A blog for the car lovers.

Another hot day in Turin so the logical thing to do is stay indoors. My pick was the Museo Nazionale dellAutomobile while Collette favoured the shopping centre near by. Both seriously air conditioned. Chat GPT gave us some obtuse information which gave Collette a hot and frustrating walk but she finally made it.

Started early before the crowds so no waiting for my test drive of a Ferrari. And on the Monza circuit.

The simulator. Went for the red one of course. It goes faster.

This was a lot harder than it looks but a lot of fun.

The museum has a collection of nearly 200 cars beautifully restored and maintained, from 8 countries. I was particularly impressed by the access allowed to the cars. You can touch, open doors and even sit in them. This is very unlike most others that keep their cars behind ropes.

Steam cart designed in 1769 to pull artillery.

De Dion-Bouton 1.25 hp 1898

1899 Camille Jenatzy, build and drove this electric powered vehicle to be the first man to break 100 km/h.

1902 Darracq, 9 hp

1908 REO Gentleman’s Roadster

1930 Lancia Lambda

The Lambda dashboard.

The shopping centre Collette is at was once the main Fiat factory. This photo shows fiats being road tested on the roof of the building.

1936 Mercedes Benz 540K, 8 cylinder, 5.4 lt, 170 km/h.

1952 Alfa Romeo Disco Volante

1962 BMW Isetta 300, Germany’s most popular single cylinder car.

1969 Jaguar E-Type. My forever dream car.

Inside the E-Type

1971 Lotus 56B

Jackie Stewart’s 1973 Tyrrell 005

1963 Ferrari 156

A tight squeeze in the Ferrari

Enough of the cars. The rev heads at home can catch up with me for the rest of the photos. This is a very large indoor courtyard in the shopping centre, the one with the test drive track on top. A great place to stay cool.

Iced coffee was ordered. The coffee came in a cup, the ice in a glass, and the milk in a jug. A do-it-yourself style coffee.

I again left Collette to her air con and ventured out to the Mole Antonelliana. Antonelli was the architect, a mole in Italian is a building of monumental proportions.

The Mole houses the Museum of Cinema but more importantly, a lift to the observation tower. After lining up for an hour in the sun I finally made it to the top.

An amazing box of sweet goodies.

For the Red Wine Club.

Tomorrow we have things to buy like some fans to try to handle this heat at night. Then off to Grenoble in France, getting closer to Spain.

David & Collette