If you plan to travel to Los Angeles, when all this happens (it will happen) it will be easy for you to come across information from the famous Petersen Automotive Museum, an essential appointment for any automobile fan. And the same can happen to you by consulting a Tokyo tourist guide : Toyota facilities will appear .

The truth is that, never better said, either of those two trips involves going to the other side of the world. Although now, with the confinement imposed to combat the expansion of the coronavirus, everything is infinitely far away. Or not so much, since it is possible that you take a virtual tour of those motor sanctuaries that also have Porsche, Mercedes and Honda. Of course, without having to step on the street.

The most 'worked' allow you to take a virtual tour from their own websites. Others make daily video tours taking advantage of the fact that they are now closed and they can more calmly show their jewels and most of you can visit them through Google Maps . Here are some examples.

Porsche museum

The Porsche gallery offers a Virtual Tour from its website or you can also visit it through Google Maps.

More than 80 cars (which rotate throughout the year) are exhibited in this spectacular building that has become one of the great tourist attractions not only of Stuttgart, but of Germany. It is not surprising since here lies the entire history of one of the most legendary automobile manufacturers.

Mercedes-Benz museum

Nowhere else can you see the world's first car except in the Mercedes-Benz Museum in Stuttgart, where the silver arrows, the seagull wings also rest ... You can delve into its history through the virtual website offered by the brand ... although it is not the only option to 'visit' ...

This installation also offers a guided tour through Instagram and an original night video tour on YouTube:

Petersen Automotive Museum

Downtown Los Angeles will remain closed initially until March 31 to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, but its principals have decided to offer a one-hour streaming tour at the symbolic cost of $ 3 (2.8 euros) with the one that defray the maintenance of the installation while it remains closed.

The management of the installation has promised that they will be special tours, in which we will be able to enjoy some of the 250 jewels that are exposed and we will even enter inside them thanks to the director of the collection, Dana Williamson. In addition, access will be given to areas of the building, of more than 5,500 square meters, to which the public normally does not have access, including basements where some wonders rest. You can get information here.

National Corvette Museum

Closed since March 18 (in the United States the restrictive measures have come later), it is worth taking a virtual tour of Kentucky to admire the more than 80 units of the icon of American sports cars and, incidentally, review its story now that the eighth generation Corvette has just been released.

Honda Collection Hall

The Honda museum, located on the Twin Ring Motegi circuit -owned by the Japanese manufacturer- can be visited in two ways: through an interactive website or through Google Maps. We recommend the first option better since in addition to taking the tour you will have links to videos, photos and additional information.

There are no less than 350 of the brand's vehicles on display, some of them of great historical value such as the RA250, the first Formula 1 car made by Honda. Of course, motorcycles also have their share of prominence, but you can also see other initiatives of the brand such as the human robot from ASIMO.

Toyota museum Tokyo

This center, located in Aichi prefecture, is not limited solely to the creations of the first Japanese manufacturer, but also takes a tour of the entire history of the automotive industry, regardless of the manufacturers (before the start of the pandemic there was an exhibition on the last 100 years of the automotive industry with the Ford T as the protagonist).

It is one of the five museums run by Toyota. This, in particular, was inaugurated to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the brand.

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