Derek Whitacre and I seem to have similar priorities. Not all fun performance cars need to be set up for the track. Give up a little bit of spring rate, retain a bit of carpet, and suddenly the usability factor goes way, way up. That's not to say Mr. Whitacre's 1982 911SC is a mild or modest machine. This Porsche was built to attack Mulholland …
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A Brief History of Porsche AWD
At the risk of sounding trite, Porsches might be some of the most usable, real world-friendly machines thanks in large part to their sophisticated all-wheel drive systems. With all four wheels intelligently propelling their cars up the road, astronomical amounts of power and torque can be harnessed by the least experienced drivers in the most …
Continue to the full articleInside the Boxer Engine with Hans Mezger
Hans Mezger is 88 years old, and his career designing engines spans decades. Mezger's hands were in everything from the 1960's Porsche Formula 1 racers to the 911 GT1. His engines remained in 911s through the 997 GT3 4.0 and 997.1 Turbo. It really feels as though everything Porsche produced since is compared to the Mezger flat-sixes. This family of …
Continue to the full articleFINALLY! Luftgekühlt 5 Venue Announced
First we were given the date, then we learned what city Luft 5 would be held in. Today, we finally know where in Torrance, CA all those wonderful air-cooled Porsches will assemble, Ganahl Lumber South Bay. Location Holds Relevance To Porsche History Buffs Recently opened at 2600 Del Amo Blvd in Torrance, CA, the site of Luftgekühlt 5 is …
Continue to the full articleWhat Is Das Renn Treffen, And Should You Go Next Year?
DasRennTreffen, or DRT for short, has grown into a Porsche fanatic's dream event, with hundreds of cars from the brand's lengthy history lining the closed-down city streets for the day. This year was the show's fourth, and by far the largest, edition. If this steady state of growth continues, we'll definitely need to add DRT to our calendar of …
Continue to the full articleAn Exercise In Traction: The Top 5 Fastest Accelerating Porsches
The current iteration of the horsepower wars is frankly a bit absurd. Today's fastest street cars would be required to have full roll cages and chassis certification under NHRA rules. Even the Panamera Turbo S E-Hybrid is fast enough to require a 6-point cage to make passes at your local drag strip. For the last several decades mind-bending …
Continue to the full articleMagnus Walker Takes a Tour of Porsche Leipzig
Of all the modern celebrities associated with Porsche, there are few non-race drivers with the same sort of relationship with the marque as Magnus Walker. Even Mark Webber struggles to drum up the same sort of fanfare as the bearded outlaw who, among other things, has made a name for himself thanks to a big personality and his stunning cars—which …
Continue to the full articlePanamera Careens into Gas Station, Pedestrians Scramble For Their Lives
Racing on snowy roads while wearing summer tires is never a wise idea, but one Kazakhstani man seems to have missed that memo. This Mirror article informed us of a man alleged to have more money than sense who, after challenging a BMW driver on a snowy road in Almaty, Kazakhstan, lost control of his Panamera and spun into a Sino Oil gas station. …
Continue to the full articleSix-Time Le Mans Winner Pranks the Valets
A surprise within a surprise. In this Inception-style gag, the mischievous Belgian Jacky Ickx gets the upper hand on a troop of valets who offer a new Panamera for sampling. The reactions are wonderful, and the patrons of this upscale Thai hotel say everything; their faces beam as they're given a taste of one of most refined sports-luxury sedans on …
Continue to the full articleAT THE AMELIA ISLAND CONCOURS: RESURRECTION OF AN RSK
This year marks my sixth year at the Amelia Island Concours d’Elegance for FLATSIXES.com, and it has been quite the experience every year for both me and my family. Usually I try to add photos or some sort of other documentation of all the representatives of my favorite marque (Porsche), but this year I decided to do things a little differently. …
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