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Recent Posts from: Dakar

This Safari-Style Porsche 992 Knows The Secret To Roughing It

7/23/202011:39 estFiled to: 992By: Tommy Parry

Steal a pinch of seasoning from a Dakar-spec 959, source yourself a fresh 992 for a base, and bring in the big guns to do the rest. If you're curious to see how a current Porsche 911 would fare in the wilderness, German off-road specialists Delta4x4 might be able to help you with this strange concoction. Having competed in the Paris-Dakar …

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Someone Buy This Ex-Dakar Porsche 959 So I Don’t Have To

7/22/202010:54 estFiled to: Porsche 959, Porsche MotorsportsBy: Bradley Brownell

Legendary driver Jacky Ickx drove this impressive machine in the 1985 running of the famed Paris-Dakar rally. Sadly, in the middle of the 8th stage, Ickx impaled the car on a large rock hidden in the sand, forcing this chassis to retire from the race. From that race until 2014 the car was retained by the Porsche museum when it was sold off to a …

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A Brief History of Porsche AWD

3/28/20183:45 estFiled to: Porsche FactoidsBy: Tommy Parry

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 …

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This Mercedes G-Wagen Has A 928 Engine, And It Was Built To Help Porsche Win Dakar In 1986

3/7/20186:02 estFiled to: Porsche FactoidsBy: Bradley Brownell

Mercedes Benz G Wagon with Porsche 928 v8 Engine installed wearing Rothmans livery

Last July, Porsche hauled a few of their large-and-in-charge off-roaders into the museum for a special exhibit on the history of Porsche's jacked-up four-wheel-drivers. Among them was a Mercedes G-Wagen support vehicle for the company's Dakar efforts in the mid-1980s. I'd seen this car in photographs of the display before, but I didn't know the …

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This Rally-Raid Macan Wins The Award For Best Use Of A Macan

1/5/201811:07 estFiled to: Porsche MacanBy: Bradley Brownell

The singular tenet of my passion for the Porsche brand is rooted in the fact that, traditionally, enthusiasts have truly used their Porsches. While there are some who would hide them away as private jewels in a vault, many prefer to get out and flog their Porsches as often as humanly possible. The Macan, since its inception, has been truly built to …

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