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Porsche magnate puts historic Salzburg villa up for sale after row over private ‘tunnel for one’

Plans by Wolfgang Porsche to bore private 500-metre road link through Austrian hill caused anger among locals

Wolfgang Porsche, the Austrian-German automotive magnate, appears to have abandoned plans to build a private 500-metre tunnel for his cars through the Salzburg hills after a public uproar over the “tunnel for one”.

In 2020, Porsche bought a storied 17th-century villa on the outskirts of Salzburg for €8.4m (£7.2m), and last autumn he secured permission from the city authorities for an estimated €10m private access road through the rugged limestone hill.

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Jun 26, 2026 Austria Europe World news

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