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•  Petersen Automotive Museum
  The Petersen Automotive Museum, unlike any other automotive museum, presents historical displays that chronicle the evolution of the automobile. A winding journey on the 'Streetscape' takes visitors through more than 30 exhibits that bring back the sights and sounds of the automobile's vital role in shaping the history and cultural landscape of modern-day Los Angeles.
  The 'Streetscape' tour begins in a downtown 1901 blacksmith shop where one of the first automobiles in Los Angeles was built. Then into the rolling hills of Malibu to find a 1911 American Underslung stuck in the mud with a spectacular view of the Pacific Ocean in the background. Stroll past a California Highway Patrolman hidden behind an authentic Los Angeles Times billboard and into an alley displaying a 1932 Twin Coach Helms Bakery truck. Walk around a 1920s service station. See a 1939 new car showroom. Walk through the cars parked outside a recreation of the world's first strip mall. Experience the 1950s standing in front of a coffee shop and take a peek inside a customizer's body shop. Stand in front of a 1960s suburban garage.
  
  Learn about safety at the scene of a highway accident and finish the 'Streetscape' tour with 'What's next,' an exhibit of possibilities for the automobiles of the future. Throughout the Streetscape, a chronological exhibit of gas pumps, parkways, freeways, racetracks and automotive technology lets the visitor experience a history spanning over 90 years.
•  Vacationland USA
  Vacationland U.S.A. traces the evolution of motorized leisure travel in Southern California during the first 25 years after World War II.
•  Hollywood And The Car
  The capital of both car consumption and movie production, Los Angeles has witnessed the potent relationship between these two forms of expression. Both cars and movies combine art, technology, and image making. Both revolutionized how people spent their leisure time. And both represented a mixture of glamour and mechanical convenience to the American public. The Petersen Automotive Museum Hollywood Gallery presents an array of vehicles that illustrate how cars were used on screen, how they played an essential part in the opulent Hollywood lifestyle, and how they helped put the 'motion' in motion pictures.
•  French Curves: The Automobile as Sculpture
  The 'French Curves' was a display at the Petersen Automotive Museum focusing on French aerodynamic vehicles produced between 1930 and 1939, featuring some of historys greatest streamlined vehicles ever built. The inspiration for these vehicles came from the avaition industry and the bullet-shaped, wind-defiant race cars of their time. Even at a stand-still, the tear-drop design gives the illusion that the vehicles are in motion. Their design increased the overall fuel-efficiency of the vehicle, enhanced the performance and handling, and propelling them years into the future.
  
  The collection features work by some of the most famous coachbuilders of their era, including Figoni, Vanvooren, and Pourtout.
•  Concept Carz has a new look!
  The color scheme, navigation, and design have been updated, replacing the prior design that had been in use for the past few years. Based on its predecessor, the new design features a 'modern' look-and-feel that we hope you will enjoy.
•  Amelia Island Concours d'Elegance
  This year was the 10th Anniversary of the Amelia Island Concours, an event held on the golf course of the Ritz-Carlton Hotel. This event is considered by some as one of the top-five Concours in the United States. Some of the ingredients for the shows popularities have been the wide assortment of rare and prestigious vehicles, maintaining a warm personal feeling, and making the personalities and cars accessible. This year, there were over 250 rare classics from seldom-seen private collections nationwide on display ranging from European rarities to NASCAR and racing legends.
  
  The show focused on GM small block V-8s, the career of Bobby Allison, and the featured marquee Alfa Romeo. While there are differences between these features, there are similarities in their racing heritage, accomplishments and advancements in the automotive arena. Also on hand were antique and classic luxury automobiles from all walks-of-life.