- The German tuner was founded in 1974 and specializes in Porsche 911s.
- BB-Auto will make its North American debut at Monterey Car Week in August.
- The firm’s most iconic model is a 911 Turbo Targa with the rainbow colors used by Polaroid.
Galpin Motors has joined forces with German customizing firm bb-Auto to introduce the company and its creations to the North American market.
The German firm was founded by Rainer Buchmann and Kathrin Buchmann in 1974. It first released a modified Porsche 911 Turbo Coupe finished in the same rainbow colors as Polaroid and transformed into a Targa. The company pioneered the use of digital instrument clusters, steering wheel buttons, and controls and, with its marketing campaigns, took inspiration from Silicon Valley and the fashion industry.
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Moving forward, bb-Auto will start delivering new and classic Porsches and models from other European brands to North America.
Galpin Motors is a familiar name in the U.S., and in 2020, it opened the Porsche Santa Clarita dealership. It’s the only Porsche dealership in the world with its own museum, restaurant, and Porsche Design boutique.
“The future is tomorrow,” Buchmann said in a press release. “This partnership marks an exciting new chapter for Kathrin and me. We couldn’t have asked for a better partner with Galpin and Beau Boeckmann, the other bb in our ever-growing family! In the United States, bb will stand for Buchmann and Boeckmann.”
BB-Auto will make its U.S. debut during Monterey Car Week in August and unveil an homage to its original Polaroid 911. The original car was the first 911 Turbo Targa of its kind, and only a single unit was ever built. The homage will be presented at the 2024 Porsche Restoration Challenge at the Werks Reunion. Galpin Motors has won the People’s Choice Award for the Porsche Restoration Challenge every year and hopes to do the same with bb-Auto this year.
“When I learned about bb, I was blown away at how cool this brand was and wondered how I had never heard of it,” Galpin Motors chief executive and president Beau Boeckmann added. “It felt oddly familiar, as if Galpin were in Germany. It’s what we would have been doing.”
