The history of the largest engine in Porsche history is nearly as storied as the brand. The 5.7-liter V10 in the Carrera GT supercar is a thing of legend. It's literally a Formula One engine and a Le Mans engine that never raced. It powers the most exciting supercar Porsche ever built. And it almost never happened. As with everything Porsche, …
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Someone Buy This Ex-Dakar Porsche 959 So I Don’t Have To
Legendary driver Jacky Ickx drove this impressive machine in the 1985 running of the famed Paris-Dakar rally. Sadly, in the middle of the 8th stage, Ickx impaled the car on a large rock hidden in the sand, forcing this chassis to retire from the race. From that race until 2014 the car was retained by the Porsche museum when it was sold off to a …
Continue to the full articlePorsche’s Surface Coated Brake: The Ideal Compromise Between Carbon and Iron
A tungsten coating on carbide rotors: another world first from Porsche. A mirror finish, better response, less fade, no rust, and 90% less brake dust than a typical iron rotor. This last advantage is illustrated by the bold choice of painting the Porsche Surface Coated Brakes (PSCB) calipers white—any brake dust would be obvious with this …
Continue to the full articleCan Porsche’s 911 Turbo S Dethrone the Taycan Turbo S as Drag King?
As the groundbreaking Taycan Turbo S has unofficially been declared as the world's drag king, it's only fair it's stacked against one of the strongest members of the petroleum-powered opposition. Both cars are as powerful as they are heavy, and the stats supplied by Porsche places them in close competition. However, we're all familiar with the …
Continue to the full articleJeff Zwart Is Returning To Pikes Peak In A New Porsche 935
If you've been paying attention to certain spheres of social media, you've known that Jeff Zwart would be racing a new 935 at Pikes Peak for quite some time now. The expert racer/photographer first teased the project back in October, and officially announced he'd been PPIHC accepted in February. It's been a long time coming, and we could not be any …
Continue to the full articlePorsche Grabs Double Podium Finish In Independence Day Sprint At Daytona
The IMSA racing season has been on hiatus since January due to the international pandemic still quietly raging in the background. Because so few states have allowed for large gatherings, the series is limited on where it can go right now, which means another run at Daytona follows the 24 Hours as round two. After a double podium finish behind the …
Continue to the full articleHop in This 992 Turbo S for an Effortless 206-MPH Run on the Autobahn
I'm not a fan of hyperbole, but I think it's safe to say this and still retain some objectivity as a journalist: there is no car which gets to 206 miles per hour more easily than the 992 Turbo S. The way it delivers its 650 horsepower and 590 lb-ft of torque effortlessly really has to be seen; statistics don't do it justice. Clawing into a …
Continue to the full articleStill Going Strong: Porsche Wins The 24 Hours Of Portimao
After a serious global lockdown of all major events for three months due to the global coronavirus pandemic (which has no end in sight mind you), racing is finally starting to return. And obviously we're not talking about the NASCAR and IndyCar events happening here in the U.S. but Europe is back to racing as well. This weekend the first real world …
Continue to the full articleNeed A More Exciting Weekend Porsche? This 996 GT2 CS Wants To Join Your Collection
Have a spare $211,000 lying around? This might tickle your fancy. The 996 GT2 took all those horrible critiques of the 996 and replaced them with a new set of critiques more aimed at its murderous tendencies than its unreliability. The 996 GT2 had been designed with more understeer than any rear-engined, twin-turbocharged car ought to …
Continue to the full articlePorsche’s 911 RSR Will Leave IMSA GTLM Class After 2020 Season
Porsche's first RSR of the modern era was introduced way back in 2006 with the 997 RSR for the GT2 class of competition, and ever since, Porsche has been refining the formula to create the ultimate racing GT. With the 991-generation 911 RSR, the car got wider and more aggressive to level the playing field with ever stiffer competition from Aston …
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