Getting off the S-Bahn at the ‘Porscheplatz’ station to immediately see the Porsche Museum was incredibly exciting. My husband had suggested it as a place to visit in Stuttgart and a day after our Mercedes-Benz Museum visit. We stepped inside the visitors entrance and I got goosebumps. I’ve been a car and car design fan for nearly thirty years, having picked up my first car magazine, AutoExpress, from a newsagent when I was around fifteen. I was initially drawn in by concept cars particularly those shown at Japanese motor shows, then Formula One and endurance races like the DTM or Le Mans. My fascination with Porsche stemmed from their older models’ timeless design which is still evident in their modern cars. I’ve been trying to manifest owning one for years so a chance to visit the museum, whilst on our recent holidays, would only add to my obsession. The exhibition covered the early days of Ferdinand Porsche and his partnerships in the later part of the nineteenth century, into the twentieth century, involvement in the second world war and into the modern era of cars. It was a fascinating history, and an honest one that included the associations with the Nazi party. The cars that defined the company from the late forties, with the iconic silhouette through fifties and sixties, and to the modern times were on display. I spent so long reading the information cards and taking photos of each car that time seemed to fly by. I’d highly recommend a visit and we’re definitely going back for a factory tour to see the modern cars being made on the production line.