Going to Germany?

I just added the Automuseum Protyp Hamburg to my bucket list of places to visit in Germany. From their page:

Since 2008, Automuseum PROTOTYP presents on approx. 2,500 m² rare sports and racing cars from 70 years of automotive history. On display in the carefully modernized factory building are prototypes – well, but not only prototypes. Also, the museum looks at itself as a “prototype” for the concept of the exhibition which is experience-oriented, interactive and multimedia. To allow a sensitive look, the valuable cars are displayed without barrage.

The German term “Personen. Kraft. Wagen.” (English: Persons. Power. Cars.) is associated with the common German abbreviation “PKW” for a passenger car and thus creating the well chosen motto of the museum, as it not only presents seldom historic vehicles, but also gives an interesting insight into the lives of those Persons who made the automobile sport great. Another issue is the Power (in German “Kraft”), be it as the power of the engines, as the creativity of the designs or as the desire to win a race. The Cars (in German “Wagen”) on display – from self-built cars of the early post-war period to prototypes of modern Formula 1 cars – give an impression of the fascination of this subject in different facets.

More information HERE.

EQ Silver Arrow

So far I’m not a great fan of electric cars, but I confess this looks really good:

According to Mercedes-Benz, the Silver Arrow EQ is a homage to the 1938 W125 Stromlinie. However, in my eyes it looks a LOT like Mercedes’ arch-rival at the time, the Auto Union Typ C Stromlinienwagon. Independent of which car is the homage for, the fact is the car looks great.

Mercedes-Benz unveiled the prototype at the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance this week, and there’s a short video showing the car here.

Definitively a model I would like to add to the W143 garage.

Project Gold

I don’t like gold cars. Heck, I don’t like gold in general. I always thought gold stuff looked tacky. So  a golden 911? Heck no! Never!

Until I saw this…

Porsche created a brand new 993 Turbo S, with air-cooled boxer and all (it’s called Project Gold). It’ll be the only one, and I have to say it looks g-o-r-g-e-o-u-s. Goldy gorgeous. Now let’s just hope Spark or Minichamps recreate it in 1:43.