According to a recent post on Instagram, renowned Porsche collector and comedian Jerry Seinfeld has recently picked up a new air-cooled and turbocharged toy. This bright orange 1976 Porsche 911 Turbo RSR is one of just 31 ever built, and represents the transition period for Porsche between the naturally-aspirated 911 RSR and the 934. The photo …
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Makello’s Classics Builds Imperfect Perfection In This Rad 930
After a long day of swapping keys, the group of us sat around a table full of chicken fajitas comparing notes. "It's remarkable how similar the driving experience is. Even with more than four times the power, that 930 drives a lot like my 912E," I said, perhaps letting the word 'similar' do too much work in that statement. Both cars are built on …
Continue to the full articleReview: Building The Three New Porsches From LEGO’s Speed Champions Series
Youth is a limited resource we exchange for wisdom. Then we buy sports cars in an attempt to regain some of what we’ve traded away. In that same vein, I have continued to be an avid LEGO fan from my youth through to today. Whenever they launch a new line of automotive-themed sets, I run out to my nearest toy store (sadly, being closed nationwide …
Continue to the full articleOur Favorite Porsches On Ebay: Volume 108
We've been compiling some amazing Porsche models on eBay for nearly three years now, and we've seen some pretty astonishing cars pop up now and again. This week we're taking a look at some great Porsche models from the 1980s. Some might consider the eighties Porsche's best decade, so let's check it out! Hopefully you've enjoyed our curated look at …
Continue to the full articleTurbo-swapped 911 Is So Fun You Can’t Give It Up
Have you ever ridden a roller coaster at an amusement park that was just so much fun you had to immediately get back in line to try it again as soon as possible? When I was younger, I'd do that all the time. In the below video, Matt Farah of The Smoking Tire, takes Marco's turbocharged "Carrera Turbo" (a narrow-body 911 with a non-intercooled 911 …
Continue to the full articlePatrick Motorsports’ Track-Tuned 930 Turbo
If the striking color scheme of this 930 doesn't grab your eye, the athletic stance, incredible body language, and RSR bodywork ought to. Yet, despite its punchy exterior and its ferocious reputation, this one isn't a widowmaker, as the clever men at Patrick Motorsports have made it almost a pussycat—"almost" being the operative word here, of …
Continue to the full articleIs the ’84 Targa the Best Classic 911?
There's no easy answer to the titular question, but the 3.2-liter Porsches from the mid-eighties are worth giving some serious consideration. Perhaps it's their unmistakable rasp, or those pedals mounted from the floor, but there's something exciting about this generation of the 911. Barring the turbocharged models, these simplistic 911s weren't …
Continue to the full articleOur Favorite Porsches On Ebay: Volume 100
We've been compiling some amazing Porsche models on eBay for nearly three years now, and we've seen some pretty astonishing cars pop up now and again. This being the 100th edition marks a huge milestone for our eBay hunting. Hopefully you've enjoyed our curated look at the Porsche market. Keep in mind, some of these Porsches could be great …
Continue to the full articleOur Favorite Porsches on eBay: Volume 75
We've been compiling some amazing Porsche models on eBay for over two years now, and we've seen some pretty astonishing cars pop up now and again. This week, thanks to some inspiration from SEMA, we focused on slant-nose 911s (the good, the bad and the ugly) another kit car we can't quite figure out and a very clean 914 we just couldn't pass up. …
Continue to the full articleModern Porsche 997 Slant-nose Steals The Show At SEMA
Every year it seems like the number of Porsches appearing at SEMA grows exponentially. This year you couldn't walk two feet without running into an RWB Porsche, one of Magnus' 911s, or even Magnus himself. However, there was one Porsche in particular that stood out from the rest, a retro-mod slant-nose 997. A photo posted by old & new …
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