{"id":493618,"date":"2014-02-01T00:03:57","date_gmt":"2014-02-01T08:03:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportscardigest.com\/\/?p=13248"},"modified":"2023-12-18T11:44:43","modified_gmt":"2023-12-18T11:44:43","slug":"batmobiles-for-amelia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/batmobiles-for-amelia\/","title":{"rendered":"Amelia Island Concours (2014) &#8211; Batmobiles for Amelia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Rn2-201402-p1-1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-523540 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Rn2-201402-p1-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1080\" height=\"681\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Rn2-201402-p1-1.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Rn2-201402-p1-1-300x189.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Rn2-201402-p1-1-1024x646.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Rn2-201402-p1-1-100x63.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Rn2-201402-p1-1-770x486.jpg 770w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Rn2-201402-p1-1-293x185.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The be-winged BMW 3.0 CSLs that American fans quickly dubbed \u201cBatmobiles\u201d and which took U.S. racing by storm in the mid-\u201970s, are to be featured at this year\u2019s Amelia Island Concours d\u2019Elegance, set for March 7-9 on the golf course at the Ritz-Carlton hotel.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Among its other successes, perhaps the most memorable win for the exotic German coupe came in the 12 Hours of Sebring in 1975, where Allan Moffat, Sam Posey and Brian Redman drove their factory entry into Victory Lane to score the car\u2019s first major international win. Apart from their iconic works liveries, several CSLs displayed the work of artist Alexander Calder, previously know for his large-scale mobiles. His first \u201cArt Car\u201d kicked off a run of similarly painted other BMW racers that spanned three decades. For complete information about the 19th renewal of \u201cThe Amelia,\u201d please visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ameliaconcours.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.ameliaconcours.org<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The be-winged BMW 3.0 CSLs that American fans quickly dubbed \u201cBatmobiles\u201d and which took U.S. racing by storm in the mid-\u201970s, are to be featured at this year\u2019s Amelia Island Concours d\u2019Elegance, set for March 7-9 on the golf course at the Ritz-Carlton hotel. Among its other successes, perhaps the most memorable win for the exotic German coupe came in the 12 Hours of Sebring in 1975, where Allan Moffat, Sam Posey and Brian Redman drove their factory entry into [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":172,"featured_media":523539,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[260,17565],"tags":[457,432,16912],"class_list":["post-493618","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-car-events","category-concours-events","tag-amelia-island-concours","tag-events","tag-events-concours"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Amelia Island Concours (2014) - Batmobiles for Amelia<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Batmobiles for Amelia\" \/>\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\/batmobiles-for-amelia\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Amelia Island Concours (2014) - Batmobiles for Amelia\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Batmobiles for Amelia\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/batmobiles-for-amelia\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Supercars.net\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Supercars.net\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:author\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/steve.natale1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2014-02-01T08:03:57+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-12-18T11:44:43+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Rn2-201402-p1.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1080\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"681\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Steve Natale\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@supercars_net\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@supercars_net\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Steve Natale\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/batmobiles-for-amelia\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/batmobiles-for-amelia\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Steve Natale\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/237befa83e8e5937247db55880b8cc49\"},\"headline\":\"Amelia Island Concours (2014) &#8211; 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