Tuesday 20th January 2009

New Porsche Museum Completed

Crazy building to house huge display of cars

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Porsche's new museum in Germany has finally been completed, and is due to open later this month.

The distinctive new building, situated next to Porsche's HQ in Zuffenhausen, Stuttgart, cost an estimated €100 million to build. For that, Porsche expects to welcome more than 200,000 visitors to the new museum each year.

The decision to build the new museum was announced back in 2004. The imposing structure you see here was the result of a worldwide competition to win the tender to design and build the site, and construction began in late 2005.

The museum is a giant Porsche timeline tracing the history of the brand, with various mini-exhibits along the way, including a transparent glass-fronted workshop allowing visitors to see classic Porsches being renovated and worked on.

Nearly all of the exhibits at the museum are real working examples, still entered into historic races and events as part of Porsche's 'Museum on Wheels' program. This also means that the museum's collection will change regularly, as cars come in and out.

The previous Porsche museum, which opened in 1976, had space for just 20 cars. The press release states brilliantly that it was loved for its 'blend of Swabian austerity, pragmatism and down-to-earth modesty'. Err... sure.

But, Porsche says, as time has passed they have come to need a more appropriate setting for the expanding company, which has of course just taken a majority share in Volkswagen AG.

The new museum has around 400 cars available, with 80 on display at any time, and will open its doors to visitors from 31st January this year.

 

[Silver993tt]

Looks absolutely fantastic. Love the picture with the tractor at the end of the display

[Northern-Loop]

WOW!!!

[btdk5]

What car is that with the number 42 on it??

...second picture.

Edited by btdk5 on Tuesday 20th January 15:51

[C43]

Great, they put all current Porsches in there and get those poseurs off the road...

[Silver993tt]

btdk5 said:

What car is that with the number 42 on it??

...second picture.

Edited by btdk5 on Tuesday 20th January 15:51

Looks like a 550 Spyder

[clubracing]

Silver993tt said:

btdk5 said:

What car is that with the number 42 on it??

...second picture.

Edited by btdk5 on Tuesday 20th January 15:51

Looks like a 550 Spyder

It's a 718 RSK.

[Shyvah]

Any chance of the 917 pic as a wallpaper?

[minimoog]

An ever-so-slight improvement on the last museum building!

[jp-speed-triple]

Drool......that's on the road trip visit list

[btdk5]

Silver993tt said:

btdk5 said:

What car is that with the number 42 on it??

...second picture.

Edited by btdk5 on Tuesday 20th January 15:51

Looks like a 550 Spyder

Wonder if they'll take part exchange...

[vz-r_dave]

hmmm 1.5 hours away, think ill be making a short trip for that

[911tur8o]

The displays look really good.

Porsche Museum at Zuffenhausen then the Nurburgring for a couple of laps with a couple of blasts on the autobahnen.
That would make a rather nice road trip.

[vz-r_dave]

911tur8o said:

The displays look really good.

Porsche Museum at Zuffenhausen then the Nurburgring for a couple of laps with a couple of blasts on the autobahnen.
That would make a rather nice road trip.

then of course your all welcome to stay in Frankfurt for a good old piss up for a stop gap as well

[[AJ]]

911tur8o said:

The displays look really good.

Porsche Museum at Zuffenhausen then the Nurburgring for a couple of laps with a couple of blasts on the autobahnen.
That would make a rather nice road trip.

I think the Porsche forum should plan a PH road trip!

[Steameh]

That building is incredibly impressive. Lot of time well spent on designing that

[Silver993tt]

Steameh said:

That building is incredibly impressive. Lot of time well spent on designing that

yeah, I heard they funded it from all of the warranty payments owners have made over the last 5 years

[Cassius81]

Hmm... maybe releasing the Cayenne wasn't such a bad idea after all....

[White-Noise]

wow! i need to go and see this

[dcb]

911tur8o said:

The displays look really good.

Oh look, yet another 911, girls !

911tur8o said:

Porsche Museum at Zuffenhausen then the Nurburgring for a couple of laps with a couple of blasts on the autobahnen.
That would make a rather nice road trip.

For the record, the nearest autobahn to Zuffy is the A81, which is
speed limited to a lorry friendly 130 kmh from Leonberg to Heilbronn.

The A8 bahn is also limited from Leonberg to out east of Stuttgart,
with another limited section reaching out west from Munich to Augsburg.

I give them another ten years before the whole of the A8 Stuttgart
Munich bahn is limited.

[anonymous-user]

That picture of those 917's is making me go all