Final weekend marked the ninth Luftgekült present, and this time round it was held again on my house turf – the San Francisco Bay Space – for the primary time since its inception in 2014.

Trevor coated day one, and when you haven’t had an opportunity to verify that out, I’d undoubtedly suggest taking a look and bringing your self up to the mark with Saturday’s curation. On Sunday, Mare Island remodeled into Luft’s model new second act: Air | Water.

For the primary time, Luftgekült’s founders Patrick Lengthy and Jeff Zwart prolonged the occasion out to a two-day affair – air-cooled solely on Saturday, and the brand new mixture air-cooled plus water-cooled on Sunday to carry an entire new spectrum of Porsches into the Luft fold.

I really feel prefer it’s been a very long time coming, contemplating nobody else has performed something like this. And it finally creates a various gathering that highlights important vehicles from Porsche’s total mannequin line-up, not simply the 911.

From a private standpoint, I wasn’t certain what Air | Water was going to be like, however my expectations had been excessive for the reason that two major folks in cost have earned their reputations for his or her sturdy curation abilities.

On one hand, I felt that the appeal of Luftgekült and what made it particular to start with was the exclusivity in the direction of celebrating the outdated and historic vehicles that come from Porsche and its deep roots in aviation, which is the place air-cooled engines sort of originated. However however, everyone knows that Porsche’s historic significance doesn’t finish with the transition to water-cooled vehicles; it simply picks up the place it left off and that’s fairly cool in itself too.

Celebrating the extra fashionable facet of the German automaker’s wealthy historical past is wise really, as a result of most individuals usually neglect that there are different sub segments within the Porsche neighborhood which can be closely ignored, corresponding to their SUV market, transaxle vehicles, huge household wagons and even crossovers.

With that in thoughts, I’m curious to see what extra could be performed from right here. I assumed the Common Studios present again in 2019 can be the Luftgekült to finish all Luftgekülts, however the occasion as a collection all the time has some form of shock ingredient that’s launched with each episode, and Luft 9 definitely threw in a brand new plot twist.

Which begs the query, the place do issues go from right here? We’ll need to see, however one thing tells me Luftgekült’s tenth present celebration can not be missed.

Naveed Yousufzai
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