Since its founding as a car company in 1948, Porsche has raced to prove and improve its road cars. In that time, the brand has become synonymous with sports car endurance racing but in recent years, the German marque has also built a reputation as an ideal one-make series for sprint racing. Beginning first with the Porsche Mobil1 Supercup series in …
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The Building of a Porsche Engine Coffee Table Part I
Lately, I’ve been itching for a new project and something finally caught my eye. I enjoy watching episodes of BBC’s Top Gear, and the program has inspired me to search for a true piece of automotive enthusiast furniture: an engine coffee table. Look at this table: Any gear-head who tells you that isn’t cool is a liar. I’m not saying it’ll …
Continue to the full articleFlying Lizard Motorsports Announce Retirement of Chief Engineer Craig Watkins
Coming just a few short weeks since Porsche announced it would no longer be supporting development of the 997 RSR Flying Lizard Motorsport announced that their chief engineer, Craig Watkins, is retiring from the team. Considered one of the top Porsche race engineers in the world, Watkins has been chief engineer at Flying Lizard since 2003 and …
Continue to the full articleWatch Magnus Walker and His 1971 911T on Jay Leno’s Garage
On a recent episode of Jay Leno's Garage "Urban Outlaw" Magnus Walker stopped by to talk about his love of Porsche and this particular 1971 911T. Perhaps, even better, Magnus gives a back room tour of his Porsche workshop in downtown LA. For more on Magnus, his Porsches and Urban Outlaw check out his site at http://magnuswalker911.com/. …
Continue to the full articleWatch and See How the Porsche Crest is Manufactured by Hand
There are a number of stories about the Porsche Crest. However, the most pervasive is the one about a meeting between Ferry Porsche and US importer Max Hoffman back in 1952. As the story goes, Hoffman suggested a crest to Ferry as a way to help sell the cars in the US. Ferry said, "If all you need is a badge, we can give you one too!" Legend has …
Continue to the full articleWill the New Porsche Cayman be Introduced at the 2012 Los Angeles Auto Show?
Late last week Porsche sent our a short and sweet release with the title of "Two Premieres Planned for 2012 Los Angeles Auto Show". The release went on to say how the US continues as Porsche's largest market with more than 28,226 vehicles delivered in the first 10 months of the year as an explanation for choosing LA for their premiers. Of …
Continue to the full articlePorsche Sold 11,688 Vehicles in October!
Year to date, Porsche has delivered a total of 116,050 cars. This represents an increase of 15.6% as compared to the same time-frame of last year. For the month of October, sales of 11,688 Porsches were equal to a 24.1% growth over the same month last year. Strong Year-End Business Prospects With two months remaining in the calendar year, …
Continue to the full articlePorsche Customizer Puts a 1972 Karmann Ghia Body on a Boxster S
SEMA wrapped last week and we're still sorting through all the pictures that came our way from friends, readers and sponsors. One of the more interesting shots came from frequent contributor Roger Garbow. The picture below was taken outside the Las Vegas Convention Center and shows what appears to be a spectacularly restored and updated 1972 …
Continue to the full articleWatch as Porsche Design Group and Johnnie Walker Blue Engineer a New Drinking Experience
It wasn't too long ago that we introduced you to the Johnnie Walker® Blue Label™ Collection by Porsche Design Studio. In essence, it's a private label, made to order bar designed by the Porsche Design Group and, with a rumored $150,000 price tag, meant to be the ultimate way to experience Johnnie Walker Blue Label Whisky. Earlier today we …
Continue to the full articleWatch Chris Harris Race a Porsche GT2 RS against a Ducati 1199 Panigale
If we do get a second chance in life, I think I want to come back as Chris Harris. Don't get me wrong, things are pretty good here at PorschePurist, but how nice would it be to play with Porsches the way he does? In the video below Chris revisits his previous race against a Ducati. Not surprisingly, in a drag from 0 to 130 the bike beat the …
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