I had never visited a pure-Porsche show before, unsurprisingly the Nine Eleven fully dominated, but all in all it was a feast to the eyes and ears. The other classic and more recent Porsche models on display were the icing on a yummy cake.
Let’s start with the original 911-generation, the 1963-1973 Ur-model. Above a 1970 Porsche 911 T.
1969 Porsche 912 Coupe.
1968 Porsche 912 Targa.
The 1965-1969 Porsche 912 was powered by a 90 DIN-hp 1.6 liter four-cylinder boxer engine. Air cooled, of course.
1991 Porsche 928 S4 Automatic, its power unit is a water cooled 5.0 liter DOHC V8.
This one is registered as a (June) 1972 Porsche 911 S. It’s a well-executed tribute to the famous 911 Carrera RS 2.7, unveiled in Paris in October 1972.
1983 Porsche 911 SC (1973-1989 G-model) and its 3.0 liter six-cylinder boxer. SC stands for Super Carrera.
1956 Porsche 356 A 1600 Speedster.
1976 Porsche 911 S (G-model).
2005 Porsche 911 Carrera (2004-2012 type 997).
1986 Porsche 944 Turbo.
2016 Porsche 911 GT3 RS, 500 DIN-hp…..wheeee!….
1965 Porsche 356 C 1600 SC.
1973 Porsche 911 E (Ur-model).
This trio represents the current type 991-generation of the Nine Eleven, introduced in 2011.
From Belgium, a thundering 520 DIN-hp Porsche 911 Turbo.
2015 Porsche 911 Targa 4 GTS.
2016 Porsche 911 Targa 4. And what a wonderful shade of blue!
2007 Porsche 911 GT3 CS (type 997).
2017 Porsche Panamera 4S Diesel (as in a 422 DIN-hp 4.0 liter V8 diesel).
1958 Porsche 356 A 1600.
1984 Porsche 911 Carrera Coupe (G-model).
1985 Porsche 911 Carrera Targa (G-model).
2007 Porsche Boxster S.
1989 Porsche 944 S2.
Its registration says 1964 Volkswagen. Nicely done though.
Someone obviously took the wrong turn, but that’s not important right now, as we don’t get to see a 1997 Ferrari 550 Maranello with a 5.5 liter V12 every day. Or week. Or month. Or year.
1977 Porsche 911 Targa (G-model).
1996 Porsche 911 Carrera 4S (1993-1998 type 993). The last air cooled 911-generation.
1999 Porsche 911 Carrera 4 (1997-2006 type 996). The first water cooled 911-generation.
2013 Porsche 911 Carrera S (type 991).
As I said, a feast to the eyes.
This shape, with a history dating back to 1963, just can not be confused with anything else on the road. Porsche 911, I salute you!
Curbside Classic: Porsche 911 – Immortality Attained?
Those new 911’s are ginormously big cars and not as charming as their ancestors.
The whole idea of a light and nimble sportscar went out of the window decades ago.
But I do love the old aircooled models, the ones that try to kill you, the ones where Brünhilde lives in the back and screams at you over 4000 RPM when you floor it, mehr, mehr, schneller du schwein !
Couldn’t agree more. Early 911 were light and fast and fun and colourful and did everything a sports car should do. They just got more bloated with time. Ouch.
PS. what is a 2017 Panamera Diesel doing at a Porsche show? How do you get in? I mean, why not show up in a Cayenne on gold 30” dubs? Poor Brünhilde.
Nothing wrong with a Porsche Diesel. Historically accurate.
Wow! You got me.
hehehe… stellar array Johannes. I have fallen in love with most of these already, but for some reason the one I want to take home today is the blue G-banger.
I was just going to say the same thing. That color (Petrol Blue? Minerva Blue?) works great with the cookie-cutter alloys.
+1 for the Blue. And thanks for the post- enjoyed the pics.
Great photos at what looks like a fun show.
I’ve never owned a Porsche, but one has always been on my wish list. Always liked their racing heritage too. The 917, for example, was just a phenomenal race car.
If I could I would go for a ’70 911, sort of like in the first photos. Ideally a 911S, like I believe Steve McQueen drove in the opening part of the movie “LeMans”.
Lucky you! The stuff dreams are made of. Great photos, Johannes, thank you for sharing, what a treat. And that party-crasher 550 Maranello…911s are sexy but that is pure s-e-x on four wheels. Like being at the German-American Society for Oktoberfest and suddenly Sophia Loren shows up. Ja das ist gut!
Lookit the number of cars with the US-spec taillight lenses installed (red turn signal rather than amber). Leaving aside the whole issue of which colour is better (amber), what’s notable is the impulse to be different by installing foreign-spec parts…whatever “foreign” might be relative to where the car is registered and driven.
Are all they all US spec parts though? I don’t pay enough attention to Porsches to know.
Some cars are sold here from new without amber rear indicator lenses, and when I was into aircooled VWs you could get taillight clusters in all red, all grey, all clear etc.
They would use amber indicator bulbs in
order to pass MOTs and avoid being pulled over of course.
Yes, they are US-spec parts, original equipment on the US- and Canada-spec cars.
Don’t know where you’re located—”MOT” could be UK (where rear indicators must be amber on vehicles first registered after a particular date in 1965), could be Israel (where either colour is permitted), could probably be a few other countries.
The VW lenses you mention are part of the mountain of aftermarket dreck and trinkets available for those (and many other) cars—a different matter from what’s on display here.
I wonder if they are cars imported from the US? In theory you are supposed to convert to amber turn signals here, but I’ve seen a couple of cars that haven’t had it done.
Could easily be; repatriation of 911s from the US to Europe is fairly common. And these cars are parked at a show; it’s entirely possible the owners make a 5-minute lens swap to red for shows (or to amber for periodic inspection). Another possibility is that The Netherlands (where I’m assuming this show was held) permits red rear turn signals on privately-imported cars, or on collector vehicles, or on vehicles older than a certain age, etc.
911 – the epitome of evolution.
Fantastic array of 911’s…wish I was there! Thanks for posting.
2017 Porsche Panamera 4S Diesel and Cayenne Diesel in Germany and some European countries were issued stop-sale order last August. The prohibition was due to ‘higher’ than acceptable emission level. Porsche promises a fix this month or early next year (or probably never).
https://www.auto-motor-und-sport.de/news/voruebergehend-keine-diesel-voruebergehend-keine-diesel-12259668.html
Much? Alost every dang day….
Good!