Panorama Photo Gallery - March 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.

Featured in the March issue is a visit to the spectacular new Porsche Museum—add it to the list of things you must do before you die. For this month’s Panorama on the Web gallery we invite you to take a photographic tour of some of its most important exhibits shot by Panorama chief photographer Leonard Turner.

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The first Porsche ever built takes its place at the head of the class, the Gmünd built roadster of 1948. Behind it is the Cisitalia Grand Prix car and a Volkswagen Beetle from 1950.
LEONARD TURNER

 

Klaus Bischoff, who manages Porsche’s rolling museum, points out the 1922 Austro Daimler Sascha race car.
LEONARD TURNER

 

The Type 9178 RS 60 Spyder had its greatest moment when it won overall at Sebring in 1960. Behind it is the eight-cylinder W-RS Spyder “Grossmutter” which was the last of the “classic” Porsche Spyders.
LEONARD TURNER

 

Designed by Ferdinand Alexander “Butzi” Porsche, the Type 754 “T7” prototype for the 911 was a full four-seater. By the time the 911 was introduced, it had morphed into the 2+2 sports car that we know today.
LEONARD TURNER

 

A 908 longtail coupe with short tail 917 just behind—part of a display of Le Mans contenders. The museum offers dramatically layered exhibits. A tractor, a 356C cabriolet and a 914 roadster march across the hall at a higher level.
LEONARD TURNER

 

The McLaren TAG MP412C, powered by Hans Mezger’s brilliant Weissach-developed engine, brought Porsche fame in the Formula One world. Mezger won numerous international awards for the powerplant.
LEONARD TURNER

 

This Porsche twin-turbo V8 marine engine, developed in 1985, was based on the 928 powerplant. Developed for speed boats, it produced up to 750 horsepower.
LEONARD TURNER

 

In 1986 the rally version of the Porsche 959 triumphed in the grueling Paris-Dakar Rally, finishing first, second and fifth.
LEONARD TURNER

 

The Panamericana, presented at the 1989 Frankfurt Auto Show, was produced by the Porsche style studio at Weissach under the direction of Harm Lagaay. The experimental design had far reaching influence on the development of the 911 Targa and the Boxster.
LEONARD TURNER

 

A pair of silver supercars for the street: the 911 GT1 of 1996 and the Carrera GT of 2004.
LEONARD TURNER

 

Check out the March issue for more fascinating Porsche stories, including an account of the Porsche’s Cinderella finish at the Rolex 24 Hour at Daytona, a trip around the legendary Targa Florio circuit in a brand new Boxster, an investigation into the rare Type 64 Rome-Berlin car that is the ancestor of all Porsches, and a report on the dedication of the Helmuth Bott archive at PCA headquarters. It’s the best Porsche reading yet—all in the latest issue of Porsche Panorama!