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Leipzig Plant Builds 500,000th Vehicle

Posted by: David Hurth  /  Category: News, Porsche

The 500,000th vehicle has rolled off the production line in the Porsche factory in Saxony. The anniversary sports car, a white Cayenne S was converted into a command vehicle for the Leipzig fire brigade with the assistance of Porsche apprentices. Matthias Müller, the President and CEO of Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG, handed the keys to the Lord Mayor of the City as a token of the relationship with Porsche’s Leipzig home.… Read More

Porsche at the 2012 Goodwood Festival of Speed – Video

Posted by: David Hurth  /  Category: Porsche, Video, Video of the Day

The Goodwood Festival of speed is going on this weekend and this video shows highlights of Porsche at the event. The video features some great Porsches both old and new. These cars include vintage race cars as well as classic Porsche road cars. The video also features the Porsche 918 Spyder concept and the new Porsche Boxster.

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Dr. Ferdinand Porsche Commercial – Video

Posted by: David Hurth  /  Category: Porsche, Video, Video of the Day

This video is from a vintage Porsche commercial featuring the late Dr. Ferdinand Porsche. The commercial is a classic featuring vintage footage of many Porsche through the years up until the late 80′s. The video is definitely worth a watch for any Porsche enthusiast.

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Tiff Needell Drives the Porsche 911 GT3 RS 4.0 on a Wet Track – Video

Posted by: David Hurth  /  Category: Porsche, Video, Video of the Day

This video features Tiff Needell driving the Porsche 911 GT3 RS 4.0 on a Wet Track. The most powerful Porsche 911 GT3 built yet with a large 4.0 liter engine is perhaps a fitting swan song for the outgoing 997 based GT3. With how good this car is it will be hard for Porsche to improve on it.

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Le Mans Winning Race Cars Featured at St. Petersburg Festival – Video

Posted by: David Hurth  /  Category: Porsche, Video, Video of the Day

This video is of the St. Petersburg Festival that was held in St. Petersburg Russia. The video features three Porsche race cars that won the 24 hours of Le Mans race. The cars featured are the Porsche 936 Spyder (1977 Le Mans winner), Porsche 962/C (1987 Le Mans winner) and the Porsche 911 GT1 (1998 Le Mans winner). In addition to these great cars the video also features the 2011 24h of Nuerburgring winning Porsche 911 GT3 RSR as well as the new 2012 Porsche 911 Carrera S and the new 2013 Porsche Boxster S.… Read More

Porsche Supports Winning All-Girl Racing Team

Posted by: David Hurth  /  Category: News, Porsche

Porsche Cars North America (PCNA) employees had a rare and close encounter with Formula One racing “Team Shift,” who paid a visit to their Atlanta headquarters on June 22. No, they are not one of Bernie Ecclestone’s Formula One teams. Rather, Team Shift is comprised of four young women from the Greater Atlanta area who compete in F1 in schools, the largest and most successful school-based science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) program in the world.… Read More

New Porsche Boxster S Review and Porsche Autostadt Display – Video

Posted by: David Hurth  /  Category: Porsche, Video, Video of the Day

This video features a review of the new Porsche Boxster S as well as a look at the Autostadt in Wolfsburg Germany. The first part of the video reviews the new Porsche Boxster S taking it on the road and track. The second part of the video shows the Porsche display at the Autostadt in Wolfsburg Germany. Now that Porsche is officially part of the Volkswagen Group they have been added to the Autostadt.… Read More

Road America Grand-Am Battle Puts Two Porsches in Top-10 – Includes Highlights

Posted by: David Hurth  /  Category: Porsche, Video, Video of the Day

Porsche entered this weekend’s two-hour Rolex 250 Driven by VISITFLORIDA.COM at Road America with high expectations. The quartet of Porsche 911 GT3 Cup entries used the lower-aerodynamic drag nature of the venerable 911 design to be at or near the top of the speed charts all weekend. The fight for the GT class victory was forming to be an extension of this.… Read More

Goodwood Festival of Speed: Preview – Video

Posted by: David Hurth  /  Category: Porsche, Video, Video of the Day

Next week starts the Goodwood Festival of Speed. Porsche has put out a teaser video for exclusive content that they will start sharing on Friday June 29th. This exclusive content can be found at http://www.porsche.co.uk/origin.

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More Power for the 911 Carrera S and New Aerodynamic Enhancements

Posted by: David Hurth  /  Category: News, Porsche

Porsche Exclusive has announced a new power enhancement kit developed for the 2013 911 Carrera S. Focusing specifically on the dynamic properties of the new, seventh-generation sports car, the new Powerkit boosts the power of the 3.8-liter boxer engine from 400 hp to 430 hp. When equipped with the Powerkit, the 911 Carrera S Coupe needs only 3.8 seconds to sprint from zero to 60 mph with PDK in Sport Plus mode.… Read More