While AO Racing ran a special Preston Henn's Swap Shop livery at the 24 Hours of Daytona back in January, commemorating the Swap Shop 935 winning the race outright in 1983, the team have retired that livery for the full season, and are instead going to be racing with a wonderfully comical T-Rex livery. The car has henceforth been dubbed "Rexy" and …
Continue to the full articleToyota fastest Hypercar in pre-Sebring FIA WEC test, Porsche neck-and-neck with Cadillac
After two days of testing running at Sebring International this weekend ahead of the FIA WEC's season opening 1000 Miles of Sebring next weekkend, it is clear that Porsche is in the top half of the Hypercar class with its freshly-debuted 963 hybrid LMDh prototype. Toyota, which has been running a pair of GR010 Hybrid Hypercars—developed in part …
Continue to the full articleClassic 911 owners delight; now you can get a brand new magnesium engine case
Porsche announced earlier this week that it would begin reproducing original magnesium engine cases for 1968 to 1976 911 models. The engine case is the center part of the aircooled heart of a 911, where the rotating assembly is held; the crankshaft and the connecting rods attached to it. The individual aircooled cylinders bolt on to the case with …
Continue to the full articlePorsche adds female driver development program to its motorsport pyramid
Porsche's recent motorsport history is has been pretty woman-inclusive, hiring driving talent like IMSA champion Christina Nielsen to drive 911s and open-wheel legend Simona de Silvestro as test and development driver for the massively successful Formula E program. Women love Porsches just as much as men do, and everybody loves racing once they …
Continue to the full articleReport: The upcoming Porsche 911 GT2 RS will be hybrid
Porsche's world-bending turbocharged RennSport model first showed its face in dealerships a bit over a decade ago, back in 2010. Of course, the first of the GT division's turbocharged models came way back in the heady 1990s with the 993-generation GT2, and that was furthered by the all-conquering widow-making 996-generation GT2. By the time the 997 …
Continue to the full articlePorsche is planning an in-car app store rollout
When you've already perfected the driving experience, there's not much left to do but turn your development expertise to the in-car entertainment. Okay, maybe that's a bit exaggerative, but anyway Porsche is working on integrating a new set of in-car apps for use with its infotainment systems, via an app store. This comes in conjunction with …
Continue to the full articleTwelve Porsches make Le Mans 24 entry list
It's finally Le Mans Entry List Day, and we get to see just how serious Porsche is about trying to win the big race this year. As it turns out, they're taking it pretty seriously. The big news today is that Porsche will have a full three-car factory-backed entry in the Hypercar class with a trio of Penske-run Porsche 963s. Also confirmed today was …
Continue to the full articleAntónio Félix da Costa finds his first Formule E victory for Porsche in Cape Town
In perhaps one of the most exciting battles in Formula E history, Porsche's António Félix da Costa pushed into the lead on the final lap to clinch his first victory as a Porsche works driver in the new Porsche 99X Electric. Team driver Pascal Wehrlein suffered a crash under braking on the first lap, causing him to retire from the E …
Continue to the full articleReport: Porsche to unveil a 992-generation Speedster later this year
The Porsche Speedster is an icon nearly as old as the company itself. First introduced as a stripped back proto-sports-purpose version of the 356, the Speedster was the brainchild of importer and marketing genius Max Hoffman. Aiming to compete with the stripped back British roadsters of the era, Porsche removed interior trimmings and added a low …
Continue to the full articleThe Porsche 911 GT3 RS Tribute To Carrera RS is an ungainly named track monster only for the U.S.
There have only been a handful of times that Porsche offered a car that was specifically for the American market; 912E, 964 RS America, America Roadster to name a few. The newest America-only car from the brand is the new '911 GT3 RS Tribute to Carrera RS Package'. Yes, that's the car's full name. It's a long and weird way to say that this car pays …
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