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Is the Martini Racing Porsche 918 Spyder a Hint of Porsche’s Le Mans Future?

Posted by: David Hurth  /  Category: News, Porsche, Racing

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Porsche has released photos of the Porsche 918 Spyder wearing the Martini Racing livery which started me thinking. Is it possible that the wearing of the iconic Martini livery more than just for marketing purposes?

In 2014 Porsche is moving back into competing at the top level at Le Mans. Not long after Porsche showed the first Porsche 918 Spyder concept car, they showed off the Porsche 918 RSR concept racing car.… Read More

Derek Bell Driving a Porsche 956 at the Nurburgring – Video

Posted by: David Hurth  /  Category: Porsche, Racing, Video

This video features Derek Bell driving a Porsche 956 around the Nurburgring and Derek narrates the lap. The video is of some classic footage of Derek managing a very good lap with a time just over 6 minutes. This video is definitely worth a watch for any Porsche enthusiast.

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Magnus Racing Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Wins Grand-Am Indy

Posted by: David Hurth  /  Category: News, Porsche, Racing

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Porsche has added yet another first to its long list of major motorsports accomplishments. The German automaker became the first manufacturer to win an endurance sports car GT race at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway (IMS) and the first to win GRAND-AM’s North American Endurance Championship (NAEC). The GRAND-AM Rolex Sports Car Series brought its two-class championship to Indianapolis today for the three-hour Brickyard Grand Prix endurance sports car race.… Read More

Dan Clarke Continues Dominance of the Intercontinental Trophy Cup Racing Series

Posted by: David Hurth  /  Category: Porsche, Racing

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Dan Clarke’s remarkable debut season in the Intercontinental Trophy Cup Racing Series continued last weekend at Virginia International Raceway as the Indianapolis based Englishman took his eighth win in a row. Clarke, clearly buoyed by his dominant performance in the previous rounds at the challenging Road Atlanta track, took pole position, two race victories and two fastest laps in a clean sweep of the weekend.… Read More

Porsche at Le Mans Classic 2012 – Video

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

This video highlights the action at this years Le Mans Classic event. The video highlights the great classic Porsches that were at the event. The amount of classic Porsches was pretty amazing and this make this video a must watch for an Porsche enthusiast.

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Is This the Best Automotive Marketing Idea Ever? – Video

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

Have you ever been shopping for a car and the sales person says “just picture it in your driveway”? Well the Pfaff Porsche Dealership in Canada has taken this to the next level. They have positioned a new Porsche 911 (991) Carrera to where when a picture is taken at the correct angle, it appears to be in the driveway.

They targeted a more affluent neighborhoods in Toronto and took the pictures and created the brochures that they passed out right in the neighborhood in a van with a mobile computing setup.… Read More

HAMANN-Motorsport Makes the Panamera Turbo More Powerful

Posted by: David Hurth  /  Category: News, Porsche

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The Porsche Panamera Turbo and Turbo S are very fast cars from the factory. Well, HAMANN-Motorsport has decided that the already great performance is not quite enough, so they have added even more power. In their tuning of the cars they have the Panamera making 603hp and an earth moving 641 ft lbs of torque! The tuned car can got 0-62MPH in just 3.9 seconds which will beat or keep up with most sports cars and the Top speed is raised to 195MPH, not bad for a four door sedan.… Read More

Porsche 911 Speedster, Porsche 911 GT3 RS and Porsche 911 Carrera GTS – Video

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

This video is from Road and Track and features the Porsche 911 (997) Speedster, Porsche 911 (997) GT3 RS and Porsche 911 (997) Carrera GTS. The short video gives an overview of each model and it gives a quick over view of each cars. Watch the video and then let us know which of these cars great cars you would like to own in the comments below.… Read More

Old Sports Car or New Sports Car?

Posted by: David Hurth  /  Category: Commentary, Porsche, Road Test

A couple of weeks ago, I was able to drive the new Porsche 911 (991) Carrera S and the new Porsche Boxster S (you can read more about this here). Now my daily driver is a 1983 Porsche 944 and the experience in the Porsche 911 Carrera S totally blew away the experience I get in my Porsche 944. However, in 1983 the Porsche 944 was the base model, so the new Porsche Boxster S, although not the lowest powered Boxster, may offer a better comparison.… Read More

Porsche at Grand Prix of Mosport – Video

Posted by: David Hurth  /  Category: Porsche, Racing, Video

This video shows highlights of last weekends ALMS race at Mosport. The video shows highlights from the race and gives a rundown of how the various Porsche cars did in the race. Also, in a classy move Porsche congratulates the GT Class winning Ferrari 458 Italia.

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