As a result, we are happy to report that the Porsche Museum in Germany is holding a special exhibition (special really isn’t a cliche here), celebrating the 60th anniversary of Porsche in Zuffenhausen.
The display, held between March 20 and May 9, showcases the toddlerhood and the childhood of the marque through a large series of pictures of the Zuffenhausen story. Fortunately, the exhibition isn’t concentrated on industrial photography, it actually features a proper car, in the form of the first Porsche 356 Coupe built in Zuffenhausen (a Museum premiere) - think of the vehicle as Porsche’s Hugh Grant.
Porsche set camp in Zuffenhausen in 1938 (they like to be fancy about this and call the headquarters the “Porsche Design and Construction office”). Later that year, things started happening behind closed doors and....the Beetle was born. Things got even hotter one year later, and, as a result, the “great-grandfather of all Porsche Sportscars”, the Type 64 came to the world.
The War followed and the production site was forced to serve any other purpose than its original one for a while. The "true" Porsche production at Zuffenhausen started around 1950. In 1952, “Zuffenhausen Plant 2” was created and 10,000 Porsche 356s were produced by 1956.”Plant 3” followed in 1960 and, three years later, the first 911 set wheel on the world’s roads. Today, the Zuffenhausen industrial zone (this name reminds us of the “Zone Industrielle” map from the Need For Speed Porsche racing game) accommodates Porsche’s Bodyshop, Paint shop, Vehicle Assembly, Upholstery, Engine Assembly and Test Dynamometers and produces both series and racing cars.
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