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A must-see for automotive historians

Upcycling is currently all the rage. And last year, Fiat Chrysler got in on the trend, turning an old-and huge-transmission workshop at its historic Mirafiori factory into the best retirement home ever.It's called the Heritage Hub, and it'

“The ultimate space to showcase your automotive works of art”

Okay, we have one simple request: to have sharks with frickin' laser beams attached to their heads. Upon a first read of Aston Martin's latest venture-the world of bespoke 'Automotive Galleries and Lairs'-it appears our request remains unfulfilled.So,

Featuring classic and modern metal

When you've been building road-going cars for 72 years, you're bound to get some of them right. Thankfully, Ferrari's history includes more cars that hit the spot (both in terms of design and performance) than most.To celebrate

Motorbikes, various Zondas, Huayras, and carbon fiber galore

Fancy some Top Gear Euro-trip advice? If you happen to be walking past the Pagani factory based at San Cesario sul Panaro in Modena, Italy, here's a tip: You're welcome to walk up the front door, and for a

Trust us: Just skip Hollywood

A piece of advice for anyone traveling to Los Angeles: Don't go to Hollywood. It is, for a lack of a better pair of words, extremely boring. A waste of time, unless watching tourists abuse Donald Trump's star on the

Absolutely drool-worthy

If you didn't know, this year is Ferrari's 70th birthday. So the guys in Maranello gave the museum a lick of paint, a new extension, and filled it with some of the rarest, fastest and loveliest Prancing Horses to come

Concepts, movie cars, and racing legends

A few months ago, we got a sneak peek of the 2,000hp Toyota Land Speed Cruiser. It's the work of Toyota's racing division, and rolled out of the Los Angeles workshop that just so happens to sit beside Toyota'

Just 1km from the ferry terminal

During a quick trip to Macau, we got the chance to visit a museum that gearheads and motorsport fans would surely love to check out before spending time behind slot machines. After docking at Macau Ferry Terminal and a quick Google search

This museum houses serious car porn

Nineteen-ninety-eight. This was the year I started professionally racing in the then BF Goodrich Challenge Cup at Subic International Raceway. The series was open to novice drivers like me, but we also shared the spotlight with the more experienced C-

Recognize any of these vehicles?

Nestled near the Twin Ring Motegi track is a simple building with a businesslike facade typical of Japanese architecture. Only the large glass enclosure in the middle gives away its true purpose. Inside this structure is a gathering of cars that will

Spanning 8 decades of car history

The home city of any carmaker--that is, any automotive company that cherishes its heritage--has a museum. Mazda is no different in this regard. During a recent trip to its Hiroshima hometown in Japan, among the many places we visited in

Called Honda Cars Manila Bay

You usually drive to a car dealership to shop for a new ride or to have your vehicle serviced. Soon, you'll troop to Aseana Business Park to visit Honda Cars Manila Bay not only for car-purchasing and vehicle-servicing needs,

2 other cars to be resurrected next year

Chevrolet has finished restoring one of the eight Corvettes that fell into a sinkhole at the National Corvette Museum in February this year, and has now put the car on display at the ongoing 2014 Specialty Equipment Market Association (SEMA) Show in

It will be closed for a while

In late September, I went to West Hollywood in California to drive the all-new, sixth-generation Ford Mustang. During that media event, I got to see another icon in the car industry apart from Dearborn's famous pony car. For the

For the National Corvette Museum

Back in February, a sinkhole opened up underneath the National Corvette Museum in Bowling Green, Kentucky, in the United States, swallowing eight classic models in the process. Initially, General Motors promised to restore all eight vehicles. Now, however, the American carmaker says

But it's not yet on Google Map's Street View tour

Lamborghini has added a new car to its museum, and it's the one-off single-seater Egoista, which the Italian carmaker debuted last year as Volkswagen Group design head Walter De Silva's tribute to the brand's 50th anniversary.The

See the list of these automobiles

Imagine this: You're standing in the middle of a car museum, silently gawking at (and genuflecting before) some of the greatest automobiles you dreamed about when you were a kid. Then all of a sudden, the ground opens up and swallows

Via Google Maps

With a round-trip airplane ticket to Bologna, Italy, costing from over $1,400 to nearly $8,000, Lamborghini is giving you the next best thing to visiting its museum by putting it up on Google Maps.Thanks to Google\'s street-

Now on display at Coventry Transport Museum in the UK

The very first production-model Jaguar F-Type is staying with the British carmaker after Jaguar Land Rover CEO Ralf Speth presented it to Jaguar Heritage, a registered educational charity established in 1983 whose purpose is to preserve the heritage of Jaguar.

Powered by Google Maps' Street View technology

Mazda has made its museum in Hiroshima, Japan, available online, with the virtual tour of the main exhibition areas reportedly being powered by Google Maps' Street View technology.To access the virtual Mazda Museum, visitors are advised to go to the carmaker'