Porsche is the latest in a long line of companies to build super fast concept cars explicitly for Polyphony's Gran Turismo series of racing video games. Always dubbed Vision Gran Turismo, these cars allow major manufacturers and their designers the opportunity to go flat out without regard for anything that would actually ever be available for …
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Porsche nearly built a 959 replacement with a watercooled V8
There are always points in history where if things had happened slightly differently, the future might have turned out seriously differently. These are the moments where the multiverse splits and there is another theoretical existence where modern 911s could be powered by dual overhead cam watercooled V8 engines. There was a point in the 1980s …
Continue to the full articlePorsche’s Paint-To-Sample program expands to offer one-of-a-kind paints, more colors, and faster turnaround times
Porsche knows what its customers want, and that's a fact. Right now, it seems, Porsche buyers want the option of color, lots of color. The company recently invested a ton of money expanding the paint shop in the Zuffenhausen factory, because it needed to be able to keep up with demand for Paint-To-Sample colors. The old paint shop could really only …
Continue to the full articleHans Mezger died before his 911 restoration was finished, so his son finished it in his memory
Oliver Mezger has a long familial history with this particular Porsche 911. When he was just a boy laying in bed while his father Hans worked late, the car was a lullaby to let young Oliver know that his father had arrived home from a long day of making Porsches go faster, and he was free to fade into the depths of slumber. The family's house was …
Continue to the full articleApple-Inspired “Porsche Studio” boutique dealerships are coming
The world of car buying seems to be changing. Between the dozens of electric car startups and traditional sellers like Volvo moving to a direct-to-consumer boutique showroom sales model, and the death of the traditional dealership model seemingly on the horizon, it makes a lot of sense that a brand like Porsche would be next on the bandwagon. This …
Continue to the full articlePorsche Sunderwunsch program built a special GT3 for a Le Mans winner
For his 60th birthday, 1985 Le Mans winner Paolo Barilla decided to get himself a brand-new Porsche. But having won Le Mans with Porsche a few decades ago, it couldn't be a normal Porsche, it needed to be special, and built to his exact wishes. Paolo was the first customer to receive a new car from Porsche Exclusive Manufaktur's newly revamped …
Continue to the full articlePorsche will sell you a 992 Turbo body panel to hang on your wall
When you aren't driving your Porsche on the street you'd like to be reminded of the experience of owning a Porsche, right? Is there anything more artful than the widebody curves of a brand new 911 Turbo? Hanging this rear quarter panel and door jamb from your living room wall is surely better than any comparable Picasso or Rembrandt. Not only does …
Continue to the full articleSpied: Porsche 911 Safari caught playing in the rain
To the uninitiated, a lifted Porsche 911 on anything other than super sticky track tires is a terrible, terrible idea. But for enthusiasts like me, the idea of bombing across the desert or down some forest trail in a sports car with the engine hanging out the back sounds incredible. For those folks, the Porsche 911 Safari is for them. This isn't …
Continue to the full articleHere’s your chance to buy the Porsche IROC RSR once raced by drug lord Pablo Escobar
Way back in 1974, racer and team owner Roger Penske developed a new series called IROC which would bring together all of the champion racers from a season and put them all in identical cars to see who was actually the fastest racer. With stars from Trans Am, Can Am, Formula One, NASCAR, USAC, and more, the racing was stellar and star-studded. For …
Continue to the full articlePlease buy this purple Porsche 964 Cabriolet so I can think about something else for a while
Over the decades Porsche has turned out some, shall we say unique, color combinations. Our favorite sports car company is known well for developing a wide spectrum of color palettes, and at no time in history was this more true than the heady days of the 1990s. That's where this purple-over-purple Carrera 2 Cabriolet comes into play. Currently on …
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