Porsche Wraps Up Le Mans Celebration With Worldwide Tour

Big Celebration

Porsche has been celebrating its decades of success at Le Mans all year, a history that includes 19 overall and 108 class victories. That celebration will wrap up with a worldwide roadshow consisting of static and dynamic appearances by 27 original class- and overall-winning cars from its historic collection. To conclude the event, Porsche has been showcasing three cars at the newly reopened TOP Mountain Motorcycle Museum at Hochgurgl in Austria since November, while a second exhibition is being staged at the ZeitHaus museum at the Autostadt in Wolfsburg, Germany through February.

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Special Exhibit

"We are delighted to be able to present three Le Mans racing cars in Hochgurgl," said Christoph Emde, Curator of External Presentations, Porsche Heritage and Museum. "At the same time, four special cars and numerous other exhibits are in Wolfsburg, including an original engine from the legendary Porsche 917, models of Porsche racing cars, gloves, helmets, suits and a number of Le Mans winner’s trophies."

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The Cars

As part of the roadshow, the brand is celebrating its success story at 14 stops in 11 countries, with dynamic driving at international events and exhibitions, while Porsche Experience Centers worldwide have also been hosting Heritage Corners. Porsche is exhibiting the following cars at the Wolfsburg car museum - the Type 991 911 RSR, the 911 GT1 ’98, and the 924 GTR LM, in which Jürgen Barth and Walter Röhrl won their class in 1981. 

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Important Timeline

The sports car manufacturer is also showing an exact replica of the #2 919 Hybrid of 2016. Visitors to the Autostadt can also look forward to a timeline showing important figures from Porsche's successful Le Mans story, as well as films from the Porsche Moments series, which is hosted by overall Le Mans winner Timo Bernhard.

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Quite the Collection

Meanwhile, at the foot of Austria's Timmelsjoch High Alpine Road, Porsche has the following models on display at the TOP Mountain Motorcycle Museum - the Type 997 911 GT3 RSR Flying Lizard, the 991 911 RSR Sau known as "Pink Pig" and the original 919 Hybrid 2016, which earned Porsche its 18th overall Le Mans victory in 2016 after 5,233 kilometers at full tilt.

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Worth a Visit

The latter car still wears the grime it collected during 24 hours of non-stop racing, as it should. The TOP Mountain Motorcycle Museum reopened its doors back on November 18 and promises its visitors a spectacular collection of historic motorcycles and classic cars.

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Long-Awaited Reopening

"In January 2021, Europe's highest motorcycle museum was almost completely destroyed by fire," Emde said. "The collection of several hundred historic motorbikes was wiped out by the flames, as were the rare cars that had told their stories here. We have been looking forward to the reopening, and we're proud that our cars will be part of the exhibition."

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