The 2012 Amelia Island Concours d'Elegance will celebrate Stan Mott and his Pignatelli, Italy's rarest sports racer!
Created for a series of Sports Car Illustrated humor pieces in 1958, the fictional Pignatelli was created by Illustrator Stan Mott. His fearsome Pignatelli symbolized the spirit of the no-limits, mid-Fifties sports racing cars.
“I drew the car I wanted to drive," said Mott. Then the Pignatelli was born.
“Our Pignatelli celebration at Amelia will honor the brilliance of Stan Mott,” said Concours Chairman & Founder, Bill Warner. Many pieces of Mott's original Pignatelli artwork will be made available to the public for the first time at the 17th Amelia Island Concours d'Elegance.
"Sadly you can't own or drive a Pignatelli," said Warner. "But you can own a piece of the marque's extraordinary history at Amelia next March."
Pignatelli enthusiasts can indulge their automotive fantasies from March 9th through 11th at the Ritz-Carlton Amelia Island when the new Pignatelli SLM (Stealth Le Mans, or, in Italian, Segretezza Le Mans) prototype will be unveiled in a world premier, Saturday, on the Concours field.
Now in its second decade, the Amelia Island Concours d'Elegance is among the top automotive events in the world. The 17th annual Amelia Island Concours d'Elegance will also celebrate the 50th Anniversary of Carroll Shelby’s Cobra. For more information, please visit, www.ameliaconcours.org or call 904-636-0027.