I have now officially been to every German manufacturer's museum... Well, not Opel but who cares? Here is my thread from BMW Welt and the Audi Museum last fall: http://forums.vwvortex.com/showthrea...plus-some-more) It didn't get much traffic, but I thought I'd put a thread together for this trip.
My brother, ErikGTI, was in town last week so we ran all over Germany... We saw a ton of cars and some F-4F Phantoms (thread to follow in the Aviation Forum). Here is an assembly of pictures that I found interesting - it's way too much work to add captions, sorry.
Now that I have seen all of the museums I rank them as:
1. Porsche
2. MB
3 (Tied) BMW
Audi
5. VW Museum
6. Autostadt
The Autostadt is severely underwelming... The architecture is amazing but the selection of cars is lacking. The Zeit Haus has an excellent collection of all sorts of cars, but the brand specific pavillions are lacking. The R8 GT Spyder was cool, but the rest of the place was a little boring. It wasn't really any better when I was there in 2008, other than having the Bentley building then. The Speed 8 has now been replaced by the Oil Sheihk/Russian Gangster Veyron.
If you've never been to Germany before and you reall want to see car stuff I suggest skipping Wolfsburg. Stick to Bavaria (BMW and Audi) and Baden-Würrtemberg (MB and Porsche) with a foray into Rheinland-Pfalz to hit the Nürburgring. Niedersachsen is too flat and boring... the beer sucks too.
An observation: German tourists love touching stuff that they shouldn't. At Autostadt a bunch of guys decided it would be cool to open the door of the W12 Nardo car. At Porsche some lady thought it would be a good idea to open the door of an original 356. And at MB another lady felt it she really needed to lean over the display to touch an old SL.
WTF?
Anyway, here are the pics - let's see how long my Photobucket account can handle this:
AUTOSTADT
Audi Ball!
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*Insert witty title here*: Pics from Autostadt, Porsche Museum, MB Museum and the Autobahn
06-10-2012 06:07 PM
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06-10-2012 06:08 PM
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PORSCHE
needs moar lower
speed holes
RIP
Porsche Design
Butzi's personal cars
At the dealer across the street
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06-10-2012 06:08 PM
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MB
Fangio
F**K YOU
Bad pano... Lighting was awful and I rushed
Designed by Porsche to go over 370mph - it was never driven due to the outbreak of WWII
At the dealer attached to the place
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06-10-2012 06:09 PM
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Drive Home
What is this?
Eurotrash
Hockenheimring
On the way to an indicated 140mph...
MINI racecar
I hate caravans
Nice antennas
Sinner!
Idiot French guy that cut me off
A traffic jam on the Autobahn in the Summer? Nowai!
WTF?
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06-11-2012 03:44 AM
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Now THESE are museums worthy of these cars. Puts Lamborghini to shame.
Nice pics.. thanks for sharing! My favorite of the bunch? The mint Rallye..
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06-11-2012 06:25 AM
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Looks like a fun trip! Nice pictures as well
It's a Thurner RS. Only 121 were built, they re based on the chassis of the NSU 1200 C with the engine from the NSU TT.
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Drive Home
What is this?
www.tiefundbreit.com - The blog about German car culture and all things low and wide.
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06-11-2012 06:38 AM
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Wow... Thanks for the info! Originally Posted by Dr.AK
Looks like a fun trip! Nice pictures as well
It's a Thurner RS. Only 121 were built, they re based on the chassis of the NSU 1200 C with the engine from the NSU TT.
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06-11-2012 05:33 AM
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F**K YOU
I was 'flashed' for the first time ever yesterday returning from Italy. Around 120 in a 100...
In a construction zone no less!A traffic jam on the Autobahn in the Summer? Nowai!
I went to the Porsche and Mercedes museum a week back. I preferred Mercedes to Porsche, I just found it more interesting. Would have loved some more Gs and Unimogs though.
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06-11-2012 05:39 AM
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Another true European highway:
Last Friday afternoon, approaching the Gotthard tunnel heading south.
Surprisingly, we made it back from Milan on Sunday without a single traffic jam.
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06-19-2012 06:58 AM
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Do they still ban the trucks on Sunday? I used to go for Sunday drives between Stuttgart and Nuremberg. Originally Posted by windi
Another true European highway:
Last Friday afternoon, approaching the Gotthard tunnel heading south.
Surprisingly, we made it back from Milan on Sunday without a single traffic jam.
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