Artcurial While the star of this particular sale has to be the $2.3 Million sale of a gorgeous Porsche 904, the startlingly large pile of money paid for this 1951 Split-Window 356 is perhaps even more exciting. While the 356 market has been softening lately, it's nice to see a truly great Porsche appreciated for its perfection. This 356 sold …
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Haynes Introduces New Porsche 956/962 Owner’s Workshop Manual
Porsche's 956 and later 962 owned the international sports car scene in the 1980s and 90s with sweeping victories across the world in Group C competition and here in the US with IMSA's GTP series. These turbocharged terrors were said to be relatively un-dramatic to drive quickly, making it popular among pros and gentleman drivers alike. Because of …
Continue to the full article9:11 Magazine’s Episode 5 Is Dedicated To Dreams
Porsche's video magazine is named for the 9 minutes and 11 seconds they dedicate to different aspects of the brand's contemporary and historic tales. This particular episode is cut up into five segments, each as interesting as the prior. Here's a bit of what you'll get to see when you click play. 1. Porsche brand ambassador Patrick Dempsey heads …
Continue to the full articleThis BF Goodrich 962-Styled Go-Kart is Worth a Look
Getting your hands on a bonafide IMSA-spec 962 will cost a pretty penny, but for those of us not able to come up with the cash required, there's something which might evoke some of the same emotion the iconic sportscar could for a relative bargain. Well, perhaps that's an overstatement. However, this kart, which mimics one of the more …
Continue to the full articleCheck Out Over 100+ Pictures From Our Time In Monterey!
Friday Friday morning, the time on the clock reads four hundred hours. Reno is uncharacteristically quiet and calm at this time of day, as we're only the city that nearly never sleeps. Thursday evening, I'd rolled my suitcase into the trunk of Project Boxster and packed a few bottles of water for the early morning journey. The traditional and …
Continue to the full article2015 Porsche Monterey Auction Results
The best place to be, every year come mid August, is Monterey, California for Car Week. As part of that week, all of the major auctions have some pretty interesting cars for sale, and this year's offerings were spectacular. Gooding, in particular, was well worth going to. We attended the Gooding & Co. Auction this year, and were impressed with …
Continue to the full articleThe World-Class Porsche 2015 Monterey Auction Preview
The major auctions in Monterey have slowly become the world standard for collector cars. Every year, more records are set during the Monterey car week auctions than any other, and this year will doubtless be more of the same. Some of the world's best cars are converging on the California coast in attempts to find new owners. Millions of dollars …
Continue to the full articleThese Are The 17 Porsches That Have Won The 24 Hours Of Le Mans Overall
Lately, Porsche has been on this kick about celebrating their motor sport "Past, Present, and Future", and there's no other part of their history that is quite so relevant to the company than Le Mans. With 17 overall victories, looking at them in the context of their time helps to give an idea of what Porsche is, and what they stand for. In looking …
Continue to the full article10 Pieces Of Porsche Technology That Transferred From The Race Track To The Road
1. Ring Synchronization: Before there was PDK…Before there was Tiptronic…Before there was Synchronization, there was the legendary “crash-box” transmission. Drivers were expected to have the skills to match engine RPMs with transmission RPMs for each gear. That meant listening and feeling what the car was doing for ever gearshift made, especially …
Continue to the full articlePolitics Prevent Porsche’s Participation At 1980 Indy 500
In mid-1979, a committee at Porsche decided that the company would front an assault on the Indianapolis Motor Speedway the following May. As Porsche already has a proven reliable and powerful engine in their 935 endurance racing flat-six, only slight modifications would be necessary for eligibility at Indianapolis. Starting their program with an …
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