Riga Motor Museum

The museum consists of three floors, each with a different theme. The ground floor starts with the history of the automobile, before progressing through the history of cars in the early twentieth century and the manufacture of cars in Latvia. The first floor focuses on motorsports, cars of cultural significance and the soviet car industry, including a collection of soviet state cars that were used to transport soviet leaders safely and luxuriously. The basement contains a range of trucks and special purposes vehicles, including firetrucks, ambulances and other early special vehicles. One of the most significant exhibits in the museum is a replica of the 1938 Auto Union racing car Type C/D. The original car was saved from cutting into scrap by Viktors Kulbergs, president of Antique Automobile Club of Latvia but then exchanged for a replica from Crostwaite & Gardiner and Roach Manufacturing after negotiations with Audi AG in 1995. The original 1938 car can now be admired in Audi's museum mobile in Ingolstadt. ==Gallery==

File:Auto-Union-V16.jpg|1938 Auto Union racing car Type C/D, replica File:Ford-Köln-Y.jpg|Ford Köln Y (1933) in Riga Motor museum File:Ford-Vairogs-V8-front.jpg|Latvian-built Ford-Vairogs V8 "De Luxe" (1938)in Riga Motor museum File:Horch-830BL.jpg|Horch 830BL (1935) in Riga Motor museum File:Harley-Davidson-WL.jpg|Harley-Davidson mod. WL (1947) in Riga Motor Museum File:Moskvich 400-420 (Москвич-400-420).JPG|Moskvich 400-420 in Riga motor museum File:Moskvich-401-424E 1949.jpg|Moskvich 401-424E in Riga Motor museum File:Packard-Super-Eight-1502.jpg|Packard Super Eight 1502 (1937) in Riga Motor museum File:RAF-2907 (2203) for Moscow 1980.JPG| Latvian-built RAF-2907, based on RAF-2203 "Latvija" in Riga Motor museum. File:Hansa-G12-36.jpg|Hansa G 12/36 Renntorpedo (1914) in Riga Motor museum File:ZIL-112S-front.jpg|ZIL-112 Sports (1961) in Riga Motor museum ==References==