Porsche Artist - Alessandro Gedda - Cayman Skyscraper

PORSCHE “My passion,” he says.

Fancy painted Cayman lifted onto a building...A crane lifts a covered car with a cloth, it does fly over one of the most beautiful buildings in Milan and then laid gently on the Terrace Downtown. The curtain falls and reveals a Porsche Cayman completely customized by the brush of Alessandro Gedda. The man seems to be a perpetual motion machine. Italian artist Alessandro Gedda radiates a dynamic energy that finds expression in his brilliantly hued, powerful paintings.

With his zest for art, photography, and design, Gedda has gained an international reputation. His works have been exhibited in Rome and Milan and will be shown in Monaco, New York, Miami, and Moscow this year alone. One of the dominating themes of his work: Porsche.
“My passion,” he says.

A passion the forty-year-old Gedda is not content to express solely in his art: Last year, he pursued it for 50,000 kilometers
(about 35,000 miles) on real-life roads. His current love is a 911 Carrera 4 in Seal Gray. Che bella macchina,
as the Italians like to say. Gedda says he soaks up the various impressions he gains on these drives, unfiltered,
so to speak, to later capture them on canvas. These fleeting impressions range from the typical anarchy of an Italian
roundabout to a speedy highway jaunt to a stop by the side of beautiful Lake Como.

Gedda lives only about ten miles from Lake Como, in a sixteenth-century manor house in Appiano Gentile. “I only keep a few of my canvases at home,” he says. “The others are in private collections. Two were recently bought by American gallery owners. Actually, when I think about it, selling one of my pictures is always a highly emotionalexperience. It means parting with one of your creations. It will travel new roads without you—but it carries your mark out into the world, the mark of passion.”

How did it all start? “I was six years old, and we were living on a country estate in Tuscany. Friends of my father
would often drop by before taking part in a rally on the island of Elba. And there was this one car that caught my
fancy more than anything else,” Gedda says. “A Porsche. I especially remember the big headlights and the inimitable
sound. I drew a picture of it—and from that moment, I knew I wanted to own a Porsche myself one day.” Just
one Porsche? Actually... no. Gedda’s current Porsche is his fourth. He started out with a 911 SC 3.0, then he fell in

His love with a 911 RS, then he set his sights on a 911 Carrera, before ultimately falling for his current “baby.”
Gedda’s relationship with his Porsches is a close one. He even talks to them. He remembers how he once got up early
so he could have a heart-to heart with his 911 RS and beseech it to climb the Cisa Pass “like only this 911 could.”
The pass crosses the Apennines to link the Emilia-Romagna region with Tuscany. “The Porsche replied in its own
language, the musical tones of its flat-six engine.”

Talking to your car sounds a little crazy? Well, maybe this kind of dialogue is less surprising when one considers that Gedda studied communications in New York City, and for the past thirteen years has headed an agency devoted to communications in the broadest sense of the term.

Alessandro Gedda has always liked to test limits, including his own—whether it’s parachuting (when he was with the
police in the 1980s), deep-sea diving, or pursuing his passion for Porsche. In that respect, his current pet project
fits the bill perfectly. It seems space will be getting a little tight in his studio soon. Besides his large canvases, Gedda
will have to make room for a Porsche 356. He plans to restore the vintage machine—in 356 days, to be precise.

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Porsche Artist - Alessandro Gedda

ITALIAN ARTIST ALESSANDRO GEDDA HAS A PASSION FOR FAST CARS AND IN PARTICULAR FOR THE PORSCHE.

Alessandro's paintings are impressive retro-style, which are made without any special preparation with pure color and color combinations (purple and yellow). Dynamic and powerful instinctive, almost the result of a momentary impulse of passion.

Artist Alessandro Gedda Website

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The artist Alexander Gedda presents its new creatures oil-inspired blue. The protagonist of this last current is the third interpretation of Cayman Art, a project launched in 2007 by the painter's passion for fast cars German Porsche, sheer dynamism and sensuality of form. The machine plasma 3D canvas, large surfaces on which intellectual ability and unleash Cayman pittorica.La first abstract art was a revisitation of the car in Stuttgart, multicromia and wide brush strokes, vibrant and fast as if they were crazy splintered.

In 2008, the second canvas to life on four wheels, on which the artist lies a bouquet of flowers inspired all'intramontabile theme of femininity. Third is the ultimate expression of perfection Cayman Art dated 2010.The painter returned to abstraction of the origins, strokes fast and secure scratching the car and enhance the design. The blue color exudes from rolling and celebrates the dynamism inherent in the art futuristic Alexander Jeddah.

To complement the car's painted, the artist has created a collection of oil paintings on canvas. The blue color is confirmed character played great in the purest abstraction.  Exhibition dedicated to Cayman Art and the collection of oil paintings inspired by the Porsche world will be in Bolzano 5 to 7 March at 2010 KunStart where it will be exposed even after the car in Milan from March 25 to 12 April 12 at Town House Square Jerusalem.

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Sixty Years of Porsche Production in Stuttgart-Zuffenhausen Special Exhibition

Story by Porsche AG.... Sixty Years of Porsche Production in Stuttgart-ZuffenhausenSpecial Exhibition in the Porsche Museum from 20 March to 9 May 2010

Stuttgart. The home of today’s Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG, Stuttgart, has a very special sound in the world of motoring: Zuffenhausen. Indeed, Zuffenhausen is far more than “just” a production plant rich in tradition for Porsche AG, since it is here in Zuffenhausen that the heart of the Company beats to this very day. Zuffenhausen has been Porsche’s home address for more than 70 years and more than one million Porsche sports cars have been built here in Stuttgart since 1950.

The Porsche Design and Construction office moved from Kronenstrasse 24 in downtown Stuttgart to the new group of buildings in the District of Zuffenhausen way back in June 1938. Right from the beginning, important chapters in the history of the automobile were then written in Porsche’s home plant: This is where the first series of the car destined to become the Volkswagen Beetle was built in 1938, followed in 1939 by the Type 64 as the great-grandfather of all Porsche sports cars to come in later years. Originally planned for the Berlin-Rome long-distance race, this aerodynamic, highly streamlined sports car became the trendsetter for all Porsche models to follow.

After the first few units of the Porsche 356 had been built in the Austrian town of Gmünd as of 1948, Porsche returned to Stuttgart as a genuine “car city” in late 1949. With the Porsche Plant in Zuffenhausen still being occupied at the time by the US military, Porsche first rented a production hall on the premises of the nearby Reutter & Co. GmbH Coachbuilding and Body Construction Plant, starting to prepare production in early 1950.
With the first Type 356 being completed in Stuttgart on 6 April 1950, overall production up to the end of the year amounted to 369 units.
The success of Porsche’s sports cars is borne out clearly not only by the Company’s sales figures, but also by the further expansion of the production facilities in Zuffenhausen. The buildings forming Porsche Plant 2 designed by the well-known architect Rolf Gutbrod were completed in 1952 and in 1956 the 10,000th Porsche 356 left the plant, which was consistently enlarged and upgraded over the years. Porsche Plant 3 followed in 1960, also housing the Sales and Customer Service Departments.

Immediately after the introduction of the Porsche 911, Porsche KG, as the Company was still called at the time, took over the Reutter Coachbuilding and Body Construction Company in 1964 with its workforce of approximately 1,000 employees. Today the complete 911 model series as well as models of the Boxster series and all Porsche engines are built in Zuffenhausen.

The Plant is split up into the Bodyshop, Paint shop, Vehicle Assembly, Upholstery, Engine Assembly and Test Dynamometers. To ensure flexible production in a confined area, Porsche has developed special solutions including multi-floor production in the Bodyshop and Vehicle Assembly. A further special feature is that Porsche’s series models are built together with the racing versions on one and the same assembly line. As yet a further highlight a new, particularly ecological Paint shop will be opened in 2011. Currently being built in the direct vicinity of Plants 1 and 5, the new Paint shop will be situated on the former premises of Dürr AG purchased by Porsche in spring 2008.

The new Porsche Museum was opened in January 2009 as an additional pledge to Zuffenhausen. Here, virtually on the Company’s home ground, some 80 historical cars and exhibits from the history of the Company are presented in an exhibition area of 5,600 square metres or 60,200 square feet. As the most spectacular building project commissioned by Porsche, the Porsche Museum has not only gone down in the history of the Company, but also enriches the entire Stuttgart Region as an outstanding highlight in culture and architecture.

The Porsche Museum is honouring the 60th anniversary of Porsche in Zuffenhausen with a special exhibition: The beginnings and the ongoing development of production at Zuffenhausen are being presented by a series of photos in this exhibition from 20 March to 9 May 2010. A further outstanding highlight is the first Porsche 356 Coupé built in Zuffen-
hausen shown for the first time in the Museum after an unusual restoration process.

The Porsche Museum is opened Tuesdays to Sundays from 9:00 to 18:00. For further information, see the internet at www.porsche.com/museum.

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Note: Images of the Zuffenhausen Plant and the Porsche Museum are available to accredited journalists in the Porsche Press Database at http://presse.porsche.de/ .

3/16/2010

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1938 Porsche Type 64 – on display at "The Allure of the Automobile" exhibition

Porsche 1939 Type 64 Walkthrough 1938 Porsche Type 64 Berlin Rome Car.... The Porsche Museum in Germany has sent its legendary Type 64 Berlin Rome Car on a long journey to Atlanta where it will be on display at the High Museum of Art in Atlanta for the "The Allure of the Automobile" exhibition from March 21st until June 20th, 2010 to celebrate the brand’s 60th Anniversary in America. “Type 64 is of very special significance to the history of the Porsche brand: Built in 1938/39 under the guidance of Ferdinand Porsche... It was beautiful, dynamic and fast – and it quickly became Ferdinand Porsche’s great passion: Although this unique sports car built for the Berlin-Rome long-distance race bore nothing but the simple model designation “Type 64”, it is acknowledged as the “original Porsche”, the“great-grandfather” of all Porsches to follow. Within and beneath its streamlined aluminum body, Type 64 boasts the trendsetting concepts so characteristic of all Porsche sports cars following in the years to come. In terms of design and aerodynamics this unique Coupé was far ahead of its time, the symbiosis of motorsport qualities and production features creating an ideal grand touring car. On public roads Type 64 reached a top speed of no less than 130 km/h or 81 mph. Ferdinand Porsche often drove this car himself, showing his deep satisfaction by presenting the Porsche family name on the car itself. Story by Porsche AG Driving the 1938 Porsche Type 64K10

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The Porsche 64, also known as the VW Aerocoupe, Type 64 and Type 60K10, is considered by many to be the first automobile from what was to become the Porsche company, as a true design precursor to the production model of after the war. The model number comes from the fact that it was built mainly from design drawings for the Type-64 "record car". Most mechanical parts came from the 38 prototype series. The chassis was heavily reinforced and the engine also reworked to produce around 45-50 brake horse power. The Type-64 was only a drawing until the three racers were built. The body was also a compromise in that the cab had to look like a KdF car, but the rest was 'record' car. The VW beetle was the Type-60, and the name the "60K10" means body design 10 for the Type-60 Beetle. Its flat-four engine produced 50 bhp and gave a top speed of around 160 km/h (99 mph). The body design was made by the Porsche Büro after wind tunnel tests for a planned V10 sports car that never came into existence, the Type 114. Dr. Porsche promoted the idea to enter the car into the 1939 Berlin-Rome race as a public relations ploy. Three cars were made in hand shaped aluminum by the bodywork company Reutter. One was destroyed early in World War II. The two remaining were used by the Porsche family.[citation needed] Eventually they only used one of them and put the other in storage.[citation needed] In May 1945 American troops discovered the one put in storage, cut the roof off and used it for joyriding for a few weeks until the engine gave up and it was scrapped. The last remaining Porsche 64 was owned by Ferry Porsche who had it restored by Battista Farina in 1947. In 1949 it was sold to the Austrian motorcycle racer Otto Mathé and with it he won the Alpine Rally in 1950. The last time he drove it in a race was at the Monterey Historic Races in Monterey, California, in 1982.

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Porsche 993 - "Are you listening?"

Classic 1994 marketing video for the Porsche 911 (993 Series) television commercial....Great production if I may add. This was many years ago of course. Sweet promo piece...Patrick Stewart's voice takes you back to the Porsche commercials for the 993, includes commentary by Hurely Haywood...This one's definitely a keeper.

The voice that speaks to you, knows you better than any other. The voice that knows what makes you happy. The voice knows what makes you sad. The voice that knows.

There is a place not to far away, where people heard the voice and listen, it said to them, build something. Build something pure. Build something that isn't temporary, disposable, build something to inspire all those that experience it. Build a monument. ..........

"...looking for things that weren't created, to be something to everyone... but everything to someone...".
That sentence says a lot...
 

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 Porsche - "Are You Listening?"

Your heart is still speaking all you have to do is listen.

Like everything, LIFE is a journey. A journey that begins with a beat of a heart. And the voice that comes with it...the voice that we  haven't yet been conditioned to ignore, so we listen to what it tells us. We follow where it leads us, we trust it, were children...we are happy, but somewhere between then and now, we lose touch with the voice, no matter how closely it whispers, or how loud it cry's.

Instead are ears are tuned to other things, like the stock reports, 6 o'clock news, then one day, putting the forks in the dishwasher or mowing the lawn, we happened to catch the glimpse of joy in our children's faces....and we REMEMBER, what it felt like. 

Remember ....what it felt like to listen to that voice in our hearts...and go with it. Then suddenly out of nowhere this SPARK of wisdom occurs. It becomes very clear. It's NOT to late. Your heart's still speaking. All you have to do is LISTEN. 

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PORSCHE Powers Lean Production With SAP

Lean production at its best, that´s what Porsche showcases at their Leipzig plant. This allows assembling two different cars on the same line, the four door Panamera together with the Cayenne.

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Did you know that Porsche runs SAP and that it allows assembling two different cars on the same line? For the production of the new four-door Panamera and the Cayenne sports utility vehicle, Porsche has developed a new logistic concept at its plant in Leipzig, Germany, one of the world's most modern factories. exactly planned procedures incorporating all suppliers, parts are delivered just one hour before they are further processed on the production line, virtually eliminating the need for expensive storage areas. Software from SAP AG (NYSE: SAP) forms the central system that controls the entire supply chain, from commissioning and ordering parts to warehouse management. Watch this video to see Porsche showcase lean production at its best: "SAP Customer Insight Porsche." SOURCE SAP AG - http://www.sap-tv.com/

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La Dolce Vita en Porsche 356

Film exceptionnel Art de Vivre Porsche 356 Cabriolet passion

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The word ‘Porsche’ needs no translation. Icons such as the 356 have never lost their fascinating appeal over the years.

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Test-Drive Your Porsche Using Google Maps

To the Point. The New Porsche Cayenne

via Porsche is using the Google Maps API and the Panoramio API to promote the new Cayenne. The new promotional site from Porsche allows you to virtually test drive a new Cayenne, with the help of Google Maps. The site allows you to choose the Porsche model you would like to try and then select a route for your test drive. You are then presented with a personalized flash movie, that mashes up video of the selected Porsche, the route on Google Maps and photographs along your route from Panoramio. The presentation is very slick, with the Panoramio photographs and Google Map seamlessly integrated with promotional video of the Cayenne. The photos are shown in the wing mirrors and reflected off the surface of the car and the route of your drive is animated on Google Maps.

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Stated as "the most requested addition to Google Maps," the routes will be available in 150 cities across the U.S. The tool allows you to select between 5 Cayenne models and your favorite start and end point.Give it a try by visiting Porsche’s website and clicking at the “Experience yourself” link. http://www.porsche.com/microsite/cayenne/international.aspx (Porsche Via Panoramio Via Google Maps Mania]

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Porsche Design Driver's Selection Twitter Contest Sebring Race 12HR - 12 Prizes..on TwitPic

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IF YOU ARE ON TWITTER - RE POST THIS MESSAGE BELOW FROM "PORSCHE DESIGN" - SEBRING 12 HOUR TWITTER CONTEST - 12 HOURS/12 PRIZES..http://twitter.com/PorscheShopUSA.....follow them on Twitter!!
Message:
#Porsche Sebring Race Contest!12HRS 12PRIZES Follow @PorscheShopUSA and RT!Ends 3/20,enter once http://twitpic.com/17lzyd/full

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2010-Winter-Countdown - Sebring 12 Hour - March 17-20, 2010

 

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COUNTDOWN ...Sebring 12 Hour!! 12 days...23 hours...40 mins....20 secs... March 17-20th...YES!! ...1st ALMS race of the season....non-stop action on Sebring's legendary 3.7-mile circuit

~~ DEREK BELL NAMED SEBRING GRAND MARSHAL ~~

Endurance racing legend Derek Bell has been named Grand Marshal for the 58th running of the Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring.

A highlight at Sebring is the American Le Mans Series presented by Tequila Patron Driver Autograph Session on Friday at noon in the paddock. Every driver in the race will be  participating in this popular event.

At 2:30 pm, the Sebring Hall of Fame autograph session takes place in the Gallery of Legends building featuring former Sebring winners Hurley Haywood, Derek Daly, John Morton and Hans Herrmann. The Gallery Legends will also include a display of historic Sebring cars, including legendary Porsches and Jaguars.

 

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