Reno’s car museum

I’ve been to Reno at least 20 times, but never took the time to visit its renowned National Automobile Museum. This is something we finally did yesterday afternoon. Voted among the top 10 in America and top 16 in the world, this place features more than 220 antique, vintage, classic and special interest vehicles. Its strong emphasis is on early designs and on American production, but features some interesting European products, like Porsche, VW, Rolls-Royce, Mercedes, Fiat, Renault, Panhard and Peugeot. I only regretted not to find modern cars from the modern era, like a sampling of Citroën, NSU, Mini, Raymond Loewy’s Studebaker Avanti, certain Fiat and some early Japanese autos, all from the 50s and 60s that made their mark on the sector and were unforgettable for auto fans. This said, the stop was well worth the 90 minutes it took to cruise through the exhibit…