Panorama Photo Gallery - February 2009
Each month, Porsche Panorama magazine brings you the best from the world of Porsche. Races, vintage car shows, technical articles, we cover it all!
At Panorama, we never have room for all the pictures we'd like to share with our readers. Here are some photos that just wouldn't fit into the magazine this month.
In the January issue we include a story on a Boxster enthusiast gathering in Texas. That put us in mind of the great open-topped cars Porsche has offered over the years. For this month's Panorama on the Web Gallery, we walk you through an exhibition of some of the best of the fair weather loving Porsches with photographs from Leonard Turner's archive.
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2009 Boxster S models await their international press launch in Sicily. The new car features a radically different engine, extensive use of LED lights, and a distinctive bi-tubular design for the headlights.
LEONARD TURNER
The first Porsche roadster of all—Porsche Number 1, the mid-engined, open car that started the legend.
LEONARD TURNER
Rarely seen with a top, the 550 Spyder is the iconic Porsche roadster of the late 1950s and early 1960s that announced Porsche as a force majeure in the word of racing.
LEONARD TURNER
Equally iconic, the Speedster, this one a 1957 356A, brought both road-going pleasure and success on the race track to lucky owners.
LEONARD TURNER
The 356C cabriolet offered refined open-air driving compared to the Speedster and featured roll up windows and a padded top.
LEONARD TURNER
When it was originally introduced, the 911 Targa was a radical approach to open-air motoring with its removable top and fixed roll bar.
LEONARD TURNER
Sun and surf was the natural environment for the jaunty mid-engined 914, introduced in 1969. Who knew it would turn out to be a nearly unbeatable autocross competitor 40 years later?
LEONARD TURNER
In 1994 Porsche offered a modern 'Speedster' which was elemental, flashy—made for back roads and pure driving fun.
LEONARD TURNER
The 968 cabriolet was the ultimate instrument for open-top, front-engined motoring. It represented the end of the line for the 924/944/968 model range.
LEONARD TURNER
The show car that stunned the world—at the Detroit Auto Show in January 1993 Porsche revealed the Boxster for the first time.
LEONARD TURNER
The production version of the Boxster, the Type 986, brought top-down driving to a new generation of Porsche enthusiasts.
LEONARD TURNER
In 2005, the Boxster had its first major makeover. The Type 987 received an enthusiastic reception. And the beat goes on.
LEONARD TURNER
Check out the February issue not just for the Boxstoberfest story, but also for a profile on America’s most successful endurance racer, Hurley Haywood. You can read an interview with Weissach chief Wolfgang Durheimer on the subject of motorsport, visit with PCA’s 2007 Family of the Year, check in on Chesapeake Region’s reinvented Challenge weekend and get the scoop on how to buy a 1974-1977 911. It’s all there—in the current issue of Porsche Panorama.