Weissach's unseen factory

For the first time in its glorious 89-year history, Porsche published ‘Porsche Unseen’, a revelation of several unreleased concept cars for the world to see. Pratik Rakshit explores the collection that uncovers 15 concept cars created between 2005 and 2019

- Pratik Rakshit

In an extraordinary step, Porsche opened up a secret world, with the release of a new book, Porsche Unseen. Chief designer Michael Mauer unlocked the secret archives of the Porsche Design Studio (PDS) and allowed a look at many of the bold, fascinating and surprising concept cars that have been produced in almost two decades under his direction. From rally versions of road-going cars to a six-seater van and customer-oriented race machines, the ‘Porsche Unseen’ concept line-up has it all! Join us as we explore a parallel world full of cars that you might not have expected from Porsche.

906 Living Legend (2015)

Even if the design team develops the auto-mobiles of the future in its free design projects, the brand history of Porsche is always still present as a source of inspiration. So it was that the Porsche 906 served as the model for the proportions and body design for this vision of a super sports car.

917 LIVING LEGEND (2013)

Porsche has won the 24 Hours of Le Mans 19 times to date but the Porsche 917 KH in its Porsche Salzburg red-and-white livery occupies a very special place in the brand’s history. For it achieved Porsche’s first overall victory at the Circuit de la Sarthe in the summer of 1970.