Porsche Club of America
Los Angeles Region
June 2012
Goodbye “Butzi”
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Official Porsche A.G. release: Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG, Stuttgart, is mourning Professor Ferdinand Alexander Porsche. The Honorary President of the Supervisory Board died on 5 April 2012 in Salzburg, aged 76. Matthias Müller, President and Chief Executive Officer of Porsche AG, paid tribute to Ferdinand Alexander Porsche's services to the sports car manufacturer: "We mourn the death of our partner, Ferdinand Alexander Porsche. As the creator of the Porsche 911, he established a design culture in our company that has shaped our sports cars to this very day. His philosophy of good design is a legacy to us that we will honour for all time."
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Below are some photos which we hope he’d feel representative of just some of his notable designs and achievements. Photos are from Autoweek and Google.
Art Center Run and Tour By Bruce Pollock On Saturday the 14th of April, the dawn broke bright, sunny and without rain. Linen-white clouds and a brilliant blue sky offered solid testimony as to why we put up with so much to continue living here in Los Angeles. Also, this actually is really a happening place! Stuff goes on here. I mean Global-Impact sorts of stuff. And Art Center in Pasadena is one of the places where that stuff is going on. Our “Run” was mostly freeway leading to the quiet neighborhood overlooking the Rose Bowl,
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