We Are Porsche | Miles Collier
Published on July 3, 2024
Taking us through Porsche’s Heritage
Miles C. Collier sees cars as active history, physical manifestations of the past, and memory in mechanical form. The Revs Institute, the nonprofit educational organization he founded in 2008 that houses his classic car collection, has as its mission the conservation of history by way of preserving historic automobiles. These vehicles become teaching tools that demonstrate the technological and societal development of the past two centuries.
Collier is descended from automotive royalty. His father and uncle, Miles and Sam Collier, introduced America to sports cars in the 1930s when they began racing MGs. They eventually founded the Automobile Racing Club of America, the forerunner of the Sports Car Club of America, establishing an environment that allowed for Porsche's success. Collier has always loved Porsches, the car that usurped MG's place in American sports car racing. His first car, still a part of his collection, was a 356C Coupe. And as a vintage race-car driver, he spent nearly a decade behind the wheel of an E-Production Speedster.
In 1986, Collier acquired the Briggs Cunningham Museum collection, which laid the groundwork for what would become one of the most important car collections in the world. Today it is a carefully curated group of over 100 significant automobiles that cover a century of car history. Porsche represents almost 20 percent of the collection. All but one tell the story of the first 20 years of Porsche's motorsport heritage. That one exception, his beloved 356C, is a time machine. "My old Porsche transports me back to those long-gone times through its all-encompassing nature as an environment. One minute, I am back in the day, literally sitting inside a vanished present 50 years gone."
Learn More about Some of Collier’s Porsches
1958 Porsche 356A Carrera GT Speedster
1968 Porsche 907K
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Join us for our We Are Porsche Exhibit showcasing a variety of iconic Porsche models from the early 356 to modern 911s, highlighting their influence on car culture, racing, and customization. Come in-person to discover vehicles like the 2014 Porsche 911 GT America and the 1959 Porsche 718 RSK #023 and learn more about this unique blend of performance, style, and individuality that defines Porsche.
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