Stuttgart, August 2009
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I am in Stuttgart to visit the friends. We decide to have a look at the new Porsche Museum and go to Stuttgart-Zuffenhausen where Porsche has it's base.
Very interesting architecture. The building floats above the ground. No plane parallel to the ground
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One area is utilized to present the new Porsche Panamera which is not being sold yet and is not presented inside the museum
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Tom, Moeni and Max on their way up into the exhibition room
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The presentation starts with the "Ur-Porsche" the first Porsche car ever designed...
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... and then with an homage to Ferdinand and Ferry Porsche
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A different view to the entrance point
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The exhibition is grouped into topics which are marked with a single word which belongs to the values of Porsche
Leicht (light)
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Schnell (fast)
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Stark (strong)
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and so on
Some exotic cars are there as well.
A Porsche station wagon, a Porsche painted with Aborigine ornaments made for the 50th anniversary of Porsche Australia ...
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A Porsche police car
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Racing is covered with some nice video clips, famous sports cars and a little collection of trophies
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And of course some little hints to the Volkswagen Beetle which was originally designed by Porsche.
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A view outside to the Panamera from the stairs
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Tom walks out happy and impressed
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Porsche everywhere. The left hand side building is the Stuttgart Porsche dealership, the right hand side is part of the Porsche plant.
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Mirrors on the ceiling.
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