After Landsberg we drove on to Stuttgart. It was a rainy day and the beautiful fields of yellow mustard were everywhere.
Here is a BMW 1 Series convertible which we liked.
Here is my dream S-Class diesel, not sold here in the US.
Here are the roads of Stuttgart. It was bigger than we expected, and it reminded me of San Francisco.
We visited the Porsche museum and saw a Cayenne Transsyberia, a special off-road racing model.
I have loved Porsches since about 1968.
At the Porsche museum we had a great lunch: rib-eye steaks, roasted potatos for Dan...
... and Beth had mashed pototos. The meal was excellent.
Our view out to the street was of new Porsche Panameras that had not been revealed to the world yet! Fun.
Another Panamera, their first sedan.
This 911 seemed strange. I am not sure what it was.
After the Porsche museum we went to the Mercedes-Benz museum. Here was one of my favorite cars from 1970.
An unusual one-of-a-kind transporter vehicle had a Mercedes 300 SLR race car.
These were the fabric choices in the mid-1950s for their cars. I wish cars had some nice plaids again!
This green car from the 1950s was stunning.
A classic 1954 300 SL Gullwing.
A 1960s 230 SL.
My grandmother had a Mercedes very close to this, a 300 SE in the same yellow.
The stately 600 limousine...
... and its massive radiator cap.
The 600 was available as a sedan or limousine, and with up to six doors.
European headlights, as we called them in the US.
The museum told the history of the 1900s. Here the World Trade Center was bombed in September 2001, and the Euro debuted in January 2002. Our first trip to Europe was in October 2001, hence I had Beth stand between the two photos. Hah!
They had 11 generations of my E-Class Mercedes on display. Here is one from my generation.
And this is the new E-Class of 2009.
A C111 Wankel rotary from the 1970s, a favorite of mine as a young man.
This was Beth's favorite, a concept car from the 1990s with a clear roof.
This aerodynamic race car was actually designed in the 1930s!
And this C112 was from 1991.
A dealership was adjacent to the museum and we could look at cars and get brochures.
They had used vehicles cleaned up like new for sale.
The dealership was three stories tall.
The view east from our hotel in Stuttgart shows part of the Mercedes buildings in the background.
We drove south out of Stuttgart to the Sindelfingen plant, the largest and best of the Mercedes plants. It is where my Mercedes E320 CDI was made! It is also where S-Classes and Maybachs are made. It was a huge area with many buildings.
In downtown Stuttgart is a large central square called the Schlossplatz. The New Castle or Neue Schloss was built in the early 1700s and was the residence of many kings of Württemberg.
This is an art museum called the Kunstmuseum.
The Schloss up close.
We enjoyed strolling through the Königsbau mall where we had Chinese food.
Back to our hotel, there was a nice rain and this nice BMW 3 Series wagon.
A red Mini Cooper and a rare four door Smart Forfour sedan in blue.
The front of our hotel in Stuttgart. It was a nice hotel. It had many different restaurants inside.
Created: 27 May 2009 Modified: 18 May 2010