The Toyota Automobile Museum will hold its 27th Classic Car Festival, a local event aimed at promoting car culture, on Sunday, May 29 at the Aichi Expo Memorial Park in Nagakute City, Aichi Prefecture. In addition to a diverse selection of exhibitions and other events to enjoy, a parade of privately owned Japanese, U.S., and European classic cars dating from 1986 or earlier will be held on the public roads.
For this year’s festival, given the rising popularity of classic cars in recent years, the number of privately owned cars participating will be increased from 100 to about 150―the largest number in the festival’s history. In addition, the park’s Green Square, which was expanded last year, will be used as a venue for events. Another first for the festival will be an exhibition at the Classic Car Studio dedicated to showcasing engine sound performance.
At the same venue, there will be a special exhibition focusing on cars from the 1920s and 1930s―a period during which the U.S. and European auto industries saw rapid development, and during which a full-fledged Japanese auto industry was born. While wonderfully quiet luxury cars using advanced silencing technology were travelling the roads of the United States and Europe, Japan’s automobile industry was barely getting started. The special exhibit will feature five classic cars from the museum’s collection that are emblematic of that age, including a Packard Twin Six (1920, United States), Horch 853 (1937, Germany) and a replica of a Toyoda Model AA (1936, Japan). The cars will be driven on display and demonstrate runs at the Classic Car Circuit.
The Toyota Automobile Museum is a cultural facility in Nagakute City belonging to Toyota Motor Corporation. This January, to convey more understandably how the world’s and Japan’s automobile industries evolved in an intertwined manner, the museum revamped its second floor permanent exhibitions, which are thematically related to the special exhibition at this year’s festival.
Overview of Toyota Automobile Museum Classic Car Festival
| Date | May 29, 2016 |
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| Time | 8:45-16:00 (activities may be rescheduled depending on weather) |
| Main Location | Aichi Expo Memorial Park (Morikoro Park), Nagakute City |
| Exhibits | Approximately 150 privately owned classic cars; 11 cars from Toyota Automobile Museum’s collection |
| Admission | Free |
