Walking through Grand Central Station about a year ago, I stumbled across a Leica camera club. They were bedecked in Leica t-shirts, Leica hats, and Leica-branded camera-straps, and it seemed that half of what they were photographing was one another with their hilariously expensive cameras. It was disturbingly self-indulgent, and placed the product …
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Ruben Zeltner Threads the Needle in a 997 GT3 Rally Monster
With his wife Petra co-driving, Ruben Zeltner shows how to take a 997 Cup Car by the scruff of its neck and bend it around corners strewn with dirt. The German rally ace uses forceful approach—flicking the car on entry and dabbing the handbrake—to avoid understeer and "bend" the car into the tighter hairpins. https://youtu.be/H6WwNsyG_mc This …
Continue to the full articlePorsche Cartoon
Actually, not a bad problem to have... …
Continue to the full articleNew European Bike Speed Record Set Behind A Porsche Cayenne Turbo
While the world land speed record for a bicyclist was just beaten at the Bonneville Salt Flats last week, an incredible 183.9 miles per hour, Porsche had recently helped another cyclist—Neil Campbell—set the European record on a two mile paved runway in England. The Porsche Cayenne Turbo was chosen for the task because of it's twin abilities to …
Continue to the full articleIndy 500 Champ Dario Franchitti Tests Gulf Porsche 917 Against Contemporary Rivals, Ferrari 512S and Lola T70
If given the opportunity to test three of the most raw and brutal racing machines of the 1960s, it's likely most of us would jump at the opportunity. This Gulf-Wyer Racing 917 was once muscled around by the likes of Jo Siffert and Derek Bell, and while I think quite highly of my own driving, I have no doubt that I'd be absolutely pants in …
Continue to the full articlePorsche’s GT2 RS Wins Car & Driver’s Lightning Lap With A New Record Time
It seems like just yesterday we were hearing about Porsche's wild 918 Spyder taking the new VIR production track record during C/D's Lightning Lap in 2014. That record was taken down just last year when they ran a Ford GT just one tenth of a second faster than the 918. One tenth of a second seemed right at the time, and a massive step forward for …
Continue to the full articleIntroducing the Chronograph 70Y Sportwagen PCA Edition
PCA members are deeply passionate people, and deeply invested in both Porsche as a brand, and as an institution stretching back decades. I've been a concours judge, and observing PCA concours judging in person is an intense experience; the breadth of knowledge about materials, finishes, and even fonts shared by these people is immense. Porsche …
Continue to the full articleA Beautiful Porsche Restoration Is Not The Work Of A Moment
Part of the beauty of a restoration is in the search. We are hunters as a species and we delight in scouring the globe -- or usually the internet -- to find just the right project car for our needs. Once you uncover the perfect barn find Porsche the real fun beings. In my years in the Porsche community I've known countless fools who restore cars …
Continue to the full articleTaking Cues from the World’s Greatest Tracks: Porsche’s Leipzig
Taking the best from some of the most challenging racetracks in the world, Leipzig is an FIA-certified fantasy land for road racers of all stripes. Designed by Hermann Tilke, a former racer best known for his creation of numerous circuits on the F1 calendar, Leipzig mimics some of the world's most famous corners for a uniquely challenging …
Continue to the full articlePorsche Makes $80M Investment In Swiss Augmented Reality Tech Firm WayRay
WayRay is an up-from-nothing tech start-up in Zurich which deals with holographic augmented reality heads-up display implementation and advancements. The company is currently working on implementing virtual objects being integrated into the driving experience. Because of the future uses of such technology, Porsche has devoted $80 million US dollars …
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