As the Gooding and Company auction gets underway Friday morning it appeares as if the heat and humidity is sucking the life, and the will to spend money, out of the bidders. The first lot for sale, a 1912 Ford Model T Speedster, sells for just $22,000 (before the 10% buyers premium); barely 50% of its predicted low-end estimate of $40,000. Things …
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Live Results and Pictures from the Drendel Family Porsche Collection Auction and Amelia Island Concours
FlatSixes.com spent the afternoon previewing the Drendel Family Collection in the Gooding auction tents on the Omni Plantation property (just up the road from the main event at the Ritz Carlton). Below is a short gallery of some unedited pictures from today's preview. There was a fairly good turnout for the preview so we're expecting a lot of …
Continue to the full articleGullwing America’s P/904. A Porsche Replica That Must Be Built!
I've always been a fan of the Porsche 904. Built in 1963, and making its racing debut in 1964, Porsche built a little over 100 of these flat four, street-legal racers in order to meet the FIA Group 3 (Grand Touring) homologation rules. Today, if you want a 904 you have two choices. You can either hire a broker and hope to find a new one (assuming …
Continue to the full articleDoes Your Porsche Have an iManual?
We get a lot of questions submitted to us here at FlatSixes.com. Some technical, others not so much. One of the most frequent is, "How do I properly close the hood or trunk of my Porsche? Do I push down on the badge?" A quick online search will show you a number of conflicting opinions found in various forums, on blogs and from other Porsche …
Continue to the full articlePorsche’s US Sales Continue to Increase.
PCNA announced sales figures for US today. Given the recent introduction of the all new 911, it's not surprising that the numbers show an increase in overall sales and a large leap in 911 sales. Total Porsches delievered in February 2012 rose 6.4% over the same period last year to 2149 vehicles. "We are extremely pleased with our …
Continue to the full articleChanges to the Porsche European Delivery Program
Porsche Cars North America today announced several enhancements to its European Delivery Program. The revised experience provides customers the opportunity to purchase their new Porsche vehicle from any participating authorized Porsche dealer in the U.S. and take delivery of their new car at their choice of one of the automaker’s two German …
Continue to the full articleViewing Info for the World Premier of the all new Porsche Boxster
Unfortunately, if you live in the US you'll need to either get up early or stay up late if you want to watch the world premier live on the internet. On March 6th, at 9:30 a.m. (MEZ) Porsche will debut the all new Boxster alongside the European premiers of the Panamera GTS and the 911 Carrera Cabriolet. What's MEZ time? As near as we can tell …
Continue to the full articleWhat Could Ken Block do if he Drove a Porsche?
If you're not familiar with Ken Block or the sport of Gymkhana, then take a minute and check out first link at the end of this post. Basically, Block has the ability to defy physics, gravity and other laws with his amazing driving skills. He does things in (and with) a car that just don't seem possible and he does a lot of them in a Ford Fiesta. …
Continue to the full articleDoes the Model Name of a Porsche Make a Difference?
Last week when Porsche announced the Macan (the official model name of what we all knew up 'till then as the Cajun) there were lots of discussions - some good but most bad - around the new name. Some thought it was better than the presumed "Cajun" while others thought it just as bad, if not worse. Porsche themselves went to great lengths to …
Continue to the full articleVoluntary Recall for 2011 and 2012 Porsche Cayenne Owners
If you're the owner of a 2011 or 2012 Porsche Cayenne, it's possible your headlights have a quality issue that needs to be addressed. In a recent press release Porsche announced that up to 100,000 Cayenne units need a fix applied. According to Porsche's in-house quality team there is a small chance that an incorrectly locked headlight module can …
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