Porsche Museum

by Porsche Ag, Ing H. C. F.

• ISBN13: 9783832192976
• ISBN10: 3832192972
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2010-02-28
• Publisher: Dumont

Summary

Ingenious ideas, fascinating technology and legendary vehicles have earned a suitable framework: the new Porsche Museum at Stuttgart-Zuffenhausen. Located directly at the company headquarters of the tradition-steeped sports car manufacturer, it is intended to demonstrate the fascination and diversity of the Porsche make of cars to visitors from around the world. This museum guide The Cars describes all the vehicles exhibited at the Porsche Museum in accordance with the exhibition concept: from the legendary wheel hub motorised Lohner-Porsche built in the year 1900, the world's first hybrid automobile, to the current 911 generation. The golden thread running through the book is the history of the company's production. It conveys the 'Porsche idea' based on such characteristic features as 'fast', 'light', 'clever', 'strong', 'intense' and 'consequent'. The pioneering technical solutions for basic challenges in the field of automobile construction are still based on this fundamental idea. This book contains images and texts about all exhibited vehicles in the Porsche Museum; a combination of recently produced studio images and contemporary picture material from the Porsche archive; and a comprehensive survey of the most important vehicles bearing the Porsche coat of arm. Published as part of the collectible series of books in the Edition Porsche Museum. English and German text.