The article reviews the Petersen Automotive Museum in Los Angeles, focusing on its temporary exhibitions and extensive underground Vault collection. It argues that the museum presents automotive design, technological change and cultural history in an accessible way, while noting areas where its online collection and exhibition information could be expanded.

It highlights an exhibition on Waymo’s autonomous vehicles, tracing driverless-car development from the 1939 Futurama display to Waymo’s 2015 Firefly and 2021 Jaguar I-PACE. It also discusses a recent exhibition on wedge-shaped cars, including the Lamborghini Countach and Lancia Stratos Zero, and describes the Vault’s nearly 300 vehicles, such as Jayne Mansfield’s pink Lincoln, a safety-focused Tucker ’48, presidential and head-of-state limousines, and rare early American and Italian cars.