With everything gained by a factory-perfect restoration something inescapable is lost. With age, the cumulative effects of regular use build up on every car. Whether they're scuffs over the scuttle from loading luggage, or pock-marks accrued from entering in Le Mans, a car's wear is part of its history. Porsche themselves still display the 1987 Le …
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Porsche Flies Brumos Colors At Daytona and Sebring
We are loving these throwback liveries. Porsche's modern liveries are rather understated; the typical black, red, and white schemes used today are far less vivid than schemes of the past. Porsche began using throwback liveries on the 911 RSR last year, with the Truffle Hunter and Rothmans schemes debuting at Le Mans. For Petit Le Mans in October, …
Continue to the full articleThe Truffle Hunter Returns to Le Mans in 2018
What is your favorite cut of pork? Do you like a bit of cured Brust? Haxe? Koteletts? Huft? Perhaps you are an American, and prefer pork cracklins'? As a Porsche fan, you probably prefer your pigs whole and depicted over a short and stubby racing car. 917/20 claimed fame as the Pink Pig; a racer which appeared wider than it was long, emblazoned …
Continue to the full articlePorsche Dressed Up Six Macans As Pikes Peak Winners, Here Are The Cars They’re Based On
We were recently asked to attend Porsche's North American launch of the Macan GTS. You'll hear a lot more about that car, and that trip, in coming days (for now you can check out the 10 Things We Learned About The New Macan GTS). For now, we want to focus on the liveries Porsche dressed each of the Macans in. You see, the launch took place at a …
Continue to the full articleThe New 2016 Porsche 919 LMP1 Hybrids Have New Aero, New Numbers, Are Lighter and Have A New Livery
Two days before the official Prologue for the FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC) at Paul Ricard, France, Porsche presented their new 919 race car for this season. Strong development characterizes the new 919 Hybrid’ technology. The powertrain became even more efficient, the aerodynamics are more specific for the various race tracks and the …
Continue to the full articleFALKEN To Continue Racing With Porsche
When Team Falken Tire announced their departure from the then Tudor United Sports Car Championship many long time fans were heartbroken. Not only were we losing the only customer team to run a 911 RSR and a pair of exceptional drivers (Bryan Sellers and Wolf Henzler), we were also losing one of our favorite liveries. While it was known in some …
Continue to the full articleThe Best Cure For The Winter Blues Is A 911 SC/RS And A Snowy Nürburgring
So it's nearing the end of January, and the winter blues have been getting you down a bit. The days are dark and often cloudy. The weather is cold, and your Porsche has been in the garage since October. Each day is slightly more depressing than the one that came before it. How do you get your spirits back up again? Well, maybe this video will …
Continue to the full articleA First Look At Porsche’s 3 Car 919 Hybrid Set-up
This weekend's 2nd round of the WEC at Spa-Francorchamps marks two "firsts" for Porsche's LMP1 team. It's the first time they'll run three 919 Hybrids during a single race and it's the first time that Nico Hülkenberg, Earl Bamber and Nick Tandy will work together, in a 919, as pilots. Watch as Porsche's 919 Hybrid factory drivers explain …
Continue to the full articlePatrick Dempsey’s Porsche Has A New Livery For The 2015 FIA WEC Season
The opening round of the 2015 FIA WEC season is just days away and we've already seen Porsche's new LMP1 livery designed especially for Le Mans. With just a little more than 3-days to go, Porsche is teasing another new livery, this time for Patrick Dempsey's 911 RSR. As most of you know, Dempsey confirmed he would run a full season in the …
Continue to the full articlePorsche 919 Hybrid LMP1 Kicks Ass At Prologue To The 2015 FIA World Endurance Championship
The Prologue to the 2015 FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC) in Paul Ricard started off with a bang this past Thursday when Porsche unveiled their three-color livery for Le Mans. Not content to leave well enough alone, Porsche went on to announce that their 919 Hybrid would switch to the highest energy recovery category of 8 megajoule. No other …
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