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RED CARPET TREATMENT FOR PORSCHE 356
Automuseum Prototyp in Hamburg has honoured the Porsche 356 with a
special 12-car exhibition.
Running until Sunday, March 27, 356 VIPs – Very Important
Porsches – chronicles the lesser-known tale of Porsche's
fi rst sports car, several examples of which have never been
displayed in public.
Spanning the model's 15-year career, guests can chart
the 356's development from the likes of the handmade 1949
'Gmünd' coupé (built at Porsche's family home in Austria
before the fi rm moved to the German city of Stuttgart-
Zuffenhausen in 1950) to one of the last 'C' series 2000 GS
Carrera 2s made before the 901 series (later renamed 911
after Peugeot claimed the rights to three-digit model names
with a zero in the centre) took over in 1964.
The world's oldest 'production line' Porsche – a Gebrüder
Beutler-bodied 356/2 – also features.
Automuseum Prototyp's press contact Carolin Peiseler
said: “We're able to display a unique range of Porsche
356s, thanks to the Porsche Museum Stuttgart and private
collectors.
“It was the Porsche 356 which laid the foundation for
the later successes of the Porsche marque.”
Chassis 5002 (complete with wooden ‘buck’ panel former)
was an important milestone in 356 production – from 1950,
its bodies were produced by Reutter Carosserie on Porsche’s
behalf (instead of contracting smaller coachbuilders like
Beutler and Keibl).
In 1963, Reutter sold its bodywork factory to Porsche;
concentrating instead on seat manufacture, it survives
today as the well-known seat maker RECARO – its name an
abbreviation of REutter CAROsserie.
For more information, head to: http://www.prototyp-hamburg.de.
An ‘Around GB Relay’ commemorated 100 years of BMW this month.
Bayerische Motoren Werke (BMW) was formed when three German
engineering companies created a conglomerate on March 7, 1916.
Setting off from Land’s End over the Saturday, March 5 and Sunday,
March 6 weekend, a convoy of cars belonging to each region of the BMW
Car Club (BMWCC) crossed the country bound for John O’Groats.
No relay would be without a baton; two 1:18 scale models of the Dixi
(BMW’s fi rst car, produced from 1929 when it bought Fahrzeugfabrik
Eisenach) and the current i8 electric supercar acted as stand-ins.
Together with a logbook fi lled out by drivers, members were planning
pass the models between each Register and Region as they made their
way up the country. Those taking part paid £1 for a rally plaque, the
proceeds of which will be split equally between the Alzheimer’s Society,
Prostate Cancer UK and Age UK.
“The idea behind the whole event is to involve as many members as
possible and express one’s individuality so that in the future new members
will have a snapshot of Club life when BMW’s centenary was celebrated,”
a BMWCC spokesperson told us.
BMW’S CENTURY