishers to Sponsor “Combustion Crown” at the Aug. 17, 2024 Concours d’Lemons Monterey, CA — July 11, 2024 — Just when you thought Monterey Auto Week couldn’t get any hotter, Element Fire Extinguishers has decided to turn up the heat by sponsoring the “Combustion Crown” award at the Concours d’Lemons for the car […]
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Legally Lemony – Brake Mistake: The Pedal to the Metal Audi Lawsuits
This story is brought to you by – Conn Law PC, a California-Based Consumer Protection Law Firm that focuses on Lemon Law and Auto Fraud In the glitzy, over-the-top 1980s, when Wall Street yuppies with slicked-back hair were snapping up luxury cars like they were going out of style, the Audi 5000 hit the American market. With its […]
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