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Originally Posted by GuidoK
I've been to meilewerk Berlin (which was also nice), but Stuttgart is bigger I think?
Maybe I should be planning a Stuttgart weekend, lots to see in Stuttgart on automotive stuff obviously
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Yes, lots of cool places to visit in Stuttgart of Automotive fame. Here are a few off the top of my head...
Porsche Museum and Factory in Zuffenhausen
Porsche Museum
Porscheplatz 1
70435 Stuttgart
www.porsche.com/museum/en/
Porsche Museum (left) Porsche Zentrum (straight ahead)...
Porsche Zentrum Stuttgart (across the street from the Museum) they also sell ALL the Porsche Design "stuff" plus there are many Museum cars on display inside this factory run dealership.
Porsche Werk 1
And this is what it looks like today...
Porsche Werk 1 (the first offices of Porsche KG after WWII. Later on Porsche's Race Dept was located here. Today its home for Porsche Exclusive and a VIP service and parts dept. Last time I was inside here... I saw SEVEN 959's... two with US plates(!) being serviced!!! You can always try your luck with the Porsche Gate Gaurd... tell them you need to go inside to order some parts for your Porsche... most of the time he will let you inside!
Porsche's Family Estate... (Ferry Porsche in pic)
The house today...
Peter Porsche(I think?)
Porsche's Family Estate -it's not open to the public but one car drive by it! I think Ursula Porsche still lives there. This is where Ferdinand and Ferry built the first few Beetle(KdF) Volkswagens at for Hitler's people's car program.
Porsche Family Haus
Feuerbacher Weg 48 - 50
Stuttgart
https://www.google.de/maps/place/Feu...c699cf15?hl=en
Speaking of the Porsche Race Dept... the famous picture of all 25 prototype 917's lined up for FIA inspection. In order for Porsche to race at LeMans, Porsche built 25 race cars for sale to anyone who wanted one(or could afford one and knew about them!)... Ferrari cried foul bc there was no way Ferrari could built a series of 25 cars in order to run a homologated race car series.
Today...
Today you can STILL drive by this spot and see MANY Porsche's parked on the left side - ready for export to all over the world. Some things never change.
Look a little bit up to where this Google "pin" is located. There you will see this parking lot.
https://www.google.de/maps/place/Ade...3210cdac?hl=en
MB Museum in Unterturkheim...
MB Museum in Unterturkheim
MB Factory in Unterturkheim
Mercedes-Benz Museum
Mercedesstraße 100
70372 Stuttgart
http://www.mercedes-benz.com/en/merc...ssic-overview/
Mercedes-Benz Classic Center...
Mercedes-Benz Classic Center
Stuttgarter Straße 90
70736 Fellbach
Telefon: +49 (0)711 173 00 00
Fax: +49 (0)711 173 04 00
classic@daimler.com
www.mercedes-benz-classic.com
AMG GmbH in Affalterbach...
Mercedes-AMG GmbH
Daimlerstraße 1
71563 Affalterbach
www.mercedes-amg.com
MB in Sindelfingen...
Mercedes-Benz Kundencenter Sindelfingen
Käsbrünnlestraße
71063 Sindelfingen
http://www.mercedes-benz.de/content/.../offering.html
Porsche Reutter werk...
Ferry Porsche inside the Reutter werk. ~1965
Reutter Werk today, just to the right of that Yellow truck. The building is a state landmark, so Porsche can not tear it down. Instead, underneath it Porsche has a huge underground storage and rail system that moves sub assemblies from one factory(werk) to another among the sprawling Porsche Werks. A little trivia... The Reutter Werk building was last used for 928S4 and GTS production. Then the Audi RS2 and MB 500E's were built here in the mid to late 90's. Then Porsche converted the factory to a parts depot.
356 Made by Hand... video - a small docu film made by PCA members(at that time) going on ED to pick up their 356's!! Before there was even an official ED program! How cool was THAT! A very cool film, one of my favorites.
KdF Wagen or Volkswagen(peoples car), later nicknamed the Beetle.
