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New Boxster and 550 Spyder – Video

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

This video shows the Porsche heritage that has lead to the new Porsche Boxster. The video shows how the new Porsche Boxster gets its heritage from the Porsche 550 Spyder. This video is taken from the Porsche display at the 2012 Moscow International Auto Show. The new Boxster is quite a true open air sports car with the soul of the Porsche 550 Spyder and some styling queues from both the Porsche 550 Spyder and the Porsche Carrera GT.… Read More

Three Wheeled Porsche Boxster Faster Than Police – Video

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

It may be time for Australian Police to buy faster cars. This video is of a high speed chase that happened in Australia as the Police chase a suspect in a stolen car. The suspect destroys one of the front wheels in the chase, but keeps going on three wheels. Amazingly, the Police never catchup to him until the car finally spins out and they catch the suspect on foot.… Read More

Chris Harris Drag Races a Porsche 911 GT2 RS vs. a Ducati 1199 Panigale – Video

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

This video features Chris Harris having a drag race in a Porsche 911 GT2 RS against a Ducati 1199 Panigale. The Porsche may have over 600hp against a bike with just under 200hp, but the difference in weight make this quite a challenge. The speed of these two vehicles is pretty amazing and both are great for the type of vehicle they are.… Read More

Porsche 914: Bought, Fixed Up and Sold – Video

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

This video is from an episode of the U.K. show, Wheeler Dealers. If you haven’t seen the show before, the premise is that they buy a classic car and fix it up in the hopes of selling it for a profit. This episode features a Porsche 914 (or as it is called in the U.K. a VW-Porsche 914).

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Solid Performances for Porsche Teams, but few Rewards – Includes Highlights

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

This last weekend’s Rolex Sports Car Series race at Mid-Ohio looked like it would be a great one for the Porsche teams. At one point the defending GT Class Points Champion Brumos Racing team was in 2nd place for a large portion of the race. Unfortunately, a tire issue that made the car difficult to handle caused the team to fade and they ended the race in 7th place.… Read More

Urban Outlaw: Magnus Walker – Trailer

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

This trailer video has been making its way around the web over the past few days. The trailer is for a film that follows Magnus Walker, a man that is trying to collect every Porsche 911 from 1964 until 1973 (he currently is only missing one year and it isn’t 1964). The man does not look like the stereotypical Porsche collector, but the video just shows that you can’t judge a book by its cover and that Porsche enthusiasts come in many forms.… Read More

New Porsche 911 (991) GT3 Caught on Video

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

The TeamSpeed blog has just release a video of the all new Porsche 911 (991) GT3 being driven in Germany. The spy video of the highly anticipated new Porsche 911 GT3 (a model that is rumored to be available in 2013) gives quite a few queues to what the new car will look like. Some of the styling details of the car that makes it to production may be different, but it definitely looks like it will be another great GT3.… Read More

Patrick Long’s Morning Commute in a Porsche GT3 RS 4.0 – Video

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

This video is of three-time ALMS GT2 Driver’s Champion, Le Mans winner and Porsche’s only American Factory Driver, Patrick Long going on a morning coffee run. He is getting the coffee for fellow Porsche driver Hurley Haywood at the Porsche Driving School at Barber Motorsports Park in Alabama. He wants to get the coffee as fast as possible, so of course he needs a fast car.… Read More

Porsche 911 GT3 versus Porsche 911 GT3 RSR – Video

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

This video is of a Porsche 911 GT3 street car versus a Porsche 911 GT3 RSR race car. The video features Flying Lizard team and Porsche Works driver Patrick Long. Patrick takes both cars on the track and explains what makes them different and it what ways they are close. After watching this it will make you realize just how close a Porsche 911 GT3 is to a road legal race car.… Read More

A Zero Emissions Porsche 911 GT3 – Video

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

Well, we have seen a lot of on-off Porsche 911 GT3s. Most tuners try to get these already fast cars to the next level. However, for some people reducing emissions from an automobile is more important then speed. As a result of this one “tuner” (for lack of a better term) has built a zero emission Porsche 911 GT3. Due to its power source (which adds no weight to the car if you figure in the weight of the driver) it has made this very quick vehicle much slower.… Read More