The private collection of 100+ automobiles at the Newport Car Museum focuses on eight decades of modern industrial automotive design and celebrates cars as works of art. From the 1950s to the present, separate galleries for Ford/Shelby Cars, Corvettes, World Cars, Porsches, Fin Cars, Muscle Cars and Mopars have been carefully curated to appeal to men as well as women and to all generations, from grandparents to parents to children.
Highlighted here are stellar examples of Jaguar, Mercedes Benz, BMW, McLaren, Lamborghini and Porsche.
Classic iconic 1960s cars include the Camaro, GTO, Mustang, Challenger and the Hemi Cuda.
The 1950s bloomed into color and jet-like styling with the Buick Skylark, Cadillac Series Sixty-Two, T-Bird and the DeSoto Adventurer Convertible.
The Porsche Exhibit, once a Pop-Up, is now permanent with many additions adjacent to the Fin Car Gallery.
The 2019 Speedster isn’t just a GT3 with the top lopped off. It begins life as a Carrera 4S Cabriolet, and then it is massively stiffened and lightened. Speedsters have always featured a cut-down windshield that requires a unique top; the windshield is two inches shorter than that on a standard 911 convertible. Using a slightly revised version of the GT3 engine, the Speedster features individual throttle bodies, higher-pressure direct fuel injectors, and a new, lighter (by 22 lbs.) exhaust. All come standard with carbon-fiber bucket seats from the 918 Spyder; although, 18-way adjustable seats can be ordered. Speedsters come only with a manual transmission and a button labeled Auto Blip to turn on the automatic rev matching system.