40 Porsche’s secret storage
To get up-close to Stuttgart’s rarest and most significant models, the Porsche Museum and its 100-car display is the obvious destination. Yet just a couple of miles down the road lies an even greater treasure trove, one that feeds the Museum’s frequently rotated displays – and gives Porsche freedom to do so much more with its heritage. Offlimits to the public and referred to matter-of-factly as ‘the storage area’ by insiders, the former kitchen and furniture factory has been home to some 750 rare and prototype Porsches – as well as non-Porsches – for the last ten years.
Total 911 is bussed into the unremarkable-looking car park on other business and given an impromptu tour with surprisingly little fanfare or no-photos-here-please caveats, but you don’t need 98 octane running through your veins to appreciate the significance of the metal stored here.
Sunshine, fluorescent lighting and white walls make for a peacefully dreamy atmosphere
