Derek Whitacre and I seem to have similar priorities. Not all fun performance cars need to be set up for the track. Give up a little bit of spring rate, retain a bit of carpet, and suddenly the usability factor goes way, way up. That's not to say Mr. Whitacre's 1982 911SC is a mild or modest machine. This Porsche was built to attack Mulholland …
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Video: The Smoking Tire Reviews The 991.2 Carrera 4S
Matt Farah's One Take videos have been serving the internet quite well, and this time he's got his hands on the new turbocharged 991.2 Carrera 4S. This particular model is sport exhaust equipped and a PDK transmission. While Matt's One Take videos have typically involved modified cars, and he usually drives with the car's owner, this time the car …
Continue to the full article2017 Porsche 911 Carrera Review: Turbocharged, The New Normal
I greet the dawn as an old friend, offering to share my cup of coffee with the sun from the comfort of my Northern California hotel room. As the pre-dawn shades of grey recede and are replaced with the colors of real life, sunrise paints the flanks of my steed a breathtaking blue. The forested hills around me slowly exhale their cigarette-smoke …
Continue to the full articleThis Is The new 2017 Porsche 718 Cayman
Earlier this year Porsche debuted the new 718 Boxster. Today, in China, Porsche unveiled the 718 Cayman. Like the Boxster before it, the new 718 Caymans are powered by turbocharged four-cylinder engines, have more aggressive exterior styling, an updated interior, new chassis tuning, and for the first time, the Cayman is priced lower than the …
Continue to the full articleVideo: We Get One Of The World’s First Ride-Alongs In Porsche’s Turbocharged 2016 991.2 Carrera
Last Friday, as part of the Rennsport Reunion festivities, Porsche invited us to ride along in the passenger seat of the new-for-2016 Porsche 911 Carrera 991.2. Our ride-along was conducted on the Laguna Seca track during a 20-minute lull in the vintage racing action, and our driver was none other than Porsche's 911 Product Manager, August …
Continue to the full articleThere’s A New 911 In Town, And It’s Turbocharged!
When Porsche introduces a new 911 variant, it's always a big deal. Each new 911 is treated to pomp, circumstance, standing ovations, angels descend from the heavens, velvet ropes part, and champagne in every glass. This one is no different, It's new, and it's a new move forward toward a potentially new ethos-shift Porsche altogether. The new 991 …
Continue to the full articleRide Along With Jeff Zwart As He Attacks Pikes Peak In A Turbocharged GT3
Last weekend photographer/videographer/director/Porsche enthusiast extraordinaire, Mr. Jeff Zwart, took on the mountain at Pikes Peak, and won his class by a pretty good margin. Chattering, whistling, boosting, and clunking his way up the course in his Luminox-sponsored turbocharged 997-generation GT3 Cup, Zwart managed a phenomenal 9:46.243 time, …
Continue to the full articleThis Is What A Turbocharged V8 Porsche 914 Looks And Sounds Like
After purchasing this 914 as a project car, and determining that the cost for an original 914-6 replacement motor was too great, the owner, Mike De of New Zealand, decided to shoehorn a GM turbocharged LS1 V8 into the space normally reserved for a flat-four. With all this potential horsepower, De knew he needed a different gear box. After a …
Continue to the full articleInsanity Takes The Form Of A Rally Prepared GT2
Porsche engineers will occasionally step out of their calm, precision engineered, white-lab-coat safe haven into a zone called "insanity". Projects that have sprouted from this zone include the bonkers Carrera GT, the absurd 918 Spyder, and the almost-requires-a-straight-jacket 911 GT2. When Porsche lets their engineers run wild, they build cars …
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