Open Daily  10 a.m. to 5 p.m. 401-848-2277

1947 West Main Road, Portsmouth, RI

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The private collection of 100+ automobiles at the Newport Car Museum focuses on eight decades of modern industrial automotive design and celebrates cars as works of art. From the 1950s to the present, separate galleries for Ford/Shelby Cars, Corvettes, World Cars, Porsches, 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.

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Ford Shelby

The Ford/Shelby Car collection pays homage to Carroll Shelby’s great race cars.

Corvettes

Every Corvette body style is represented in this very rare collection.

Porsche6a[23]

The Porsche Exhibit, once a Pop-Up, is now permanent with many additions adjacent to the Fin Car Gallery.

World Cars

Highlighted here are stellar examples of Jaguar, Mercedes Benz, BMW, McLaren, Lamborghini and Porsche.

American Muscle

Classic iconic 1960s cars include the Camaro, GTO, Mustang, Challenger and the Hemi Cuda.  

Fin Cars

The 1950s bloomed into color and jet-like styling with the Buick Skylark, Cadillac Series Sixty-Two, T-Bird and the DeSoto Adventurer Convertible.

Mopars

Some of Chrysler’s most powerful and high-performing street cars are all in this collection.

Car of the Month


1955 Mercedes-Benz 300 SL “Gullwing”

COTM - July 25

Mercedes-Benz returned to post-war auto racing in 1952, fielding two of its new 300 SLR (Sport Leicht Racing) sports cars in the Italian Mille Miglia and finishing second and fourth overall in this most difficult event. It first raced the 300 SLR as an open-top roadster; however, for the 1952 Le Mans it entered a trio of SLR “Gullwing”-doored coupes and finished first and second.  

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