hey...i found this in the infamous wilkpedia...dont tell Kaiser.
In several episodes of his sitcom, a Porsche themed painting (depicting a
904 GTS race car competing in the
1964 Targa Florio race in
Italy) is visible on a wall in his apartment. In addition, an issue of
Excellence magazine, a Porsche-centered publication, is featured prominently on an outdoor magazine rack in one episode, and on at least one occasion Seinfeld is seen reading an issue of Road and Track magazine from circa
1990 with a cover article on the
Porsche 964. He also wrote an article for February 2004 issue of
Automobile Magazine, reviewing the
Porsche Carrera GT. For the story Seinfeld awarded Road Test - Silver at the 2004
International Automotive Media Awards (no Gold award was given).
some other interesting facts....
Seinfeld is an avid automobile enthusiast and collector. However, unlike fellow comedian
Jay Leno, he is far more focused—he is rumored to own one of the largest
Porsche collections in the world. He rented out an entire hangar at the
Santa Monica Airport in
Santa Monica, California for an extended period of time during the 1990s for storage of some of the vehicles in the collection; after his return to
New York he was involved in an extended dispute with several neighbors over the proposed building of a massive $1.4 million multistory garage to contain the cars.
A current tally puts Seinfeld at 47 Porsches. Reporter Paul Bannister reports that Seinfield’s collection includes
911s from various years, 10
Boxsters each painted a different color, and the famous (some would say infamous)
1955 550 Spyder, the same model and
pearl-grey color that actor
James Dean was driving when he crashed and died in September
1955 near
Cholame,
California. The centre piece is a $700,000
Porsche 959, one of only 200 ever built. To Seinfeld's despair, he isn’t allowed to drive it. U.S. Emission and Crash tests were never performed because Porsche refused to donate four 959s for destruction tests (rendering the car not
street legal). Seinfeld imported the car under exhibition purposes, which stipulates the car may never set rubber on American roads
(Paul Bannister, The Comedians, p.74-75).
Edited by - RedRocket on 08/20/2006 5:38:53 PM
