As part of the legendary Musketeers, Hans Springmann modeled the Porsche 911, which was created in the studio under the direction of Ferdinand Alexander Porsche. He has now passed away at the age of 88. Hans Springmann had been in contact with the Porsche family since his earliest days, as his mother had already worked…
Copyright Porsche Archive The first Porsche 901 rolled off the assembly line on 14 September 1964: it was the car with chassis number 300.007. The first vehicles were either temporarily retained by the factory or used as exhibition vehicles. Interestingly, the nine-eleven with chassis number 300.001, a 911 Coupé in signal red, was not completed…
The second part of the event series ‘30 years of the Porsche 993’ took place at the Boxenstop Museum in Tübingen. Berlin Motor Books and Boxenstop owner Rainer Klink organised this special themed evening. The event was so well attended with over 100 guests that some interested parties who were not on the guest list…
Berlin Motor Books and Michael Schnabl invited guests to the themed evening ‘30 years of the Porsche 993’ in the Motorlegenden showroom directly on Lake Ammersee. Among the guests of honour were Porsche 993 project manager Bernd Kahnau and 993 test driver Dieter Röscheisen. Jürgen Pippig, Jürgen Lewandowski and Oliver Mezger were also among the…
The British car designer Tony Hatter was born in Newcastle in 1954. His studies led to attaining a masters degree in Automotive Design at the Royal College of Art in London in 1981. In that same year he began his career at Opel in Russelsheim before in 1986 achieving his goal by becoming a designer…
In 2024, Porsche celebrates the “50th anniversary of the 911 Turbo”. Hans Mezger would have celebrated his 95th birthday in 2024. He brought the Turbo to the racetrack and later into series production. We are therefore publishing a buyer’s guide to the 930 Turbo, better known as the “Porsche 911 Turbo”. We will focus specifically…
Roland Kussmaul is considered the ‘father’ of the 964 RS. He became world-famous as a legendary Porsche racing engineer and worked at Porsche for over 36 years. Kussmaul began his career in 1969 as a design engineer before being transferred to road testing in 1973. At the request of Peter Falk, Roland Kussmaul was transferred…
The Porsche 993 Carrera RS was available in the 1995 and 1996 model years and was first listed in the 2-1995 price list at DM 147,900. The 993 RS became one of the most beautiful and harmonious RS models ever produced for the 911. For the normal 993 Carrera Coupé, exactly 6 standard colours were…
Porsche 911 (930) Turbo Coupé in slant nose version – © Porsche Archiv. Let’s think back to a wonderful time when electric mobility and bans on combustion engines were not yet being discussed. Between 1976 and 1986, the legendary Porsche 935 sports car caused a furore on the most important international racetracks. It won the…
Alois Ruf made history with his manufactory for high-performance automobiles. “Yellowbird” is just one of the keywords: 29 examples of the car were built from 1987 onwards, and collectors today sell it for several million euros. With an almost unbelievable power output of 469 hp and a top speed of 342 km/h, the yellow racer…
