15 gorgeous air-cooled Porsches from Luftgekuhlt 7
Marc UrbanoCar and driver
What is Luftgekühlt? Apart from a word with a strong cut-and-paste energy? It’s an auto show celebrating air-cooled Porsches. But unlike some grassy 911 corral in Road Atlanta, walking around a Luft show is like walking through an amusement park where the best ride is time itself. It’s not just the multi-million dollar cars that make the show so rich; much of the joy is due to the direction and thoughtfulness put into each frame. Last year’s Luft, the sixth edition, took place in the backlot of Universal Studios, where you could see a Safari 911 on the old Three Amigos! together.
Luftgekühlt 7 just took place in the Bottleworks district of Indianapolis. The former home of Coca-Cola’s first bottling operations, it’s a fine collection of art deco buildings where the streets were once lined with hundreds of delivery trucks loading America’s favorite sweet drink. Its best days were back when many of the rarest and most valuable Porsches were still racing. Organizing the best Porsches at a Luft show is a challenge. Even the sea of ââ911 SCs filling arterial parking lots ends up looking like an auto show in an auto show. And while this Midwestern Luft wasn’t as crowded as previous shows, it still featured exceptionally beautiful air-cooled cars. Here are 15.
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