Porsche Museum in Zuffenhausen
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Porsche Museum in Zuffenhausen
I've just returned from a week long trip to Europe. On the way from Milan to Dusseldorf I've stopped for the night in Stuttgart and was able to spend two hours in the "Porsche City"- Zuffenhausen.
Coming to the center of Zuffenhausen (a place called Porsche Platz) you pass under the glass-enclosed conveyor line and you can see the newly manufactured car bodies passing slowly from right to left. A little further down is the actual Museum. There is a very convenient garage right underneath of the Museum. The price of admission is eight Euro. Quite reasonable, especially by European standards.
The exhibition starts with the very first cars Dr. Porsche was working on developing: early Daimlers, the famous "Sacha", the hub/motor of the electric car that won first prize at the Paris show in 1900.
As you go up, you can see the evolution of Porsche cars, 356s, early 911s, 904/908s, the famous 1973 911RS, some very important prototypes, 935 "Moby Dick", and so on. There is a small area dedicated to 917 including Martini and "Pink Pig" cars, and two open Can Am cars, one of which was driven by Mark Donohue (1200 bhp!). Also, there is a large exhibit dedicated to Porsche in America.
In my opinion, this is a very interesting museum, even for a non-Porsche person. For a Porsche fan it is an absolute must and leaves a long lasting impression. I have made a bunch of photographs. Please let me know if there is any interest and I'll post a few next time.
Coming to the center of Zuffenhausen (a place called Porsche Platz) you pass under the glass-enclosed conveyor line and you can see the newly manufactured car bodies passing slowly from right to left. A little further down is the actual Museum. There is a very convenient garage right underneath of the Museum. The price of admission is eight Euro. Quite reasonable, especially by European standards.
The exhibition starts with the very first cars Dr. Porsche was working on developing: early Daimlers, the famous "Sacha", the hub/motor of the electric car that won first prize at the Paris show in 1900.
As you go up, you can see the evolution of Porsche cars, 356s, early 911s, 904/908s, the famous 1973 911RS, some very important prototypes, 935 "Moby Dick", and so on. There is a small area dedicated to 917 including Martini and "Pink Pig" cars, and two open Can Am cars, one of which was driven by Mark Donohue (1200 bhp!). Also, there is a large exhibit dedicated to Porsche in America.
In my opinion, this is a very interesting museum, even for a non-Porsche person. For a Porsche fan it is an absolute must and leaves a long lasting impression. I have made a bunch of photographs. Please let me know if there is any interest and I'll post a few next time.
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Two hours was just about right. Thant included 20 minutes in the bookshop which has a lot of really good Porsche books not (yet?) available in the US. Will try to post pictures tonight.
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VERY cool - thanks for posting. The magazine articles when the museum opened made it sound like a place to visit, but these confirm it. I was wondering what to do with all of those frequent flier miles! Maybe Zuffenhausen AND Gmund, Austria.
