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Across the Atlantic

A Golden Winter

All words and photos by: Aaron Miller

Wilkommen aus Stuttgart! January saw Stuttgart gripped by winter weather in the form of gray skies, occasional rain, biting winds, and temperatures rigidly stuck at freezing. I know, I know, Chesapeake Region clearly wound up with the short end of the weather stick this month. But like the rest of you, chilly temperatures drove us inside for the month. Fortunately, the Porsche Museum came to our rescue again!

2022 marks the Golden Anniversary of F.A. Porsche’s design company, Porsche Design. In honor and celebration, the Porsche Museum created a special display debuting

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on 19 January 2022 and running through 11 July 2022. Centered around the all-new 2022 Porsche 911 Targa 4S Porsche Design Edition and the 1972 911S Targa lovingly restored by Porsche Classic Stuttgart, the exhibit showcases some of the most significant designs by Porsche Design. From office chairs, smoking pipes, and sunglasses, it’s clear that Ferry Porsche’s design philosophy of, “If you analyze the function of an object, it’s form often becomes obvious” is ubiquitous and endured through the decades. Naturally, the new 50th Anniversary Porsche Design chronograph features prominently, and it would be a complete shame if every purchaser of the new PD Edition 911 declined to purchase the matching watch with their new car.

Eventually though, blenders and old cell phones become humorous observations to a backdrop of what really brings one back to the Porsche Museum again and again, the cars! Following our last trip through the displays in August

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2021, Porsche kindly revamped their display of street cars to feature my favored model range, the transaxle series. Starting with a painfully beautiful Signal Green 924 and running through a two-tone 924 Turbo, prototype 944 cabriolet, Speed Yellow 968 Club Sport, and finishing with a best-of-series 928 GTS (with a stick no less!) the transaxle display rivaled the sheer awe of the mighty 917s preceding them. As many readers may recall, I’m something of a repository of transaxle knowledge; I was exceptionally surprised to discover Porsche identified the prototype 944’s paint color as “Flamingo Metallic” however it clearly matched with the notable hue “Cassis Red Metallic.” For those of you who have seen our 968 in Cassis Red Metallic, I would challenge you to find the difference in color between the two because for the life of me, I could not.

The Porsche Museum remains the best way to spend $20 and a few hours on a Sunday compared to anywhere in Stuttgart.

*Want to follow along on our adventure between articles? Like to see pictures of Germany? Check out our Instagram @pnkpnzr968 where we’ll be posting car-related content! *

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