Australia's Easy Reading New Car News Home | News | Road Tests Alfa Romeo Museum NEWS INDEX:   Motoring Museums Alfa Romeo Museum re-opens 5th July, 2015 Alfa Romeo is opening its museum in Arese, Milan, Italy to the public once again; the museum hosts a book shop, café, documentation centre, test drive track, events venues and a showroom ..... more Coventry Motor Museum classic car record attempt 15th May, 2015 Jaguar Land Rover Heritage supports Coventry Transport Museum’s world record attempt marking the re-launch of the museum next month ..... more Chamberlain's famous Torana acquired by ANM 19th August, 2014 National Museum of Australia has acquired the yellow 1977 Torana V8 hatchback which was central to the conviction and ultimate exoneration of Lindy and Michael Chamberlain, over the 1980 disappearance of their daughter, Azaria ..... more Sinkhole damages America's Corvette Museum 18th February, 2014 Motion detectors going off in the Skydome area was the first sign of trouble at the Museum. An early morning inspection revealed a sinkhole had collapsed within the Museum and taken 8 Corvettes with it ..... more Rolls-Royce exhibition at BMW Museum 20th March, 2013 The exhibition, entitled ‘Strive for Perfection’, celebrates the tenth year of the Rolls-Royce marque under BMW Group ownership and the 150th anniversary of the birth of Sir Henry Royce ..... more NZ's Southward Car Museum 22nd July, 2012 Let me say right now, this is the best motor museum I’ve seen. A big call when you’ve been to museums in Australia, the UK and Europe ..... more Skoda's new Museum 8th July, 2012, 2012 Skoda wants the redesigned museum to allow people to learn about the origins of today’s global brand. The new museum is housed in one of the first Skoda factory buildings ..... more Continued success for Mercedes-Benz Museum 8th January, 2012 The special exhibition 'Timeless – 60 years of the Mercedes-Benz SL' will begin on 24th January 2012 and run until 2nd September 2012 (closed Mondays). The museum is located in Stuttgart, Germany ..... more Enzo Ferrari Museum for Modena 8th January, 2012 A museum built around the birth place of Enzo Ferrari and his first workshop will open in the Italian city of Modena, on 10th March 2012 ..... more Top of page 125 years of Mercedes-Benz 30th January, 2011 Yesterday marked 125 years of automotive history, as it was on 29th January 1886 that Carl Benz received the patent for the first motor car, heralding the arrival of the automobile ..... more Top of page Mercedes-Benz Museum: success in 2010 28th December, 2010 With 2010 drawing to a close, the Mercedes-Benz Museum has announced 650,000 visitors came through their doors this year. Since its inauguration in May 2006, well over 3.4 million people have experienced 125 years of the automobile in the Mercedes-Benz Museum ..... more Toyota Museum re-opens in USA 7th November, 2010 The Toyota USA Automobile Museum marked its “Grand Re-Opening” last week, with more than 100 models on display at its new, expanded facility ..... more ‘The Major and the Beetle’ 16th August, 2010 The unveiling of the ‘The Major and the Beetle’ exhibition in England is celebrated with a historic Volkswagen car show and a ‘meet up’ for Volkswagen enthusiasts, all dedicated to the memory of Major Ivan Hirst, REME ..... more Volvo Museum Day 4th May, 2010 On Saturday 8th May, the Volvo Museum opens its doors for its traditional annual Activities Day. At the same time, there will be celebrations to mark the fact that it is 15 years since the museum was inaugurated in its spacious Arendal premises ..... more Munich tours in a BMW classic 23rd April, 2010 In Europe, spring is in the air and the BMW Museum has come up with a special treat for the new classic car season: as of April, visitors to the BMW Museum can book a three-hour tour that takes in the BMW facilities as well as some Munich sights ..... more Twenty million visit VW's Autostadt 12th March, 2010 During this celebratory year, a 'milestone' was reached: by Thursday 25th February 2010 a total of more than 20 million visitors had passed through the Autostadt gates ..... more Top of page Model Behaviour 16th June, 2009 For most of us, there is only one option to alleviate the desire to purchase a dream car, and that is to settle for a scale model reproduction ..... more Changes For Jaguar Heritage 26th April, 2009 The name change and sale is part of the restructuring of the famous collection which will see closer links with Jaguar Cars ..... more VW-Porsche 914 Celebrates Anniversary 16th April, 2009 Back in the mid-60s Volkswagen was looking for a successor to its Type 34 sports coupe, better known as the “Karmann Ghia” ..... more Peugeot's "Forbidden Exhibition" 29th March, 2009 Although never released by Peugeot, the 505 cabriolet and coupe are being displayed at L'Aventure Peugeot, in Sochaux, until 28th June, 2009 ..... more England's ‘Jaguar Jamboree’ Exhibition 29th March, 2009 England's National Motor Museum’s latest exhibition, ‘Jaguar Jamboree’, was unveiled on Thursday (26th March, 2009) by Lord Montagu ..... more England's Montagu Motor Museum Golden Anniversary 27th March, 2009 When Lord Montagu opened his home, Palace House, to visitors in 1952 he placed five cars in the front hall as a tribute to his father, John Montagu ..... more Top of page Porsche Museum Opens 31st January, 2009 10th December, 2008 In the new Porsche Museum the final preparations are being made for the opening on 31st January, 2009 ..... more BMW Welt Celebrates Its First Birthday 7th November, 2008 In just 12 months, BMW Welt has become the second most popular sight in Munich with over 2.2 million visitors to the unique building and wide range of exhibits and displays ..... more First exhibits on display in the new Porsche Museum 7th November, 2008 The relocation of all 80 exhibits to the new museum will be completed in the days to come ..... more Vauxhall Heritage Centre Open Day – An Astra-nomical day out 8th May, 2008 The world’s biggest private collection of classic Vauxhalls is to throw its doors open to the public for one day only, and, for 2008, Vauxhall will also be celebrating 10 million Astra sales since the model first appeared in 1980 ..... more Porsche Museum: Completion before the end of the year 4th April, 2008 The end is in sight for work on the building site for the new museum for Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG, Stuttgart ..... more New BMW Museum Set to Open Soon 13th March, 2008 After a construction period of around two and a half years, BMW will once again be opening the doors to the BMW Museum on 19th June, 2008 ..... more “Power and Splendour – Carriages for State Occasions” 12th March, 2008 The Audi museum mobile is holding a special exhibition entitled “Power and Splendour – Carriages for State Occasions”. It consists of a cavalcade of eleven vehicles such as have never before been gathered together at one place in Germany ..... more Hamilton and Moss confirmed for the Brooklands Motoring festival: The Double Twelve 11th March, 2008 Motor racing drivers Lewis Hamilton and Sir Stirling Moss are making driving appearances at this year’s Brooklands Motoring Festival: ‘The Double Twelve’ in England ..... more BMW Welt Attracts Over Half a Million Visitors 18th February, 2008 In the first 100 days following the Opening Ceremony on 17th October 2007, more than 500,000 guests have visited BMW Welt, in Munich (Germany), and no less than 3,500 cars have been handed over to their owners in the Car Delivery Centre ..... more Top of page Elfin Magic: A Spellbinding SA Success Story 26th November, 2007 The National Motor Museum has announced the opening of a new exhibition that centres on a remarkable South Australian Racing Pioneer ..... more World Record at the Mercedes-Benz Museum 24th October, 2007 The Mercedes-Benz Museum is now officially home to the "strongest artificially generated tornado in the world" ..... more Holden FE-FC Display For National Motor Museum 24th June, 2007 Sunday 8th July, 2007, will see the opening of a display by the FE-FC Holden Car Club of SA at the National Motor Museum in Birdwood, South Australia ..... more An insight in the Jazz Age through Motoring History 8th June, 2007 Visitors to Adelaide's National Motor Museum’s new exhibition, The Jazz Age, will learn about the decadent American lifestyle of the 1920s and early 1930s through their cars ..... more Velocity: Built For Speed 29th May, 2007 Some vehicles do more than simply transport us from place to place, they have a power and a beauty which captures the imagination. A new exhibition at Adelaide's National Motor Museum, Velocity: Built for Speed presents some of these cars and motorcycles ..... more Le Mans classic in the Audi museum mobile 19th February, 2007 What is surely the world's toughest and most fascinating motor racing event will be held for the 75th time in 2007. Lap after lap. Around the clock. Reason enough for the Audi museum mobile in Ingolstadt to dedicate a special exhibition entitled "24 heures" ..... more Model T Ford Club's Adelaide Display 15th January, 2007 Sunday, 14th January, 2007 saw the opening of a display by the Model T Ford Club at the National Motor Museum in Birdwood, South Australia ..... more Ferrari Opens-Up Fiorano Test Track 15th January, 2007 Ferrari is offering car enthusiasts a unique opportunity – a visit to the Fiorano test track, a facility which is normally closed to the public ..... more Top of page New Porsche museum takes to the air 28th December, 2006 Some 450 days after the ground-breaking ceremony, the shell of Porsche’s new museum in Stuttgart Zuffenhausen is largely completed as 2006 draws to a close ..... more Riley Motor Club of SA on show in Adelaide 23rd October, 2006 The Riley Motor Club of South Australia is currently conducting a display at the National Motor Museum in Birdwood, South Australia ..... more New Porsche Museum is taking shape 26th September, 2006 Construction of the new museum of Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG, Stuttgart, is running at full speed ..... more Coventry Transport Museum News 27th July, 2006 Moving the Mail: Horses to Horsepower is the latest exhibition from The British Postal Museum & Archive (BPMA). It traces the fascinating history of road transport in the postal service in the UK ..... more National Motor Museum News 26th July, 2006 Sunday 16th July 2006 saw the opening of a display by the Gawler Veteran, Vintage & Classic Vehicle Club at the National Motor Museum in Birdwood, SA ..... more The Opening of Mercedes-Benz World 28th May, 2006 Günther H. Oettinger and Dieter Zetsche opened Mercedes-Benz World on Friday 19th May, 2006 ..... more The New Mercedes-Benz Museum 14th May, 2006 The only museum in the world able to present the 120-year history of the automotive industry from day one will open its doors on Thursday 18th May, 2006 in Stuttgart ..... more Mercedes-Benz At Techno Classica 2006 5th April, 2006 About a month before its official inauguration, the new Mercedes-Benz Museum will be the central theme at the Techno Classica in Essen ..... more Current Mercedes-Benz Museum Bids Farewell 19th March, 2006 The current Mercedes-Benz Museum has closed, two months before the new museum opens. The old museum opened its doors one last time last night ..... more Top of page Start Of Building For New Porsche Museum 19th October, 2005 With the installation of an unusual construction site sign, Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG, Stuttgart, started construction of its new museum ..... more Ferrari Opens Motor Museum 18th July, 2005 Ferrari has opened the Galleria Ferrari, a new museum, in Ferrari's home town of Maranello in northern Italy ..... more Ford GT and Land Speed Jet Car on Show in Geelong 1st December, 2004 The Ford GT supercar and a jet-powered land speed racer are set to wow visitors to the Ford Discovery Centre over the coming Christmas/New Year holiday period ..... more Audi's new Museum 22nd September, 2004 Audi’s August Horch Museum has opened its doors in Zwickau (Germany) after two years under construction ..... more Top of page About | Car Clubs | Great Drives | Home | News | Road Ramblings | Road Tests | Subscribe | Top Drive ©   2004 - 2014   All rights reserved.   Next Car Pty. Ltd.