It's quite easy to become desensitized nowadays as, for better or worse, driving a 700-horsepower car doesn't seem suicidal. Perhaps I'm just a little jaded, but cast your mind back fifteen years, when even 500 horsepower was something that seemed genuinely dangerous, almost a weapon. Well, perhaps it was then, and perhaps it is no longer. After …
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Book Review: Hurley – From The Beginning
There is no more appropriate time for our review of Hurley - From the Beginning to publish than the birthday week of the man himself. Hurley, now seventy years old, held a fifty-year racing career, and shows no signs of slowing down, even today. He's still a super quick driver, he's involved in motorsport to a level higher than anyone would ever …
Continue to the full articleOur Favorite Porsches On Ebay: Volume 98
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. Keep in mind, some of these Porsches could be great collection investments, while others might prove to do more financial harm than good. INTERESTED IN HAVING YOUR PORSCHE FEATURED HERE Every other …
Continue to the full article100+ Photos from Luftgekühlt 4
As most who read this site know, Luftgekühlt is the brainchild of Porsche factory driver Patrick Long and Southern California creative director Howie Idelson. Now in its fourth iteration, Luftgekühlt embodies air-cooled vehicles from the extensive Porsche narrative, from the Pre-A 356 through the Type 993 911 (1948 – 1998) on the street side, and …
Continue to the full articlePorsche and Leica, a Love Affair
It's easy to start a piece off with a platitude, like "every field has its iconoclasts." It's also lazy, even if it is sometimes true. You; the reader, and I; the writer, know what the 911 is about. The 911, and its predecessor the 356, have stood against sports car convention for decades. The relentless march of progress has never managed to wrest …
Continue to the full articleThe Beauty Of Rennsport Reunion Distilled Into One Video
Rennsport Reunion V at Laguna Seca was easily the best Porsche event we've ever been to. The weekend was an absolute blur of color, shapes, and noise. Our attention span was practically nil, as we were constantly wrenched away from one amazing thing to look at some other more amazing thing just a few feet away. At one point, we found ourselves …
Continue to the full articleWhat It’s Like To Photograph The Porsche 918 Spyder At 217 MPH
Remember the video we showed you a few weeks back of the Porsche 918 Spyder traveling at 217 mph through the Australian Outback? In addition to the vidoegraphers on site to produce the spot, Porsche hired automotive photographer Easton Chang to document the event from inside the car and above. We tracked him down to get his thoughts on …
Continue to the full article14 Of Porsche’s Most Significant Moments Of 2014
1. 919 Program Finds Success Competing head-to-head with sports prototype racing giants like Audi and Toyota is no mean feat, and Porsche can legitimately say that they put up a significant effort in 2014. Considering that this was the first year of the program, they should be quite happy with their results and proud of their accomplishments. …
Continue to the full articleThe Last Turn
1971 was a sort of a watershed year for me; I had become involved with shooting for Panorama, and had done the events at Daytona and Sebring. I hadn’t ever been to Watkins Glen, but a good friend was to race his 911 L (on the same track with 917s!). Three of us flew up in a Cessna with another friend and I shot the race, though there was never a …
Continue to the full articleThe Last Turn
Brought into existence under the watchful eye of the legendary engineer Norbert Singer in less than a year’s time, the Porsche GT1 made its debut at the all—important 24 hour struggle at Le Mans. Pitted against Ferrari F 40s, Nismo Nissans GT-Rs, and---count them---seven of the 6.0 liter McLaren F1 GTRs dominant the previous year, they had a …
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