It started with a sound.
Port Melbourne. A McLaren Senna. And a feeling that a car could be far more than a machine.
Our story
DreamDrive exists because a car can change a child's day, and sometimes a good deal more than that. The films and the events are how we get there. The moment we give a child is why we started.
It began with a sound on a quiet street, and a McLaren Senna. A car most people only ever see on a screen, close enough to touch. What stayed with us was not the machine. It was what happened to everyone standing around it.
DreamDrive was built on that. The belief that a car can move people in a way very little else does, and that the feeling is worth building something around.
So we do three things. We tell the stories behind the cars and the people who love them, and we tell them properly, at a standard the culture has not always been given. We create events worth travelling for. And at the centre of it, we give children the drive of their dreams: a day with the car on their wall, and a memory they keep long after.
We work alongside partners who share that standard, in luxury automotive and in the charitable sector, and we are grateful for every one of them.
We are a new name. We intend to be a lasting one.
He did not want to get out.
We give children the car of their dreams, and a day they keep for the rest of their lives. Not a photo next to it. A day in it. That is the reason DreamDrive exists, and everything else we do is how we pay for it.
To turn a love of cars into a moment a child keeps forever.
We set out to connect children with their dream cars, to celebrate automotive culture, and to create meaningful moments that inspire people on and off the road.
What we hold to.
01
Inspiration
A car can move people in a way very little else does. Everything we make should do the same, for a twelve year old and a collector alike.
02
Community
Car culture is people first. We build the room, and we make sure everyone is welcome in it.
03
Authenticity
Real stories, real people, real moments. If it did not happen, we do not say it did.
04
Standard
Everything we make is held to a standard, from the first frame to the final detail.
What DreamDrive is not.
We are not a car meet with a charity attached.
We are not a charity that happens to use cars.
We are not chasing volume, reach, or noise.
We are not here to make anyone feel sorry for anyone.
We are not talking down to the young people watching.
About DreamDrive.
Where did DreamDrive start?
In Port Melbourne, with a sound on a quiet street and a McLaren Senna. What stayed with us was not the machine. It was what happened to everyone standing around it.
Who is behind DreamDrive?
DreamDrive was founded by Dan Storace. We work alongside partners in luxury automotive and in the charitable sector.
What does DreamDrive do?
Three things. We tell the stories behind the cars and the people who love them. We create events worth travelling for. And at the centre of it, we give children the drive of their dreams.
Why does the cause come first?
Because it came first. It is the reason the brand exists, not a section on a page. The films and the events are how we get there.
Is DreamDrive new?
Yes. We are a new name. We intend to be a lasting one.
Where is DreamDrive based?
Melbourne, Australia.