In many parts of the world winter is upon us and for lots of our readers that means driving on snow and ice. For those of us that drive a Porsche year round, be it a Cayenne, Macan, 911, Panamera, Boxster, Cayman, 356 or anything else, there are a few simple guidelines we can follow to stay safer in the winter. Recently, Porsche's Walter Röhrl sat …
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Porsche Makes Surprise Announcement About Mark Webber’s Racing Future
At the end of the 2016 FIA World Endurance Championship, Mark Webber will retire from racing! The six-hour race in Bahrain will be the last time the reigning World Champion will compete as a works driver. Fortunately, however, his retirement from racing does not mean the end of his relationship with Porsche. What's Next For Mark …
Continue to the full articleVideo: Walter Röhrl Shunts A 918 Spyder At Sachsenring
To err is human. Even when that human is legendary driver Walter Rohrl. He's been driving at the limit of high-performance street and race cars since well before I was even born. He's won more races than should be humanly possible. Even as he gracefully ages, he always seems to be around when a German manufacturer needs to show off the speed of …
Continue to the full articleWalter Röhrl: Six Minutes At Full Throttle In a 911 GT3 RS
You only wish you could be as cool as Walter Röhrl is in this video. If I were piloting a $175k, 500 horsepower GT3 RS around the track I would drenched in sweat and exhausted from trying not to stuff it. Walter on the other hand looks like he's out for a quick jaunt down to the local store to pick up a paper and a coffee. Then again, I'm not a …
Continue to the full articleWalter Röhrl Takes Us On Track In The Cayman GT4
Since the Cayman GT4s "official" introduction a few weeks ago, we've been learning more and more about its track capabilities. One of our best sources of information came from Chris Harris when he compiled his full, on-track review in this video. However, that's not to say there isn't more to learn or more to see. Today's video, while admiteddly …
Continue to the full articleWatch Walter Röhrl Drift The Cayenne GTS & Turbo S On Ice
Porsche is obviously putting a big push on for to show just how capable their entire model line-up is in the snow. We saw first hand at Camp4 Canada a few weeks ago how well the 911 and Cayman can do. Additionally, most of us know that the Cayenne handles as well off-road as it does on, but sometimes it's hard to translate that knowledge to the …
Continue to the full articleWalter Röhrl Compares the Porsche 918 Spyder to the Carrera GT [Video]
Porsche legend Walter Röhrl talks about the handling of the 918 Spyder, why the Nürburgring is the only place in the world to help Porsche build the perfect car, what it feels like to drive the Spyder and how it compares the Carrera GT. If you're having trouble viewing this video simply click on Walter Röhrl Compares the Porsche 918 Spyder to the …
Continue to the full articleDriving the Porsche 918 Spyder on the Nürburgring [Video]
Just two short weeks ago we showed you what it was like "Behind the Scenes with the Porsche 918 Spyder at the Nürburgring". Shortly there after, Porsche released the results of that test and now they've given us this video of Walter Röhrl putting the 918 through it's paces. If you're having trouble seeing this video, simply click on Driving the …
Continue to the full articleHere’s One Way to Beat Walter Röhrl Around the “Ring”
Someone once asked us to detail the difference between a Porsche GT3 and a GT3 RS? Our answer, "The Porsche GT3 is designed for occasional use on the race track while the Porsche GT3 RS is designed for occasional use on the road." Porsche intends to prove this during the historic Nürburgring 24 hour race this coming May. In addition to …
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