The role of the car in exemplifying and accelerating change over the past 130 years is being celebrated in a special exhibition at the Victoria & Albert Museum in London, which opens this Saturday (23 November) and runs until 19 April 2020.
‘Cars: Accelerating the Modern World’ was two years in the planning and features exhibits from around the world, some not seen in the UK before.
It stands out for not only showcasing 15 diverse and sometimes obscure cars from across eras, from Karl Benz’s Patent Motorwagen No 3 through to Audi’s Pop.Up Next concept from 2018, which can move on the ground and in the air using giant drone-like rotors, but also for tracing the car’s position and role as a catalyst in society.
Among the highlights of the thought-provoking displays are the concept cars, with an emphasis on how the automobile came to be celebrated as a medium to depict the future.
