It became pretty clear from watching the 24 Hours of Le Mans last weekend that while the FIA was taking the looming threat of the global coronavirus pandemic quite seriously—including running the race without spectators and extremely limited media—some of the drivers and team members were quite lackadaisical about the distancing and masking …
Continue to the full articlePorsche Had A Very Bad Day At The Le Mans 24 This Year
It's been fifty years since Porsche won its first Le Mans outright, with Richard Attwood and Hans Herrman taking the win in the iconic red and white team Salzburg 917. In the fifty years since, Porsche has risen to become the single manufacturer with more experience and more victories at this legendary race than any other. But experience doesn't …
Continue to the full articlePorsche Is Working A Deal To Trade Bugatti For Part Of Electric Hypercar Maker Rimac
Croatian electric phenom Rimac Automobili has only been on the scene for a decade, but it's already making a splash. With electric performance quite obviously marked as the future of Porsche, the German automaker already owns a 15.5% stake in Rimac. The deal includes Porsche providing Rimac with manufacturing and engineering skills when needed, …
Continue to the full articleKlaus Zellmer Steps Down As CEO Of Porsche Cars North America, Succeeded By Kjell Gruner
Porsche Cars North America announced on Tuesday that long-time President and CEO Klaus Zellmer would be stepping down from this position he has held since 2015. For the five years prior to that, he was CEO of Porsche Germany. Zellmer first joined the Porsche family in 1997 and has faithfully dedicated his career to growing the brand globally. He …
Continue to the full articleA FAN’S GUIDE TO THE 2020 24 HOURS OF LE MANS: THE PORSCHE PERSPECTIVE
A few months ago Porsche announced that it would be pulling two of its entries from the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 2020, thanks to budgetary cutbacks in the wake of the global coronavirus pandemic. The two IMSA team entered cars have been pulled, and only the two full-season WEC 911 RSRs will run in the 24 this year. This will be Porsche's smallest …
Continue to the full articleIf You’re Looking For A First Generation Porsche Cayenne, Start Here
Back in the early-2000s Porsche did the then-unthinkable by introducing an SUV. At the time the company made just two cars, the 911 and the Boxster, and was looking to expand. The going rumors suggest that Porsche won the contract to engineer the large SUV platform for Volkswagen and Audi because it had agreed to shutter its Le Mans prototype …
Continue to the full articleIs The Most Basic Porsche 992 The One To Get?
So, you've decided to buy a new Porsche. Good for you! But given all of the incredible choices available on the Porsche dealership lot these days, how are you possibly going to pick one? Might we suggest a bare-bones stripped down 992 Carrera? Over the last handful of generations, the bigger and more Grand Touring the Porsche lineup becomes, the …
Continue to the full articlePorsche’s IMSA Team Continues To Be Besieged By Bad Luck In Road Atlanta 6 Hour Race
After the sixth IMSA WeatherTech Sports Car Championship round Porsche has still not found its way to victory lane. Of the three manufacturers in the class, BMW has two wins, Corvette has four, and Porsche none. The same specification 911 RSR has victories in the FIA WEC, but the IMSA crew's #911 and #912 keep getting the shaft. This weekend the …
Continue to the full articleThis Sixteen-Year-Old Driving Ace Set A World Record For Fastest Vehicle Slalom In A Porsche 718 Spyder
Chloe Chambers is a 16-year-old precision driving ace who just recently set a new Guinness World Records™ achievement for the Fastest Vehicle Slalom. And naturally, she was driving a Porsche when she did it. By weaving through 50 cones in just 47.45 seconds this completely stock 718 Spyder and racer pairing absolutely dominated the record. She's …
Continue to the full articleLord Help Me, I Cannot Explain Why This Modified 1982 Porsche 911 SC Sold For $133,000
Last Friday a Porsche sold on the auction site Bring A Trailer for a whole lot of money. This, in and of itself, is nothing new. That sort of thing happens all the time. What made this one different, however, was the fact that the car in question was a "tribute" or "replica" selling for similar money as the real deal might command. It's not the …
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