Today’s video is of a Porsche 911 Turbo S having a drag race against a Ferrari 458 Italia. Many would think that this race would be close, but you have to watch the video to see which car runs away with the victory.
This year in the American Le Mans Series has not been the greatest for Porsche driving teams. With a few teams getting a win here or there, but none in contention for the points drivers’ championship. However, the manufacturers’ championship is still within reach for Porsche as we enter the last race of the season.
Porsche trails BMW with 132 point versus 154 points, but at Petit Le Mans at Road Atlanta there are 30 available points, so Porsche has a chance to win the manufacturers’ championship.… Read More
Today’s video is of the new 2012 Porsche 911 being driven. The video gives you a small sense of what you might be like to drive the car. From the video the new 991 looks like they may be great cars, but we won’t know for sure until we can drive one.
The Flying Lizard team of Patrick Long and Jörg Bergmeister are looking to win their second straight race in the American Le Mans Series. This season has not been the best for the team, but they are looking to finish the season strong by wining their second straight race, Petit Le Mans at Road Atlanta. The 10 hour race will be held on October 1st and can be watched live on-line through ESPN3.com at 11:15AM – 9:45PM EDT or it can be watched on Sunday on ABC from 4:00PM – 6:00PM EDT (the ABC broadcast will be shortened to two hours).… Read More
Last week I reported that the Porsche Panamera had won the “Head Turner” Motorist Choice Award for the premium vehicle category. Well, Porsche has put out a press release with more information about the award.
Below is the official press release.
The 2011 Porsche Panamera is the top “Head Turner” in the premium vehicle category, according to the sixth annual Motorist Choice Awards.
This coming weekend is the Petit Le Mans at Road Atlanta in the ALMS. The race will have quite a few story lines including can Flying Lizard team get a second straight win or can the Falken Tire Team finish the season with a win. I’ll be writing more about these and other stories in the coming days, but today I’m posting a press release about reigning GT Class Rolex Sports Car Series Champion Leh Keen racing for the Alex Job Racing team at the race.… Read More
Today’s video is of the new 2012 Porsche 911 it’s Frankfurt Motor Show debut. In this video August Achleitner, Manager of the Porsche 911 model line talks about the development process of the new 991.
As you may remember I am slowly painting my 1983 Porsche 944 in my Garage (you can read my first post here). The car is being painted panel by panel over time and I’m chronicling the process here.
Today is one of the most important topics when it comes to painting a car, prep. Prepping the car is the step that if rushed will make the cars finish look really bad.… Read More
In today’s video the head of Porsche Motorsport, Hartmut Kristen, talks about technology transfer from the race track to the road and future developments in the world of racing.
The Porsche Panamera has been awarded a Motorist Choice award. The award is from the automotive research groups AutoPacific and IntelliChoice and is based on survey data from 72,000 vehicle owners. The award recognize vehicles with high consumer satisfaction ratings and lower than average ownerships costs. The awards consist of 15 categories with each category having a “Popular” and “Premium” winner.… Read More
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