The American Bugatti Club stopped by the museum today. Everything they brought was pre-war so you know we had a lot fun checking out their rides.
Join our Director of Education Rick Adams for a special Tech Talk, featuring our 1966 Ford GT40 MKII and 1967 Ford GT40 MKIV. In this video Rick takes us “under the hood” and discusses the nuanced differences between these two Le Mans veterans.
Driving Demonstration featuring our 1936 Bugatti 57G “Tank”. Video shot at The Perils of Racing #DemoDay at the Simeone Museum.
We took our 1956 Maserati 300S and 1953 Jaguar C-Type for a night drive to celebrate the 88th 24 Hours of Le Mans.
The Education department from the Simeone Museum discuss kite design during a live stream S.T.E.A.M.-IN with the Simeone event.
We recently unearthed these incredibly rare photographs in our library, depicting a Renault, in the mid-1920's, seemingly doing the impossible, navigating the streets of Paris, without an operator at the wheel.
We all think that hybrid cars are a novel invention, but did you know that hybrid automotive technology has been in use since as early as 1905?
Driving Demonstration featuring our 1935 Auburn 851 Speedster. Video shot at Salon - American Playboy Demo Day at the Simeone Museum.
In the early days of the automobile, a team of entrepreneurs sought to create a car without valves and gears. They would name their new enterprise The Gearless Automobile Company.
Dr. Simeone tells the story.
?⬆︎ There were only five original Chevrolet Corvette Grand Sports ever built. 002, as featured in this video, was the...
Harry John Lawson was a British entrepreneur who sought to create an early monopoly on petrol-driven cars through the acquisition of multiple patents. His end goal never included vehicle production, rather he aimed to exploit the patents he purchased by charging royalties to manufacturers that produced vehicles from the patents he owned.
Driving Demonstration featuring our 1970 Porsche 917 and 1966 Ford GT40 MKII. Video shot at our Winning the Race by Playing the Rules Demo Day and held during a short snow storm.