DRIVTO visits Frank Fiegenschuh and the F³ for an insider look at a bold threefold automotive breakthrough. What fuels the vision, and what does the F³ reveal next?
Almost two years ago, Frank Fiegenschuh decided to leave his brand loyalty behind—most recently as managing director of the Porsche Center in Recklinghausen—and make his dream come true. His stated goal was to create a place with F³ - FahrzeugForumFiegenschuh where petrolheads could tinker with cars and talk about cars to their hearts' content.
We visited him and found that he has achieved exactly that! As soon as you step through the roller door into the hall, your gaze is drawn to a number of rare models – for example, the only Porsche 911R in Sternrubin worldwide, which is based on the 964 Carrera RS presented in Geneva in 1991.
Part of the concept includes sales, brokerage, storage, reconditioning, valuation, and transport. The fact that this concept works is demonstrated by his numerous satisfied customers as well as his network of well-known faces in the scene, such as JP Kraemer, Matthias Malmedie, and Axel Stein, who have visited him on several occasions, as well as Hamid Mossadegh with “Grip – das Motormagazin.” So if you're looking for a new treasure or want to have your car stored or reconditioned, you should definitely stop by in Bochum to see Frank Fiegenschuh and his colleague, Wiesmann legend Frank Pupkes (yes, his name is also Frank...).
However, this location is only intended to be temporary, as the new building in Dortmund is scheduled for completion early next year. We took a look at the plans together: in addition to excellent transport links and a first-class bistro, customers and visitors can expect a full range of services across approximately 1,900 square meters. And best of all, we will of course keep you up to date on the progress of construction via our channels!
Philipp Lauterbach is the founder of DRIVTO, the curated identity and discovery platform for the European sportscar scene. Based in Düsseldorf, he has been building sportscar communities since August 2018 — first through the Cars+Coffee format in Düsseldorf, Cologne, Berlin, Mönchengladbach, and on Sylt, and since mid-2024 through DRIVTO as a platform with its own editorial magazine and proprietary DriverDNA methodology.
His path into the sportscar world began with an event-management apprenticeship inside a Mercedes-Benz dealer group. From there he moved into marketing roles at Ferrari and Maserati in Düsseldorf, where he became one of the defining marketing voices for these brands in Germany at the time. That phase also gave him his first direct contact with the Cars+Coffee movement — and the affinity for Italian cars that still shapes him today. Ferrari and Pagani have been at the center of what he himself seeks as a driver ever since.
Before DRIVTO, he established the Cars+Coffee stations across several German cities — an independent event series that at its most active phase connected more than 1,500 sportscar drivers across the DACH region. The DRIVTO driver community grew out of that base. His editorial focus sits on the pillars Cars Connect People (personal founder voice, driver stories) and State of the Scene (data-grounded market analyses, industry essays).
