Not everyone gets a chance to visit the Porsche Museum and even those that do don't get to see these historic beauties in their natural environment: on the road and track. That's where the Porsche "Rolling Museum" comes into play. Practically all of the Porsche museum's exhibits are roadworthy and able to fulfill the original purpose for which …
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Check Out These Historic Race Cars On Display During The “24 Hours For Eternity” Exhibit At The Porsche Museum
Porsche's preparations for their return to Le Mans are not only on the track and in the paddock. The Porsche Museum in Stuttgart-Zuffenhausen just opened a comprehensive special exhibition, running to July 13, 2014, that takes a look back at Porsche's history at Le Mans. For the first time, the Porsche 919 Hybrid will be presented to the public at …
Continue to the full articlePorsche Museum to Host Anniversary Exhibition Celebrating “50 Years of 911”
The Porsche Museum is celebrating the 50th anniversary of the 911 with one of the most extensive special exhibitions since its opening: Dr. Wolfgang Porsche, Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG, and Matthias Müller, President of the Executive Board of Porsche AG, opened the “50 Years of 911” anniversary exhibition …
Continue to the full articleVideo: Porsche Showcases a “Bulletproof” 996 and a Convertible 928 in Museum Secrets Part 2
Porsche's Museum Secrets series is quickly turning into one of my favorite video sets on the Porsche YouTube channel. Earlier this week we showed you Porsche Museum Secrets Part 1 featuring the museum's newest storage facility housing Porsche's vast collection of more than 500 cars. Today's video give us a glimpse at some of the unique Porsches …
Continue to the full articleVideo: Porsche Museum Secrets
The new Porsche Museum exhibits about 80 Porsches at any given time. That's just a tiny fraction of the 505 porsches in their collection. So, where do all those other Porsches reside when they are not on display? Well, some are on loan, some are being repaired, others are part of the the "Museum on Wheels". The remainder? Watch the video below …
Continue to the full articleDid You Know That Porsche Won An Olympic Medal?
Ok, well maybe not Porsche alone, but they did take part in a silver medal winning run during the 2002 Olympics. You see, Porsche helped design the sled, seen below, alongside professional sportsman Georg Hackl. It was with this model that Hackl won the Olympic silver medal in 2002. 80 Years of Porsche Engineering The sled above, along …
Continue to the full articlePorsche Museum Reaches Milestone of 1,000,000 Visitors
The Porsche museum had a little over 530,000 visitors after one short year in operation. Now, one and a half years later (two and a half years in total) the Porsche museum welcomed 13 school children from India as Jubilee guests to celebrate passing the million visitor mark. Museum director Achim Stejskal invited the class from Mumbai to …
Continue to the full articleBehind the Scenes of a Porsche Photo Shoot: Part 1
For the past few weeks FLATSIXES.com photographer Brett Sloan has been traveling through-out Europe and the Middle East with photographer Frank Kayser on assignment for Porsche. While the exact details of their photo shoot are still confidential, it's one of the larger productions ever completed by Porsche Motorsports. Over the next few weeks …
Continue to the full articleWhat’s The Favorite Food at the Porsche Museum?
More than 530,000 visitors from all over the world, 2,555 guided tours and 14,326 grilled steaks at the Christophorus Restaurant – just one year after opening, the Museum of Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG, Stuttgart, is looking back on January, 31 2010, at a very positive story of success. “In its first 365 days our Museum has developed into a truly …
Continue to the full articleWhy You’ll Never Get to See The Porsche Museum Like This
Over the course of 2009, close to 500,000 people will travel the hallowed halls of the new Porsche Museum (much more than twice the 200,000 originally expected). While some live close by, others have made a pilgrimage, covering 1000s of miles, on this holiest of journeys to Porsche's very own "Mecca". The crowds, both reverent and raucous, …
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