UPDATE! As of Tuesday morning, the Felicity Ace, a cargo ship carrying thousands of brand new vehicles from Volkswagen, Lamborghini, and Porsche, has sunk. Back on the morning of February 16th a fire broke out on the Pacific Ocean traversing Panama-flagged liner carrying something like 4,000 cars. At the time of the fire the ship was about 90 miles …
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Porsche will replace your car if it was burned on a boat
Just over a week ago reports came in that the ship Felicity Ace was set adrift in the Atlantic Ocean with a cargo hold full of luxury automobiles on fire. Luckily all of the crew was rescued from the ship, and nobody was injured or killed in the process. Unfortunately that means something like $40 million dollars worth of cars were left onboard to …
Continue to the full articleA cargo ship loaded with Porsches is on fire, some car deliveries may be delayed
If you've ordered a Porsche recently, you might be waiting a little while longer as a ship carrying several new P-cars destined for port here in the U.S. is sitting in the middle of the ocean with a fire raging onboard. Luckily all of the crew has been rescued, but the fate of the cars onboard is currently unknown. According to the Portuguese navy, …
Continue to the full articleThis Porsche Taycan Burst Into Flames In A Florida Garage
Every once in a while we see headlines of one electric car or another bursting into flames. When you're trying to pack a lot of electrons into a battery, sometimes the chemistry inside turns unstable and a fire results. It's a very low percentage, and being that the Taycan is still brand new I'm sure there are still a few kinks to work out. This is …
Continue to the full articleDurham, North Carolina Gas Explosion Kills One And Damages Ingram Collection Of Porsches
The famed Ingram Collection of Porsches suffered a massive blow this morning when a contractor broke a gas pipeline during construction at a building next door. While nobody was inside the collection at the time of the blast, one person in the vicinity was killed by the blast, and a further dozen or more were injured. The building that suffered the …
Continue to the full articleA Cargo Ship Sunk With Some GT2 RS Onboard, Porsche To Restart Production
A massive cargo ship, the MV Grande America, sank last week off the coast of France's Bay of Biscay with a few thousand brand new Audis onboard, as well as a few special Porsche 911 GT2 RS deliveries. A piece of cargo lit on fire on March 12th aboard the vessel, and the flames quickly spread. Luckily everyone aboard was rescued without harm, but …
Continue to the full articleDominic Dobson’s 962 Burns at Le Mans
In 1989, Dominic Dobson already had a few years' experience in the Porsche 962. With Bayside Racing, he'd campaigned one of these cars in IMSA GTP and learned its nuances. That year, his team received a call from Vern Schuppan, who was looking to recruit an American driver for his Le Mans effort. Dobson duly signed, and flew off to France to join …
Continue to the full articleToronto Arsonist Fires Up Cayenne In The Middle Of The Night
There's an unwritten rule about not messing with another person's car. There are definitely written rules about arson, but it's all the more egregious when the subject of the attack is an innocent Porsche. This poor Cayenne was lit up and burned to the ground at about 5:30 in the morning on December 29th, and nobody seems to know who would have …
Continue to the full articleWhat’s With All the Idiot Porsche Drivers Lately?
Let's have a heart to heart, Porsche fans. I know it isn't all of you making bad choices behind the wheel, but lately there seem to have been a rash of foolish, dangerous and absurd incidents in the news involving Porsches. You know that we at FLATSIXES.com like our racing on the track, and our street driving to be handled as safely as possible, …
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