Open Daily 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. 401-848-2277
1947 West Main Road, Portsmouth, RI
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.
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Events
3 Guys & an iPhone
“Gunther Talks Cars”
Galleries
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The Porsche Exhibit, once a Pop-Up, is now permanent with many additions adjacent to the Fin Car Gallery.
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.
Car of the Month
1967 Shelby GT350 (Paxton Supercharged)
Joe Granatelli called Carroll Shelby in 1965 with the idea of offering a supercharging kit as a Shelby GT350 option. Shelby loaned an early GT350 to Granatelli who subsequently demonstrated the prototype in July of 1965.
It was a straightforward conversion that completely transformed the GT350. Awed by the car’s increased performance, Shelby made the package a special-order option in 1967.
