In 1950, at the Paris Auto Show, the organizers of the 24 hours of Le Mans invited the Porsche family to enter a car in the 1951 race. Porsche accepted and decided to use one of their left over aluminum bodied Gmünd Coupes as their entry. In fact, they prepped four cars for testing with the intent to enter two cars in the 1951 race. The two …
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A Brief History Of Porsche’s Transaxle Models: Types 924, 928, 944 and 968
In 1976, Porsche introduced their first transaxle powertrain with the type 924 and embarked into new = and some might say murky - waters. Unlike the venerable 911, the 924's engine is mounted in front, but the transmission is at the rear axle, thus the "transaxle" designation. All told, between 1976 and 1995, Porsche built a generation of sports …
Continue to the full articleThe Last Turn – An Abarth From A Different Angle
Even beautifully lit and photographed Porsches can get a bit mundane if they are always viewed from the same angle, and some cars look very much better from some points of view than others. While the three-quarter frontal is the standard go-to shot, one of my favorite alternative angles was the “down shot” from above. During my years at Panorama, …
Continue to the full articleListen To Porsche Sound Nacht 2015
Last weekend, on October 24th, Porsche held their fifth annual "Sound Nacht". During this yearly special event, former and active Porsche racers, along with engineers from Weissach, present to a packed house various racing and production cars from the Museum's collection. Along with stories and history on each Porsche presented, the main attraction …
Continue to the full articleThe Porsche Museum Is Now Renting Porsches
Renting Porsches isn't a new idea. In fact, for some time now, those interested are able to rent Porsches in the U.S. from select Hertz Locations or in Europe from Avis. Hell, you can even rent a Porsche GT3 on the Nürburgring if you like. Now, visitors to the Porsche Museum can rent cars from the current model line-up for as little as an hour …
Continue to the full articleWatch And Listen To Porsche Sound Nacht 2014
Last week, on October 25th 2014, the Porsche Museum hosted their annual "Porsche Sound Nacht". Visitors and guest learned about each Porsche first-hand from race drivers, engineers, mechanics and through the unfiltered sound of each Porsche's engine. The language in this video is German, but we're pretty sure that the sound of the engines won't …
Continue to the full articleIntroducing Porsche Project: Secret!
Since 2012 we've slowly been introducing you to Porsche's Museum Secrets as we get information on them. More and more information has surfaced about the special Porsche prototypes stored in Porsche's warehouse culminating in this most recent tour of the warehouse itself. At the time, we said Porsche should just open up their "secret warehouse" to …
Continue to the full articlePorsche’s Secret Warehouse Not So Secret Anymore. Please Just Open It Up To The Public!
Porsche has more than 500 cars in their collection of which about 80 are present in the museum at any given time. The rest remain stored in a hidden, "secret" warehouse a few blocks away. The problem is it doesn't seem to be much of a "secret" anymore. Back in 2012 Porsche released a video entitled "Porsche Museum Secrets". It gave us our first …
Continue to the full articleXCAR Drives Our Teenage Fantasy Car: The Porsche 959
Porsche's 959 was the height of automotive technology in the late 1980s, and was the ultimate in excess. It was quick, it was fast, it was comfortable, it was expensive, it was gorgeous, and it was absolutely perfect. In its era, it was a part of a super-car renaissance. Much like we are experiencing today with Porsche's 918 Spyder, McLaren's P1, …
Continue to the full articleThe Porsche Museum Rolls On
Not everyone gets a chance to visit the Porsche Museum and even those that do don't get to see these historic beauties in their natural environment: on the road and track. That's where the Porsche "Rolling Museum" comes into play. Practically all of the Porsche museum's exhibits are roadworthy and able to fulfill the original purpose for which …
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