Akira Nakai, the chainsmoking widebody Porsche builder from Japan, has been slapping his own brand of insanity on Porsches for a long time now. In fact he bought his first 911 Turbo—with significant body damage—back in the late 1990s to build it into the car that would kick off a widebody aircooled revolution. That car was a matte black monster …
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Could Porsche use tie-up with Formula E partner Andretti as a way to get on the F1 grid?
With Porsche's attempt to purchase 50% of Red Bull now completely and officially dead in the water, it would make sense for the Stuttgart manufacturer to begin looking elsewhere for ways to get its F1 bid off the ground. While we have explored other avenues, such as buying Alpha Tauri from Red Bull, partnering with Williams, or maybe even Haas, …
Continue to the full articleGet ready to say goodbye to the 991-generation GT3 R, one of Porsche’s most successful racers ever
The 991.2 Porsche 911 GT3R racer has continued the legacy of Porsche's phenomenal lineage of street-car-based grand touring machines in proper winning fashion. While 911 race cars have certainly experienced a series of dominant finishes in the past, it has typically been a story of strength in numbers and reliability in the face of adversity. With …
Continue to the full articleThis well-worn Porsche 356 is the ultimate Wabi-sabi beauty
Cleveland, Ohio-born artist Daniel Arsham is a student of Japanese craftsmanship, and has endeavored to deliberately embody that spirit in this freshly-finished 1955 Porsche 356 Speedster build, called Bonsai. If you're not familiar with the concept of Wabi-sabi, it is centered on the ideals of transience and imperfection. It is the appreciation of …
Continue to the full articlePorsche has issued a recall for 17 years of Cayenne, Panamera, and Macan production
Over 190,000 Porsches released between 2003 and 2020 have been recalled because they could potentially be missing a small part in the headlight system. The piece is called a "horizontal adjustment screw cap" and it could mean that your Porsche has misaligned headlights. The cap is intended to be installed as a stopper to prevent you or your …
Continue to the full articlePorsche seeks up to $75 Billion valuation as IPO nears
Volkswagen announced on Sunday that it would be seeking a valuation of between 70 and 75 billion dollars for Porsche AG in its initial public offering, making this potentially the third largest IPO in European history. Some experts had hinted at an expectation of valuation around $85 billion, meaning this is actually going to be a bit shy of …
Continue to the full articleTwo-day Porsche 963 test at Daytona gives Team Penske time to adjust
Porsche's first race with the new 963 prototype is coming up faster than you might think, as January's Rolex 24 at Daytona is just four months away. To get a jump on things Porsche and Team Penske have been running in the new car at the World Center of Racing, spending two days at the track pounding out laps to acclimate car and driver and crew. …
Continue to the full articleIndy 500 champ Marcus Ericsson is jumping into a Porsche Carrera Cup race seat
In a couple of weeks, on the back of his IndyCar season finale at Laguna Seca in California, Chip Ganassi racer and 2022 Indy 500 Champ Marcus Ericsson heads back to Sweden for a guest slot in the final round of the Swedish GT Championship, as well as the season ending Porsche Carrera Cup Scandanavia championship at Mantorp Park. The IndyCar star …
Continue to the full articlePorsche pops onto the GTE Pro podium in Japanese WEC round
After delivering a stunning performance in qualifying to start the six-hour race at Fuji from pole and third, Porsche found out quite quickly in the race that it didn't have the long-run pace to keep up with the Ferraris. A byproduct of the series' Balance of Performance, and the car's inability to keep the tires from turning to mush …
Continue to the full articleThe Porsche/Red Bull Formula One deal is officially dead
This week Porsche issued a short, and somewhat terse, statement confirming that talks between Stuttgart and the championship-leading F1 squad have fallen apart basically at the zero hour. This surprise news comes on the heels of at least a month of both companies essentially just signatures away from making the deal done. It's hard to say exactly …
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