The V8 Hotel Lets You Sleep in Your Favorite Vintage Cars

Giving new meaning to the phrase "asleep at the wheel," the V8's a 34-room German hotel dedicated to all things car that boasts a vintage auto museum, elaborately themed rooms tricked out with original parts/ memorabilia, and its own brew pub.
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Giving new meaning to the phrase "asleep at the wheel," the V8's a 34-room German hotel dedicated to all things car that boasts a vintage auto museum, elaborately themed rooms tricked out with original parts/ memorabilia, and its own brew pub.

Located 20 minutes outside of Stuttgart, this petrol-head's paradise is housed in the former terminal/control tower at Böblingen Airport, which was built in 1915, used by the military after WWII, and fell into disrepair in the '90s. One half is the hotel while...

...the other comprises MOTORWORLD, an auto museum featuring a rare collection of classic, vintage and collector cars.

Ten of the 34 rooms are decked out in automotive themes like Route 66, a retro drive-in, and this mechanic's garage, complete with engine coffee table and Morris Minor (a British cult classic that debuted in the late '40s) bed frame. The room sleeps three -- four if you count the dude working under the car.

Rocking a replica 1963 Volkswagen Beetle from the movie Herbie: Fully Loaded, this gas station bedchamber boasts a melange of vintage 1920s Shell memorabilia, the crown jewel being an authentic gas pump.

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