‘Beyond Performance. 50 Years of Porsche Turbo’
London, July 30, 2024, (Oilandgaspress) –– On 30 July, the new ‘Beyond Performance. 50 years of Porsche Turbo’ special exhibition opens. Over the next five and a half months, the Porsche Museum will present numerous cars and small exhibits in the way that they are perceived by sports car enthusiasts – as powerful and sculptural. As the pinnacles of their respective segments.
The exhibition management team at the Porsche Museum has designed a special treat for visitors that will inspire, inform and offer surprise after surprise. “We’re showing cars and smaller exhibits that have never been seen before in an exhibition,” continues Haker. “Technology fans can look forward to cutaway models that visualise the Turbo technology.” For example, visitors can marvel at a 13-metre-long display case that contains technical exhibits, drawings and photographs. These include various turbochargers, a bypass valve, charge-air coolers and a K-Jetronic. To experience as much as they could possibly desire, visitors will be able to watch films and digital explanations on large touchscreens that cover development, technology and interior/exterior topics. The Porsche Museum is also exhibiting the original specification sheet of the Porsche 911 Turbo from the 1973 IAA Frankfurt Motor Show, a technical drawing of the 930-generation Porsche Coupé, a spoiler from the 991-generation Porsche 911 with active aerodynamics, and a design model from the early 1970s.
Trailblazers and one-off cars
One of the first cars awaiting visitors after one of the first vehicle changes as of the end of August is a special one-off model. The first 911 Turbo was a present to Louise Piëch on her 70th birthday. On 29 August 1974, Ferry Porsche’s sister was gifted the one-off car, which had a narrow body and a 2.7-litre engine. On the back of the 191 kW (260 PS) sports car, the word ‘Carrera’ rather than ‘turbo’ distinguished it from subsequent series production cars. The sports car had the special body of the 911 Carrera 2.7 which Porsche had built to mark 25 years of driving in its most beautiful form. Two features indicated that this was a very special model: the extravagant rear wing and a badge on the glove compartment with the initials ‘LP’ and the inscription ‘Turbo-Porsche No. 1, Stuttgart-Zuffenhausen, 29 Aug. 1974’.
Another one-off car in the special exhibition is a 992-generation 911 Turbo in a silver two-tone finish. The 911 Turbo S ‘Duet’ from 2020 was the product of a collaboration between Porsche and the aircraft manufacturer Embraer. Those who opted for the Phenom 300E business jet at the time could purchase a matching customised 911 Turbo S.
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