America’s love affair with speed gets the museum treatment—chrome, carbon fiber, and all. Opening October 25, 2025, The Birth of the American Supercar traces how Detroit muscle evolved into bona fide world-beaters. Guest curated by performance legend Steve Saleen, the exhibition gathers the heavy hitters—Ford, Chevy, Dodge, Saleen, Vector, Cunningham, Hennessey—in one place, along with a few names that make even car nerds blink twice.
This isn’t nostalgia on display; it’s innovation with an attitude. Visitors can explore interactive exhibits and multimedia storytelling that connect the dots between early V8 thunder and modern-day engineering witchcraft. Four exhibition refreshes through 2026 will keep things as fast-changing as the cars themselves. And for innovation in action: Saleen has brought his next project into the gallery, in the form of a 10,000-lb. clay model for visitors to experience how concepts become reality.
Saleen knows a thing or two about speed. The man behind the Saleen S7 (America’s first true rival to the European supercar elite) brings decades of insider knowledge and race-bred bravado to the curator’s chair.
The result? A sharp, unvarnished look at how American automakers stopped chasing Ferrari and started passing it.
The Birth of the American Supercar runs for one year only at LeMay – America’s Car Museum. Bring your curiosity—and maybe some earplugs.
