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15 Gorgeous Air-Cooled Porsches from Luftgekühlt 7

A look inside the seventh Luftgekühlt car show, where beautiful air-cooled Porsches are celebrated.

BY AUSTIN IRWIN

PUBLISHED: SEP 13, 2021

What is Luftgekühlt? Aside from a word with heavy cut-and-paste energy? It's a car show celebrating air-cooled Porsches. But unlike some grassy 911 corral at Road Atlanta, walking through a Luft show is like walking through an amusement park where the best ride is time itself. It's not just the multimillion-dollar cars that make the exhibit so rich; much of the joy is owed to the direction and thought put into each setting. Last year's Luft, the sixth edition, was hosted at Universal Studios' backlot, where you could see a 911 Safari on the old Three Amigos! set.

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Luftgekühlt 7 Brings Air-Cooled Porsche Icons To Indianapolis


BY Petrolicious Productions and Larry Chen
PUBLISHED: September 13, 2021


Last year left little opportunity for car-based get-togethers, but one that we were particularly wistful for was the air-cooled Porschepalooza we know as Luftgekühlt. This past Friday marked the return of “Luft” since the last event in 2019, with founders Patrick Long and Howie Idelson teaming up with Jeff Zwart once more to put on a show worthy of their reputations. What began in Los Angeles has since gone international, with Luft holding events in England and Germany in the past years, but for the seventh iteration the team was back in the United States in a city that’s central to the lore of American motorsports: Indianapolis.


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12 Best Luftgekühlt Porsches at Luft 7

Catch the Wave” with the best of Luftgekühlt 7 Porsches as curated by Air Brigade.
BY Commander
PUBLISHED: Sep 17, 2021

Luftgekühlt , the air-cooled Porsche event held its seventh meet on September 10, 2021 in the art deco Bottleworks district of Indianapolis. Over 200 air-cooled Porsches were on display from an early 1951 356SL Gmünd coupe to the last of the air-cooled Porsches, 993’s. The displays included rare race-cars, barn finds, restoration projects, $1 million Singers and concours perfect Porsches.



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12 Best Luftgekühlt Porsches at Luft 7

We brought our CPR ST out to Indianapolis to partake in air-cooled festivities.
BY CPR Classic
PUBLISHED: September 10, 2021

Luftgekühlt brings some of the best air-cooled Porsches together to a beautifully curated location to create a visual experience that continually stands as one of the best Porsche centered shows. You'll see a blend of digital and film photos; the concept of the film is to imagine you are back in time when these cars would've been at a show in their time taken in a period correct way.


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Luftgekühlt 7: An Air-Cooled Surprise Around Every Corner

BY Dave Tormey
PUBLISHED: September 17, 2021

Each year the organizers of Luftgekühlt (German for “air-cooled”) select a new venue for the backdrop of their air-cooled Porsche event. A few months before the event, the host city is announced, but the specific venue remains a secret until closer to the actual date. This leaves attendees left to imagine what the organizers, Patrick Long, Jeff Zwart, and Howie Idelson, might have in store for Luft each year.  



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Luftgekühlt 7 & Porsche’s Sportscar Together Festival. Indianapolis, Indiana.

BY Andrew Miterko

PUBLISHED: October 8, 2021

Last month, Porsche took over Indianapolis combining the artistic spectacle that is Luftgekühlt with Porsches of all types taking on the historic Indianapolis Motor Speedway. The brainchild of Patrick Long and Howie Idelson, Luftgekühlt brings together a diverse selection of air-cooled Porsches to a unique location, carefully arranged and staged by the eye of Jeff Zwart.


Road Scholars Luft 7 by Andrew Miterko

BaT Event Coverage: Luftgekühlt 7

BY Kobus & BAT

PUBLISHED: September 19, 2021

The Bottleworks District of Indianapolis is a fashionable neighborhood centered around a beautiful Art Deco building that was once the largest Coca-Cola bottling plant in the world. It now houses the hip Bottleworks Hotel, a collection of retail stores, and the Garage Food Hall. Across the road you’ll find the Living Room Theater and the Pins Mechanical Co. with two bars and bowling.



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A Peep Inside The Seventh Luftgekühlt: 8 Awesome Air-Cooled Porsches From The Show

The Luftgekühlt festival is filled with the most awesome Porsches you can imagine.
BY Nzilili Sam
PUBLISHED: September 24, 2021

Luftgekühlt is a series of automotive events founded by Le Man's winner Patrick Long and indie artist Howie Idelson. It's like Christmas Day for Porsche enthusiasts: one Porsche after another in a large courtyard, with a range of colors reminiscent of a rainbow. And although Porsche makes some of the best and most iconic cars globally, these masterpieces are exclusively historical and feature legendary air-cooled engines.