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70 years of Porsche Sports Cars
Origin of sports cars
Beginning of the brand
The Porsche principle – company values since 1948
The move to Zuffenhausen
Return to Zuffenhausen
Series sports cars
356 ‘No. 1’ Roadster
356 ‘No. 1’ show car – the source of the original
Production of the Porsche 356/2 Gmünd Coupé and Cabriolet
Porsche 356 Coupé „Ferdinand“
Porsche 356 A 1600 Speedster
Establishing the brand culture
The Porsche fonts – timeless graphical dynamism
The Porsche crest – the birth of a trademark
Sports cars today
The model lines
Porsche 911 − the consistently cutting-edge classic
Porsche 718 – the mid-engine sports car
Porsche Cayenne – the first four-door model
Porsche Macan – the compact sports SUV
The allure of a GT sports car
Future of the sports car
Porsche electric drives
Porsche hybrid cars
Ferdinand Porsche’s electric wheel hub drive
Porsche and the future of electric mobility
Mobility of the future
Sports car of the future – innovation and purism
Automated driving – new functions for a more enjoyable drive
Mission E – the first fully electric Porsche sports car
Sports car icon 911
Series sports cars
Porsche 901 2.0
Porsche 912 Coupé
Porsche 911 Carrera 2.7
Porsche 911 Carrera 3.2 Coupé
Porsche 911 Carrera 4 Coupé
Porsche 911 Speedster
Porsche 911 Turbo
Porsche 911 Targa
Porsche 911 GT3
911 Carrera S "1.000.000"
Technological milestones
Porsche six-cylinder boxer engine – the sports car engine
Mid-engine sports cars — the ultimate in driving dynamics
The Carrera engines
The chassis of the Porsche 911
Porsche and the turbo drive
Turbocharger with variable turbine geometry (VTG)
A Porsche invention: torsion bar suspension
OBD II – exhaust gas monitoring system with extra functions
Design language
The design of the 911 – an icon comes of age
The Porsche Speedster models
911 Emotions
How the 911 got its name
Diversity of the sports car
Mid engine and Transaxle
VW-Porsche 914
Porsche 914/6
Porsche 924
Porsche 924 Carrera GT
Porsche 944 Turbo pre production
Porsche 928 S4
Porsche 928 GTS
Porsche 968 CS
Porsche 968 Roadster
Exotics
Porsche tractors
Porsche type 597 Jagdwagen
Family bonds
Porsche Boxster Study
Porsche Boxster
Porsche Boxster Spyder
Porsche Boxster S
Porsche 718 Boxster S
Porsche Panamera GTS
Porsche Cayenne Diesel
Porsche Cayenne S Hybrid
Porsche Cayman S
Porsche Cayman R
Porsche reinvents itself
Trend reversal
Porsche all-wheel drive cars
Carriers of technology
Carrera GT – representative technology for the new millennium
Motorsports
Race cars
Porsche 356 SL
Porsche 550 Spyder
Porsche 550 Spyder
Porsche 718 Formel 2
Porsche 718 RS 60 Spyder
Porsche 356 B 2000 GS Carrera GTL Abarth
Porsche 718 W-RS Spyder
Porsche 804 Formel 1
Porsche 910/6
Porsche 910/8 Bergspyder
Porsche 908 KH
Porsche 908/02 Spyder
Porsche 908/03 Spyder
Porsche 917 KH
Porsche 917/30 CanAm Spyder
Porsche 911 Carrera RSR
Porsche 911 Carrera RSR Turbo 2.1
Porsche 935
Porsche 935 2.0 „Baby“
Porsche 911 SC Safari
Porsche 935/78 „Moby Dick“
Porsche 936/81 Spyder
Porsche 924 Carrera GTS
Porsche 956
McLaren-TAG Turbo Typ 2623
Porsche 959 Paris-Dakar
Porsche CART-Rennwagen Typ 2708
Porsche 911 Carrera 2 Cup
Porsche RS Spyder
Porsche 911 GT3 RSR
Motorsport successes
Porsche at the 1951 24 Hours of Le Mans
1954 Carrera Panamericana
Porsche at the 1954 Mille Miglia
Porsche at the 1960 12 Hours of Sebring
Porsche at the 1960 Tour de Corse
The 1965 Monte Carlo Rally – first use of the 911
Daytona 1968 – breakthrough on steep banks
1968 Monte Carlo Rally – first victory in the 911
Le Mans 1970 – the first overall victory for Porsche
1970 Marathon de la Route – one, two, three for the 914/6
Le Mans 1971 – victory with a magnesium frame
1973 Targa Florio – a final victory in Sicily
Le Mans 1979 – the year of the 935
Le Mans 1981 – victory for a museum Porsche
Le Mans 1982 – triple triumph on debut
1985 Rallye des Pharaons – high tech in the desert
Le Mans 1996 – triple victory for Porsche
Le Mans 1997 – renewed victory for Reinhold Joest
Le Mans 1998 – the anniversary victory
7. 5. 41 Le Mans 2015 – first win in the hybrid era
Le Mans 2016 – a dramatic finish
Le Mans 2017 – the swansong of the 919 Hybrid
Records
Monza 1967 – world records with obstacles
Talladega 1975 – Donohue’s world record in the 917/30
Drivers
Wolfgang Graf Berghe von Trips – Hill Climb Champion with Porsche
Richard von Frankenberg – journalist in a racing car
Herbert Linge – ‘Mr Do Everything’ at Porsche
Hans Herrmann – the Le Mans winner
Edgar Barth – three-times winner of the European Hill Climb Championship
Gerhard Mitter – Targa Florio winner in the Porsche 908
Udo Schütz – from racing driver to water sports star
Vic Elford – an extraordinary all-rounder
Gérard Larrousse – the gentleman from Lyon
Leo Kinnunen – a success with Porsche
Pedro Rodriguez – 1,000 kilometres in 4:01:09
Jo Siffert – the naturally talented Swiss
Björn Waldegård – the first World Rally Champion
Helmut Marko – the doctor in the cockpit
Peter Gregg
Mark Donohue – the fastest man in the 917
George Follmer – the greatest success in a 917/10
Reinhold Joest – sustained success at Le Mans
Herbert Müller – the fast semi-professional from Switzerland
Hurley Haywood – master of endurance
Jürgen Barth – at work everywhere for Porsche
Jacky Ickx – four-time winner in Le Mans
Stefan Bellof – the super-fast golden boy
Derek Bell – a Porsche ambassador to this day
Vern Schuppan
Hans-Joachim Stuck – a man with brains
Bob Wollek – Decades for Motorsports
Brendon Hartley – the young hotshot
Mark Webber – a mature team player
Romain Dumas – fast in all conditions
Racing commitments
Porsche at the TransSyberia Rally
From Stuttgart into the world
Subsidiaries
Porsche Classic
The sites
Porsche’s Weissach development centre
Porsche sets up shop in Saxony – the Leipzig plant
Porsche production in the 1950s: Plant 2 provides additional capacity
Zuffenhausen – the headquarters of Porsche AG
Passion
Family
Ferdinand Porsche
Ferry Porsche
Ferry Porsche – the entrepreneur
Ferdinand Alexander Porsche
Influencing personalities
Porsche in the USA – Max Hoffman
With passion at the sports car
Porsche Tequipment – customised equipment for all models
Porsche Classic
Timeline
Footage
Press contacts
70 years of Porsche Sports Cars
Origin of sports cars
Sports cars today
Future of the sports car
Sports car icon 911
Diversity of the sports car
Porsche reinvents itself
Motorsports
From Stuttgart into the world
Passion
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