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# A Journey Through the Porsche Museum: Exploring Iconic Cars and Racing History

## Introduction to the Porsche Museum

Welcome to the Porsche Museum in Stuttgart, Germany, a place where automotive history comes alive. This museum is not just a collection of cars; it's a testament to the innovation and passion that has driven Porsche for over 70 years. As you approach the museum, you can't help but notice the iconic dealership and the nearby factory where the legendary 911 is built. Today, we're stepping inside this automotive sanctuary, where history meets future.

## The GT3 RS Experience

Before diving into the museum, we had an unforgettable experience with the GT3 RS, a car that exemplifies Porsche's racing heritage. Meeting Philip and Oliver, the owners of this beast, was the start of an adventure. Their GT3 RS, with its yellow harnesses and stripes, is a sight to behold. The 4-liter flat-six engine roars to life, offering a raw, visceral experience. Driving it in manual mode is essential—it’s where you connect with the car's racing soul.

## Highlights from the Museum Collection

### Early Models: The Birth of Porsche

The museum begins with the first ever Porsche, the 356 Roadster. This mid-engine prototype, built in 1948, is a priceless piece of history. It was the start of a legacy that continues to this day. Nearby, the 901/911, originally named but renamed due to trademark issues, stands as a symbol of Porsche's evolution. The museum also features an early electric car from 1898, showcasing Porsche's forward-thinking spirit.

### Racing Icons: The Glory Days

The racing section is where the museum truly shines. The 917, with its record-breaking speed and iconic livery, is a highlight. Its story of dominance in motorsport is legendary. Another star is the Carrera RS 2.7, a lightweight marvel from the early '70s. Across the way, the GT1 stands out as a road-legal yet absurdly aerodynamic machine.

### Super Sports Cars: Innovation and Performance

The 959, Porsche's first super sports car, introduced cutting-edge technology. Only 292 were made, making it a rare gem. The Carrera GT follows, with its V10 engine and manual gearbox—a driver’s dream. These cars set new standards in performance and design.

### Modern Hypercars: Pushing Boundaries

The museum's modern section features the 918 Spyder and 9919, hybrid hypercars that redefine what's possible. The 918 holds the Nürburgring record, while the 9919 represents Porsche's return to Le Mans victory.

## Additional Museum Features

Outside the museum, under a vast canopy, new models like the 911 Turbo S Exclusive Series await. This limited edition with 607 horsepower is a marvel of engineering. The contrast between old and new here is stark, yet both represent Porsche's enduring spirit.

## Conclusion: A Must-Visit for Car Enthusiasts

The Porsche Museum is more than just a collection; it’s a journey through automotive history. From the earliest models to modern marvels, each car tells a story of innovation, passion, and speed. Whether you're a racing fan or a design enthusiast, there's something here for everyone. If you ever get the chance, don't miss this opportunity to step into Porsche Heaven—a place where cars are celebrated as art and history.

Thank you for joining us on this journey through the Porsche Museum. Stay tuned for more adventures as we explore more of Germany’s automotive gems!

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enhi guys I'm shme and welcome to the appropriately named Porsche plats in stutgart Germany the home of Porsche the museum is right behind me up here somewhere and we're going to go in there and check it out shortly but also around here you've got a big dealership and on the other side of the roundabout that is the factory for the 9/11 Porsche's iconic sports car is built right over there now I've had a look around before but off camera today though in front of me I can show you this the new 911 Turbo S exclusive series if I come up towards the Box obviously we've got quite a few Reflections here there're only going to be 500 of these based on the all-wheel drive Turbo S power is now up to 607 horsepower up from the standard 580 and finished with a number of other exclusive options but I think this has literally just been unveiled like yesterday um right here outside the museum which is in itself a pretty crazy place when you park a car down here you can get the reflections um from the roof on that but we're going to have a look around see what's going on and in fact something's coming right over there now that is cool yellow 918 eem mode silently blasting away and an all right spider and the Carrera GT legendary machine I did not quite get as far as getting into the museum yet when I bumped into the lovely chaps who own this GT3 RS so Philip who I'm going to jump in with in a second and Oliver how you doing and um yeah I've got the key so let's uh jump into your rather lovely GT3 r s here um the good old 4 L flat six and this is nice with the yellow harnesses you have in here and the yellow Center stripe but and the white cage yeah beautiful cark you cheers so there we go that's button compulsory excellent so you're usually always Driving Manual even though you know what I yeah I always prefer to just put it in manual especially in car like this cuz if you're driving along in automatic in here it would just be in seventh gear or 50 km an hour that's boring right exactly you want to liven up the drive first thing I do moving Dead stick to the left oh yeah that's so and everything else and Sport exhaust and and that I don't because it's so hard uh you know if you it's it's rather too quick it's sometimes it feel a bit uncomfortable for the race track yes this one is quite too hard the suspension if you if you switch it on Jesus Christ yeah if there's a little little uh if it's not straight little bump yeah then then you're basically you're up in the air with all four wheels yeah yeah yeah I know the feeling that's so nice though it just feels raw and rumbly the way you can feel whole engine and yes race track ready come on traffic light yes how long do we have to see there we go pedal to the metal down there now we go then yes so good so good so it's been a great great pleasure thank so much thank you appreciate it that was a really fun uh spontaneous 53 RS Drive excellent thank you very much thank you I guess it becomes the ultimate Porsche Museum experience jumping into the GT3 RS so big thanks to Philip for that opportunity we are now going to head into the museum though under the uh under the cover here head in and see what's going on inside just in time there's another 918 over there spotted that lurking up it goes this starts in a cool way where are we going wow this is cool this is where the cars are basically restored and looked after that go in the museum but this is the most amazing site these are cool next stop then we're leaving Porsche Earth behind us we're heading up to Porsche Heaven this is pretty cool what's going to be up here I haven't been for a couple of years but I do know that some of the greatest pors show ever are on display in this Museum and down there in the workshop is where they actually restore and look after the 600 cars that the museum own themselves so let's go upstairs and see what is here today did you know that the first electric Porsche with the mission e coming in the next couple of years was this from 189 8 hello I you are in the video cheers was this from 1898 80 km range 3 and 1/2 horsepower top speed of 25 km an hour and it had a 550 kilo battery back here basically looked like a HSE drawn carriage but that was an electric car there is so much to take in but this is going to be a Whistle Stop tour first kind of ever Porsche Design car fire engine right there which was sort of revolutionary at the time to have the water pump the tools and the firemen all in one truck then you've got a sort of race car that was nicknamed the Sasha that never actually went into being used but it won 43 of the 50 races it ever entered then this was sort of more normal of the era um hence why that race car never really got anywhere but did you also know that Porsche were involved in the Beetles so 1950s Beatle there which is obviously rather successful car but this is where we get a little bit further into the story line and we have the first sort of race car which was done named the 360 chis Italia never actually got built but this thing which is blowing me away in 1947 had 385 horsepower from a 1.5 L 12 cylinder supercharged engine that is ridiculous and it also has that lever there which introduced the concept of all-wheel drive that changes the power going from just the rear to all four wheels which is obviously pretty crazy that long ago here is Porsche number one this is the first ever Porsche to wear a Porsche badge this is a 356 it's a prototype Roadster uh mid-engined um obviously not how it kind of finished up went on to be 80,000 of these built but that's it that's the first ever Porsche this exact one that must be sort of Priceless I I couldn't even begin to imagine it is the first car in the world to wear that brand name which is obviously now on a different level that's ridiculous I cannot even begin to tell you about every single car here but we've got the early 356s through to sort of Porsche's introduction to racing all being about lightweight first sort of formula car we carry on around we've got a tractor over there and then we get here to the first 911 that was actually originally named the 901 but perso had trademarked all three digit or three character numbers with a zero in the middle so it had to be renamed the 911 and that is the name we still have now there are a couple of actual sort of interesting things about 911s that have always been consistent the first is that they always have five instruments um behind well for the driver to see the second is that the center one is always the rev counter and the third is that the key goes in to the left still sort of peculiarity or unique feature that we have to this day in the sort of Seventh Generation 911 more very special race cars and then the 917s now this is arguably one of the sort of most iconic race cars ever the sort of super low wide long shape this ridiculous Arrow at the back and even this car this exact one the number 21 held a record going 387 km per hour down the Mulan straight at LaMore that is like insanely fast faster than anything even now um does there then this one the race Pig this is a pretty famous Livery on this car 9917 basically it was so wide 2 m 22 that it was named a fat pig and for a bit of fun they decorated it in the livery that has all the sort of German words for different parts of a pig if you were at a barbecue and cutting one up um yeah pretty uh unusual but hey it's stuck and it's become an icon since but those three things those three cars those 917s just out of this world both in terms of value their story what they achieved it's just cool and on the other side is the Carrera RS 2.7 from the early '70s this is pretty well known the sort of lightweight stripped out race version poster car of that era worth millions now it's the only 911 that doesn't have the five dials because for weight saving they stripped out the clock still a sort of holder but no uh fifth dial there but that spoiler that shape that car I think everyone knows it and everyone loves it the Carrera RS fun fact the Porsche 956 in theory has so much downforce that at on a ceiling and in fact this car on slicks at the nuring nor schlier ages ago did a time of 6 minutes and 11 seconds think about that this is one of my favorites the Porsche 959 technically their sort of first super sports car just a whole host of new technologies introduced to this only 292 of them and I guess this is really the sort of father of what we now have the 918 spider before that the Carrera GT before that it was this the 959 I've only come across a couple of them in my entire filming history to dat but this one obviously looking very nice right here this police 911 993 fourth generation was the 1 millionth Porsche ever produced and this was given as a present to the stutgart police who 10 years later gave it back actually to the Porsche Museum to be collected and shown here that is the 1 millionth they originally only wanted to make 500 cars that was number a million in 1996 now now this is a special part firstly the Carrera RS 3.8 Club sport which just looks awesome in front of that is the GT1 this is the 1998 996 911 GT1 this is I think probably the only one of them and it is the homologation the road version of the race car and it is just mental that was road legal that thing can be driven out on a public road which makes no sense at all when you look at it because it is low it is long look at that front overhang look how far forward that comes that splitter You' just be cracking it on everything it's got that huge sort of scoop on the roof that ginormous Wing at the back that is literally makes no sense how that can have a number plate but that is the homologated road version of the 996 GT1 then we've got the 962 and then here the race car the 991 uh sorry the 996 GT1 uh race car out there taking part and to be honest quite frankly ludicrous um they were cool they could sort of came along after the McLaren F1 and basically dominated everything but those are just amazing then the Boxster which is kind of an interesting contrast having those two together but the boxer has been hugely significant for Porsche kind of mixing things up and obviously increasing sales numbers and that's quite fun that's Sally Carrera from the movie Cars Lightning McQueen the main character fell in love with this car but this is completely remodeled it has a shorter wheelbase it's taller it has this kind of comic look with with the eyes even the mouth around the front with teeth and they made that for marketing purposes but that's quite fun then we get a little bit more serious with the GT2 and after that one of my absolute favorite cars I've ever driven the legend that is the Carrera GT that screaming V10 the manual gearbox everything it stands for how good it looks that Wing at the rear the next sort of super sports car that they created predecessor to the 918 spider and just an in everywhere I think this is one of my favorites and it's probably one of your favorites too guys I am sure race car race car hybrid race car lemon car the 9919 this was the return to Leon car um that they've got on to win obviously a few times in a row since but that's another sort of side of this whole story is the racing the road cars for the racing the amazing achievements and all of this the rarest Porsches ever all here Under One Roof lastly but by no means least the 9918 spider the vceac Edition in fact two of them here one finished with the martini Livery and then one in the liquid silver paint job which is just amazing with all the carbon fiber this of course is well the current generation of hybrid hyper car and a really really special machine well both of them face to face it set a nurb ring record of its own at the time 6 minutes 57 seconds that pretty much concludes the museum there have been some amazing cars in here but let's head outside you cannot hide from awesomeness in here just look around at the whole place the contrast of what we've just seen without moving anywhere 9/18 race cars fire engines more sort of older race cars early 911s even things like the 997 GT3 RS this is crazy oh and there's a sport classic just there and obviously the knen which has been pretty important for Porsche I think pretty much there we have it the visit to the Porsche Museum today and a pretty spontaneous Drive in the GT3 RS which was really awesome too that's kind of whistled and blown right by me but that was really fun so big thanks to the owner for that you can see the statue behind me with the new turbo charged 911 Turbo in the regular Carrera and Carrera S very confusing but that was up a couple of years ago I think I came here literally when they unveiled it but as always an amazing visit to come and see this place to see the museum and I've only shown you kind of Snippets of what you can see in there there are so many exceptionally special rare and valuable portions you would not believe it and obviously this is such an iconic car company sports car company with so much history so it's an amazing place to visit and I thoroughly recommend if you are ever here come check out the Porsche Museum anyway it's onwards for us we have got more places to go so make sure you're subscribed tomorrow well today we're on the road there's a lot coming so make sure you check it all out and I will catch up with you again very soon cheershi guys I'm shme and welcome to the appropriately named Porsche plats in stutgart Germany the home of Porsche the museum is right behind me up here somewhere and we're going to go in there and check it out shortly but also around here you've got a big dealership and on the other side of the roundabout that is the factory for the 9/11 Porsche's iconic sports car is built right over there now I've had a look around before but off camera today though in front of me I can show you this the new 911 Turbo S exclusive series if I come up towards the Box obviously we've got quite a few Reflections here there're only going to be 500 of these based on the all-wheel drive Turbo S power is now up to 607 horsepower up from the standard 580 and finished with a number of other exclusive options but I think this has literally just been unveiled like yesterday um right here outside the museum which is in itself a pretty crazy place when you park a car down here you can get the reflections um from the roof on that but we're going to have a look around see what's going on and in fact something's coming right over there now that is cool yellow 918 eem mode silently blasting away and an all right spider and the Carrera GT legendary machine I did not quite get as far as getting into the museum yet when I bumped into the lovely chaps who own this GT3 RS so Philip who I'm going to jump in with in a second and Oliver how you doing and um yeah I've got the key so let's uh jump into your rather lovely GT3 r s here um the good old 4 L flat six and this is nice with the yellow harnesses you have in here and the yellow Center stripe but and the white cage yeah beautiful cark you cheers so there we go that's button compulsory excellent so you're usually always Driving Manual even though you know what I yeah I always prefer to just put it in manual especially in car like this cuz if you're driving along in automatic in here it would just be in seventh gear or 50 km an hour that's boring right exactly you want to liven up the drive first thing I do moving Dead stick to the left oh yeah that's so and everything else and Sport exhaust and and that I don't because it's so hard uh you know if you it's it's rather too quick it's sometimes it feel a bit uncomfortable for the race track yes this one is quite too hard the suspension if you if you switch it on Jesus Christ yeah if there's a little little uh if it's not straight little bump yeah then then you're basically you're up in the air with all four wheels yeah yeah yeah I know the feeling that's so nice though it just feels raw and rumbly the way you can feel whole engine and yes race track ready come on traffic light yes how long do we have to see there we go pedal to the metal down there now we go then yes so good so good so it's been a great great pleasure thank so much thank you appreciate it that was a really fun uh spontaneous 53 RS Drive excellent thank you very much thank you I guess it becomes the ultimate Porsche Museum experience jumping into the GT3 RS so big thanks to Philip for that opportunity we are now going to head into the museum though under the uh under the cover here head in and see what's going on inside just in time there's another 918 over there spotted that lurking up it goes this starts in a cool way where are we going wow this is cool this is where the cars are basically restored and looked after that go in the museum but this is the most amazing site these are cool next stop then we're leaving Porsche Earth behind us we're heading up to Porsche Heaven this is pretty cool what's going to be up here I haven't been for a couple of years but I do know that some of the greatest pors show ever are on display in this Museum and down there in the workshop is where they actually restore and look after the 600 cars that the museum own themselves so let's go upstairs and see what is here today did you know that the first electric Porsche with the mission e coming in the next couple of years was this from 189 8 hello I you are in the video cheers was this from 1898 80 km range 3 and 1/2 horsepower top speed of 25 km an hour and it had a 550 kilo battery back here basically looked like a HSE drawn carriage but that was an electric car there is so much to take in but this is going to be a Whistle Stop tour first kind of ever Porsche Design car fire engine right there which was sort of revolutionary at the time to have the water pump the tools and the firemen all in one truck then you've got a sort of race car that was nicknamed the Sasha that never actually went into being used but it won 43 of the 50 races it ever entered then this was sort of more normal of the era um hence why that race car never really got anywhere but did you also know that Porsche were involved in the Beetles so 1950s Beatle there which is obviously rather successful car but this is where we get a little bit further into the story line and we have the first sort of race car which was done named the 360 chis Italia never actually got built but this thing which is blowing me away in 1947 had 385 horsepower from a 1.5 L 12 cylinder supercharged engine that is ridiculous and it also has that lever there which introduced the concept of all-wheel drive that changes the power going from just the rear to all four wheels which is obviously pretty crazy that long ago here is Porsche number one this is the first ever Porsche to wear a Porsche badge this is a 356 it's a prototype Roadster uh mid-engined um obviously not how it kind of finished up went on to be 80,000 of these built but that's it that's the first ever Porsche this exact one that must be sort of Priceless I I couldn't even begin to imagine it is the first car in the world to wear that brand name which is obviously now on a different level that's ridiculous I cannot even begin to tell you about every single car here but we've got the early 356s through to sort of Porsche's introduction to racing all being about lightweight first sort of formula car we carry on around we've got a tractor over there and then we get here to the first 911 that was actually originally named the 901 but perso had trademarked all three digit or three character numbers with a zero in the middle so it had to be renamed the 911 and that is the name we still have now there are a couple of actual sort of interesting things about 911s that have always been consistent the first is that they always have five instruments um behind well for the driver to see the second is that the center one is always the rev counter and the third is that the key goes in to the left still sort of peculiarity or unique feature that we have to this day in the sort of Seventh Generation 911 more very special race cars and then the 917s now this is arguably one of the sort of most iconic race cars ever the sort of super low wide long shape this ridiculous Arrow at the back and even this car this exact one the number 21 held a record going 387 km per hour down the Mulan straight at LaMore that is like insanely fast faster than anything even now um does there then this one the race Pig this is a pretty famous Livery on this car 9917 basically it was so wide 2 m 22 that it was named a fat pig and for a bit of fun they decorated it in the livery that has all the sort of German words for different parts of a pig if you were at a barbecue and cutting one up um yeah pretty uh unusual but hey it's stuck and it's become an icon since but those three things those three cars those 917s just out of this world both in terms of value their story what they achieved it's just cool and on the other side is the Carrera RS 2.7 from the early '70s this is pretty well known the sort of lightweight stripped out race version poster car of that era worth millions now it's the only 911 that doesn't have the five dials because for weight saving they stripped out the clock still a sort of holder but no uh fifth dial there but that spoiler that shape that car I think everyone knows it and everyone loves it the Carrera RS fun fact the Porsche 956 in theory has so much downforce that at on a ceiling and in fact this car on slicks at the nuring nor schlier ages ago did a time of 6 minutes and 11 seconds think about that this is one of my favorites the Porsche 959 technically their sort of first super sports car just a whole host of new technologies introduced to this only 292 of them and I guess this is really the sort of father of what we now have the 918 spider before that the Carrera GT before that it was this the 959 I've only come across a couple of them in my entire filming history to dat but this one obviously looking very nice right here this police 911 993 fourth generation was the 1 millionth Porsche ever produced and this was given as a present to the stutgart police who 10 years later gave it back actually to the Porsche Museum to be collected and shown here that is the 1 millionth they originally only wanted to make 500 cars that was number a million in 1996 now now this is a special part firstly the Carrera RS 3.8 Club sport which just looks awesome in front of that is the GT1 this is the 1998 996 911 GT1 this is I think probably the only one of them and it is the homologation the road version of the race car and it is just mental that was road legal that thing can be driven out on a public road which makes no sense at all when you look at it because it is low it is long look at that front overhang look how far forward that comes that splitter You' just be cracking it on everything it's got that huge sort of scoop on the roof that ginormous Wing at the back that is literally makes no sense how that can have a number plate but that is the homologated road version of the 996 GT1 then we've got the 962 and then here the race car the 991 uh sorry the 996 GT1 uh race car out there taking part and to be honest quite frankly ludicrous um they were cool they could sort of came along after the McLaren F1 and basically dominated everything but those are just amazing then the Boxster which is kind of an interesting contrast having those two together but the boxer has been hugely significant for Porsche kind of mixing things up and obviously increasing sales numbers and that's quite fun that's Sally Carrera from the movie Cars Lightning McQueen the main character fell in love with this car but this is completely remodeled it has a shorter wheelbase it's taller it has this kind of comic look with with the eyes even the mouth around the front with teeth and they made that for marketing purposes but that's quite fun then we get a little bit more serious with the GT2 and after that one of my absolute favorite cars I've ever driven the legend that is the Carrera GT that screaming V10 the manual gearbox everything it stands for how good it looks that Wing at the rear the next sort of super sports car that they created predecessor to the 918 spider and just an in everywhere I think this is one of my favorites and it's probably one of your favorites too guys I am sure race car race car hybrid race car lemon car the 9919 this was the return to Leon car um that they've got on to win obviously a few times in a row since but that's another sort of side of this whole story is the racing the road cars for the racing the amazing achievements and all of this the rarest Porsches ever all here Under One Roof lastly but by no means least the 9918 spider the vceac Edition in fact two of them here one finished with the martini Livery and then one in the liquid silver paint job which is just amazing with all the carbon fiber this of course is well the current generation of hybrid hyper car and a really really special machine well both of them face to face it set a nurb ring record of its own at the time 6 minutes 57 seconds that pretty much concludes the museum there have been some amazing cars in here but let's head outside you cannot hide from awesomeness in here just look around at the whole place the contrast of what we've just seen without moving anywhere 9/18 race cars fire engines more sort of older race cars early 911s even things like the 997 GT3 RS this is crazy oh and there's a sport classic just there and obviously the knen which has been pretty important for Porsche I think pretty much there we have it the visit to the Porsche Museum today and a pretty spontaneous Drive in the GT3 RS which was really awesome too that's kind of whistled and blown right by me but that was really fun so big thanks to the owner for that you can see the statue behind me with the new turbo charged 911 Turbo in the regular Carrera and Carrera S very confusing but that was up a couple of years ago I think I came here literally when they unveiled it but as always an amazing visit to come and see this place to see the museum and I've only shown you kind of Snippets of what you can see in there there are so many exceptionally special rare and valuable portions you would not believe it and obviously this is such an iconic car company sports car company with so much history so it's an amazing place to visit and I thoroughly recommend if you are ever here come check out the Porsche Museum anyway it's onwards for us we have got more places to go so make sure you're subscribed tomorrow well today we're on the road there's a lot coming so make sure you check it all out and I will catch up with you again very soon cheers\n"