Adolf Hitler's Porsche for sale - 986 Forum - The Community for Porsche Boxster & Cayman Owners

z12358 · 12-05-2006, 01:51 PM

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Originally Posted by BuffaloBoxster

Was it actually owned by Hitler? He commissioned its creation, sure, but was he or Auto Union, the actual owner?

I think he leased it. The bank owned it.

pecivil · 12-05-2006, 02:44 PM

but the real question is COULD 'ole Adolf have soiled the dash when he was supposedly missing some "vital" private parts??

MNBoxster · 12-05-2006, 02:56 PM

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Originally Posted by pecivil

but the real question is COULD 'ole Adolf have soiled the dash when he was supposedly missing some "vital" private parts??

Hi,

True, but the fact is that there is so much speculation about Hitler that it's hard to sort through the BS. From supposedly being a Jew, to being a castrato, to being named in one of Nostradamus's quatrains, to running an Argentine Mango Stand with Elvis...

Happy Motoring!... Jim'99

BuffaloBoxster · 12-06-2006, 08:30 AM

I once heard a somewhat plausible theory that Hitler had syphillis, which would explain why he went progressively nuttier.

pecivil · 12-06-2006, 08:49 AM

also supposedly the good Dr. Morell was pumping him full of amphetamines for a long time, which could lead to paranoia.

I like the Argie Mango stand theory best!

Ronzi · 12-07-2006, 10:08 AM

Not to beat a dead horse, but there are some interesting comments about the subject car on the web site noted below. Of particular interest are the ones by Colin Crabbe ...

http://www.autoblog.com/2006/12/02/auction-action-the-most-expensive-car-ever-hitlers-auto-uni

Pilot2519j · 12-07-2006, 11:41 AM

In all honesty many people were made to serve the german nazi machine. If any of you have lived under a totalitarian regime that controls your live totally, you would think otherwise. I lived under Castro's Cuba and I know the inducements for cooperation with the government. Try murder, assasination, gestapo spies in every block you are totally subjected to total control by just one word "fear" for you and your family. Porsche did what he had to do, same as Von Braun etc., I am sure in order to keep his family alive. This has happened in Russia, and all totalitarian countries. Nothing new. This is about to happen now to Venezuela.
As far as the car is concerned it is an object of engineering from the epoch and that in itself would be enough to have it exhibited as the Auto Union that raced in the thirties, not as Hitlers car. The Auto Union racer is worthy of MOMA like the XK-E is.