RM SOTHEBY'S RM / Sotheby's held another exquisite sale this year in Monterey, selling a number of high-end Porsche examples. While the headlines were taken by the World-Record Ferrari 250 GTO sale (at a whopping 48.4 million dollars), there was plenty to see in Porsche land as well. The 550A Spyder shown above sold for nearly five million, …
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Have You Ever Seen A Wrecked Porsche 959 At A Collector Car Auction?
When I first put together the Monterey auction preview for next weekend's sales, Mecum hadn't yet uploaded photographs for this particular Porsche 959 lot. I'd thought to myself that the pricing seemed a bit on the low end of 959 values with a pre-auction estimate around the $500 grand mark, particularly as most of them have climbed above the …
Continue to the full articleRM Sotheby’s To Offer A Pair Of Rare Porsche 959s In Atlanta Sale
For the first time in history one of Porsche's Paris/Dakar racing 959s will be offered for sale publicly during RM Sotheby's auction, as well as one of the original factory prototypes for the exotic model. The sale will take place during the celebration of Porsche's 70th anniversary at One Porsche Drive in Atlanta, and this pair are just two of the …
Continue to the full articleSeven Decades, Seven Iconic Porsches. What Are Your Porsche Icons?
The latest video feature from 9:11 Magazine is not nine minutes and eleven seconds long. Instead, this three and a half minute video is short and to the point. According to the magazine, over seven decades, these are the seven most iconic Porsches. Some models seem destined to be on virtually any list of Porsches, but do all the ones chosen deserve …
Continue to the full articleCanepa Is Rebuilding 959s With Almost 800 Horsepower, And No You Didn’t Read That Wrong
As I rounded a corner at Luft5 this Sunday to see a gorgeous deep blue 959 sitting there with gunmetal grey wheels and an interior the shade of Marilyn Monroe's lipstick, I felt like the bottom had fallen out of my brain. I had known it would be there, and I even knew what color the Porsche would be beforehand, but the visual I'd crafted in my head …
Continue to the full articleNo Shoes Allowed: How I Got To Ride Along In A 959 At Sonoma Raceway
This weekend during 'HooptieCon' at Sonoma Raceway, I was given the opportunity to sit in the passenger seat of a gorgeous 4,700 mile Porsche 959 as it circulated a paced parade lap. You wouldn't normally expect to see Porsche's pinnacle of 1980s engineering excellence participate in an event called HooptieCon, but this is a truly special event. …
Continue to the full articleA Brief History of Porsche AWD
At the risk of sounding trite, Porsches might be some of the most usable, real world-friendly machines thanks in large part to their sophisticated all-wheel drive systems. With all four wheels intelligently propelling their cars up the road, astronomical amounts of power and torque can be harnessed by the least experienced drivers in the most …
Continue to the full articleHow Does The Turbocharger In Your Porsche Work?
If you're a Porsche fanatic, chances are pretty great that some of your favorite cars from the brand's history are turbocharged. A lot of their greatest hits are powered by engines with exhaust-driven forced induction. Not only was Porsche a pioneer in turbocharged race cars, but they were among the first companies to sell a turbocharged street car …
Continue to the full articlePorsche Classic Now Produces 3D Printed Parts
When did you first come across a part you needed for your Porsche that was No Longer Available (NLA)? Volkswagen Rabbit and early 924 owners are beginning to feel that pain as production ends on front control arms and brackets for their cars. The power steering pump bracket for Project 944 GTS has been out of production for years. Fortunately, …
Continue to the full articleBruce Canepa And The Story Of The 959 In America
If you're a vintage Porsche enthusiast with more than a passing interest in the incredible 1980's Porsche 959 supercar, you've likely heard the term 'show and display' thrown about. It was a legal recourse for collectors to import a 959 without going through the lengthy, costly, and difficult Federalization process to make the 959 street legal in …
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