If you're considering cutting back on caffeine, the blaring exhaust notes of these two Le Mans titans might provide that pep needed to begin the day. Truly, the sound these two big 12-cylinder engines shoved in tiny 917s get the hairs on the back of your neck standing up and your heart beating a bit faster. There aren't many motors as musical as …
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The Newest Video from Porsche Spans 70-years in Just 9 Minutes and 11 Seconds
Nine minutes and eleven seconds isn't much time to cover seven decades. The book Excellence Was Expected now covers nearly 1,700 pages. In just over nine minutes one could probably flip-book through a lot of the pages, and enjoy a few photos, but not much else. The latest edition of the 9:11 video magazine covers a lot of ground in not much time, …
Continue to the full articleNine New Porsche Models, Including two 917s, Join Project Cars 2
After an altogether too-long relationship with Need For Speed, I'm ecstatic to see Porsche throw themselves into the digital realm. Porsche models now appear in Gran Turismo, the Forza franchise, and Project Cars 2 . Nine new models are being introduced to Project Cars 2, bringing the total to twenty Porsches in-game. Unlike the Forza games, …
Continue to the full articleListen To Porsche Sound Nacht 2017
This is Porsche's seventh annual Sound Nacht, and every year the event gets more and more interesting. Porsche wheels excellent examples of their motorsport and road car history to play an auditory experience for the gathered crowds. Hosted at the Porsche museum, across the street from the factory, Sound Nacht plays host to hundreds who gather to …
Continue to the full articleEx-Siffert Gulf 917K from “Le Mans” Pulled From Gooding’s Pebble Beach Auction
A little over a month ago, Gooding & Co. announced the addition of a 1969 Porsche 917K, chassis 917-024, to its Pebble Beach Auctions to be held this coming August. The automotive and mainstream press (ourselves included) eagerly jumped on the story and rumors of a potential new record price for this "iconic" Porsche 917 quickly grew. It was …
Continue to the full articleGooding & Co. Bringing Ex-Siffert Gulf 917K from “Le Mans” To Pebble Beach Auction
UPDATE: 7/28/2014 This Porsche has been withdrawn from the sale. Right now we don't have any additional details. While we did reach out to Gooding, they simply told us, "The car has been withdrawn from the sale. Gooding & Company does not comment on property withdrawn from our auctions." We'll let you know if we can get additional …
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