While the Petersen Automotive Museum has hyped this video that it pulled from its archives a few weeks ago as test footage of Ken Miles in a Shelby Cobra, it’s really so much more than that. In Septe...
With a successful box office run and four Oscar nominations, Ford v Ferrari proved that movie audiences do like car flicks, even if the events of the film don’t precisely match Ford’s quest to domina...
Der Anfang vom Ende Ab dem Jahrgang 1953 trugen die Eldorado die Krone im Cadillac-Modell-Programm. Sie waren schöner, besser ausgestattet, viel teurer – und auch wenn sie sich nicht in grossen Zahle...
Black Pearl. Photo courtesy Goodguys. In the band’s entire 38-year discography, Metallica has mentioned in its lyrics the Great Old One Cthulhu more times than it has name-dropped any automobile bran...
2020 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray. Photo courtesy of Chevrolet . Only days after its long-awaited reveal, the all-new mid-engine 2020 Corvette Stingray C8 will appear at the Petersen Automotive Museum...
Lo-Res Car Sculpture by Rem D Koolhaas / United Nude. Photos courtesy Rem D Koolhaas / United Nude. “Modern cars all look alike,” is a complaint we often hear from readers, but what if a pair of desi...
The world’s best-known De Lorean will star in the upcoming Petersen exhibit, “Hollywood Dream Machines: Vehicles of Science Fiction and Fantasy.” Photos courtesy Petersen Museum. Automobiles and othe...
The Energica Ego Corsa, a pure electric race bike designed for the FIM’s Enel MotoE World Cup series. Photos courtesy Petersen Automotive Museum. Motorcycles have long been a part of Southern Califor...
Bruce Meyer in his 1957 Ferrari 625/250 Testarossa. Photos courtesy Petersen Automotive Museum. Bruce Meyer, a founding father of the Petersen Automotive Museum in Los Angeles, California, is the car...
Photo courtesy Historic Electric Vehicle Foundation. At about 4,000 square feet, the Historic Electric Vehicle Foundation’s museum has only enough floor space for about a quarter of its collection. B...
Photo courtesy the Golden Gate Bridge, Highway District. Inspired by an Imbued With Hues colorized photo, The Old Motor set out to learn more about the construction of the Golden Gate Bridge. In the ...
Photos courtesy Petersen Automotive Museum. With tiny Beetles proliferating across America, Cliff Hall wanted to build a true “people’s car”: one designed not only for economically disadvantaged to b...
“Motoring,” a 2009 charcoal and pencil drawing by Laurie Lipton. Images courtesy Petersen Museum. Since the revamped Petersen Automotive Museum reopened in December 2015, the Los Angeles, California,...
This 1964 Ferrari 250 Le Mans, driven by Masten Gregory and Jochen Rindt, was the last Ferrari to take an overall win at Le Mans. Photos courtesy Petersen Museum. Located in a former department store...
1955 Porsche Continental. Photos courtesy Petersen Automotive Museum, unless otherwise noted. Porsche has built up its long-admired reputation as one of the world’s premier builders of thrilling spor...
1955 Porsche Continental. Photos courtesy Petersen Automotive Museum, unless otherwise noted. Porsche has built up its long-admired reputation as one of the world’s premier builders of thrilling spor...
The 1998 Reynard 98i driven by Bobby Rahal in his last Champ Car race. Photos courtesy The Petersen Museum. After an open-wheel racing career that spanned nearly two decades, Bobby Rahal drove his la...
Photos courtesy Petersen Automotive Museum. Polarizing? Sure. Criticized? Of course. But the Petersen Automotive Museum’s undulating steel ribbon facade can now be described as award-winning after th...
Photo courtesy the Petty Family Foundation. Racing drivers are very seldom household names in the United States, but Richard Petty is surely an exception to this rule. Petty is known simply as “The K...
The rivalry between American motorcycle brands Indian and Harley-Davidson dates back over a century. Today, thanks to the 2011 revival of Indian and its 2016 return to racing under parent company Pol...
The Rosa Parks bus at The Henry Ford, part of a collection of newly digitized videos by The Henry Ford. A spate of museum programs scheduled for this month aim to explore the confluences of African-A...
Bobby Unser’s 1968 Indy 500-winning Eagle-Offy. Photo by Zach Todd, courtesy Canepa. Dan Gurney’s All American Racers has a more than 50-year track record of taking on the world and winning. From bei...
Photo by Todd Lappin. Keith Haring’s artwork and design language remained fairly consistent throughout his brief career: simple, representative and bold line drawings rendered with limited palettes. ...
Dan Gurney in 2016. Images courtesy Petersen Automotive Museum. Over the past six decades, Dan Gurney has earned remarkable success as a driver, team owner and constructor, but his ideas and designs ...
Photos courtesy Petersen Automotive Museum. For the first time starting next month, fans of the Back to the Future film series can get up close and personal with one of the most famous movie and TV c...