any GOOD CAR MUSEUMS in PARIS??

Plenty! And one of these days I'll see them all.

http://www.mullinautomotivemuseum.com/

https://www.drive.com.au/motor-news/inside-the-worlds-largest-car-museum-20130502-2iuub

https://www.tripsavvy.com/top-car-museums-in-france-1517440

 

I know, I know... you said that it can't be too far out of the city and you want something more about Ferrari and Porsche, but one of the most famous automotive museums in the world is only 5 and a half hours south east of Paris in Mulhouse, France.
CITÉ DE L'AUTOMOBILE MULHOUSE http://www.citedelautomobile.com/en/home
This museum has one of the largest Bugatti collections in the world, including one of the 7 Bugatti Royals. Might be worth taking a ride on one of the fastest trains in the world, either the Eurstar or TGV, assuming they go to Mulhouse.
Have a fun trip. and remember that as long as you try to speak their language (butcher it to death, but try) the French will help you as much as they can.

 

Not sure how close the Mullin is to Paris let alone any of the others !

If you can compromise to planes: http://www.museeairespace.fr/en/

Also one or two manufacturers have special showrooms on the Champs Elysees

 

You are right Joe, this is THE "must see" museum if you are car enthusiast

 

I also highly recommend the Schlumpf collection at Mulhouse.

Matt

 

This - one of the great auto museums. You could probably do a day trip by train from Paris (only a couple of hours, from memory). And the name is pronounced "Moo- lose" we had trouble getting there the first time because we were asking for tickets to "Mull- house"

 

I checked put of curiosity - GDL-Mul 07:23 - 10:03 return Mul- GDL 16:56 - 18:41 on TGV

 

Plus you get a ride on the TGV.

You’ll take the fastest modern French technology to see the fastest old French technology!

Matt

 

The easiest one is the Renault showroom on the Champs Elysees. When I went in '93, they sold new cars on the ground floor and the museum was on the second floor. In amongst the road cars was the Etoile Filante, a land speed record car. I believe they also had a Renault (Alpine) A442, the model that won the 24 hours of Le Mans outright in 1978. I'm sure you'll find yourself nearby and it's easy enough to pop up- even if only for half an hour to take a break and see some old iron.

There may be a display at La Defense. When I went there, they had what amounted to a substantial museum of cars on loan that represented a small fraction of the Schlumpf Collection. An incredible sight to behold, even if it was only a piece of the overall collection.

There used to be a museum in Pantin. I didn't get to go there but it had a good reputation. I don't know if it's still around.

Finally, I found a trip to Levallois-Perret, the location of Charles Pozzi very fruitful. I believe they've since moved their main location but it merits looking into. I took the Paris Metro there, walked to the address poked around/asked around and found they had a storage garage which was essentially a drive in basement right off the street just FILLED with Ferraris, old and new. There were vintage Fcars there and amongst all of them there were even competition Ferraris dating back to the 1950s in and amongst everything waiting their turn for service.

I get that you want to see (primarily) Italian and German iron. My advice is this- find what you can, but don't sleep on the Frenchies. They've been into cars and racing longer than anyone. They have a distinguished history of engineering advances and they take a backseat to no one with respect to taking design risks/trying to build beautiful machines.

If you can find any time for a day trip, there is of course, the Museum at Le Mans. Apparently 3.5hrs by train. As a bonus, there's the Cathedral at Chartres on the way.

 

The Cite d’automobile and the Schlumpf are one and the same..and I completely agree with everyone that it is an amazing museum and place to visit. I haven’t seen a better car museum in the world, and the whole experience is fun - if you book in advance you can take some of their vintage cars out on the mini-track at the back of the museum, and either way you can watch old timers going around the track from the cafe terrace, which serves great food.
The architecture and design is also great. And it’s huge- an astonishing collection.
At the back of the main hall, there is also a Ferrari simulator which you can play on. It’s based on a 355, from the late 90s, and is fiendishly difficult. You have to get through two levels even to be allowed to drive on the manual box (it was a time when F1 was replacing manual) and I have never made it.
Well worth the day trip from Paris and as others have said the TGV is an experience in itself.
Mulhouse is also a pretty and interesting and pleasant town. Once part of Switzerland.

 

Here’s a picture from my last visit to the Cite d’automobile - I visit every year with my car-mad daughter. Sorry for my presence in the pic, but you get an idea of the scale and beauty of the place.


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As mentioned earlier, a visit to Charles Pozzi in suburban Levallois is worthwhile. Although I'm in Paris every May I haven't been to Pozzi in a year or so, but they're nice folks and have some very cool cars on display. In fact, when I last walked in, there was an F-40 parked beneath the clear floor in the entranceway, such that you walked directly over it, and the display window included an F1 car, among others.