Sound Night: makers, racers and engines 🎥
NEW WAYS The first digital Porsche Sound Night "Next Level" was a festival of special audio examples from the company history of the Zuffenhausen-based sports car manufacturer. Well over 100,000 motorsport fans were there virtually. Former and active racing drivers and racing engineers as well as contemporary witnesses presented highlights from the Stuttgart company's motorsport history during this two-hour event. The professionals enriched the sound spectacle with impressions [...]
Former and active racing drivers and racing engineers as well as contemporary witnesses will present highlights from Stuttgart's motorsport history during this two-hour event.
The professionals enriched the sound spectacle with impressions from series development as well as today's electrically powered race cars.
Engine sounds and exclusive car stories
In 2019, the Sound Night takes a break. In 2020, the Corona pandemic ensured that the event could not take place. After a two-year break, it was now simply time again to bring together engine sounds with car stories.
Since the pandemic situation made it impossible to plan a major event reasonably, Porsche moved Sound Nacht into the virtual world for the first time. With the additional title "Next Level," they already hinted in advance that there would be some innovations.
In fact, the live transmission made it possible to switch back and forth between two locations. In addition to the museum workshop in Zuffenhausen, they also used the factory's own test track in Weissach, about 25 kilometers away.
Harley-Davidson and Mercedes from Porsche
The vehicles presented in the factory museum focused primarily on series production vehicles. In addition, presenter Anna Fleischhauer showed two third-party developments that Porsche carried out for external companies.
One was the Mercedes-Benz E 500 and the other was the Harley-Davison V-Rod. The lineup at the museum came to an end with "Sally" from the Disney/Pixar animated film Cars and the 911 (991.2) Carrera 4S from Bad Boys III.
Live shows from Zuffenhausen and Weissach
Again and again, the directors switched back and forth between the museum and the test site in Weissach. There, Matthias Malmedie greeted the audience and presented mainly cars from Porsche's racing history.
These gems were presented by Mark Webber, Pascal Wehrlein, Valentin Schäffer, Marc Lieb, Rudi Lins, Norbert Singer, Hans-Joachim Stuck, Frank-Steffen Walliser and Timo Bernhard.
In the museum, on the other hand, Tobias Hillers (sound engineer), Roland Kussmaul, August Achleitner (series manager 911), Wolfhelm Gorissen (head of 500 E project), Klaus Fuoss (development Harley-Davidson V-Rod), Alexander Klein (head of museum collection), Tony Hatter (designer), Tim Schrick and Walter Röhrl were on site.
If you missed the sound night or want to see it again, you can watch the on Youtube. AutoSprintCH wishes you a lot of fun.
