Since the 1970's the World famous East African Safari Rally, deemed the toughest Rally in the World at the time, has seen a Porsche compete in one way shape or form, sometimes with factory support, but mostly without. The most famous Porsche "Safari" Rally driver of this era was Sobieslaw Zasada from Poland. He finished an incredible 2nd place …
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Porsche 911 Secrets: SC East African Safari Rally car
We can thank Vic Elford for getting Porsche involved in Rally races in the 60's. Since then, many of Porsche's more than 20,000 motorsport victories come from Rally Races. The 911 SC "Safari" featured in this video is one of the first 911 to get an off-road treatment. Other Porsche Blog Posts You Should Read This Is The Very First 911 …
Continue to the full articleBrilliant Footage Of Tuthill Porsche In The Car Killing East African Safari Classic Rally
For 18 months Tuthill Porsche prepared for the toughest rally in the world; the East African Safari Classic. Starting with a staggering lineup of 17 Porsche 911 rally cars the British firm attacked the race with a team led by two former World Rally champions (Björn Waldegård and Stig Blomqvist) and a team of over 120 people. For nine days they …
Continue to the full articleAre The Rumors That Porsche Plans To Build An Off-Road ‘Safari’ Version Of The 911 True?
Right around the Christmas holiday last week stories started popping up online about a 911 Safari concept. I don't know if it was the timing or the fact that the story seemed so far fetched, but it didn't get a lot of attention. According to Car and Driver, a magazine in Germany titled Motor Revue (a subsidiary of the much better known …
Continue to the full articleTuthill Porsche builds 911s for the East African Safari Classic Rally
Francis Tuthill recently dispatched their final selection of Porsche 911’s to Kenya to take part in this year’s East African Safari Classic Rally which will be held on Thursday 21st November. The company had built 16 cars from scratch in order to take part in the event. Competitors and spectators alike can look forward to an eclectic …
Continue to the full articleRacing and marketing legend Ken Block dead at 55
'There's always next year. There's always next year,' we lie to ourselves when things don't exactly go our way. Particularly in racing, you always think about the next season, how to improve, and how to overcome a setback. Sometimes you don't make it to next year. Sometimes the dream dies with you. Ken Block died on Monday in a snowmobiling …
Continue to the full articlePorsche built a portal-axle off-road 911 to climb volcanoes
It is becoming ever more clear that the Porsche 911 is about to enter a new era of extreme performance. For the last thirty years there has been a stark contrast between the 911 Turbo and the 911 RS/GT3 lines of thinking, where the Turbo models are about as high performance as you can get on the street, while the GT3 and RS lineups have been …
Continue to the full articleChampion Porsche won the Porsche Classic Restoration Challenge with this gorgeous 930
This weekend, during Porsche's Sportscar Together Festival at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, the winners of the Porsche Classic Restoration Challenge were announced. Finalists from each of the three regions were sent to Indy for judging, both by Porsche Cars North America staff, and a separate people's choice ballot was offered for P-car fans in …
Continue to the full articlePorsche Cars North America celebrates its colorful history with new display in Atlanta headquarters
The Porsche Experience Center in Atlanta, also known as One Porsche Drive, plays the part of Porsche Cars North America's headquarters (and the Avengers compound). As part of the massive immersive Porsche, er, well, Experience, the company has a small museum with a constantly rotating cast of cars from P-car past. We've been to visit the little …
Continue to the full articleRuf doesn’t build Porsches
Founded way back in 1939, and rising to fame in the 1980s with its high-performance Porsche-based CTR "Yellowbird" Ruf has been building gorgeous and fast machines for decades. While much of what the company has built is based on Porsche chassis, for decades it stripped everything down to its component parts and engineered every single piece to …
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