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Eighth and final race of the FIA World Endurance championship in São Paulo, Brazil: Victory for Porsche’s number 14. December 2014 Porsche Club News 4/14 Porsche Club News 4/14 Editorial Dear Ladies and Gentlemen, Dear Porsche Club Members The race held at the FIA World Endurance world, created in close collaboration Championship WEC on the Interlagos cir- between Porsche Community Management cuit in São Paulo marked the first victory and the Porsche Clubs. for the Porsche 919 Hybrid. At the same time, it was the eighth and therefore the We will be keeping the familiar and time- final race held during the championships. tested segments from our previous PDF Porsche did it: The first race won in an ex- version. This means you will still be able to citing and demanding début season – a find all the relevant Porsche AG informa- brilliant return after a 16-year absence. tion, just as before. The Information Ex- Porsche and the 919 Hybrid are ready to change will continue to inform you of the rise to the challenge once again at the FIA offers available from Porsche Sales and World Endurance Championship in 015. Marketing as a Porsche Service. And last Dr. Kjell Gruner Marketing Manager Porsche will be in position at the starting but not least, our joint Club World will take line of the 4 Hours of Le Mans with a third an important, central position in the online 919 Hybrid. version. Porsche has returned to endurance racing. However, we will also be venturing another Six podium spots, four pole positions and essential step further. We view the online enhancing communication within the world- multiple lap records are a good starting version of the Porsche Club News to be not wide Porsche Club community. point for the 015 season. only the best digital form of information for today – digital media also unfailingly offer The Porsche Club News will go online du- Dear Porsche Club Members! This issue the potential to be used as an important ring the first quarter of 015. Porsche marks the beginning of a new phase for medium of communication. Community Management will keep you in- our Porsche Club Magazine, which is pub- formed about all the developments and lished around the world. This new platform offers the Porsche Club make sure you receive them promptly. community the opportunity to get involved, Years ago we decided to adapt the Porsche actively participate in the community and Dear Club members, on behalf of Porsche Club News to the new digital distribution exchange information with each other AG, the Porsche family and the Board of Di- channels and started sending it out as a about past and upcoming events. That is rectors, I would like to thank you all for PDF file. This has not only allowed us to the reason there will be a members-only your commitment to and enthusiasm for all reach a much larger number of Club mem- Club area providing exclusive access for the Club activities, as well as your close bers – this format has also made it pos- Club members. Porsche Clubs can have ar- ties to our company and the Porsche sible to continue changing the Porsche ticles and announcements posted by the brand. Club News over the years and therefore re- editorial staff here, and link them to their main flexible and in step with the times. homepages. This gives the Porsche Clubs I would like to wish all of you a peaceful, the opportunity to actively use the Porsche pleasant and relaxing time with your family, Now we are consciously taking the next Club News for their events and for networ- friends and fellow Club members when step. The Porsche Club News of the future king with the Porsche Club Community. The bringing this year to a close, and all the will not only be available in digital form, it Club Presidents will be given their own area best of wishes for 015! will be an integral part of the digital media: for Porsche Club Management. It will con- The Porsche Club News is going online. tain everything the Clubs and their leaders will need for their organisational work. That means that the Porsche Community Management’s information medium will The Porsche Community Management’s Best regards from Zuffenhausen, now also be a community medium. It will central information medium will therefore be an information platform about the Por- be optimally equipped for the future and Yours, sche Club world for the Porsche Club will become an important building block in Dr. Kjell Gruner Porsche Club News 4/14 A note to our contributors To make sure that your contributions to the Porsche Club News can be published in a proper quality, we ask you to let us have it by E-mail and in the following format. We prefer you to save images in TIFF format; otherwise, JPEG format may be used (at a minimum resolution of 300 dpi and an actual size of at least 13 cm width, as RGB or CMYK). Make sure that images do not exhibit pixelation, and do not save images as indexed colours (Web colour scale). Please attach text contributions as a Word file. We regret that we cannot process Powerpoint presentations or Word files containing embedded images to a printable quality. Thank you for your support. Onward and upward: Three white Porsche will take to the skies on Porscheplatz from mid-015. Editor: Sandra Siegloch Porsche Community Management WORK OF ART FOR ZUFFenHAUSen Layout and design: POrsche presents the draft OF A scUlptUre ON POrscheplatZ Büro Linientreu Büro für Gestaltung, Stuttgart Photographic evidence: Porsche AG is planning to integrate a work of art as a new landmark for visitors, employ- Authors of the contributions ees and fellow citizens at its headquarters in Stuttgart-Zuffenhausen. The sculpture will Porsche AG be erected on the roundabout in the centre of the intersection controlled by traffic lights on Porscheplatz. The aim is to achieve a visual link with the Porsche Museum by creating Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche an interesting and living scenic impression and so providing an additional upgrade of the Aktiengesellschaft northern Stuttgart district. Porscheplatz 1 D-7045 Stuttgart The work of art is approx. 4 m high and measures about 10 m around its base. It con- Germany sists of three steles, each of which has a Porsche 911 perched on its top. The cars stem www.porsche.com from various model years to document the history of the sports car icon, which has rolled off the production lines in Zuffenhausen for the past 50 years. The roundabout, Your team at Porsche Community previously covered with white gravel, will be grassed over and the sculpture will then ap- Management: pear to be striving upward from it. Sandra Siegloch E-mail: [email protected] The position of the work of art does not contravene any existing traffic regulations or Tel.: +49 (0)711 911- 2 32 53 disturb the existing infrastructure. During the implementation phase, Porsche will co-op- Claudia Schäffner erate closely with traffic authorities and take measures to allow traffic to flow undis- E-mail: [email protected] turbed. Work will be performed outside peak traffic times and will therefore take place Tel.: +49 (0)711 911- 2 32 51 during the summer holidays in 015. Mathias Menner E-mail: [email protected] Currently, the company is working together with the City of Stuttgart to provide the gen- Tel.: +49 (0)711 911- 2 32 47 eral preconditions relating to planning law. The sculpture will be inaugurated in an offi- Benjamin Marjanac cial ceremony in autumn next year. E-mail: [email protected] Tel.: +49 (0)711 911- 2 32 49 Club E-mail: [email protected] Porsche Club News on the web: Fax: +49 (0)711 911- 2 32 54 The latest Porsche Club News and the archived back issues from issue 1/99 on are available on the Internet at: www.porsche.com © 014 Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG Created in Germany Porsche Club News 4/14 Contents 01 News from Porsche AG 06 Premiere – Panamera Exclusive Series 11 919 Hybrid – Racing to a first victory 02 Information Exchange 32 Porsche Travel Club 2015 – Discovering the world with Porsche 34 Porsche Sport Driving School – The partner at your side 35 Porsche Museum – PORSCHE. PANIC. POWER. An exhibition by and with Udo Lindenberg 36 Porsche Christophorus – Exklusive offer for Porsche Club members 37 Porsche Club Management – Porsche Club Lounge in Le Mans 2015 39 Porsche Classic – Product highlights 03 Reports 42 Porsche Club Méditerranée – Paradis Porsche in Saint-Tropez 48 Porsche 356 Registry – West Coast Holiday 2014 52 European Porsche Club Committee – 13th to 16th November 2014 in Leipzig 54 Porsche Club Management – Visiting the Strähle Porsche Swap 55 Porsche Club Management – Farewell Benjamin Marjanac 4 You‘ve already achieved your heart‘s desire. Now for those little extras. By Porsche Tequipment. You will find all our available products online at www.porsche.com/tequipment using the Tequipment accessories finder. Macan models: fuel consumption (in l/100 km) urban 11,8 – 6,7 · extra urban 7,8 – 5,7 · combined 9,2 – 6,1; CO2 emissions 216 – 159 g/km Porsche Club News 4/14 01 News from Porsche AG panameRA EXCLUSIVE SERIES Strictly limited series of the Panamera from the Porsche Exclusive Manufactury The comfort of a limousine, the heart of a sports car: That’s the idea of the Panamera. Interpreted by the Porsche Exclusive Manufactury as luxuriously as never before.