The fact that Tyler Hoover picked up another 996 after a painful foray into the range speaks to the value of the car. He first grabbed a first-generation 996 with a 3.4-liter M96, which promptly grenaded. He then swapped in a Chevrolet V8—an LS2, to be specific—for $17,000. What was once the cheapest 996 with a manual transmission was turning into …
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Akira Nakai And EV West Tease Electric RWB For SEMA
Porsche has pretty much bet the farm on the future of driving enjoyment being electrified. With a new Taycan, as well as reports of an electric Sport Turismo on the horizon, plus the myriad of performance hybrids Porsche has committed to, it's basically a given that your future Porsches will come with wall plugs. That's a good thing for the future …
Continue to the full articlePorsche’s GT2 RS Is Faster, Better, And Easier To Drive Than The GT1
Back in the 1990s, Porsche's limited edition homologation special GT1 Strassenversion was the king of the hypercar heap. With a 536 horsepower turbocharged flat six, the GT1 was about as crazy as cars got twenty years ago. With a mid-engine layout and a curb weight of just 2535 pounds, it was an analog outlaw, almost impossible to drive quickly, …
Continue to the full articlePorsche Launches Panamera GTS Models
Porsche is adding a pair of new sporty Panamera models to its lineup in the form of the Panamera GTS and the Panamera GTS Sport Turismo. Positioned between the Panamera 4S and Panamera Turbo models, the GTS is a back-to-basics sport model with 453 horsepower and 457 lb-ft of torque. That accounts for an increase of 13 horsepower and a massive 73 …
Continue to the full articlePorsche’s Results And Pictures From The 6 Hours Of Fuji
While Porsche was busy wrapping up the IMSA season with a victory at Petit Le Mans, halfway across the world the German sports car maker was similarly sucessful with a double-class victory at the FIA WEC 6 Hours of Fuji round in Japan. With factory-prepped racers in the GTE-Pro class coming home first and fifth, while independent teams racing in …
Continue to the full articlePorsche’s Results And Pictures From Petit Le Mans
This weekend marked the final round of the IMSA Weathertech SportsCar Championship at Road Atlanta's famed Petit Le Mans. The ten-hour race in northern Georgia was bound to be a tough one from the start, but Porsche was more than ready for the challenge. The mid-engine 911 RSR competitors donned a throwback livery in the form of 1998's Le …
Continue to the full articleGlorious Noise from the Eighth Porsche Sound Nacht
Porsche hosts a celebration of noise. How magnificent is that? Now in its eighth year, Sound Nacht has grown from its past in a large conference hall to center stage of the Porsche arena. Just under 4,000 Porsche fans showed up to come bask in the auditory triumphs of their favorite brand. The exhibition featured thirteen cars, with sounds ranging …
Continue to the full articleOur Favorite Porsches On Ebay This Week: Volume 122
We've been compiling some amazing Porsche models on eBay for three years now, and we've seen some pretty astonishing examples pop up now and again. This week we're focusing on Porsche's GT wonder, the 928s of the 1970s, '80s, and 90s. They're big and beautiful, and some of them are still quite affordable to purchase, if not maintain. Hopefully …
Continue to the full articleThree Racing Veterans Reminisce on Their Time with the Porsche Family
Since parting company with the 919 Hybrid, Marc Lieb, Romain Dumas, and Timo Bernhard have returned to their roots in GT racing, with each of them driving for Porsche's customer teams at this year's 24 Hours of Spa. Recapping on nearly two decades of racing, much of which they shared as teammates, the three drivers have clearly lost none of the …
Continue to the full articlePorsche’s GTLM Team Will Run A Throwback 911 GT1 Livery For Petit Le Mans
Porsche Motorsport North America finally understands that fans want to see something other than the staid and German red/white/black stripe livery that they have been running all year. I think Porsche got more press for running a Pink Pig and a Rothmans livery on two of their 911 RSRs at Le Mans this year than they did for actually winning the damn …
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