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San Marino Motor Classic celebrates its third year

There may be more car collections hidden in Southern California garages, hangars and warehouses than anywhere else in the world, and Aaron Weiss knows almost all of the collectors. Weiss, along with co-founders Ben Reiling, Paul Colony and a large contingent of car-crazy compatriots and sponsors, put together the third annual San Marino Motor Classic on June 9 with 250 cars ranging from grand tourers to a Wells Fargo stage coach hauling guests around the show. “It's the best of the public and private collections in the Los Angeles area,” said emcee Ed Justice Jr., president of industry products company Justice Brothers.

Pagani C9 mule spied

The Pagani C9 testing in South Africa - image from Easycarblog A couple of weeks ago we reported that Horacio Pagani had been talking about the new Pagani C9 to the Argentinian press. The C9, in case you didn’t know, is Pagani’s replacement for the Zonda and is due to be revealed alter this year. The Pagani C9 will feature an all new, Mercedes-built 6.0 litre bi-turbo V12 with 700bhp.

Yearly driving costs rise 3.4 percent

This won't be a surprise to anyone--it's costing more to own and drive a car. Higher prices for fuel and tires, and a larger drop in the resale value of cars, pushed the average cost of owning a sedan to $8,776 a year, according to AAA of Heathrow, Fla. That's up 3.4 percent from a year ago.