The 356 look is distinctly Porsche and still turns heads after 60 years. The first 356 was built in 1948 in a dirt-floored sawmill. 356 production ended in 1965. Its classic styling remains iconic and its silhouette defines the brand. It’s a classic car with a deceptively great ride and surprisingly good handling. The Porsche family applied …
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Documentary about the Singer Porsche 911. Everything You Ever Wanted to Know – featuring Chris Harris
Last week our friends over at Drive published a little teaser of Chris Harris driving a Singer 911. Today we learned what that teaser was all about. The following video is nearly 30 minutes long and is in reality, a documentary. Chris and crew get a chance to not only drive a Singer 911 they spent considerable time touring the factory and …
Continue to the full articleThe Mystery of Porsche Chassis 1021
Deep within the recesses of Porsche’s Kardex system lies a card that holds the long kept secrets of an interesting vehicle. What I like to call the “356A and a half speedster” is a Porsche that, perhaps, should never have been built. Given the confusing chassis number of 1021, this mystery 356 is of great interest to the “academics” among the …
Continue to the full articleA Conversation with Vic Elford at the Larz Anderson Porsche Club Concours
Last March, clutching my Amelia Island program with the dreamy race car driver on the cover, I hung onto every word at the Great Endurance Drivers seminar. In August, at the RM auction in Monterey, I was blown away at the $10M hammer price for the camera car, the Ford GT40 Gulf, used for the high-speed close-up action driving in Steve McQueen’s …
Continue to the full articlePorsche Showroom Posters: The First 25 Years
Porsche Showroom Posters is a collection of 50 original posters issued by Porsche from 1950-1973 as a means of promoting their brand in showroom settings. Although some of these, in original format, were distributed to individuals, most were showroom-only use. E.A. Singer, in collaboration with Frank Barrett, produced this book that highlights …
Continue to the full articlePictures, Details and Pricing for the 2014 Porsche Cayenne Turbo S
Earlier today Porsche introduced the new Cayenne Turbo S at the North American International Auto Show (NAIAS) in Detroit and FLATSIXES.com was there to see it. With 550 hp the Turbo S boasts 50 hp more than the Cayenne Turbo and can rumble from zero to 60 in just 4.3 seconds. The Turbo S should hit dealers in the spring of 2013 as a 2014 …
Continue to the full articlePorsche AG Releases Final Sales Figures for 2012 and They Blew Away 2011
Earlier this month PCNA announced that they had beat a long standing sales records with their 2012 deliveries. At the time we knew that Porsche AG was having a record year as well. We just didn't know how big of a record. Well, last night, Porsche AG announced they had increased sales above last year's record by 18.7% to 141,075 customer …
Continue to the full articleThis is What a 1500 HP Porsche 997 Looks and Sounds Like
Matt Farah, and the guys over at TheSmokingTire.com, had a chance recently to pilot what just might be the world's fastest Porsche 997. This 997 was built by the team at Evolution Motorsport. Starting with a bone stock 997 Turbo they took the original 3.6 liter engine and modified it bring total displacement up to 4.0 liters. That's right, a 4.0 …
Continue to the full articleHow Much Will This Porsche 959 Prototype Sell For?
UPDATE: This 959 sold at auction for $400,000 plus a 10% buyer's premium. A surprisingly low price in our mind. AT $440k it traded in the same range as a "regular" 959. There was little or no value paid for prototype status. Watch the video below to see it cross the auction block for yourself. In just a few days one of the original …
Continue to the full articleRing a Bell? Why hasn’t this 962 sold?
Have you always wanted to know the feeling of peering through the curved windshield of one of Porsche’s masterpiece prototypes? Do you spend evenings wishing you were slamming the lengthy gear lever into place and waiting for the turbochargers to spool, propelling you toward the stratospheric upper end of the speedometer? Do you fancy yourself a …
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