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Experience “Motor City” Detroit with your rental car
Detroit is known worldwide as the “Motor City.” Do you know what that means? That you can’t visit Detroit without a rental car! So choose car sharing while in Detroit and get ready to cruise through Motor City to check out all the car-culture sights.
Your first stop should definitely be at the Henry Ford Museum of American Innovation. Its permanent exhibit called Driving America highlights how the automobile changed people’s lives. Once you’re done there, drive your rental car over to the nearby Automotive Hall of Fame, which celebrates innovators and pioneers of the automotive industry.
Another great thing for car lovers to do in Detroit is to go to a car cruise or event. Park your rental car on the street and watch the best cars drive by in events like Curisin’ Downriver, the Mount Clements Cruise, Cruisin’ Gratiot, Cruisin’ Hines, and Woodward Dream Cruise. Check Detroit’s cruise calendars and catch a famous car show in America’s most famous car city!
And history buffs absolutely must hop in their rental car and visit all the historic automotive sites in Detroit. The GM Renaissance Center building houses General Motors, a hotel, a few businesses, and more. It’s one of the city’s most famous buildings and it offers up great views of Detroit and neighboring Canada, which lies just over Detroit’s border.
Another historic, car-related site you can drive to with your rental car is the Edsel and Eleanor Ford House, which is the architecturally stunning estate of the Ford founders’ son and his wife. And last but not least, stop by Meadow Brook Hall, a historic home built by John Dodge’s widow, Matilda.
Get artsy in your Detroit rental car
Not far from all the big automotive sights is the Detroit Institute of Arts, one of the United States’ top 10 museums and home to one of the country’s top 6 art collections. During your visit, spend some time gazing at Diego Rivera’s Detroit Industry fresco and many other works of his art. Bustling with important collections, interesting events, and rotating exhibitions, this is a great stop for anyone with an artsy side.
Looking to see more of the Detroit art scene? Then take a drive in your rental car to check out the 11 public art pieces scattered across the city. Covered in murals, fountains, sculptures, and more, all these works of art are free and meant to be enjoyed by the public. Your rental car can get you to them all within a day, so drive on over and check it all out!
Use your rental car to check out musical Detroit
Detroit isn’t just known as Motor City. It’s also nicknamed “Motown” after the famous music genre born in this same city. And, fun fact, techno music was also born here! So jump in your rental car and get ready to rock your head to the beat of the music at one of Detroit’s many concert venues. Motown music lovers can also visit the Motown Museum, a unique and memorable museum experience for all.