Local Car News - Los Angeles

Los Angeles is automotive ground zero. You can interpret that any way you wish, but one thing stands true: the amount of car-related news in the Southern California area is really impressive. Read about it here.

California Corvette concept

INTRODUCING THE CALIFORNIA CORVETTE CONCEPT

Nadine Sachiko Hsu

NADINE SACHIKO HSU DRIFTS THE ROAD LESS TRAVELED

Cruising J-Town exhibit

CRUISING J-TOWN: BEHIND THE WHEEL OF THE NIKKEI CAR CULTURE

Electrify Expo Los Angeles 2025

ELECTRIFY EXPO 2025

Hyundai IONIQ 5 N Pikes Peak

EVASIVE MOTORSPORTS HYUNDAI IONIQ 5 N PIKES PEAK

2025 Porsche Air Water

PICTURES AT A PORSCHE AIR AND WATER EXHIBITION

Jane Nakagawa

JANE NAKAGAWA AMONG 100 LEADING INDUSTRY WOMEN

Race car driver has a new AI crew chief

SUPER STOCK DRIVER HAS A NEW AI CREW CHIEF

Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach 2025

THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY ACURA GRAND PRIX OF LONG BEACH

Honda's Cars Bikes and Coffee Show

HONDA’S EXTRAORDINARY CARS, BIKES AND COFFEE SHOW

Stand 21 safety seminar at Acura Grand Prix

SAFETY SEMINAR FOR ACURA GRAND PRIX ATTENDEES

Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach

PREPARING FOR THE ACURA GRAND PRIX OF LONG BEACH

Carcadia's Glenn Oyoung Honored by City of Arcadia

CARCADIA’S GLENN OYOUNG HONORED BY THE CITY OF ARCADIA

Motoring While Black mixer for Black History Month 2025

MOTORING WHILE BLACK’S MIXER UNITES CAR ENTHUSIASTS

Eaton fire image from Monrovia

CAR COMPANY EFFORTS IN SUPPORT OF CALIFORNIA WILDFIRE VICTIMS

image of two classic cars at Carcadia in Southern California

Carcadia at Route 66

image of the exterior of the Czinger at the new plant in Torrance

Area 21 = Czinger Factory

Image of the Tesla police car in use by South Pasadena

South Pasadena Justice - Electrified!

the unveiled Honda S2000RS

Eneos Motor Oil Honda S2000RS Unveiling

image of the poster for the event

Motorsport's Great Eight Honored Here in Los Angeles

image of a part of the poster for the event

Free Racing Seminar!

overview of the vehicles in the Justice Private Automobile Collection

Justice Private Automotive Collection

overview of the 2023 JCCS

The Japanese Classic Car Show

image of the display at the American Honda Collection Hall

American Honda Collection Hall

RAMPY at the El Segundo stop of the Hot Wheels Legends Tour

Hot Wheels Legends Tour – El Segundo

overview of the 2023 San Marina Classic Car Show

12th San Marino Motor Classic

classic white Camaro driving down road during daytime.

Camaro - Special Editions book signing

image of the list of the previous winners.

2023 Peter Bryant Challenger Award

a 1957 Ferrari TRC

Petersen Opens Trio Of New Exhibits

overview of the Rodeo Drive Concours d’Elegance

Coming Up: Rodeo Drive Concours d’Elegance

image from the book Ascot by Dave Wolin

Dave Wolin Signing His New Book Ascot at Autobooks

image of a freeway overpass in Los Angeles

Weekly Roundup

image of the Opening Day program June 22, 1997

Southern California Track Tales 

image of the lineup of cars at San Gabriel Cars And Coffee on October 29th 2022

Cars and Coffee Springs Up in San Gabriel

image of a cookie that looks like the book Shelby America, laying on the book itself.

Shelby American Book-Signing

overview image of a line of cars on display at the San Marino Motor Classic

San Marino Motor Classic

photo of the book cover for Cynthia Hare's Once I Was A Debutante

When The Women Of The Mother Road Came To The Petersen

winner of the local Hot Wheels Legends Tour stop in El Segundo, posing in his 1969 Buick.

Hot Wheels Legends Tour - El Segundo

image of the Andy Warhol exhibit in the Armand Hammer Foundation Gallery at The Petersen Automotive Museum

Andy Warhol's "Cars" Series Exhibit Opens At The Pete

image of the title on the poster markering the event

Women of the Mother Road at Petersen Museum

Purple custom 1949 Cadillac CadZZilla

Lowriders At The Petersen

Ecto-1 from Ghostbusters Afterlife

Movie-star Cars @ The Petersen

NASCAR racing in Fontana 2020

NASCAR At The Auto Club Speedway In Fontana

NASCAR racers lines up at Irwindale Speedway

Where Can Los Angeles Go To See More NASCAR?

The Los Angeles Coliseum suited up for NASCAR racing

NASCAR at the LA Coliseum

a Mustang at the Segerstrom Shelby Event Center in Southern California

Segerstrom Shelby Event Center

a Lucid Air on display at the Lucid Showroom on Wilshire Blvd in Beverly Hills, California

Lucid Showroom Beverly Hills

cover of the book "Treasures of The Vault" - about the vehicles downstairs at the Petersen Automotive Museum.

The Vault @ The Pete

artwork from Toyota with a lego-looking house with the Toyota brand on it.

2022 Toyota Dream Car USA Art Contest

The roof of a Chevrolet Trailblazer with a Thule roof rack, and Mount Whitney in the background.

Trailblazing Route 395

car on display at the Petersen Hypercar exhibit in Los Angeles.

Hypercars At The Petersen

British cars lined up at Brit Week at The Petersen in Los Angeles.

All-British Car Show @ The Pete

action image from Forza Horizons game, with a Mercedes AMG coming at us in the foreground and an airplane passing by very low over the cars behind the AMG.

New Horizons At The Petersen

Monique Marconi, Tien, and LACar contributor Ami Pascual standing next to a Lamborghini.

Heels & Wheels At Marconi

a dark green 1967 XKSS Jaguar from an event at The Petersen Automotive Museum in Los Angeles.

Brit Week Cruise-In @ The Pete

exterior photo of the Los Angeles convention center with the Los Angeles Auto Show sign draped over the entrance facade.

Is The 2021 LA Auto Show Really Happening?

The logo, in pink and white, for the event.

This Saturday: Heels & Wheels

multiple cars lined up, ready to go up the hill climb at Willow Springs in Southern California.

2021 VARA Horse Thief Mile Hill Climb

a red Toyota 2000GT on display at the Automotive Classic at Monarch Dunes

The Automotive Classic at Monarch Dunes

the sign from the Olympics, at the front entrance to L.A. Memorial Coliseum.

NASCAR At The Los Angeles Coliseum

a white 1977 Lotus with small winglets sticking out where the wheels should be.

The Pete is Poppin’

a long line of C10 pickups next to Chicano Park, heading south on their Taco Run in 2020.

Taco Run - L.A. To San Diego

An interior image of the newly renamed The Zimmerman Automobile Driving Museum

A New Name For An Old Favorite

graphic artwork featuring a classic car with orange and yellow background.

Summer Swing Nights

The front of The Petersen Automotive Museum in Los Angeles.

Iskenderian At The Petersen

an artsy close-up photo of the exterior of The Petersen Museum with red and blue lines.

Virtually Real

a collage of inspiring women in the automotive industry

Petersen Business Incubator Program

a silver RUF Porsche on the exhibition floor of The Petersen Museum in Los Angeles.

The RUF is on Fire

A red Tesla Roadster - now on display at Petersen Automotive Museum -cruising in the mountains surrounding Los Angeles.

Tesla Roadster At The Petersen

A drawing of a classic car with orange and yellow background.

Automobile Driving Museum Reopens May 1st

woodland auto display paso robles racecar nascar sprintcar

A California Coastal Car Caper

917 restaurant waiter food burger

917 (K)afe

Volkswagen ID.4 petersen museum ev electric car blue car

VW ID.4 Added to Petersen Exhibit

petersen museum new vehicle 1959 Deutsch-Bonnet HBR5 Coupé blue car museum

Petersen Museum Adds New Vehicles

weathertech raceway laguna seca vp racing fuels

VP Racing Fuels Extends WeatherTech Raceway Agreement

WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca cruise cadillac Monterey

WeatherTech Raceway Cruise

Singer expands to japan porsche 911

Singer Expands in Japan

Mullin Automotive Museum reopening

Mullin Museum to Reopen April 9

WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca Hooked on Driving

Team HOD at WeatherTech Raceway

Petersen Museum exterior

Petersen Museum to Reopen on March 25

Fisker Ocean car Fisker MPG scholarship

Fisker and the MPG Create Scholarship

Canepa Virtual Tour

Virtual Tour of the Legendary Canepa Shop

Porsche International Women's Day

Porsche Celebrates International Women’s Day in L.A.

L.A. Honda World Racing at Sonoma

L.A. Honda World Racing at Sonoma

Petersen Automotive Museum exterior

The Petersen: Week in Review

Petersen Museum's 1942 Lincoln Zephyr Presidential Limo

The Petersen's Presidential Limo

Groundbreaking ceremony at Bugatti Newport Beach

New Bugatti Showroom Breaks Ground in Irvine

Jay Leno checking out the Nissan Zs at the event.

The Fellowship of the Z: Gathering at Autobooks

Petersen Automotive Museum's car logo outline.

Petersen Offers Live Streams

NASCAR Xfinity cars racing at the Auto Club Speedway

NASCAR Xfinity Series

lacar logo

Concours d’Elegance

classic car on display

New Collection Opens At The Petersen

flyer for Kings Of Speed

Ascot Park - "Kings of Speed"