To say it wasn't Porsche's day in Long Beach this weekend would be an understatement. A very successful qualifying session had both 991s sitting in comfortable positions for the start, with the Earl Bamber/Laurens Vanthoor car on the outside of the front row. Porsche was confident that after a great finish in the long Florida endurance race at …
Continue to the full articleRecent Posts from the blog
Porsche Cartoon
Can Porsche’s 964 Carrera 4 Be As Fun To Drive As The C2?
In the world of aircooled Porsches, the 964 has traditionally been viewed as the unwanted child of the bunch. For years this was a Porsche that was seen as too similar to the earlier Carrera 3.2, and not quite as good as the 993 that followed it. It was a weird middle-ground kind of car that didn't have a following like the others had garnered. As …
Continue to the full articleThe Newest Video from Porsche Spans 70-years in Just 9 Minutes and 11 Seconds
Nine minutes and eleven seconds isn't much time to cover seven decades. The book Excellence Was Expected now covers nearly 1,700 pages. In just over nine minutes one could probably flip-book through a lot of the pages, and enjoy a few photos, but not much else. The latest edition of the 9:11 video magazine covers a lot of ground in not much time, …
Continue to the full articleNo Shoes Allowed: How I Got To Ride Along In A 959 At Sonoma Raceway
This weekend during 'HooptieCon' at Sonoma Raceway, I was given the opportunity to sit in the passenger seat of a gorgeous 4,700 mile Porsche 959 as it circulated a paced parade lap. You wouldn't normally expect to see Porsche's pinnacle of 1980s engineering excellence participate in an event called HooptieCon, but this is a truly special event. …
Continue to the full articleIf Porsche Were Going To Attempt To Break The Nürburgring Lap Record, Just How Fast Would The 919 Evo Be?
The Record Book Ever since Porsche started hinting at the fact that they'd be aiming for track records in 2018, we've been discussing the possibility of Porsche using the 919 Hybrid LMP1 to tackle the outright Nürburgring lap record that has been unbeaten since 1983, when Stefan Bellof set an incredible pole lap of 6:11.13 in the now-famous …
Continue to the full articlePorsche Begins 2018 With Further Growth
Overall Growth Trends 2017 was a record year for Porsche. Based on the data we have since January, it looks like 2018 is shaping up to be another record year. In the first quarter of this year Porsche AG delivered around 63,500 vehicles worldwide. This represents an increase of 6% over 2017. North America and Europe have shown the most substantial …
Continue to the full articleThe History Of Leh Keen’s Safari 911 Straight From The Man Himself
We all remember the season when Brumos left the racing world, but did you know that a little bit of good came out of that? That's right, Leh Keen's "The Keen Project" first kicked-off during his hiatus from motorsport when he was between teams. When the legendary Florida team discontinued their Grand Am GT program, Leh started building a backdated …
Continue to the full article1150 HP Porsche 919 Hybrid Evo Is Faster Than Formula One
When Porsche announced the end of their 919 Hybrid program in World Endurance Championship competition at the end of last season, we were a bit despondent for a while. For a handful of years Porsche was building perhaps the best sports car in the world, and we got to see it first hand. The Porsche/Audi/Toyota era will go down as one of the best in …
Continue to the full articleOur Favorite Porsches On Ebay: Volume 108
We've been compiling some amazing Porsche models on eBay for nearly three years now, and we've seen some pretty astonishing cars pop up now and again. This week we're taking a look at some great Porsche models from the 1980s. Some might consider the eighties Porsche's best decade, so let's check it out! Hopefully you've enjoyed our curated look at …
Continue to the full article- « Previous Page
- 1
- …
- 170
- 171
- 172
- 173
- 174
- …
- 574
- Next Page »