Taking an unmistakable racing silhouette from forty years prior and fitting an electric motor between its haunches is something that only Bisi Ezerioha would imagine. Owner of Bisimoto, this enthusiastic engineer has created some of the wildest cars in recent history. Some of his brainchildren include a Honda Odyssey with quad-digit power, a …
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Adam Carolla on His Love for Porsche
The former host of the Man Show and Loveline lives and breathes automobiles. Though his racing exploits have been documented well here, he's expanded his gearhead following with his current podcast, CarCast, which delves further into his obsession with cars—particularly his affinity for Porsches of a certain vintage. That dedication to the …
Continue to the full articleDerek Bell on the Porsche 935
Where the new Porsche 935's sole purpose is to go fast and make noise, the original 935's purpose was rather more involved. That original slant-nosed track warrior was not merely a toy for the super-wealthy to drive and induce salivation in, it was a genuine racing car. In 1979 the 935 became the first ever GT car to win Le Mans overall, an …
Continue to the full articleWatch Adam Carolla Hustle His 935 Around Laguna Seca
Anyone familiar with Adam Carolla and his CarCast program know the admiration he has for Paul Newman. A lifelong car enthusiast, Carolla wrote a rather large check last year—for a reported $4.8M—to purchase a very special 935. Though any 935 is worth a mention, this particular example was raced to class victory by his hero at Le Mans in 1979. The …
Continue to the full articleRemember Paul Newman’s Porsche 935 That Adam Carolla Bought? Watch Him Drive it for the FIrst Time!
It was just under a year-a-go that Adam Carolla jumped head first into the Porsche market with the purchase of the ex-Paul Newman Le Mans' class winning 935 during the 2016 Gooding & Co auction in Monterey. While Carolla is no stranger to ex-Paul Newman race cars (it's reported he owns the largest collection of them in the world) this was his first …
Continue to the full articlePatrick Long Brings Porsches to Project Cars 2
Patrick Long's love of Porsches runs deep. He has 911s from nearly every decade of production. He's raced Porsches at Le Mans, and currently he's racing a 911 in the Pirelli World Challenge. When the time came for Project Cars 2 to bring Porsche into their game, the list of drivers to consult was probably pretty short. Not many people have both …
Continue to the full articleHow A Ford Powered Geo Metro Became One of the Craziest Porsche Replicas We’ve Seen
Last weekend was the 10 year anniversary of LeMons racing, and as such some teams went all out to impress the judges and their competition. In this case, Charnal House updated their old MetSHO racer to a scale model of Porsche's famous 935 "Apple Car". There isn't a single Porsche part on this car, but it's hard to tell that from a distance. In any …
Continue to the full articleAdam Carolla Is Selling His Lamborghini Collection To Pay For His 935 Purchase
By now, most of you know that comedian and CarCast podcast co-host Adam Carolla was the winning bidder of Paul Newman's Le Mans-winning Porsche 935 last month in Monterey. It's a beautiful and historically important piece of Porsche history that took a class victory at Le Mans in 1979 (2nd overall) and went on to win the Daytona 24 Hour race in …
Continue to the full article2016 Porsche Monterey Auction Results
This year in Monterey, there was some good and some less than good. We saw quite a few cars go unsold, but there were a number that met or exceeded their high estimate price. Some high-dollar Porsche lots were among those unsold, including the 550 Spyder, GT2 Evo, and both 962s. The 911 Carrera 2.7 RS Homologation car was withdrawn prior to the …
Continue to the full articleRide On-Board A Le Mans Winning Porsche 935 K3 With Leh Keen
Introduced in 1976, the Porsche 935 was the factory racing version of the Porsche 930 Turbo. Over the next few years, Porsche would update the 935 through various versions, culmination with the 935 Evolutions. However, because Porsche didn't initially offer to sell this version to privateers, it left teams, like Kremer, no other choice to begin …
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