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The story behind the picture

Dear Sir,

In issue 223 I wrote about taking my 991 Cabriolet back to the Porsche factory in Zuffenhausen for the car’s 10th birthday. The article, Going Home, included a photo of myself and my wife Iris celebrating the car’s birthday with champagne on Porsche Platz. Since the article was published a lot of people have been in touch about the picture. All was not, however, quite as it seemed. I thought I’d share the story.

We had negotiated with Porsche that

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