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This Is Why The Helmets of These 7 Porsche Factory Drivers Look The Way They Do
In the world of professional motorsport, drivers often have little room for personal expression. So much is corporate controlled and homologized. For the most part sponsors control the look of a car's livery and the manufacturer has a lot to say in what a driver's racing suit looks like. Often, there is usually only one place that the driver gets …
Continue to the full articleCreating Porsche Exhaust Notes: They Have To Rock
Very few manufacturers have as distinctive a soundtrack as Porsche. Porsche's flagship models have been powered by horizontally opposed engines since the 356. Because of this layout Porsches have a sound distinct from high-strung Italian sports cars or bass-heavy American V8s. The new 718 Boxster is powered by a turbocharged four rather than a six, …
Continue to the full articleHave You Read Porsche’s Annual Report? Here Are 7 Reasons You Should
Editor's Note: We spend a lot of time looking through what Porsche publishes on their various media sites, and believe me when I say it's a lot. One item that's always of interest to us is Porsche's annual report. Not only can you learn more about what the company accomplished in the past year you can get a look into their plans for the future. …
Continue to the full articleWatch A New Porsche Get Built In 120 Seconds
A few weeks ago the folks at Donut Media brought us the evolution of the Porsche 911 in 90 seconds. Today comes their second video hoping to play off the success of the first. In it, we watch footage from the Porsche factory in Stuttgart as various Porsches are assembled. The footage is overlaid with a myriad of Porsche facts that may or may not …
Continue to the full article14 Cool Facts About Porsche’s History At Sebring
This year marks the 64th running of the Mobil 1 12 Hours of Sebring. Every year since 1953 at least one Porsche has competed at Sebring - 61 straight races (there was no race in 1974). No other manufacturer is even close to that record. Here are 13 other facts about Porsche and Sebring you may not have known. Porsche scored its 70th class …
Continue to the full article7 Questions With Porsche’s “Master of Race Tracks”, Hermann Tilke
Most Formula 1 fans are familiar with Hermann Tilke, or at least familiar with his tracks. As the founder of Tilke Engineers and Architects, Tilke and his firm are but one of four designers recognized by the FIA. His designs include tracks like Sepang International Circuit, Bahrain International Circuit, Shanghai International Circuit, Istanbul …
Continue to the full article10 Most Popular Porsche Posts of 2015
Last week we looked back on 15 of Porsche's most significant moments in 2015. Now, with the year fully in our rear-view mirror, we thought we would check out what posts resonated with you the most in 2015 based on number of times you shared, liked, tweeted or read them. Some posts weren't even written in 2015 but for whatever reason they still …
Continue to the full article10 Pieces Of Porsche Technology That Transferred From The Race Track To The Road
1. Ring Synchronization: Before there was PDK…Before there was Tiptronic…Before there was Synchronization, there was the legendary “crash-box” transmission. Drivers were expected to have the skills to match engine RPMs with transmission RPMs for each gear. That meant listening and feeling what the car was doing for ever gearshift made, especially …
Continue to the full article7 Porsche “Supercars” From 7 Different Decades
Wikipedia defines a "supercar" as a very expensive and high-performance sports car or grand tourer. Another definition, more comprehensive if you will, was sent to us a while back by a reader who thought a supercar was one that is in the top percentile of all cars from its era with regard to acceleration, top speed, braking and price. No matter …
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