Porsche Museum

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Porsche Museum
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place Porscheplatz 1,
70435 Stuttgart Coordinates: 48 ° 50 '3.5 "  N , 9 ° 9' 8.8"  EWorld icon
Art
architect Delugan Meissl
opening January 31, 2009
Number of visitors (annually) 70,000-80,000
operator
Website
ISIL DE-MUS-129517
The Porsche 918 Spyder is powered by a 4.6 liter V8 engine with 447 kW, which is based on the 3.4 liter engine of the Porsche RS Spyder. E-motors on the front and back axle are adding 210 kW to a total engine performance of 652 kW.
Porsche 918 Spyder, summer 2015.

The Porsche Museum is a car museum in Stuttgart . The factory museum of Dr. Ing.hc F. Porsche AG is located on Porscheplatz in the Zuffenhausen district . The new museum building was opened to the public on January 31, 2009. In June 2011 came the millionth visitor. Behind the Mercedes-Benz Museum, it ranks second among the most visited museums in Stuttgart ; In 2015 it was visited by about 450,000 people.

The old Porsche Museum

Glance into the "old" museum on Porschestrasse

In 1976 the museum was opened to the general public. It was located on the factory premises in a former engine production hall and had an area of ​​620 square meters. Between 70,000 and 80,000 visitors visited the 20 or so constantly changing exhibits each year. Entry was free. The factory museum, however, had a considerably larger number of exhibition vehicles. The existing racing cars , prototypes and production vehicles only offered a small glimpse into the history of the manufacturer, so the exhibition was supplemented by films about automobile development at Porsche. A shop was attached to the museum.

Porsche pursued the concept of the “rolling museum”, which means, on the one hand, that the exhibits were constantly changing and, on the other hand, that the vehicles on display were often still ready to drive and in some cases even street legal. Depending on the exhibition variant, visitors to the Porsche from 1948 could also see models of the winning and brand world championship vehicles used at the Nürburgring , Le Mans or the Targa Florio, as well as winning cars from the Monte Carlo Rally , where Porsche makes achieved multiple successes .

In the documentaries, the visitor encounters winning names such as the racing baron Huschke von Hanstein .

The new Porsche Museum

Construction of the new Porsche Museum, September 2007
Porsche Museum at night
Main entrance to the Porsche Museum from Porsche-Platz
View from the west
Buildings at night with ornate reflections
Sculpture at Porscheplatz 2017

After a museum project that was initially discussed with Mercedes-Benz at the former Killesberg exhibition center did not materialize, Porsche began planning a new museum at its headquarters in Stuttgart-Zuffenhausen. The intention was to give the Porsche-Platz with the company headquarters and the Porsche factory buildings a distinctive shape.

The architectural design comes from the Viennese architects Delugan Meissl Associated Architects , which prevailed against 170 competitors. The concept for the museum expansion was developed by the Stuttgart office hg merz architekten museumgestalter , which was already responsible for the Mercedes-Benz Museum .

In order to do justice to the company's extensive history and to meet requests for an adequate museum location, the Porsche management approved the design by the architects Delugan Meissl for implementation after the planning questions had been resolved. The official start of the construction project was on October 17, 2005. The shell was finished in February 2007. In October 2008, the first small exhibits and showcases were installed and set up on the exhibition level and a month later the first twelve exhibition vehicles came to the second floor. The official handover to the client took place on December 8, 2008. The official inauguration was celebrated on January 28, 2009. The museum has been open to the general public since January 31, 2009. The construction costs for the new museum have doubled to around 100 million euros. One million visitors were counted by June 2011 and 5100 tours to date. Almost 35% of the visitors are guests from abroad. In spring 2011, a special exhibition on the subject of Ferdinand Porsche - pioneer of the hybrid drive was shown.

architecture

The building stands on a slight slope. The base building, which is used as an underground car park, has two basement floors. This is followed in stages by the ground floor and an upper floor. On the ground floor, behind a glass front, is the entrance with a narrow foyer , where the cash desk, café and museum shop are arranged. The museum workshop, separated by a glass wall, and the company archive can also be found there.

The so-called Flieger with the exhibition area is located above the base structure. The polygonal shaped superstructure is supported by only three core groups, which makes it seem floating. The windowless facade is covered with white diamonds , the part visible from below with reflective diamonds. The connection with the foyer is via two escalators of different lengths . The superstructure includes the column-free, white designed and largely window-free exhibition hall. In this, 80 vehicles are exhibited on around 5,600 square meters of exhibition space, which can be accessed, among other things, by a spiral ramp leading up the tour along the outer wall. There is only a ribbon of windows in the exhibition area above the products that Porsche has developed for other companies. A restaurant is located in the superstructure behind the large glass facade facing the plant; a conference area with access to a large roof terrace is set up on the third floor.

construction

The building with a total usable area of ​​21,000 square meters consists of a so-called basement, which comprises up to four floors, two of which are basement floors. This structure was made of reinforced concrete with 3,400 tons of reinforcing steel as a white tank with flat ceilings and is founded on 115 bored piles with a diameter of 1.2 meters and a length of up to 25 meters. Above the basement there are only three core groups, consisting of a vertical shaft with the elevator systems and two cores with Y-shaped supports. The exhibition building, the so-called Flieger, with a weight of 35,000 tons and a maximum height of 16 meters is supported as a bridge structure on the three cores . This structure, which is up to 150 meters long, has a steel structure weighing 5,500 tons. It has spans of up to 60 meters between the cores and cantilevers of up to 45 meters.

gastronomy

There are three restaurants in the Porsche Museum: the pitstop visitor restaurant, a coffee bar and the Christophorus restaurant, which is located in the upper part of the building. The Christophorus is furnished in the Old American Diner style and has a wine cellar and a cigar lounge that is directly connected. The catering is operated in-house.

facts and figures

General
total cost around 100 million euros
Dimensions of the museum body Length 140 meters, width 70 meters
Total area of ​​the building 25,800 square meters
Facade area of ​​the exhibition body around 10,000 square meters, consisting of around 30,000 diamonds
Weight of the museum body around 35,000 tons
steel around 06,000 tons
concrete around 21,000 cubic meters
Excavation (earth) around 66,000 cubic meters
exhibition
Exhibits around 80 museum vehicles and 200 small exhibits
Total inventory of museum vehicles more than 600 exhibits
Total exhibition space 5,600 square meters
Total event area 1,400 square meters
Event space conference area 0.600 square meters
Event area roof terrace 0.800 square meters

Exhibits

The constantly changing exhibition vehicles of the museum are "shown from the museum's holdings of around 450 exhibits worth presenting". Some of these exhibits are occasionally shown to the public in action, for example as part of racing taxi rides on the occasion of the Arosa ClassicCar hill climb . The Porsche Sound Night has been held annually since 2011, a special event where selected museum exhibits are brought back to life. The event is already cult among Porsche and motorsport fans and is unique in this form.

The most important exhibits in the Porsche Museum

Type 64
Year of construction: 1939, engine: four-cylinder boxer engine, displacement: 1,131 cm 3, output: 33 hp (24 kW), top speed: 140 km / h. The sports car designed for the Berlin-Rome long-distance race was given the designation body type 64 and is considered the “original Porsche”. The body was made of aluminum and was used for approaches to later Porsche sports cars. A speed of 130 km / h was reached on public roads.
VW Beetle
Year of construction: 1950, engine: four-cylinder boxer engine, displacement: 1,131 cm 3, output: 25 hp (18 kW), top speed: 105 km / h. Ferdinand Porsche presented the construction of a German Volkswagen ”in January 1934. For the compact model, Porsche envisaged an air-cooled four-cylinder engine in the rear, a crank-arm axle, torsion bar suspension and the vehicle being divided into base plate and body. The design combined a streamlined shape with space for four people - the famous Beetle silhouette was created. By 2003, 21.5 million Beetles had rolled off the production lines of Volkswagen AG worldwide.
Porsche 356 "No. 1 ”roadster
Year of construction: 1948 Engine: four-cylinder boxer engine Displacement: 1,131 cm 3 Power: 35 HP (26 kW) Top speed: 135 km / h. In spring 1948 the first sports car with the name Porsche was built in Gmünd (Carinthia). The prototype of the Porsche Type 356 "No. 1 ”was ready to drive on June 8th, the Carinthian provincial government issued an individual permit for trial use on public roads. The mid-engine sports car was equipped with a VW engine that had been increased to 35 hp. With a weight of 585 kg, it reached a top speed of 135 km / h. In August 1948 he took part in the Innsbruck city race.
Porsche 356 Coupé "Ferdinand"
Year of construction: 1950 Engine: four-cylinder boxer engine Displacement: 1,086 cm 3 Power: 40 HP (29 kW) Top speed: 140 km / h. A new chapter for Porsche began on Maundy Thursday 1950 when the first Type 356 built in Stuttgart rolled out of the factory hall. The test vehicles were traditionally given nicknames at Porsche: The example on display in the museum is called “Ferdinand”. It was used as a “rolling test bench”.
Porsche 356 America Roadster
Year of construction: 1953, engine: four-cylinder boxer engine, displacement: 1,488 cm 3 , power: 70 hp (51 kW), top speed: 177 km / h. A roadster was created exclusively for the North American market that was significantly lighter than the 356 series models produced at the same time. The car achieved its low weight of 605 kg thanks to a light aluminum body with deeply cut doors, attachable side windows and an emergency roof. The spartan predecessor of the 356 Speedster was specially designed for use in racing.
Porsche 550 A Spyder
Year of construction: 1956 Engine: four-cylinder boxer engine, displacement: 1,498 cm 3 , power: 135 hp (99 kW), top speed: 240 km / h. The American actor James Dean called the 550, which was constructed for racing, “Little Bastard”. In 1955, at the age of 24, he had a fatal accident with a Spyder on the way to the race track in Salinas, California.
356 B 2000 GS Carrera GT
Year of construction: 1960 Engine: four-cylinder boxer engine Displacement: 1,966 cm 3 Power: 175 HP (129 kW) Top speed: 220 km / h. The 356 not only got a new look, it also featured innovative technology. The moving aluminum body parts are an example of this. The safety steering with hydraulic damper, the optimized brake cooling and the various gear ratios were also new. From 1955 on, all vehicles with a racing engine were given the additional name “Carrera”.
Porsche 911 2.0 Coupé
Year of construction: 1964 Engine: six-cylinder boxer engine, displacement: 1,991 cm 3 Power: 130 PS (96 kW) Top speed: 210 km / h. At the International Motor Show (IAA) in Frankfurt in 1963, Porsche presented the successor to the 356: the original 911 was born. The 911 differs from its predecessor in many ways, not just in terms of the six-cylinder engine. Since Peugeot claimed three-digit numbers with a zero in the middle, Porsche had to withdraw the 901 again. The well-known number combination 911 was created.
Porsche 914/8
Year of construction: 1969 Engine: eight-cylinder boxer engine, displacement: 2,997 cm 3 Power: 300 PS (221 kW) Top speed: 250 km / h. The historically grown connections between Porsche and Volkswagen led to the construction of the VW-Porsche 914 at the end of the sixties - a sporty and at the same time affordable car. In addition to the four-cylinder version for VW, a six-cylinder version of the mid-engine vehicle was built for Porsche.
Porsche 911 S 2.2 Targa
Year of construction: 1970 Engine: six-cylinder boxer engine, displacement: 2,195 cm 3 Power: 180 hp (132 kW) Top speed: 230 km / h. As a result of changed laws in the USA, the world's first mass-produced safety convertible was created. In the mid-sixties, Porsche engineers created a 911 variant between a convertible and a coupé, and the Targa principle was invented. This Targa version with a sturdy, removable roof section quickly gained its own customer base. The more powerful S type (S for sport) was also available with the characteristic roll bar.
Porsche 908/03 Spyder
Year of construction: 1970, engine: eight-cylinder boxer engine, displacement: 2,997 cm 3 , power: 350 hp (257 kW), top speed: 275 km / h. With a weight of 545 kilograms, the Spyder showed an extreme form of lightweight construction. The body made of foam-reinforced plastic only weighs twelve kilograms. Because of the better weight distribution, the driver and engine moved forward. The 908/3 Spyder was only used four times by the works team and was three times victorious; with Jo Siffert and Brian Redman also at its premiere in 1970 at the Targa Florio in Sicily.
Porsche 917 KH Coupé
Year of construction: 1971, engine: twelve-cylinder boxer engine, displacement: 4,907 cm 3, output: 600 hp (441 kW), top speed: 360 km / h. Gijs van Lennep and Helmut Marko set a course record in 1971: with an average speed of 222.30 km / h, they covered 5,335.16 kilometers in the Le Mans 24-hour race. The short tail version 917 has shark fins on both sides of the rear hood, the frame is made of lightweight magnesium.
Porsche 917/30 Spyder
Year of construction: 1973, engine: twelve-cylinder boxer engine with turbocharging, displacement: 5,374 cm 3 , output: 1,200 hp (882 kW), top speed: 385 km / h. The further developed twelve-cylinder engine was very successful in circuit races. With Mark Donohue at the wheel, a Porsche won the CanAm series for the second time ahead of McLaren. For the first time, turbocharging was also tested on winding roads.
Porsche 911 Carrera RS 2.7 Coupé
Year of construction: 1973 Engine: six-cylinder boxer engine, displacement: 2,687 cm 3 Power: 210 hp (154 kW) Top speed: 240 km / h. A characteristic of the Porsche 911 Carrera RS 2.7 Coupé was the rear spoiler, popularly known as “ducktail”. With the use of aerodynamic aids and spartan equipment, the developers followed the trend for more performance with less weight. The RS 2.7 was the first 911 to have the “Carrera” logo, based on the classic Carrera Panamericana.
Porsche 924
Year of construction: 1974 Engine: four-cylinder in-line Displacement: 1,984 cm 3 Power: 125 HP (92 kW) Top speed: 200 km / h. Because of the energy crisis in the mid-seventies, VW stopped a joint new sports car project. With the 924, Porsche therefore created its own entry-level model for its vehicle range. Even in the first construction stage, the large glass tailgate was a striking feature. The 924 with the water-cooled front engine and the transaxle design was manufactured in the Audi plant in Neckarsulm from 1976.
Porsche 911 Turbo 3.0 Coupé
Year of construction: 1976 Engine: six-cylinder boxer engine with turbocharging, displacement: 2,994 cm 3 Power: 260 HP (191 kW) Top speed: 250 km / h. Porsche's first series vehicle, in which an increase in performance was achieved through an exhaust gas turbocharger, delivered 260 hp. In times of the energy crisis, the 911 Turbo was a daring decision. Technology that has been tried and tested in racing was used. In addition to charging, these included the brakes and aerodynamics.
Porsche 928 S.
Year of construction: 1983 Engine: eight-cylinder V, displacement: 4,664 cm 3 Power: 300 HP (221 kW) Top speed: 250 km / h. The 928 was originally intended to be the successor to the 911. In 1978, one year after its market launch, it was voted “Car of the Year” as the first sports car. Technically, the vehicle concept differed fundamentally from the 911 in terms of the transaxle transmission, the water-cooled V8 light alloy engine and the aluminum chassis.
McLaren TAG MP 4/2 C Formula 1
Year of construction: 1986 Engine: Six-cylinder V with turbocharging, displacement: 1,499 cm 3 Power: 850 PS (625 kW) Top speed: approx. 350 km / h. On behalf of the TAG Group, Porsche built an engine that was used in Formula 1. The high-performance engine in the McLaren racing car with a displacement of one and a half liters should provide enough power to be competitive. This was successful and the drivers Alain Prost and Niki Lauda won three world titles; a total of 25 Grand Prix successes were achieved between 1983 and 1987.
Porsche 959
Year of construction: 1988 Engine: six-cylinder boxer engine with register turbocharging Displacement: 2,849 cm 3 Power: 450 PS (331 kW) Top speed: 315 km / h. Designed for the newly introduced Group B in racing, it was built on the basis of the 911 series in an exclusive series of 292 pieces. Despite its price of 420,000 D-Marks, the 959 sold out quickly.
Study "Panamericana"
Year of construction: 1989 Engine: six-cylinder boxer engine, displacement: 3,557 cm 3 Power: 250 HP (184 kW) Top speed: 210 km / h. Under the name “Panamericana”, the model that was created in just a few months and based on the 911 Carrera 4 was presented at the International Motor Show (IAA) in 1989 in Frankfurt. The concept with the horizontal roof structure strongly influenced the further development of the 911 Targa. And also gave the impetus to build a roadster, later the Porsche Boxster.
Porsche Boxster
Year of construction: 1996 Engine: six-cylinder boxer engine, displacement: 2,480 cm 3 Power: 204 HP (150 kW) Top speed: 240 km / h. The two-seater roadster with a mid-engine continued the Porsche Spyder tradition with modern technology. After a positive response to its presentation as a show car, series production was decided. The actual Boxster deviated from the study for technical reasons. It anticipated some features of the later 911 generation, but remained independent.
Porsche Carrera GT
Year of construction: 2003 Engine: Ten cylinder V Displacement: 5,733 cm 3 Power: 612 PS (450 kW) Top speed: 330 km / h. Due to its lightweight construction, the Carrera GT has an empty weight of 1380 kg. Originally designed for use in Le Mans, the flat mid-engine car with a carbon fiber body was produced in an exclusive series of 1,270 units in Leipzig.

Selected images

See also

literature

  • Hanno Rauterberg: Everyone get out! A daring monument of the automotive age: the new Porsche Museum in Stuttgart . In: DIE ZEIT, 05/2009; Hamburg, January 22, 2009
  • Amber Sayah: Porsche Museum: The spirit of the barracks still blows . In: Stuttgarter Zeitung; Stuttgart, January 26, 2009
  • Claus-Peter Andorka, Elmar Brümmer, Anke Krohmer, Dieter Landenberger, Reiner Schloz, Michael Thiem, Horst Walter, Christian Weiss, Jürgen Zeyer, Jutta Deiss: The official book for the Porsche Museum . Edited by Dr.Ing.hc F. Porsche AG. Munich: Piper Verlag, 2009, ISBN 978-3-492-05229-0 .

Web links

Commons : Porsche Museum  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

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  2. ↑ Uli Meyer: Stuttgart's museums look back on a good year. In: Stuttgarter Nachrichten. January 25, 2016. Retrieved November 20, 2016 .
  3. ↑ Step by step: an overview of the most important developments, from the first official decision to the opening of the Porsche Museum: a chronology.
  4. ^ Jürgen Pander: New Porsche Museum. Cars on three legs. In: Spiegel Online. January 21, 2009, accessed November 26, 2016 .
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  6. ↑ Leonhardt, Andrä und Partner: New Porsche Museum in Stuttgart-Zuffenhausen ( Memento of the original from February 10, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.lap-consult.com
  7. ↑ Porsche Annual Report 2004/2005 ( Memento of the original dated October 12, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , P. 62 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.porscheconsulting.com
  8. ↑ "From Past to Present" - 6. Porsche Sound Night 2016 Detailed report with many recordings of the Porsche Sound Night on zwischengas.com (November last visited 2. 2016)
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