This must be the week for strange crashes around the world in the various Porsche Carrera Cup series. First we saw Pedro Piquet flip his GT3 Cup car 9-times. Now, comes word of one of the more unusual crashes we've seen or heard about in some time. In this instance, drivers Jules Gounon and Joffrey Narda made contact just after the start …
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Magnus Walker’s #277 Is Back On The Road!
Barely 3-weeks ago the Porsche world was rocked (can the Porsche world really be rocked?) when news and video of Magnus, and his beloved #277, crashing into the back of a car transport went viral. Thankfully no one was hurt, but #277 took quite a hit. ruh-oh... A bad day at the office for #277 and Magnus Walker. The word on the street is …
Continue to the full articleVideo of The Magnus Walker #277 Crash
Earlier this week we learned that Magnus Walker was in an accident with his beloved #277. Now, video of the accident has surfaced. Magnus was giving a ride to local journalist, Vineeta Sawkar, from the Minneapolis Star Tribune when the tail-end came a little loose around a corner on the frontage road. Then this happened. If you're having …
Continue to the full articleAvoidable Contact: Porsche 918 Spyder Crashed Because Stupidity
They say money doesn't create taste and it certainly doesn't create brains. However, what it can create, is hubris, as apparent in the video below. Someone please take away this asshat's Porsche. He doesn't deserve it... …
Continue to the full articleVideo: Walter Röhrl Shunts A 918 Spyder At Sachsenring
To err is human. Even when that human is legendary driver Walter Rohrl. He's been driving at the limit of high-performance street and race cars since well before I was even born. He's won more races than should be humanly possible. Even as he gracefully ages, he always seems to be around when a German manufacturer needs to show off the speed of …
Continue to the full articleCollision Causes Carwash Collapse. Carrera Cabriolet Crushed!
Some days you're the bug, and some days you're the windshield. We'll let you decide which one best describes the Porsche owner in this story. According to the story we read, 73-year-old Job Taylor was entering his local car wash when the accelerator of his 2014 911 Carrera Cabriolet became "stuck". Despite pushing on the brakes, Taylor …
Continue to the full articleRoad Raging Porsche Driver Picks Fight With Box Truck. Not Surprisingly, Truck Wins
Admit it, it happens to all of us at one time or another. You're driving along and someone does something that sets your blood boiling and puts you into the red zone; Road rage. For most of us, that means a moment or two of apoplexy. Or, if we're not quite that enraged, maybe some shouting and finger salutes. Hopefully, that's as far as it goes. …
Continue to the full articleSwiss Porsche 959 Crushed In Rollover Accident
It's always a crying shame when stuff like this happens. Porsche's 959 is a rare, extraordinary, and legendary piece of machinery, so losing one has to be a lot like losing a family member. You would imagine that after years of searching to find the right one, that the car would have to be special to its owner, right? As such, I can't imagine the …
Continue to the full article“Ohh, The Humanity!” Watch A Porsche 911 Turbo S Burn To The Ground
Sometimes you're in the right place at the right time. Such was the case with Robert "Mefi Bob" Radke of MEFIburn.com when he went on what he thought was a routine trip to Costco last week. As he came out of the store, and walked toward his car, he smelled smoke and noticed a small crowd around another car a few rows downwind of where he had …
Continue to the full article918 Spyder Crashed On The Streets Of China
Back in September, one of Porsche's limited-to-918-units Spyder Hyper-Hybrids burned to the ground in a bizarre gas station fire. Today, we received reports that another of the insanely quick Spyders met its demise in China after colliding with a tree last night. Much like the fire, the images of the crash were captured on a passerby's cell phone …
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