The creations from Gunther Werks are truly something special. Their appeal should grow with another model—which is somewhat more accommodating than their hardcore 400R. That said, the new 430-horsepower Sport Touring is still quite quick. This particular car, unveiled at The Quail, A Motorsports Gathering this past weekend, enjoys several …
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Porsche’s Project Gold Is Complete, It’s Air-Cooled And It’s For Sale!
Porsche's meticulously hand-crafted Project Gold is finally ready for its close up. In an effort to celebrate the end of 993 production twenty years ago, as well as celebrate Porsche's 70 year history as an automotive manufacturer, Porsche built possibly the nicest 993 Turbo S in the world. Interestingly Porsche makes mention of the car not being …
Continue to the full articleComparing the Air Cooled Engine of a 993 to the Water Cooled Engine of a 996. What are the Differences?
I’ve been around air-cooled cars all my life. Both my parents had VW Beetles, so when it came time to replace my hand-me down first car, a ’71 Ford Capri, it isn’t surprising I went for a ’72 Super Beetle. Then years later, after I found out that Heidi had an heirloom 1958 Porsche 356A Cabriolet in the family, I made it my mission to get that car …
Continue to the full articleWatch This 700 HP 993 GT2 Make Quick Work of this Hill Climb Course in Portugal
First held in 1927, the Falperra International Hill Climb follows a 3.2 mile course, climbing 860 vertical feet, to the summit of Falperra in Bragua, Portugal. Despite being one of the most popular races in Portugal (it attracts up to 200,000 spectators each year) the race was cancelled for numerous years (2002 - 2010) due to the failure of local …
Continue to the full articleThink the air-cooled market is softening? Think again!
This is what $2.5 Million US Dollars in 993 looks like. Despite signs that the air-cooled market is softening, RM Sotheby's just auctioned off this 1995 Porsche 993 GT2 for an astonishing one million pounds more than the pre-auction estimate. If the market is softening, the buyers after this piece of Porsche motorsport history never got the memo. …
Continue to the full articleWatch a 993 Play Cat-and-Mouse With a Cayman GT4
A 993 Carrera 4 is still a formidable performance car, even more than 20 years on. In the right hands a 993 is more than capable of hanging with modern performance cars. The white Carrera 4 3.6 appears to be track prepared, with stripped carpets and a few other visible mods. The car chiefly benefits from the elusive "driver mod." The driver's car …
Continue to the full articlePorsche Classic Shock Absorbers for 993 Models
Porsche's support for their classic models has long been among the best in the industry. Following on the recent launch of their navigation system for classic models, Porsche has released updated OEM shock absorbers for the 993 cars. These new shocks feature updated valving for improved performance. The new dampers were built in conjunction with …
Continue to the full articleWhat Makes The Porsche 993 GT2 So Special?
This video drew me in from the very beginning. What's not to like? Good production values, a host (Charles Morgan) with strong presentation skills and one of Porsche's best road going production cars, ever. The 993 GT2. As I began the video I wrote the title to this post as it seemed that's the direction we were going in. However, the longer I …
Continue to the full articleThe New Reality Of The 993 Turbo Market
Recently, the collector Porsche market has been going absolutely wild, and nowhere is that more evident than the valuation of particularly clean examples of the 993-generation 911 Turbo and Turbo S. These are cars that, just a few short years ago, could be purchased for a fraction of their current values, so why the sudden shift? Is this …
Continue to the full articleLeh Keen And His Father Commission A Beautiful Rauh-Welt 993
American scientist Edwin H. Land was once famously quoted as saying "if anything is worth doing, it's worth doing to excess", and nobody follows that mantra quite like Japan's Akira Nakai, the Porsche fringe boutique artist behind Rauh-Welt Begriff. There is something beautiful about the concept of 'the car as art'. Cars are intrinsically …
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