Porsche's recent weight loss kick has been a game of inches. The current crop of 911s are already very light, as I've noted a few times many current 911s and their equivalents from the 964 generation are pushing around the same amount of weight. When the 911 Carrera T debuted, it showed just how far this weight-loss game has come thanks to its …
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Our Favorite Porsches On Ebay: Volume 105
We've been compiling some amazing Porsche models on eBay for nearly three years now, and we've seen some pretty astonishing cars pop up now and again. This week we're taking a look at several iterations of Porsche's awesome 911. Hopefully you've enjoyed our curated look at the Porsche market. Keep in mind, some of these Porsches could be great …
Continue to the full articleMeet The New Track Boss: Porsche Launches New 2019 GT3 RS
The New GT3 RS If GT3 is good, GT3 RS is one step better. The RennSport version takes everything and kicks it up a notch or two. The current GT3 is so good, however, that Porsche really needed to put some massive effort into making this car any better than the one it replaces. It's more powerful, more technologically advanced, and has more …
Continue to the full articleEverything You Want to Know about the Gunther Werks 400R and More.
The Gunther Werks 400R has been around for a while now. However, it's only recently made the rounds to various automotive journalists and YouTubers. As a result, we know know a whole lot more about this über 993 and wanted to share with you what we've learned. Each video below has a slightly different feel and provides different info. Between them …
Continue to the full articleTuned 993 Pushes a 991 GT3 RS Around the ‘Ring
With hundreds of thousands of dollars separating these two track tools, the owner of the lava orange 991 might feel a trifle embarrassed after getting hounded by a 993. However, he shouldn't feel too badly, because the man in the understated 993—a Mr. Sandro Ziegler—is a virtuoso. To be fair to the owner of the GT3 RS, this section of the …
Continue to the full articleOnboard Manthey’s 991 GT3 RS Snagging a 7:09.5 at the Nurburgring
With magnesium wheels dropping roughly 25 pounds of unsprung mass from Manthey's GT3 RS MR, the most obvious improvements with this mildly-tuned RS are in ride quality and compliance over the innumerable bumps and cambers at the Nordschleife. Additionally, the car wears a set of KW coilovers quite similar to those used in the GT3 R, better brake …
Continue to the full articleHow to Drive the Perfect Lap of Barber Motorsports Park in a GT3 RS
Cass Whitehead, the head instructor at Porsche's Sport Driving School, estimates that he has done 50,000 laps of Barber Motorsports Park. Just for perspective, if we take the total number of laps Derek Bell has completed at 26 appearances at the 24 Hours of Le Mans, you get a figure of 7,642 laps. To call Mr. Whitehead experienced with Barber is an …
Continue to the full articlePorsche’s Results, Video and Pictures from the WEC Season Opener at Silverstone
This past weekend marked the season opener of the 2017 FIA World Endurance Championship, the first out of nine rounds, for both Porsche's LMP Team and the GT Team. The six-hour race at Britain’s famous Silverstone Circuit marked the first contest between the reworked Porsche 919 hybrid and the latest Toyota TS050 Hybrid. Despite having won world …
Continue to the full articlePorsche Officially Confirmed for Gran Turismo Sport
Because of an exclusive contract with Electronic Arts, Porsches have been a rare site in many popular racing games. When this exclusive contract expired last year, the Forza franchise became the first to include the marque as an expansion pack for two existing games; Forza Motorsport 4 and Forza Horizon 2. Then, Assetto Corsa jumped in with their …
Continue to the full articleCan You Daily Drive a 911 GT3?
Have you met James, or Mr. JWW as he's know on YouTube? Mr. JWW is a "supercar vlogger". In other words, he's done well in life to afford some incredible machines and spends time creating videos about them. In turn, those videos are entertaining enough that he's collected over 150,000 subscribers to his channel along the way. Those aren't huge …
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