Car lovers rejoice! Start your engines and head to The Petersen Automotive Museum on L.A.’s Miracle Mile. It is back open following a $90 million renovation that lasted 13 straight months. Everything is brand new from the inside to the outside. A special grand opening ceremony was held on Thursday, December 3rd just a few days after the 2015 Los Angeles Auto Show closed for the season. “We thought, you know what, we need to keep up,” said Leslie Kendall, a curator at the museum. “We need to do something different. We need to communicate our message in ways that we’ve not been doing for a while. Instead of gigantic dioramas, we’re kind of taking that car out the context. We’re putting cars in a place where they can be studied individually. They can take as deep of dive as they want into any particular topic. It’s how people learn today and that’s what we wanted to do.”
A replica of the 1886 Benz Motorwagen
It had a top speed of 10 mph
…at the 2014 NHRA National Event in Sonoma, Calif.
This 1900 Smith was built in Los Angeles. It had a top speed of 25 mph.
A 1992 Aluma Coupe by Boyd Coddington
Interior shot
This was a concept car for Mitsubishi at the 1992 New York Int’l Auto Show.
It was one of the first modern vehicles to combine the style and feel of a 1950s hot rod with the engineering, confort and refinement of a modern car.
2014 BMW Olympic Bobsled
It was used at the Olympics in Sochi, Russia
This 2003 Dodge Tomahawk debuted at the North American Int’l Auto Show.
A 1971 De Tomaso Pantera
It was once owned by Elvis Presley.
2014 Bugatti Veyron Grand Sport Vitesse “KPM Series”
Interior shot
It has a top speed of 252 mph and a price of $2.4 million.
1982 Ferrari 308 GTSi
It was used in the filming of “Magnum, P.I.”
This 1957 Corvette dragster was a winner…
1962 Chevrolet Corvair Monza GT Concept
This 1948 Davis Divan was priced at $995
2002 Alligator A-6 bike
General Motors’ first attempt at an electric car, the EV1
Interior of the GM EV1
It was produced from 1996 to 1999
Shortly after, the program was scrapped and all cars were smashed.
The 1915 Ford Model T runabout
Its widely known as the car that “put America on wheels.”
Maps and freeway signs
Historical table
1956 Chevrolet Bel Air convertible
It had a top speed of 90 mph and sold for $2,300.
It was designed by GM’s Harley Earl.
1979 Volkswagen Type 2 Transporter
It was used in the filming of “Little Miss Sunshine”
1951 Chrysler Camera Car
Cameras and the crew were located in the bed
1988 Yamaha V-Max Camera Bike by Motocam
1956 Jaguar XKSS
It was Steve McQueen’s favorite car
It had a top speed of 149 mph and a price of $11,000.
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