Racing rivalries are a funny thing. Unlike rivalries in the NFL, it's possible for every set of "rivals" in a series to be on-track simultaneously. Over decades of endurance racing, Porsche has had many great rivals. Each of these competitors pushed Porsche to be greater on track than ever before. Since returning to LMP1 competition in 2014, …
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Is This the World’s Largest Porsche Tractor Collection?
Porsche's history as a tractor builder is fairly well documented, and often Porsche events will feature one or two of the company's agricultural offerings. The folks over at PorscheVintageTractors.com has the largest single collection of Porsche Tractors we are aware of. Their collection of over one hundred tractors includes 35 Porsche and …
Continue to the full articleProject Porsche Junior Breathes New Life Into Old Tractors
Porsche started design work on the "people's tractor" back in 1930. By 1934 the first three test vehicles were produced with gasoline engines. Then, in 1937 Porsche received an official order to develop the "Volks Tractor". By 1950 production began of a 2-cyclinder, air-cooled, diesel powered version. From 1950 to 1955 Porsche tractors were …
Continue to the full article1960 Porsche Tractor Super Type 329
While Porsche began designing tractors in the early 1930s, and produced them under a licensing agreements with Allgaier GmbH and the Austrian company Hofherr Schrantz, they didn't begin manufacturing on their own until 1956. Then, between 1956 and 1963 over 125,000 Porsche-Diesel tractors were built. However, only a small number of these, maybe …
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