The idea of a Cayenne convertible while a bit unconventional, isn’t unprecedented. Nissan somehow brought the Murano CrossCabriolet into production, and trucks like the Jeep Wrangler sell exceptionally well. That’s not to mention the fact that firms have been converting existing hardtops into convertibles since the beginning of the car. It is an …
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A Trip to LA Begins and Ends With Porsche
Last weekend, we left the troubles of the regular work week behind, and hopped a flight out to beautiful California. Friday through Sunday were spent in a glorious haze of Porsche beauty. Sun up to sun down, the days were filled with all things vintage and air-cooled. Most car guys will, by now, be familiar with the Irvine, CA Cars and …
Continue to the full articleDriving a $5.5 Million Porsche 917 on the Street
At the most recent Canepa Cars and Coffee event (held every second Saturday of the month at Canepa Design Headquarters) spectators and visitors got an amazing surprise. Mr. Canepa himself took a bonafide 917/10 Can Am car out for a morning drive. The wail of the flat twelve engine, combined with the whistle of the turbochargers is sure to make …
Continue to the full articlePenske and Porsche: Together Again?
Roger Penske is one of the true American Motorsport Heroes, and he has a very lengthy connection with Porsche in motorsport as well as in road car sales. Penske has personally piloted 550s, RS60s, and RSKs to victory, helmed one of the most talked about sports car programs in history with Donohue, Follmer, and the raucous 917 Can Am cars, and most …
Continue to the full articlePorsche 356 Speedster Autocrosser Powered by 2/3rds of a 911 Engine.
There are some of us in the automotive culture that are somewhat more insane than others. We are tweekers, seeking to shave the ever evasive extra second from our elapsed times. We are addicted to a drug called grip. We spend our summer Sundays praying at the paved church of the heavenly orange traffic cone. We are autocrossers, and we have a …
Continue to the full articleSpeedster “Garden Find” For Sale In California
There can't be many of these remaining. The barn find/yard find Porsche is more and more rare every year. The joy is in the hunt, and the hunt becomes more difficult with each unit unearthed. With only a few thousand constructed more than 5 decades ago, this type of find is rapidly becoming as rare as the proverbial hen's tooth. The …
Continue to the full articleMagnus Walker’s 1965 911 for Sale
Update: This story was updated in "How Karma Brought a Porsche and its Original Engine Together Again" explaining why Magnus ended this auction early and what's going to happen to the 911 now. In the longhood 911 world, there is nobody more esoteric than the equal-parts-brilliant-and-enthusiastic Magnus Walker. The story of his 911 collection …
Continue to the full articleCustom 959 Speedster For Sale
Sometimes, it is possible to make the proverbial sow’s ear into the finest of silk purses. Crafting a terrible situation into a great outcome takes skill, talent, effort, and time in equal measures. Never before has this been truer than in the case of this topless 959. The only one of its kind, this 959 started life as a standard 959, if you can …
Continue to the full articleThis Porsche Powered Fiat is a Tire Roasting Apex Machine
The car shown here is what you get when you spend more than 1000 hours of work producing a Fiat powered by Porsche. No normal sane person would think of ever attempting this feat, but the evil geniuses at Oemmedi Mechanical have done just that. Of course, it may have involved a vino fueled night, and certainly a healthy dose of Italian enthusiasm …
Continue to the full articleAn Ode to the First Real Day of Summer
That I have spent the previous 6 months absolutely envious of those in warmer climes is both immediately obvious, and completely inconsequential. As I write this, there isn't a place in the world I would rather be. The first day of real summer in the Midwest is a glorious affair, and I would venture that nobody in Malibu could ever experience …
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