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 …
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Watch 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 …
Continue to the full articleHere’s A Video Explaining Exactly How To Convert Your Porsche 993’s Headlights To HID
If you own a Porsche 993 and aren't fortunate enough to have factory Litronics then you know just how weak the factory lights are for night driving. In fact, in my opinion, they're down right dangerous. One of the fastest, easiest and best upgrades you can do for your 993 is to convert to High Intensity Discharge (HID) bulbs. Not only is it a …
Continue to the full articleVideo: Evasive Highway Maneuvers Help This 993 Driver Avoid Contact
Driving peacefully along at around 120 kph on a French Autoroute in a Porsche 993 seems like one of the best activities for a sunny Sunday afternoon. However, when it all goes wrong, it can instantly turn into a nightmare if you aren't paying close enough attention. Thankfully, driver Augustin Kuntz had his wits about him when a couple of small …
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