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Porsche Opens New Classic Center in Norway

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Earlier this week Porsche announced the opening of a new Classic Center in Norway. Found in the Norwegian city of son-around, an hour's drive south of Oslo, this mark's the world's third Porsche Classic Center. The Porsche Classic service network is designed specifically for vintage cars and modern classics and consists of two types of …

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Chris Harris Thinks The New Boxster Had a “Personality Transplant”

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And he doesn't think it's a good thing. By now, we all know that the 718 Boxster switched from a normally aspirated flat-six to a turbo charged flat-four. On paper the new Boxster is better in almost every way than its predecessor. It's faster zero to 60, faster zero to 100 and faster overall with a top speed of 177 MPH. As Chris says, "that's …

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Riding the Depreciation Curve: Which is the Best Boxster to Buy Used?

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Thinking about buying a used Boxster and wondering what year and model will give you the best deal? The crew over at JP & Co. have put together what they call a "Porsche Boxster | Buyer's Guide & Depreciation" video. It's not a "Buyer's Guide" in the true sense of the what we're used to. It doesn't point out what to look for on a PPI, or things of …

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Project 917: The 917 Simulator and Replica

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Who doesn't want to be Michael Delaney? The crew at Project 917 has it right, we all want to be Michael Delaney. Heck, if your priority is actually racing at Le Mans, being Michael Delaney might actually be better than being McQueen. We've covered this team before, and since then their goals have expanded. First, they plan to make a 917 simulator …

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This Irish Green Example is the One-Millionth 911 to Roll Off Porsche’s Production Line

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In 1948 the first Porsche, 356/1, was hand built in Gmünd, Austria. Fifteen years later the first 911 made its debut at the 1963 Frankfurt Motor Show. Fast forward 54 years to today when the one-millionth 911 rolled off the assembly line - a Carrera S wearing "Irish Green," and optioned with numerous exclusive features. Dr. Wolfgang Porsche, …

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How to Drive the Perfect Lap of Barber Motorsports Park in a GT3 RS

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Cass Whitehead, the head instructor at Porsche's Sport Driving School, estimates that he has done 50,000 laps of Barber Motorsports Park. Just for perspective, if we take the total number of laps Derek Bell has completed at 26 appearances at the 24 Hours of Le Mans, you get a figure of 7,642 laps. To call Mr. Whitehead experienced with Barber is an …

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