Oct 13, 2019
Open Daily 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. 401-848-2277
1947 West Main Road, Portsmouth, RI
Welcome
The private collection of 75+ automobiles at the Newport Car Museum focuses on seven decades of modern industrial automotive design and celebrates cars as works of art. From the 1950s to the present, separate exhibits of Ford/Shelby Cars, Corvettes, World Cars, Fin Cars, Muscle Cars and Mopars have been carefully curated to appeal to men as well as women and to all generations, from grandparents to parents to children.
Events
Exhibits
Highlighted here are stellar examples of Jaguars, Mercedes Benz, BMWs, Acuras, Lamborghinis and Porsches.
Classic iconic 1960s cars include the Camaro, GTO, Mustang, Challenger and the Hemi Cuda.
The 1950s bloomed into color and jet-like styling with the Buick Skylark, Cadillac Series Sixty-Two, T-Bird and the DeSoto Adventurer Convertible.
Car of the Month
2014 BMW i8
The BMW i8 doors swing up from the windshield pillars, almost like wings. Its body shell is made of carbon-fiber reinforced plastic, and the passenger shell rides on an aluminum chassis that absorbs frontal crash energy and houses not one but two powertrains.