Akira Nakai's always had a wandering eye for the air-cooled 911, but before he'd laid a hand on a Porsche, he had an affinity for the Toyota Corolla. After a decade spent building and drifting AE86 Corollas, Nakai not only started his own racing team, Rough World, but had started developing a distinct style as a craftsman. By taking what he learned …
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This Rauh-Welt 965 Turbo is Punk Rock Perfection
The natural path of car ownership for an avid VW geek begins with a Golf and ends with a 911. Brian Scotto is no different, and after saving, selling some stock, and reaping the benefits of the housing collapse, he made a white 965 Turbo his very own. Being a man of style and taste, he used his vast network and contacted a man who's become …
Continue to the full articleThis 964 Turbo RWB Has All Of The Show To Match All Of Its Go
With those unmistakable flares and outrageous aero pumping up this classic Porsche, it's a feast for the eyes. There's something about the RWB shape which is so outrageous and gaudy that the purists still give them an approving nod. Power one with a 3.3-liter mill from Japanese tuner Promodet, and the package is enough to make anyone with a drop of …
Continue to the full article4 Part Porsche Mini Docu-Series Features Webber, Walker, Canepa and Nakai-San
Mobile and Social gaming developer Zynga has partnered with Porsche in what the two companies are calling a "global content partnership". In honor of Porsche's 70th anniversary, they're filling out the CSR Racing 2 mobile racing game (allegedly the world's most popular) with new Porsche-centric in-game content. They're also putting together a …
Continue to the full articleWatch The Newest RWB Build, Orlando’s “Fighting Night” Come to Life In Stunning 4k
It's pretty much de rigueur these days to document the build of a new RAUH-Welt Begriff Porsche. When Akira Nakia-san comes to town, the cameras come out in abundance. As the number of Porsches he's touched continues to grow, so does the library of build documentaries. However, not all documentaries are created equal. Chris Petruccio and …
Continue to the full articleWatch Akira Nakai As He Builds RWB “Brooklyn” Live on YouTube
If you haven't been following the progression of TheDrive.com, you really should be. They are a general interest automobile news, reviews, and stories site that was recently introduced to the Time.com family of sites. They've hired some really interesting writers and are genuinely trying to bring the fight to sites like Jalopnik and Autoblog for …
Continue to the full articleRauh Welt Porsche For Sale On eBay – Los Angeles Build #1
Numbering perhaps only in the dozens, Rauh-Welt Porsches are a bit thin on the ground, and honestly this is the first time I've seen one come up for sale. Usually, if you want one of your own, you find yourself a nice 964 or 993, order up the not-insubstantially expensive pieces of bodywork, have them painted in your color of choice, pick our your …
Continue to the full articleRauh-Welt Porsche Racer Crushed After Fall From Crane Truck At Twin-Ring Motegi
UPDATE: 7/29/2014 Additional photos of the damage were posted to the Rauh-Welt Begriff facebook page, along with a short statement. RWB post said: It was dropped when I take down with a circuit crane. It is responsibility of the circuit. The Idlers 12 Hour race at the Twin Ring Motegi in Japan is quite an interesting event, being that …
Continue to the full articleLeh Keen And His Father Commission A Beautiful Rauh-Welt 993
American scientist Edwin H. Land was once famously quoted as saying "if anything is worth doing, it's worth doing to excess", and nobody follows that mantra quite like Japan's Akira Nakai, the Porsche fringe boutique artist behind Rauh-Welt Begriff. There is something beautiful about the concept of 'the car as art'. Cars are intrinsically …
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