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Mumbai Takes Its Vintage Padmini Taxis Off The Road For Good

An Indian taxi driver drives his Premier Padmini past the iconic building Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus railway station in Mumbai, India. Indranil Mukherjee/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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Mumbai Takes Its Vintage Padmini Taxis Off The Road For Good

Residents of India's big financial city hail the end of an era as their classic black and yellow cabs ride off into the sunset.

Mumbai Takes Its Vintage Padmini Taxis Off The Road For Good

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Restoring VW Beetles, Buses ... And Dreams

Alvin Ziminsky owns this 1964 21-window deluxe bus. He says his $100 investment in 1995 could be worth almost $150,000 now that it has been restored. Les Cook/NPR hide caption

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Restoring VW Beetles, Buses ... And Dreams

Bob Cook and his colleagues make dreams happen in their Maryland auto body shop. They work exclusively on VW Beetles and buses from another era, carefully bringing them back to life for their owners.

Restoring VW Beetles, Buses ... And Dreams

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PHOTOS: Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance Showcases Most Exotic, Rare, Expensive Cars

Ferrari race cars are lined up at dawn on Pebble Beach Golf Links' 18th green at during the 67th Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance. California's Monterey Peninsula is home to the renowned car show that displays the most exotic, rare, and the most expensive cars in the world. Bruce W. Talamon for NPR hide caption

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PHOTOS: Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance Showcases Most Exotic, Rare, Expensive Cars

This year's Concours features 204 of the best cars that have ever been made. The 67th annual event caps off a week of intensive, obsessive car love in Monterey Peninsula, Calif.

PHOTOS: Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance Showcases Most Exotic, Rare, Expensive Cars

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