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The Amelia Island Concours d\u2019Elegance will mark another major automotive milestone next March when its 2012 show celebrates the 50th anniversary of the legendary Ferrari 250 GTO. Built between 1962 and 1964, the GTO is universally considered the most desirable of all Ferraris.<\/p>\n

Always wrapped into a seminar format, Amelia is known for marking an anniversary and celebrating it with those figures who participated, while educating the public with never-heard first-hand stories and anecdotes.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are well known for rolling an anniversary into a seminar and the public really loves how we do it,\u201d said Amelia founder and chairman Bill Warner.\u00a0\u201cThe Ferrari GTO is another example of our planning ahead to celebrate a very important milestone.\u201d<\/p>\n

For complete information, visit www.ameliaconcours.org or call (904) 636-0027.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Amelia Island Concours d\u2019Elegance will mark another major automotive milestone next March when its 2012 show celebrates the 50th anniversary of the legendary Ferrari 250 GTO. Built between 1962 and 1964, the GTO is universally considered the most desirable of all Ferraris. Always wrapped into a seminar format, Amelia is known for marking an anniversary and celebrating it with those figures who participated, while educating the public with never-heard first-hand stories and anecdotes. \u201cWe are well known for rolling […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":172,"featured_media":571455,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[260,17565,56],"tags":[457,432,16912,60,61,2112,22332,832,4495],"class_list":["post-491720","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-car-events","category-concours-events","category-ferrari","tag-amelia-island-concours","tag-events","tag-events-concours","tag-ferrari","tag-ferrari-250","tag-ferrari-250-gto","tag-ferrari-250-gt-race-cars","tag-ferrari-event","tag-ferrari-race-cars"],"yoast_head":"\nAmelia Island Concours (2012) - Marking 50th Anniversary of the Ferrari 250 GTO<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Amelia 2012 to Mark 50th Anniversary of the Ferrari 250 GTO\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/amelia-2012-mark-50th-anniversary-ferrari-250-gto\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Amelia Island Concours (2012) - 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