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Each month, 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 February issue Dan Lindsay recounts his experiences taking European delivery of his 911 Carrera S. Dan put 2000 miles on his car, traveling all over Europe, before returning it to Stuttgart. For this month’s Gallery, Leonard Turner’s photographs take you to some of the Panorama staff’s favorite European road trip destinations, including Germany, France, Austria and Italy.
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The town of Gmünd honors Professor Ferdinand Porsche with a bust in the village park. Not far from the park, Helmut Pfeifhofer presides over a small but significant Porsche museum which includes some of the original 356 body bucks along with Porsche street and race cars.
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A navigation system makes getting around in Salzburg, Austria, easy and the Mirabell Gardens, laid out in the early 1700s, is a great place to stretch your legs after the run down the autobahn from Stuttgart.
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Langenburg, a beautiful drive and an easy day trip from Stuttgart, is a 15th century fortified castle which was enlarged in the 17th and 18th centuries. In the former stables is an automotive museum which contains a number of historic Porsches.
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No Porsche road trip would be complete without a visit to Gmünd, Austria, where the first Porsche was built. This little building, known as the Pfortnerhaus, is all that is left of the sawmill where Porsche rebuilt itself after the war. You’ll find a couple of framed copies of Panorama inside.
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The 911 Carrera 4S is ready for a drive down the corniche toward Nice and the French Riviera. |
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The rocky point at Cap-Ferrat on the French Riviera offers spectacular views of the Mediterranean. |
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Chenonceau Chateau in the Loire Valley is a perfect respite from the noise and excitement of the 24 Hours of Le Mans. Barely an hour from the track it’s a great getaway both in time and place.
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France’s grand canyon, the Gorges du Verdon, is one of the pleasures of exploring the south of France by Porsche. The south bank scenic route, La Corniche Sublime, twists for 12 miles and was engineered to open up the most fantastic views. |
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Drive the gentle curves of Tuscan roads to reach Volpaia, a perched village outside of Radda in Chianti. Given over almost entirely to wine production, Volpaia is a charming place to walk. The food’s not bad either. |
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Montalcino, not far from Siena in Italy, still has some of its 13th century walls. The winding drive up to this hillside town is made for Porsches and a walk around the parapet of its 14th century fortress offers a breathtaking view of the town and surrounding countryside. |
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Leave the autobahn near Innsbruck to climb up to Seefeld in Tirol, a resort town in western Austria full of hikers in summer and skiers in winter. This is the small Seekirchl, a jewel of Tirol baroque architecture, on the southeastern edge of the town. |
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Porsche’s supremely modern facility at Leipzig, home of the Carrera GT and Cayenne and soon-to-be Panamera, is a great excuse to make the run from Stuttgart into the former East Germany. |
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The great Baroque castle of Ludwigsburg, built in the early 1700s by a duke of Württemberg, is just minutes up the autobahn from Zuffenhausen. The extensive park surrounding it is the perfect place to walk off a lunch of traditional spätzle. |
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Check out the February issue for the complete story on Dan’s trip and our continuing tribute to Rennsport Reunion with Bill Oursler’s in-depth profile of the Porsche Museum’s unique 16-cylinder 917 spyder. You’ll also read about a Porsche road trip in the Ozark twisties and discover what happened when PCA’s Executive Director Vu Nguyen went in search of a 914. News from Porsche includes hybrid drive for the Panamera, a special edition Boxster and an aerokit for the 911 Turbo. Read it all in Porsche Panorama.
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