Few companies cater to the petrol-head quite like Porsche. Sure Ferrari provides excitement, and Lamborghini is the maestro of theater, but Porsche has cornered the market on feel and precision.
Beyond that, Porsche also seems to demonstrate a peculiar, un-German ability to create cars that are very pretty. Not the sensual beauty the Italians have mastered, but still pretty.
Late last year the North Carolina Museum of Art in Raleigh decided that Porsche had done so much in the field of design, that it deserved to be recognized. They then began the laborious task of collecting an eclectic assortment of metal from the brand?s storied history; from the Type 64 of 1938 up to the 911 GTS R Hybrid race car.
As a man with a slight fetish for German autos, the exhibit intrigued me. The NCMA is only a six-hour drive from my house, through some of the most beautiful roads and scenery in the U.S., and I had just been granted the keys to a 2014 Porsche Cayman S.
It was a recipe that sounded like a Porsche enthusiast?s perfect weekend.
Read on to find out more about my journey, the Cayman S and the NCMA exhibit.
A 2014 Porsche Cayman S and the Blue Ridge Parkway Equal Perfection originally appeared on topspeed.com on Tuesday, 29 April 2014 13:00 EST.
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