The collection of automobiles of the National Technical Museum belongs to the highest-quality collections on the European continent. It documents the development of domestic car production on the background of world production. The main part is, therefore, devoted to automobiles of domestic production, in particular cars produced before the World War II. The collection contains several distinguished exhibits associated with important milestones of the history of automobile in the Czech lands. These are, for instance, the first automobile driven in Bohemia - Benz Viktoria from 1893, the first automobile produced in the Czech lands - NW President from 1898, as well as the first Czech racing car - NW 12 HP from 1900. Of a particular value is also the collection of cars connected with important historical events and VIPs. Historically most precious automobile of this collection is the 6-litre 12-cylinder Tatra 80 from 1935 used by the first Czechoslovak president T.G.Masaryk. The collection, however, comprises not only automobiles of a territorial significance but also, for instance, the car Bugatti 13 from 1910 - the worldwide oldest preserved product of the Molsheim factory of Ettore Bugatti, the 12-cylinder racing car Mercedes-Benz W154/M163 of Rudolf Caracciola or the worldwide oldest preserved car of the brand AUDI. The automobile collection of the National Technical Museum contains about 120 cars, of which about one third are displayed for the Museum visitors at the permanent exhibition.