When Cars Became Instruments of Exploration What if a car could go where only camels, caravans, and explorers once dared? In the 1920s...

When Carl Benz rolled out his Patent-Motorwagen in 1886, history took note: the automobile had arrived. But long before Benz made the...

Smoke, Steam, and the Birth of the Automobile The crowd stares. A strange machine rattles forward, belching steam, its wheels grinding...

David Stollery Few careers shift as dramatically as that of David J. Stollery. Famous in the 1950s as a Disney child star, he walked away...

Citroën promotional film from the early 1970s The Dream of Felix Wankel When German engineer Felix Wankel first sketched his dream of a piston-less engine, few believed it would ever run. Yet by the 1950s, at NSU Motorenwerke in Neckarsulm, prototypes were alive and humming, compact, smooth, and unlike anything the automotive world had seen. The rotary promised to banish vibration, deliver high revs, and shrink the engine bay. To a generation of postwar engineers, it felt lik

When Ed Cole was appointed Chief Engineer of Chevrolet, he wasted no time in setting up a research and development department. Cole...

We are thrilled to announce that our beloved 1965 Mustang has been featured on Barry T's Garage YouTube channel! Barry's insightful and...

Recently, we had the pleasure of hosting FOX 13’s Mariah Harrison at the Tampa Bay Automobile Museum. As she stepped into our world,...

In honor of the 92nd 24 Hours of Le Mans happening this weekend, we wanted to take a moment to highlight our 1929 Tracta A - the 1930 24...

Salvador Dalí, the grandmaster of surrealism, was renowned for his eccentric and thought-provoking art. One of his most playful and...

The Tampa Bay Automobile Museum offers much more than a display of historic vehicles; it provides a deep dive into the lives and...

The evolution of car suspension systems is a fascinating saga of innovation, marked by groundbreaking vehicles that introduced new...

Amidst fuel shortages and wartime austerity, the Gazogène system emerged as a groundbreaking technology, allowing vehicles to operate on woo

Let's explore a pivotal moment in automotive history: the birth of hybrid vehicles. While today's hybrids are all about eco-conscious...

As we journey along the road of American automotive history, we encounter remarkable signposts of innovation and design that helped shape...

In the world of rally racing, once seen as a man's sport, Michèle Mouton, known as "The Black Volcano," broke barriers. As the first...

Cars have been a staple of the U.S. economy and culture since the introduction of the Ford Model T in 1908.

Across continents and centuries, various innovators have contributed to the evolution of what we now recognize as the modern car. The...

From roaring motorcycles to sleek supercars, the internal combustion engine has powered our transportation revolution for centuries. But...

Embark on a captivating journey through the history of automobiles, tracing key milestones that have shaped our roads and transformed the...