Toyota Automobile Museum
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The is a large museum
Museum
A museum is an institution that cares for a collection of artifacts and other objects of scientific, artistic, cultural, or historical importance and makes them available for public viewing through exhibits that may be permanent or temporary. Most large museums are located in major cities...

 showcasing Toyota's storied past. It is a large complex located in Nagakute city
Nagakute, Aichi
is a town located in Aichi District, Aichi, Japan.On March 25, 2005, Expo 2005 opened with its main site being in Nagakute...

, a city close to Nagoya, Japan. Unlike the Toyota USA Automobile Museum
Toyota USA Automobile Museum
The Toyota USA Automobile Museum The Toyota USA Automobile Museum celebrated its Tenth Anniversary with the grand re-opening at a new 45,000 sq.ft. location adjacent to Toyota Motor Sales U.S.A. Headquarters in Torrance, CA...

, however, the museum in Nagoya also features many cars from other manufacturers -such as Alfa Romeo
Alfa Romeo
Alfa Romeo Automobiles S.p.A. is an Italian manufacturer of cars. Founded as A.L.F.A. on June 24, 1910, in Milan, the company has been involved in car racing since 1911, and has a reputation for building expensive sports cars...

 and DeLorean Motor Company- as well as artwork.

List of Vehicles (partial)

  • Alfa Romeo 6C
    Alfa Romeo 6C
    The Alfa Romeo 6C name was used on road, race and sports cars made between 1925–1954 by Alfa Romeo. 6C refers to a straight 6 engine. Bodies for these cars were made by coachbuilders such as James Young, Zagato, Touring, Castagna, and Pininfarina...

     1750 Gran Sport
  • BS Motors
  • Benz Velo
    Benz Velo
    Karl Benz patented the three-wheeled Patent Motorwagen on January 29, 1886 and produced it as the first commercially available automobile from 1886 through 1893. He followed this initial success with the introduction of the Benz Velo model of 1894. The Velo and the Duryea Motor Wagon, patented in...

     
  • Benz Patent Motorwagen
    Benz Patent Motorwagen
    The Benz Patent-Motorwagen , built in 1886, is widely regarded as the first automobile, that is, a vehicle designed to be propelled by a motor...

     (duplicate)
  • Cadillac Model A
  • Citroen C3 type 5CV
    Citroën Type C
    The Citroën Type C was a light car made by the French Citroën car company between 1922 and 1926 with almost 81,000 units being made. The car was originally called the Type C but was updated to the C2 in 1924 which was in turn superseded by the slightly longer C3 in 1925...

  • Chevrolet Series 490 (1918)
  • Daihatsu midget-MP5
  • Daihatsu midget-DKA
  • Daimler type 45
  • Delaunay-Belleville
    Delaunay-Belleville
    Automobiles Delaunay-Belleville was a French luxury automobile manufacturer from Saint-Denis, France, north of Paris. At the beginning of the 20th century they were among the most prestigious cars produced in the world, and perhaps the most desirable French marque.Julien Belleville had been a maker...

     HB6L
  • Delorean DMC-12
  • De Dion-Bouton
    De Dion-Bouton
    De Dion-Bouton was a French automobile manufacturer and railcar manufacturer operating from 1883 to 1932. The company was founded by the Marquis Jules-Albert de Dion, Georges Bouton and his brother-in-law Charles Trépardoux....

     1 3/4HP
  • Flying Feather
  • Ford Model T
    Ford Model T
    The Ford Model T is an automobile that was produced by Henry Ford's Ford Motor Company from September 1908 to May 1927...

  • Ford Model 40
    Ford Model B (1932)
    The Model B was a Ford automobile with production starting with model year 1932 and ending with 1934. It was a much updated version of the Model A and was replaced by the 1935 Ford Model 48...

  • Hispano Suiza Alphonso XIII
  • Isuzu 117 Coupe
    Isuzu 117 Coupe
    The Isuzu 117 Coupé was a mid-sized Gran Turismo type 2-door fastback coupe manufactured by Isuzu Motors Ltd. in Japan from 1968 to 1981. The 117 was a codename for a common development program of Isuzu mid-size cars, involving a coupé, sedan and station wagon...

    -PA90
  • Mazda Cosmo
    Mazda Cosmo
    There have been four generations of Mazda automobiles which went by the name of Cosmo, although they are not all particularly related. All were Grand tourers, with the first proving a successful launch for the Mazda Wankel engine and acting as a "halo" vehicle for the new Mazda brand...

     Sport L10B -
  • Mitsubishi 500
    Mitsubishi 500
    -History:The Mitsubishi 500 was the first passenger car produced after the Second World War by Shin Mitsubishi Heavy-Industries, Ltd, one of the companies which would become Mitsubishi Motors. First shown at the 1959 Tokyo Motor Show, it became available in 1960 at a cost of ¥390,000...

  • Mercedes-Benz 500K
    Mercedes-Benz 500K
    The Mercedes 500K is a sports car built by Mercedes-Benz between 1934 and 1936, and first exhibited at the 1934 Berlin Motor Show. It carried the factory designation W29...

  • Morris Oxford
    Morris Oxford
    After the Second World War the Oxford MO replaced the 10. It was introduced in 1948 and was produced until 1954. The design was shared with Nuffield Organisation stable-mate Wolseley 4/50....

  • Nissan R380-I
  • Nissan Skyline
    Nissan Skyline
    The first Skyline was introduced in April 1957, by the Prince Motor Company, and was marketed as a luxury car. It featured a 1.5 L GA-30 engine producing 44 kW @ 4400 rpm. It used a de Dion tube rear suspension and was capable of 140 km/h . The car weighed around 1300 kg...

     2000GT-B (S54-)
  • Oldsmobile Curved Dash
    Oldsmobile Curved Dash
    The gasoline powered Curved Dash Oldsmobile is credited as being the first mass-produced automobile, meaning that it was built on an assembly line using interchangeable parts. It was introduced by the Oldsmobile company in 1901 and produced through 1907...

  • Packard
    Packard
    Packard was an American luxury-type automobile marque built by the Packard Motor Car Company of Detroit, Michigan, and later by the Studebaker-Packard Corporation of South Bend, Indiana...

     12 (Roosevelt car)
  • Panhard
    Panhard
    Panhard is currently a French manufacturer of light tactical and military vehicles. Its current incarnation was formed by the acquisition of Panhard by Auverland in 2005. Panhard had been under Citroën ownership, then PSA , for 40 years...

     et Levassor B2
  • Peugeot Bébé
    Peugeot Bébé
    The Peugeot Bébé or Baby was a small car nameplate from Peugeot made from 1905 to 1916. Vehicles under this name were known technically within Peugeot as the Type 69 and the Type BP1.-Type 69:...

  • Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost
    Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost
    The Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost refers both to a car model and to one specific car from that series.Originally named the "40/50 h.p." the chassis was originally produced at Royce's Manchester works, before moving to Derby in July 1908 and also, between 1921 and 1926, in Springfield, Massachusetts....

     40/50HP
  • Stanley Steamer
    Stanley Steamer
    The Stanley Motor Carriage Company was a manufacturer of steam-engine vehicles; it operated from 1902 to 1924. The cars made by the company were colloquially called Stanley Steamers, although several different models were produced.-Early history:...

     Model E2
  • Subaru 360
    Subaru 360
    The Subaru 360 was the first automobile mass-produced by Fuji Heavy Industries' Subaru division. A number of innovative features were used to design a very small and inexpensive car to address government plans to produce a small "people's car" with an engine no larger than 360 cc when most in...

     K111 -
  • Toyota FH24 truck fire engine type
  • Toyota Ace
  • TOYODA AA
    Toyota AA
    The A1 was the first prototype passenger car built by the company that became Toyota. It was redesigned and put into production as Toyota's first production cars, the AA sedan and the AB cabriolet...

     car -
  • Toyota 7
    Toyota 7
    The Toyota 7 was a racing car developed by Toyota Motor Company and subsidiary Yamaha Motor Corporation. Designed primarily for use in the Japanese Grand Prix, the cars were Toyota's first custom-built racing car, competing under the FIA's Group 7 rules, similar to the Can Am series in North...

  • Toyota 1600GT RT55 -
  • Toyota 2000GT
    Toyota 2000GT
    The Toyota 2000GT is a limited-production, front-engine, rear-wheel drive, two-seat, hardtop coupé grand tourer designed by Toyota in collaboration with Yamaha. First displayed to the public at the Tokyo Motor Show in 1965, the 2000GT was manufactured under contract by Yamaha between 1967 and...

     MF10 -
  • Toyota Prius
    Toyota Prius
    The Toyota Prius is a full hybrid electric mid-size hatchback, formerly a compact sedan developed and manufactured by the Toyota Motor Corporation...

  • Thomas Flyer Model L
  • Willys Jeep

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