It feels somewhat ironic, writing a review of the Panamera Turbo for a site called “PorschePurist”. There’s nothing about this five-meter-long sedan that would appeal to most old-school Porsche enthusiast. It’s a front-engined, water-cooled, self-shifting four-door that weighs as much as four 909 Bergspyders stacked vertically. In the modern …
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An Illuminating Backup Plan
As an owner of a less reliable older, higher mileage Porsche, I can list my top five most annoying aspects of roadside emergencies. They are as follows: Discovering the air pump is broken when changing a flat tire Discovering I don’t have the tools on hand to complete a repair Discovering half the electrical system is either shorted out …
Continue to the full articleThe Road to the Cayenne
After watching the behind the scenes footage from the making of the Porsche Panamera commercial, and the full length TV version of the "Bloodlines" commercial for the Porsche Cayenne GTS, I got a little curious about the man behind these mini movies; Jeff Zwart. As I delved deeper into my research on Jeff (more on this to follow in a later post) I …
Continue to the full articlePorsche 997 Weltmeister Front Strut Brace Installation
Part of the PorschePurist Team is out west test driving a Porsche Boxster S along the Pacific Coast Highway. While we're out goofing off, frequent contributor Andrew Granieri was gracious enough to provide a few guest posts for your reading pleasure. Enjoy and we'll have pictures and updates on the Boxster upon our return. My father, in the …
Continue to the full articleFLATSIXES.com’s Great Driver Series: Patrick Long
FlatSixes.com caught up with Porsche Factory Driver and Flying Lizard Patrick Long via phone shortly after the Lizards’ appearance at the ALMS race at Sebring. As most Porsche lovers know, Patrick is the only American Porsche Factory Driver. We remember reading about his induction into the Werks circle in Panorama and being so proud that we had him …
Continue to the full articleAvoidable Contact and Faulty Equipment Costs Porsche Podium and an Early Title in the Rolex Grand-Am
A sticky helmet radio cable might have cost Porsche factory drivers Timo Bernard (Germany) and Romain Dumas (France) a podium finish – and perhaps their first victory of the season – at the Utah 250 Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car series race at Miller Motorsports Park Saturday. A rare mistake by Dirk Werner (Germany) prevented him and Farnbacher …
Continue to the full articlePorsche Motorsport Newsletter 2009: Volume 8
If you’re not able to keep up with each Porsche Motorsport post here on FlatSixes.com and would prefer a brief synopsis of what’s happening in the world of Porsche Motorsport, there is no better way to stay in touch than by reviewing the monthly Porsche Motorsport Newsletter. Filled with interesting facts and figures about past and upcoming races, …
Continue to the full articlePorsche Panamera Puts the “Meat” in Mietwagen auf Deutschland
The first time I landed in Germany and tried to find my way to the car rental counter I kept seeing signs for something that read like it was pronounced "meat wagon" (Mietwagen) with a car symbol next to it; regardless of who I asked, they all said that was the place. I kept thinking to myself, "hmmmm, is the autobahn really that dangerous?" As …
Continue to the full articleNight Driving the AutoBahn in a 2010 Porsche GT3 RS
Porsche just revealed the updated 997 GT3 RS at the Frankfurt Auto Show. The night before the unveiling, Andreas Preuninger, Manager of High Performance Cars for Porsche, gave us* the opportunity ride shotgun as he took the first produced 2010 Porsche GT3 RS out for a ride on the Autobahn. Due to traffic, he was only able to get the car up to …
Continue to the full articleNew Footage from the Porsche Panamera Commercial
Just last week I was fortunate to speak with Sam Cabiglio about the making of the new Porsche Panamera Commercial and his involvement in it. At the time, I posted a video that showed some of the excitement going on behind the scenes during filming. Today, I received the following video, directly from Porsche, that shows more of the making of …
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