Simeone Foundation Automotive Museum, PA

The Automobile Club of France in 2019 announced that Simeone Foundation Automotive Museum as having the best car collection in the world. No small feat out of the 200+ car collections reviewed worldwide. I feel this is more related to classic car collections. The newest car here is from 2002. Only 5 cars are newer than 1975. But this is more a reflection of the prices of modern cars being much higher than at the same time for classic cars. Especially racecars, which used to be worthless once they had retired from racing duties.

The oldest car in the collection is a 1907 Renault 35/45 Vanderbilt Racer. One of the rarest cars is the 1936 Bugatti 57G “Tank” car, the last surviving example of the three built. There is the 1967 Bizzarrinni P538, which is a very tidy looking car I had never heard of before. And my favourites, the 1970 Porsche 917 LH and the 1975 Alfa Romeo Tip 33 TT 12. Both more modern classic racecars. And you can’t not take in the size of the wing on the 1970 Plymouth Superbird.

The day of my visit they weren’t running a demo day. I would recommend coming here on a demo day as it could only add to the experience.

January, 2020