The Musée Automobile De La Sarthe at the Le Mans circuit in France is the perfect way to familiarise yourself with over a century of automobiles linked to the famous race, containing both important road cars from across the decades and a slew of racers from the 79 editions of the Le Mans 24 Hours. [...]
There is no other car manufacturer quite like Mercedes-Benz. With a storied history unlike any other, beginning from quite literally the very birth of the automobile, they are in a league of their own. Regardless of your personal prejudices towards certain auto makers, the longer you are involved with in the car scene, the more [...]
A visit to the Wally Parks NHRA Motorsports Museum in Pomona is an absolute must for fans of both drag racing and automotive history in general. Packed into the museum is a fantastic collection of historic drag cars that represent every era of the sport, but it’s not just the full size cars that need to be seen.
The museum also includes an amazing display drag racing history through a collection of lovingly built scale models.
As you’re reading this I’m most likely sitting in a hotel preparing my gear to shoot this weekend’s Toyotafest event in Long Beach. To continue with this little Toyota mini-theme we’ve been running over the past couple days I want to conclude my visit to the Toyota USA Automobile Museum.
The release of the Toyota 86/Scion FR-S has not only breathed new life into the enthusiast car market. it’s also breathed new life into the Toyota brand itself. There was a long period where it seemed Toyota had completely given up on making fun cars, but that’s changed now and we can hope that the 86/FR-S are just the first in a new line of exciting Toyota vehicles coming down the line.
With this new-found excitement over the brand swirling in my head, I recently made a visit to the Toyota USA Automobile Musuem in Torrance, California, located right down the street from Toyota’s American headquarters.
I’m guessing there aren’t too many Speedhunters readers that have not heard of Peter Brock. Whether it was his work as a stylist with GM, his development of the Cobra Daytona Coupe, and of course his with Datsun – Brock and his company are the stuff of legend. Thanks to the efforts of both Peter [...]
Last week, we had a look at the history of Dean Moon and his legendary company at the NHRA Museum’s new exhibit, now let’s travel halfway across the planet to see what goes on at the Japan branch of Mooneyes in Yokohama.
I had the chance to visit Mooneyes Area 1 during my last trip to Japan and I have to say it’s one very inspiring monument to the global exchange of car culture.
When it comes to Hot Rodding or just car culture itself, there are few logos more recognized than the pair of eyeballs that represent the famous speed parts company started by Dean Moon 60 years ago. Whether its worn on the side of a Hot Rod on the Bonneville Salt Flats, or a kei car [...]
Rather than heading out to Daikoku once again tonight and risk not finding any GT-Rs, I decided to do some digging instead. I pulled out one of the first external HDs I ever got and started looking through pictures I took ten or so years ago. Back in the day, for a short period of [...]
One of the most common email messages I get is from people who are planning trips to Japan. They always ask me for me tips on car related things to see while they are in Tokyo. Now I'm far from a travel expert, but without hesitation I always suggest a visit to Toyota's Mega Web [...]
The National Motor Museum at Beaulieu in England has a full-house of Formula One races from across the decades, chronicling the evolution of the Championship in physical form. Beginning with racers from the '50s and finishing with examples from the most recent era, some vital cars are included in the collection that would normally only [...]
I'm not sure a museum is the best place for anything Top Gear-related. An institution perhaps? Or a zoo? But anyway, Top Gear have an area staked out in the vicinity of the main hall of the National Motor Museum at Beaulieu (pronounced 'Bewlay', by the way). Here is displayed – or as it's Top [...]
Here on Speedhunters we're constantly striving to bring you new things, new cars, new events. But sometimes it's good to look back and appreciate just how we've got to where we are. It is easy to dismiss old cars as, well old. Odd-looking. Not exciting. But as soon as you get up close to something [...]
I’ll admit that I’m not a big collector of die cast models. But I do appreciate them and like to check them out in great detail. So when I found out that Minichamps had a museum in Aachen, Germany I hopped in the car and made the two and a half hour drive to visit [...]
Ok let's continues on with our tour of the Porsche Museum. We've already shown you the restoration workshop and the start of the main exhibition, and now we'll walk through to the finish of the displays. Our first stop packs quite the punch with a 917K being flanked by Hans Herrmann's #64 Porsche 908. This [...]
