Toyota to Mark the 10th Anniversary of the Classic Car Festival in Tokyo
October 19 2016 - 1:01AM
JCN Newswire (English)
The Toyota Automobile Museum will host the 2016 Classic Car
Festival at Meiji Jingu Gaien Park in Shinjuku, Tokyo on November
26. The goal of the car festival is to nurture and promote
automobile culture, as well as to encourage interaction among car
fans.
To celebrate the 10th anniversary of the festival in Tokyo, a
commemorative logo featuring 10 stars has been created, and special
attractions will also be made available for visitors. The first 100
visitors wearing both a scarf and sunglasses(1) will be presented
with admission tickets to the Toyota Automobile Museum (for two),
and a special viewing area will be set up to provide visitors with
a close-up view of the start of the parade.
Most of the festival events will take place in front of the Meiji
Memorial Picture Gallery. Planned events include exhibitions and
driving demonstrations of classic cars from the Toyota Automobile
Museum Collection. Shortly after the festival begins, there will be
a crosstown parade featuring approximately 100 privately owned
classic cars. This year, with the cooperation from the Honda
Collection Hall, the Honda N360, which had far exceeded the
performance of minivehicles of the era and became a best seller,
will also be exhibited.
The theme of this year's festival is "Outstanding cars from the
'50s and '60s which you can see, hear, and feel." Visitors will be
able to enjoy listening to the engine sounds made by famous cars
while watching them being driven. These will include the Cadillac
Eldorado Biarritz (1959, USA), which boasted prominent tailfins and
had a major impact on cars all over the world; the Morris
Mini-Minor (1959, UK), which changed preconceived notions about a
car for the masses; the Datsun Fairlady Model SP310 (1963, Japan),
which won the first Japan Grand Prix of 1963; as well as the
replica of the Toyota 2000GT "Speed Trial" (1966, Japan), which had
set three world speed records as well as 13 international
records.
The Toyota Automobile Museum is a cultural facility in Nagakute
City, which belongs to Toyota Motor Corporation. To convey a
greater understanding of how the world's, and Japan's automobile
industries had evolved in an intertwined manner, the museum is
currently revamping its permanent exhibits. In January next year,
it will also revamp its permanent exhibits on the third floor,
which are thematically related to the special exhibition at this
year's festival.
(1) Representative of the "look" of the 1950s, which is the theme
of this year's festival
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:
Toyota Motor Corporation
Public Affairs Division
Global Communications Department
Tel: +81-3-3817-9926
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