The Amelia Concours

The Amelia – Amelia Island Concours d’Elegance, Florida

Ready to experience the very best of all things automotive? Join us for The Amelia – packed with seminars, films, parties, auctions, free Ride & Drives, and the renowned Concours d’Elegance, where you’ll get an up-close look at hundreds of vehicles you won’t see anywhere else. Plus: 2024 Honoree: 14-time NASCAR Cup Series Champion, owner of Hendrick Motorsports, and Chairman/CEO of Hendrick Automotive Group, Rick Hendrick joins us with a special display from his collection, including the Garage 56 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 prepared especially for the 24 Hours of Le Mans. RADwood: This year is guaranteed to be radder than ever, thanks to an all-time high of ’80s and ’90s vehicles, plus live ’80’s music, RAD-awards, and guests dressed in the era’s most epic styles. Have a totally tubler ride you want ot show off? Register your vehicle. Concours d’Elegance featured classes: 250 […]

The Amelia Concours

The Amelia – Amelia Island, FL

Now in its 28th year, The Amelia celebrates driving and car culture with everything from Cars & Community to the world-renown Concours d’Elegance. Plus, every year The Amelia honors a celebrity from the world of racing, from Sir Stirling Moss to last year’s celebration of team owner, Chip Ganassi. […]

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Amelia Island Online – Bill Warner and Ray Evernham on Autoline After Hours

Amelia Island Concours d’Elegance founder, Bill Warner will join NASCAR Hall of Fame crew chief, Amelia Concours judge and panel host Ray Evernham and Autoline’s John McElroy for a lively discussion about automobiles, the auto industry and The 26th Annual Amelia Island Concours d’Elegance, held March 4-7, 2021. The program will air LIVE Thursday, December 10, 2020,at 3 PM eastern time online at: What is Autoline? Autoline is dedicated to reporting on, discussing, and dissecting the inner workings of the auto industry and the products that it makes. Our website has several channels that carry our different programs, blog, and other information resources. Autoline is often the first stop for auto executives, industry insiders, and consumers looking for the latest news about cars and the industry. Amelia Island Concours The 2021 Amelia Island Concours d’Elegance will be held on March […]

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Amelia Island Concours D’Elegance 2021

Now in its third decade, the Amelia Island Concours d’Elegance is among the top automotive events in the world. Held the first full weekend in March, “The Amelia” draws more than 300 rare vehicles from collections around the world to The Golf Club of Amelia Island, The Ritz-Carlton, Amelia Island for a celebration of the automobile like no other. Racer, writer, broadcaster, entrepreneur, and motivational speaker Lyn St. James is the Honoree of the 26 th annual Amelia Island Concours d’Elegance. The show’s Foundation has donated over $3.75 million to Community Hospice & Palliative Care, Spina Bifida of Jacksonville, and other local and national charities since 1996.

Amelia Island Concours d'Elegance 2020

Amelia Island Concours d’Elegance 2020

The Amelia Island Concours d’Elegance is one of the world’s premiere motoring events. For one weekend every March, legendary personalities from every facet of motorsports gather along with hundreds of the world’s most beautiful, historic, and unique automobiles at the stunning Ritz-Carlton Amelia Island. You can watch a replay of Live Stream from the 2019 Amelia Island Concours d’Elegance.

Amelia Island Concours 2019

Amelia Island Concours 2019

The Amelia” will be held March 7-10, 2019 at The Ritz-Carlton, Amelia Island and The Golf Club of Amelia Island. For the Amelia’s full events schedule, including Saturday’s Cars & Coffee at the Concours and Sunday’s premier Amelia Island Concours d’Elegance, visit www.ameliaconcours.org . The show’s Foundation has donated over $3.45 million to Community Hospice & Palliative Care and other charities on Florida’s First Coast since its inception in 1996.

Sotheby’s Auction Results from the Amelia Island Concours d' Elegance - Aston Auction
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Auction Results from Sotheby’s at Amelia Island

As they like to say in the collector car auction community, there was “plenty of money in the room.”  With 101 cars going across the stage on Friday night, just over $27 million was spent, with 86% of the cars reaching their reserves; a successful event by any measure. Held in the ballroom of the luxurious and elegant Ritz-Carlton, the audience and venue were nearly as star-studded at the cars themselves. Highlights of the evening were a 1966 Ferrari 275 GTB, a 1993 Porsche 911 Carrera RS and a Marmon Sixteen LeBaron Coupe.  The Ferrari, the top seller of the auction, was one of approximately 58 long-nose, torque-tube, triple-carburetor, steel-bodied examples. Retaining its original chassis, engine, and gearbox, the beautifully presented car sold for a final $2,205,000.

2018 Amelia Island Concours d'Elegance

Amelia Island Concours d’Elegance

Now in its third decade, the Amelia Island Concours d’Elegance is among the top automotive events in the world. Always held the second full weekend in March, “The Amelia” draws over 300 rare vehicles from collections around the world to The Golf Club of Amelia Island and The Ritz-Carlton, Amelia Island for a celebration of the automobile like no other. Since 1996, the show’s Foundation has donated over $3.2 million to Community Hospice & Palliative Care, Spina Bifida of Jacksonville, The Navy – Marine Corps Relief Society, Shop with Cops, and other deserving charities. In 2013 and 2016 the Amelia Island Concours d’Elegance won Octane Magazine’s EFG International Historic Motoring Event of the Year award. The 23rd annual Amelia Island Concours d’Elegance is scheduled for March 9-11, 2018. Famous & Rare MGs to Star at Amelia Island 2018

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Famous & Rare MGs to Star at Amelia Island 2018

The sports cars from Morris Garages were founding members of postwar American sports car racing. The 23rd annual “Amelia” will celebrate marque-founder Cecil Kimber’s original MGs that grew from the success of Morris automobiles before World War II. The M.G. Car Company celebrates its 90th birthday in 2018, though the cars wearing MG’s famous octagon badge have been around even longer. The earliest MGs were re-bodied Morris models with styling and performance enhancements. By 1928, the Oxford company had become large and prosperous enough to warrant an identity separate from the original Morris Garages and the M.G. Car Company Limited was established that March.

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Amelia Island Concours Moved Due to Weather

This notice just in from the folks at the upcoming Amelia Island Concours – due to impending bad weather, the concours has been moved from Sunday to Saturday. Even in the best case scenario, the forecast for Sunday’s scheduled Amelia Island Concours d’Elegance includes rain and lots of it. With a 100% chance of heavy precipitation forecast for Sunday and a sunshine-filled Saturday in the mix, Bill Warner and his team have chosen to move Sunday’s award-winning Concours to Saturday. The Concours show will now coincide with Saturday’s Cars & Coffee at the Concours presented by Heacock Classic Insurance. The new schedule is as follows Saturday, March 11, Cars & Coffee at the Concours: 9am until 5pm Saturday, March 11, Amelia Island Concours d’Elegance 9:30am until 5pm Other important changes include moving Saturday’s Legends of the Leaping Cat – Jaguar Racing Driver’s […]

Amelia Island Concours 2017

Amelia Island Concours d’Elegance 2017

THURSDAY, MARCH 9, 2017 The Shop at the Concours 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. The Ritz-Carlton, Amelia Island, Santa Maria 1 RM Sotheby’s Amelia Island Sale Preview  10 a.m. – 6 p.m. The Ritz-Carlton Ballroom & Ocean Front Lawn For more information: www.rmsothebys.com or call (800) 211-4371 or (519) 352-4575 Open to Public The Amelia Island Concours Silent Auction  3:00 p.m. – 6 p.m. The Ritz-Carlton, Amelia Island Plaza 2 Guardians of Porsche Wine Maker’s Dinner 6:30 p.m. The Ritz-Carlton, Amelia Island, Talbot Ballroom $310 per person. Reservations required: www.ameliaconcours.org FRIDAY, MARCH 10, 2017 The Porsche Driving Experience 7 a.m. Departs from the Fernandina Beach Municipal Airport. Driver’s meeting at 7 a.m. Activities to include a spirited ride with a professional driver and an entrant participation autocross. $250 per car (2 people included). Open to the Public – Reservations Required: www.ameliaconcours.org  *Ownership of a Porsche is […]

Ameila Island Concours d'Elegance Anticipation
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Amelia Island Anticipation

The Amelia Island Concours d’Elegance is only a few weeks away now – less than a month. And yes, I am ripe with anticipation. So are quite a few other people, although perhaps “ripe” may not be the most appropriate word. As best as can be forecast this far out, the weather looks like it will be beautiful. It is right now anyway – down here in the semi-balmy South. Let we forget in our automotive excitement, the true goal of the weekend is to raise money for the Amelia Island Concours d’Elegance Foundation, a 501(c)(3) corporation. The Foundation has donated over $2.5 million since 1996 to Community Hospice of Northeast Florida, Spina Bifida of Jacksonville, the Navy Marine Corps Relief Society, Shop with Cops, Micah’s Place and other worthy charitable organizations across North Florida.

Amelia Island Vintage Gran Prix SVRA

SVRA Amelia Island Vintage Gran Prix

All car enthusiasts, with or without cabin fever, will gladly welcome SVRA’s Amelia Island Vintage Gran Prix race weekend, which takes place March 17-20, four days after the Amelia Island Concours d’ Elegance. With its emphasis on race cars and racing history, the Amelia Island Concours has come to have a huge following among racers, racing legends, and race car fans. It was a logical step, and a necessary one according to some, to add a vintage race to this already prestigious event. Bill Warner, founder and chairman of The Amelia Island Concours d’ Elegance and Foundation, has extended a warm welcome to the SVRA. Warner, a racing enthusiast, has raced with SVRA since it was founded in 1981. The Amelia Island Vintage Gran Prix pays homage to the 1960s sports car races which took place at the Fernandina Beach […]

21st Annual Amelia Island Concours d'Elegance

21st Annual Amelia Island Concours d’Elegance

Tickets are now available online for the 21st Annual Amelia Island Concours d’Elegance. The three-day Amelia Island Concours d’Elegance is scheduled for Friday, Saturday and Sunday, March 11-13, 2016 at the Ritz-Carlton Amelia Island Resort, Amelia Island, Florida. The centerpiece, Concours d’Elegance, is schedule for Sunday March 13, 2016 on the Golf Club of Amelia Island. The field opens at 9:30 A.M., remaining open until 4:30 P.M. Two enthusiast seminars are scheduled for the 21st Annual Amelia Island Concours d’Elegance. At 3:00 P.M. on Friday, March 11, 2016 in the Talbot Ballroom of the Ritz-Carlton Amelia Island will be the Power Brokers Seminar. A discussion by great engine builders from different motorsport genres. Tickets are $35.00 per person, in advance or at the door, while supplies last. On Saturday March 12, 2016 the Talbot Ballroom at the Ritz-Carlton will host […]

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Amelia Island Wrap-up 2015

The Amelia Island Concours D’Elegance, held March 12-15, once again presented an amazing collection of rare, exotic and highly-collectible cars.  There were a smattering of British marques represented at the Concours, with best in class winners of two pre-war Rolls-Royce, an Aston Martin DB4 and gorgeous 1947 Bentley coupe.   The real British-action, however, was experienced in the high-end auctions of Gooding’s and Bonham’s.  So while affordability is in the eye of the beholder, there were several tempting offerings, like a driver-quality 1968 jaguar XKE coupe for $44,000, and a pristine 1952 MG TD for $29,000.  After those, however, the appreciation curve shot upward, with an unbelievably original 1965 XKE Series 1 4.2 coupe going for $200,000 and a similarly original 1961 E-Type Roadster hitting $380,000.  And in the I’ve-never-seen-one-of-those-before, a 1951 Lotus, claimed to be the very first road-worthy […]

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Recovering from The Amelia

The Amelia, formerly the Amelia Island Concours d’Elegance is over for another year. This is the first year that the show has been run by its new owners, Hagerty. There were a few bumps along the way, as can always be expected, but overall it was a great show. […]