[s-cars] [NAC] No wonder-It's a Fiat...

[Pasqualoni, James E]

http://www.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/TV/04/03/seinfeld.crash.ap/index.html

46, yes, 46 Porsches in Jerry's collection.  Boing!

Car collection (from Wikipedia.org)
Seinfeld is an avid automobile enthusiast and collector and is rumored
to own one of the largest Porsche collections in the world. He rented
out a hangar at the Santa Monica Airport </wiki/Santa_Monica_Airport> ,
in Santa Monica </wiki/Santa_Monica> , California </wiki/California> ,
for an extended period of time during the 1990s </wiki/1990s> , for
storage of some of the vehicles in the collection. After his return to
New York City he was involved in an extended dispute with several
neighbors over the proposed building of a $1.4 million multi-story
garage to contain the cars.
A current tally puts Seinfeld at 46 Porsches </wiki/Porsche> . Reporter
Paul Bannister reports that his collection includes Porsche 911s
</wiki/Porsche_911>  from various years, 10 Porsche Boxsters
</wiki/Porsche_Boxster>  each painted a different color and the famous,
some would say infamous,1955 Porsche 550 Spyder
</wiki/Porsche_550_Spyder> , the same model and pearl-grey
</wiki/Silver_%28color%29>  color that actor James Dean
</wiki/James_Dean>  was driving when he crashed and died in September
1955 near Cholame </wiki/Cholame> , California </wiki/California> . The
centerpiece is a $700,000 Porsche 959 </wiki/Porsche_959> , one of only
268 ever built. To his initial despair, he was not allowed to drive it
as US emission and crash tests were never performed because Porsche
refused to donate four Porsche 959s for destruction tests, rendering the
car "not street-legal </wiki/Street-legal_vehicle> ". He imported the
car "for exhibition purposes </wiki/Grey_import_vehicles> ", which
stipulates the car may never be driven on American roads.[23] <>  The
car was made US street legal in 1999 under the "Show or Display" federal
law.[24] <> [25] <>  In several episodes of Seinfeld, Seinfeld drives a
Saab 900 (NG) </wiki/Saab_900_%28NG%29>  convertible </wiki/Convertible>
, but a Porsche-themed painting, depicting a Porsche 904
</wiki/Porsche_904>  GTS race car competing in the 1964 Targa Florio
</wiki/Targa_Florio>  race in Italy </wiki/Italy> , is visible on a wall
in his apartment, as well as a Porsche racing poster featuring a 550
Spyder depicting the 1958 Targa Florio. In another episode, he is seen
hiding behind a red Porsche 911RS parked on the street. In addition, an
issue of Excellence </wiki/Excellence_%28magazine%29> , a
Porsche-centered publication, is featured prominently on an outdoor
magazine rack in one episode and on at least one occasion he is seen
reading an issue of Road and Track magazine from circa 1990 with a cover
article on the Porsche 964 </wiki/Porsche_964> . He also wrote an
article for the February 2004 issue of Automobile
</wiki/Automobile_Magazine> , reviewing the Porsche Carrera GT
</wiki/Porsche_Carrera_GT> . For the story he was awarded Road Pest -
Silver at the 2004 International Automotive Media Awards.