MEGAPHONICS

Megaphonics

Reporting back from Europe's greatest pop-up Porsche museum.

No matter how many times we return, Megaphonics is never quite the same event twice. Billed as Europe’s largest Porsche event, it’s beginning to take on the feel of a medium scale Festival of Speed, with particular emphasis on a single marque.

From the car park to the trade stands, the grounds of the Boxengasse estate host an almost overwhelming number of cars to see and people to meet for any one person to take in on a single day. To really focus your experience, you’ll want to spend time in the historic display.

Spread out over two buildings and multiple outdoor sections, more than 50 cars are curated to attend from all over the continent including Le Mans legends, Sonderwunsch specials and rally champions. At one end of the scale you can spend time drinking in the details of a pre-911 Porsche 901, among the first 82 built before the factory confirmed the 911 model name, or you can try and spot the differences between no less than 9 Group C endurance racers, 4 of which were painted in the iconic Rothmans livery that these cars were so well remembered for.

Unfortunately it’s unlikely any of these will return next year, and that’s intentional. Each edition of Megaphonics presents a unique exhibition of museum-worthy cars that often spend very little time in the public eye. If you missed your chance then to see the very last air-cooled 911 to leave the factory in 1998, you’re out of luck.

Spread out over two buildings and multiple outdoor sections, more than 50 cars are curated to attend from all over the continent.

Each edition of Megaphonics presents a unique exhibition of museum-worthy cars that often spend very little time in the public eye.

Other highlights included one of the screen-used 917Ks from Steve McQueen’s Le Mans, the first ever 911 Turbo race car and a whole menu of privateer S/Ts and RSRs from the height of the 911’s dominance in international racing. As a pop-up museum, very little else comes close.