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Legendary Racer Walter Rohrl Just Got A Really Cool Birthday Present From Porsche

5/18/20217:54 estFiled to: Porsche 924, Porsche MotorsportsBy: Bradley Brownell

In celebration of the legendary racer and rallyist Walter Röhrl turning 74 years old, and the anniversary of the Walter and co-driver Christian Geistdörfer entering the 1981 German Rally Championship, Porsche recently completed the restoration of the car which took them there. The only season in which Walter rallied for Porsche, he entered this 924 …

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Walter Rohrl Makes These Searing Porsche GT2 RS Laps Around Portimao Look Easy

1/9/202111:16 estFiled to: Porsche GT2/GT3By: Tommy Parry

Although the latest GT2 RS is relatively civilized compared to its feral predecessor, it's by no means a pussycat. With 325-section rear tires and 553 lb-ft of torque available from 2,000 rpm, the breakaway must be sharp and severe. Or should it? The footage below may make you wonder how incredible Porsche's engineers are; no track-oriented …

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Praising the Carrera GT’s Brilliance Twenty Years After Its Debut

11/30/20206:40 estFiled to: Porsche Carrera GTBy: Tommy Parry

Debuting in a Drizzle Twenty years ago, the rolling rendering that eventually became the Carrera GT was unveiled for the Parisian public. As Walter Rohrl carefully metered out the prototype's power over the sodden cobblestones that cover the Place de l’Étoile, those that had risen early enough to see this gleaming prototype pointed in …

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Why the Carrera GT Still Pulls Our Heartstrings

1/19/20201:23 estFiled to: Porsche Carrera GTBy: Tommy Parry

In the era of turbochargers and PDK gearboxes we live in, it's easy to get distracted. Even mid-tier sports cars are just so supremely quick nowadays, there's a good chance that many fans forget about the other things which make a car truly special. Fortunately, we have videos like these. One brief encounter with the sonorous wail of the 5.7-liter …

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Walter Röhrl Picks His Top Five Porsche Rally Cars

12/23/20192:24 estFiled to: VideosBy: Chris Cushing

Beware, dear reader, as this is a video that requires some reading. When discussing something as dear to his heart as rally cars, Herr Röhrl tends to stick with his native German. Though the video is in German, the visual language of Porsche racing cars transcends the spoken word, and Herr Röhrl has brought some icons for the latest Top 5 …

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Ride Onboard With The Legendary Walter Rohrl As He Puts A 718 Cayman GT4 Through Its Paces

11/8/20193:49 estFiled to: Porsche CaymanBy: Tommy Parry

Though he's now a septuagenarian, Walter Rohrl hasn't slowed down much. He's as wiry as he was in his prime, and he still takes every outing on track—even one with a passenger sitting shotgun—very seriously. Yes, a smile occasionally breaks across his stern visage, but his focus never fades. His famously precise driving is the result of five …

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Walter Röhrl Honored By the FIA Hall of Fame

2/26/20199:50 estFiled to: Porsche MotorsportsBy: Tommy Parry

Few have risen to such prominence in rallying to become a near-household name like Röhrl, who began his rally career fifty years ago. Within three years of amateur rallying, he became a factory driver with Opel. His career launched then and there, and throughout the seventies and eighties, he went on to drive just about anything under the sun. With …

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Four Winter Driving Tips from Porsche’s Walter Röhrl

2/20/201810:07 estFiled to: Driver's EducationBy: Tommy Parry

The undisputed rallymeister, Walter Rohrl, still keeps active in the world of motorsports as he enters his seventh decade. Part of his duties these days include leading eager students at Porsche's driving schools and transferring his decades of experience into digestible tidbits the aspiring driver can appreciate. On loose surfaces, the …

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Walter Röhrl Elegantly Drifts a 911 S at a Rainy Nürburgring

12/26/20178:16 estFiled to: Vintage RacingBy: Tommy Parry

The legend might be nearing seventy, but his talent hasn't diminished a bit. Walter Röhrl is still the king of driving in inclement weather, and this masterclass of graceful drifting through a sodden Nordschleife must be seen by anyone with a drop of motor oil in their veins. Even with a 2.0-liter motor powering this vintage 911 S, Rohrl still …

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Genius on Wheels: Porsche Honors Walter Röhrl at 70.

3/8/20178:25 estFiled to: Porsche MuseumBy: Chris Cushing

Walter Röhrl began driving with Porsche nearly as soon as he could do so legally. Though not yet a professional driver, young Walter began driving with a Porsche 356B 1600 making just 75 horsepower- after he sourced an engine. This engineless 356 was just the beginning of Röhrl's remarkable career. To honor the man Niki Lauda called a "Genius on …

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