Toyota to Hold the 28th Toyota Automobile Museum Classic Car Festival
April 24 2017 - 12:34AM
JCN Newswire (English)
The Toyota Automobile Museum will hold its 28th Classic Car
Festival, a local event aimed at promoting car culture, on Sunday,
May 28 at the Aichi Expo Memorial Park in Nagakute City, Aichi
Prefecture. In addition to a diverse selection of exhibitions and
other events for visitors to enjoy, a parade of privately owned
Japanese, U.S., and European classic cars dating from 1987 or
earlier will be held on public roads in the vicinity.
The start of the 2017 parade will feature the "2000GT" Bond
Car-where the model is also celebrating its 50th anniversary this
year. Approximately 150 privately owned vehicles will be driven in
chronological order alongside next-generation vehicles such as the
Toyota "I-Road" to in order to generate the atmosphere of a
festival where visitors are able to experience and witness the
evolution of automobiles through the years.
Coinciding with the parade, the Aichi Expo Memorial Park will also
hold an exhibition entitled "Dreams and Desires: 1960s Sports
Cars," which focuses on the birth of genuine Japanese-made sports
cars that followed the rapid progress in motorization after the
1964 Tokyo Olympics in Japan.
Five classic cars from Japan, the U.S., and Europe taken from the
museum's collection will go on display and be driven around the
Classic Car Circuit (CCC):
- the 2000GT Bond Car that was created for the James Bond film You
Only Live Twice;
- the "Mazda Cosmo Sport(1)" which, like the 2000GT, features a
rotary engine that was first developed 50 years ago;
- the "Nissan Silvia" that boasts character lines cut with
jewel-like precision;
- the best-selling "Ford Mustang;"
- and the "Jaguar E-Type Roadster," which had a significant
influence on later sports cars.
This year, Toyota will also collaborate with the Nagoya Chamber of
Commerce & Industry to conduct test rides of the
next-generation i-Road, "COMS" and "Winglet" mobility vehicles as
part of the Mono+Sugo Project2.
Overview of Toyota Automobile Museum Classic Car Festival
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Details
1. Parade
- 8:45-9:00: Ceremony Greetings from the host at the Aichi Expo
Memorial Park North Parking Area
- 9:00-9:45: Parade Approximately 150 privately owned participating
cars will be driven in chronological order
- 9:50-11:00: Arrival
2. Exhibitions, driving demonstrations, commemorative photos, and
test rides
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3. Next-generation mobility vehicle test rides (9:30-15:30)
- Visitors wishing to test ride the i-Road, COMS, and Winglet can
apply at the test ride reception from 9am. Applications will be
closed when all test ride spaces have been filled.
(Visitors wishing to test ride the i-Road or COMS must be in
possession of an Ordinary Driver's License. Conditions also apply
to Winglet test rides.)
4. Other events
- Traffic safety zone
Events held for parents and children to enjoy learning about
traffic safety
- Market zone (Two locations: the Great Green Square and Mikazuki
Rest Area)
Featuring food trucks and stalls set up by Nagakute City
restaurants.
- Relief fund donation corner for the Great East Japan Earthquake
and 2016 Kumamoto Earthquakes
Toyota will be selling commemorative pin badges and memo pads,
where the proceeds will be donated to communities affected by the
Great East Japan Earthquake and the 2016 Kumamoto Earthquakes via
the Japan Red Cross Society.
- JR Tokai Refreshing Walking Tour/Linimo Spring Greenery Walking
Tour
(Start time: 8:30-11:00, ends by 15:30)
Participants will travel from the Aichi Loop Railway's Setoguchi
Station to the Aichi Expo Memorial Park. The first 2,000
participants to collect all checkpoint stamps will receive a
commemorative pin badge.
- Museum shop
Items for sale, including miniature cars and the popular Toyota
Automobile Museum Curry.
- The first 500 people who show the pamphlet distributed at the
event along with the museum admission ticket (actual day only) to
the Museum Reception Counter in the Main Building will receive a
gift.
Getting to the Venue
As traffic is expected to be congested around the venue, measures
will be implemented to encourage use of the Linimo train line (such
as promotions and free shuttle buses).
- Advantage of using Linimo:
Linimo passengers who show proof of boarding documents at either
the Information Kiosk at Aichi Expo Memorial Park Oshibafu Hiroba
or the Reception Counter in the Main Building of the Toyota
Automobile Museum will receive a free day pass to the Toyota
Automobile Museum. Proof of boarding documents are distributed
inside the Linimo Aichi Expo Memorial Park Station ticket gate
between 8:30 and 15:00.
- Free shuttle buses will be traveling among three bus stops within
Nagakute City every 15 minutes between 8:45 and 17:00.
Bus stops: Aichi Expo Memorial Park Station, Nagakute Onsen
Gozarasse, and Toyota Automobile Museum
Park-and-ride is available for those who are driving to the
event
A temporary parking lot (free; accommodates 400 cars) will be
provided on the south side of the Toyota Automobile Museum.
Switching to the Linimo at Geidai-Dori Station takes the rider to
the Aichi Expo Memorial Park Station in 4 minutes.
(1) The Mazda Cosmo Sport will not be driven around the CCC and
will be exhibited only.
(2) A collaborative public-private project created by the Nagoya
Chamber of Commerce & Industry with the aim of linking advanced
technologies that generate "the power of industry" with tourist
resources, and developing them throughout the city.
To find out more about the Toyota Automobile Museum,
http://www.toyota.co.jp/Museum/english/
About Toyota
Supported by people around the world, Toyota Motor Corporation
(TSE:7203; NYSE:TM), has endeavored since its establishment in 1937
to serve society by creating better products. As of the end of
December 2013, Toyota conducts its business worldwide with 52
overseas manufacturing companies in 27 countries and regions.
Toyota's vehicles are sold in more than 170 countries and regions.
For more information, please visit www.toyota-global.com.
Source: Toyota
Contact:
Public Affairs Division
Global Communications Department
Toyota Motor Corporation
Tel: +81-3-3817-9926
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