Coventry Transport Museum

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The Museum's entrance

The Coventry Transport Museum (formerly known as the Museum of British Road Transport) is a major motor museum, located in Coventry, England. It houses the most extensive collection of British-made road transport in the world.

There are more than 240 cars and commercial vehicles, 100 motorcycles, 200 bicycles.

The most notable exhibits in the museum are Thrust2 and ThrustSSC, the British jet cars which broke the land speed record in 1983 and 1997 respectively. Royal cars - Queen Mary's and King George's State limo.

Many "conventional" cars are in the collection, including an Austin Allegro, an Austin Metro (Minimetro) previously owned by Lady Diana Spencer, a Ford Escort MK2, Hillman Imp, Triumph Acclaim , Talbot Sunbeam, Talbot Horizon , Peugeot 206 Peugeot 405 and the De Lorean (DMC) car made famous by the Back to The Future films.

The museum displays many Jaguars and other Coventry built cars such as the Triumph and Humber marques, an Alvis tank and Coventry built Buses.

The museum is located in Coventry as the city was previously the centre of the British car industry, although most of the city's 100 car factories have now closed.