Christine at the Porsche Museum

As stated before, Stuttgart is the car capital of the world.  We are headquarters to both Porsche and Mercedes Benz.  I have been patiently waiting for someone to visit me so that I could take them to the car museums.  I stopped waiting.  Today I visited the Porsche Museum.  First off, it is reasonably priced at 8 Euros.  It is a modern architecture building (left side picture).  The museum is across the street from one of the factories (right side picture).

 

I took some pictures of cars.  But, if you are a faithful follower, you will remember last summer, there was a car event in Stuttgart Mitte (center) and I took tons of car pictures there.  Today I learned more about the history of Porsche and racing cars, well racing Porsches.  

Guess who invented the Beetle Bug Volkswagen?  That's right -Ferdinand Porsche.  His son, Ferry went on to develop his own car because the ones out there were not his dream car.   On to my dream car.  I would look exceptional behind the wheel of this Porsche *:

Carrera 2S

This car can drive fast enough that it could drive on the ceiling.  Right now it's just rigged to be on the ceiling.

I found the cut away cars most interesting.  (It's kinda hard to get a good picture since it's in glass.)

I also liked the frame portions taken off the car so you could see inside.

More after the jump...My favorite race car is the Pink Pig (also the most popular one-go figure):

Other race cars:

Race Cars

Porsche has received numerous awards for racing.

The museum allows you the opportunity to sit in a Porsche.  Like all the 7-12 year olds there, I took a turn.  I had to maneuver in line to keep those kids from cutting.  I was born to drive a Porsche.  Now if my bank account matched my ambition.  ha ha  This car would be over $100,000.  

One of the first cars you see as you start the museum tour.  It has a front suicide door.  The front and back door share a hinge.  I also like the color and style.  

You too can see tons of Porsches when you visit Stuttgart.  Just sayin'...

 

Christine

*This is the author's belief.  I don't really care if you agree or not.