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Top Automotive Museums - The World's Car Capital - SoCal Most car lovers and driving enthusiasts agree, Southern California is the automotive capital of the United States! I even state it in the opening of every iDriveSoCal Podcast. But what makes Southern California the automotive capital of the United States, actually? The short answer is lots of things. And we’re producing a mini-series to share all the characteristics and destinations that make Southern California the automotive capital of the United States, and of the world! In this iDriveSoCal Podcast we begin making our case by highlighting an array of World Class Automotive Museums located in SoCal. If you haven’t been to them, I sincerely hope this podcast will inspire your first of many future visits. As promised in the podcast here are links to each of these automotive treasures: Mullin Automotive Museum, Oxnard, California The Nethercutt Collection, Sylmar, California Petersen Automotive Museum, Los Angeles, California The Automobile Driving Museum, El Segundo, California Marconi Automotive Museum, Tustin, California ***Transcript*** Recording date – June 19, 2018 at in Los Angeles, CA Tom Smith: Southern California is the automotive capital of the United States and automotive capital of the world. Sorry, Detroit. Sorry anybody else that thinks you are, you're not, we are. One of the reasons we deserve that moniker is because of our plethora of world-class museums, automotive museums. We're going to do the top five starting with five, and then moving up to my very favorite car museum. Welcome to iDriveSoCal, the podcast all about mobility from the automotive capital of the United States, Southern California. Tom Smith here with the Professor, Mr. Clinton Quan. Say hello, Clinton. Clinton Quan: Hi, Tom. Tom Smith: Hey, hey, hey. So, today's podcast -- and thank you for joining us as always -- is about ... And we started to cover ... We slid off topic. We did a podcast about the checkered flag malfunction with the supermodel about a week ago or so. Clinton Quan: Yes, at the F1 race. Tom Smith: Yeah, yeah. And we started talking about museums. And the concept that I say,. As we open each podcast, the automotive capital of the United States, Southern California, right? Arguably, automotive capital of the world. And one of the things that you said, Professor, was, "Yes, it is the automotive capital the United States and the automotive capital the world." You did say the world too, right? Clinton Quan: Yes. Tom Smith: Okay. Clinton Quan: Definitely, the world. Right. Tom Smith: So, you heard it Tom and the Professor, Southern California is the automotive capital of the United States and automotive capital of the world. Sorry, Detroit. Sorry anybody else that thinks you are, you're not, we are. That said, one of the reasons the professor said that we deserve that moniker is because of our plethora of world-class museums, automotive museums. So, with that in mind, we're going to talk about the top automotive museums through the expert analysis and vision of the Professor. So, take it away, Professor. Clinton Quan: So, we're going to do the top five starting with five, and then moving up to my very favorite car museum. Tom Smith: Okay. Clinton Quan: Number five is the Marconi Automotive Museum in Tustin. Tom Smith: Okay. Clinton Quan: Now, this is the only Automotive Museum in Orange County. Tom Smith: Right. Clinton Quan: It's open Monday through Friday,