The private collection of 85+ 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 galleries 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.
Highlighted here are stellar examples of Jaguar, Mercedes Benz, BMW, McLaren, Lamborghini and Porsche.
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.
The Pop-Up Porsche Exhibit is, in effect, a seventh gallery, set up in the Museum’s 5,000 sq. ft. event space adjacent to the Fin Car Gallery.
The BMW Z8 was originally designed by a team that included Henrik Fisker to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the iconic BMW 507. Although the classic body style evokes the spirit of 1950s auto design, it is built of aluminum, as is the spaceframe and suspension components.