For at least the last decade Porsche has been treating the Nürburgring Nordschleife circuit as its own private stomping grounds, and as of the 5th of October companies from Stuttgart, Germany hold the top three fastest production car laps of all time. Porsche still holds the outright fastest lap with the GT2 RS Manthey Racing edition, which set a …
Continue to the full articleDavid Donner took his Porsche 911 Turbo S back to Pikes Peak to find out what could have been
Back in June Pikes Peak legend David Donner was aiming for a production car record on the mountain, looking to knock down Rhys Millen's Bentley record time of 10:18.488 set in 2019. Fog, rain, and frozen conditions conspired to rob Donner of his new record on the day of the 2022 Pikes Peak International Hill Climb. In spite of the awful conditions, …
Continue to the full articlePorsche’s 992-generation GT3 R racer grabs podium on racing debut
After months of waiting to see just how good Porsche's new 911 GT3 R would be under racing conditions against other GT3-spec machinery, we finally know. This car has been under development since 2019, and in typical Porsche fashion was not about to be released on the world without being properly developed. After three years of pounding around …
Continue to the full articleHere’s everything we saw at Luftgekuhlt 8 through the lens of a Porsche Design film camera
A few weeks ago my buddy Noah Wheeler asked me if he could apply for media credentials to Luftgekuhlt 8 on behalf of FlatSixes. Normally I'd yell "heck no" because I'd be there to experience that particular slice of Porsche heaven myself, but since the last Luftgekuhlt on the west coast, I've relocated to far flung Cleveland, Ohio, and couldn't …
Continue to the full articlePorsche wants to beat aerodynamics by making its cars vibrate
It's not really a secret that Porsche has a pretty strong grasp on aerodynamic efficiency. The company has been building road cars and race cars that use oncoming air to assist in their road holding abilities for decades, with wings and diffusers and kick ups and flaps. Porsche has also been working diligently to defy the oncoming air whenever …
Continue to the full articlePorsche is officially the most valuable European automaker
Porsche's initial public offering has been a resounding success in its first week and a half on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange. After ringing the bell as Europe's largest IPO by market cap, Porsche Group initially saw a small dip before rising to meteoric heights on Thursday with a peak of 84 billion euros at market close. The shares have fallen …
Continue to the full articleAll Porsche enthusiasts should go to Velocity Invitational, Oct 14-16
Equal parts car show, vintage racing festival, and exploration of the limits you can go to at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca, the Velocity Invitational is among the best automotive events I have ever attended. That doesn't come with caveats or equivocations, this is seriously an incredible high-level event that brings together some of the most …
Continue to the full articlePorsche Cars North America reports strong Q3 sales growth
Every month there are thousands of new buyers joining the Porsche club, and through the course of July, August, and September Porsche Cars North America ushered 16,581 into their new homes. That's up a massive 8.5 percent over the same period in 2021, as supply chain issues have begun to ease, and customer demand has stayed quite strong. The first …
Continue to the full articlePfaff Motorsports scores Petit Le Mans podium to score second consecutive IMSA championship
On Saturday afternoon Pfaff Motorsports began celebrating its second IMSA GTD championship in two years, having graduated from standard GTD to GTD Pro in 2022. Most of the hard work for this championship victory was already done before the team ever showed up at Road Atlanta for the 10-hour endurance Petit Le Mans race, as the plaid Porsche team …
Continue to the full articleTen years later, what’s RWB up to?
Akira Nakai, the chainsmoking widebody Porsche builder from Japan, has been slapping his own brand of insanity on Porsches for a long time now. In fact he bought his first 911 Turbo—with significant body damage—back in the late 1990s to build it into the car that would kick off a widebody aircooled revolution. That car was a matte black monster …
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