Mercedes-Benz signs on as official sponsor for Amelia Island Concours d'Elegance
Participating in this sponsorship deal:
About Sponsor:
Mercedes-Benz is a German manufacturer of automobiles, buses, coaches, and trucks. Mercedes-Benz is a division of its parent company, Daimler AG. The name first appeared in 1926 but traces its origins to Daimler's 1901 Mercedes and to Karl Benz's 1886 Benz Patent Motorwagen. Mercedes-Benz traces its origins to Karl Benz's creation of the first petrol-powered car, the Benz Patent Motorwagen, patented in January 1886[1] and Gottlieb Daimler and engineer Wilhelm Maybach's conversion of a stagecoach by the addition of a petrol engine later that year.
About Property:
2013 International Historic Motoring Event of the Year. Amelia Island Concours d'Elegance is one of the top three vintage car events in the world. 23,000 in attendance, Ritz-Carlton, Amelia Island. Car auctions, tours, driving expreriences, automotive seminars, luxury automobile manufacturers' displays and test drives, car and cofee event, race car drivers appearances, booksignings and more.