"The first Type 356, designed by Ferdinand Porsche at the age of 72, was constructed in the then home of the Porsche company, an old sawmill in Gmund in Austria, in 1948. This first prototype, which now resides in the Porsche museum in "
Of Time and the Porsche
When I was a kid, I had a big picture book of cars. I was a bit obsessed with it.
Right in the centre spread of the book was a huge full bleed picture of a Porsche 911. Silver paintwork. Black alloys. Huge whale wing. It was probably a 1979 Turbo.
It looked lovely for sure. But more than the way it looked, the caption stuck in my tiny mind. “The Porsche 911 is the perfect choice of car for the transcontinental traveler”.
I had no idea what a transcontinental traveler was, of course. But I knew I wanted to be one.
And that’s the thing about Porsches. The gradual but ever-forward evolution of Ferdinand’s design is based on its supreme functionality. Yet rather than dull and stolid, function in this context is exotic, exciting.
That’s why despite their burgeoning popularity, you always look twice at a Porsche. Long will it continue. And they’ve also managed to back up the product with a beautifully-rendered graphic and commercial identity, as a quick glance through the things we’ve posted about Porsche will reveal.
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Don't matter how many 911s you see in the Waitrose carpark, they will always be something special. If you want a top end motor you can use every day, you can't beat them.
“I had no idea what a transcontinental traveler was” – the brainchild of Herbert Austin and the inevitable high performance follow up to the Morris Traveller. Or so my uncle told me.
“I had no idea what a transcontinental traveler was” – the brainchild of Herbert Austin and the inevitable high performance follow up to the Morris Traveller. Or so my uncle told me.
Neil is spot on. Saying that though, I had big picture books of classic cars and so on when I were a wee nipper, and the two pictures that stuck with me down the years were the Lancia Stratos and the Jensen Interceptor Convertible. I guess I'm just odd 😉
Word of the day – Transcontinental… Ace video!!