It shouldn’t really come as a shock that Porsche tests its car thoroughly. Just quite how thorough its tests are might surprise you, though. In preparing the 911 GT3 for the road, Porsche engineers really went above and beyond testing the car, which culminated in a 5,000 km (3,106-mile) test at the Nardo test track […]
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<!––> <!––> The age of electrification is well and truly upon us and while that means we will see lots of exciting new electric vehicles launched in the coming decade, it also means some of our favorite ICE-powered vehicles will be killed off. Fortunately, the Porsche 911 won’t be one of them. Last month, Porsche […]
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<!––> <!––> On the 21st of March this year, 24 Porches from multiple different eras were documented being loaded onto a team of car carriers. The cars would travel 500km across the country to take part in the “Renn Beach Drive 3”. It’s an event organized by Renn Drive, a group of car enthusiasts who […]
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I don’t know why I find it moderately surprising that the first and only Porsche Macan generation has been around since 2014. But it has and the automaker is preparing another mild update following an earlier one in 2018 for the 2019MY. Likely to be unveiled this year, the update seen here looks to be […]
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A special 2016 Porsche 911 GT3 RS ordered by none other than Jerry Seinfeld is heading to auction later this week. Seinfeld is a prolific Porsche collector and spent over $250,000 making this GT3 RS unique. For starters, it sports a Liquid Chrome Blue Metallic finish through the Paint-To-Sample program. Those familiar with this color […]
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If you were to show pictures of the Lamborghini Aventador SVJ and Porsche 911 GT2 RS to someone who doesn’t know much about cars and asked them which of the two accelerates the fastest, most would guess the Lamborghini. But is it actually quicker than its German rival? To find out, Formula E driver Daniel […]
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Due to a software failure of the screwdriver on the assembly line, the screw connection on the rear upper control arm may not have been tightened to specification on certain Porsche 911s. As a result, the German automaker is now conducting a recall in the United States of America, together with the National Highway Traffic […]
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I’ll confess, I’ve always known the RUF CTR Yellowbird by its reputation more than by its accomplishments. I knew it was a cool car, but I never really investigated why. Matt Farah is here to help people like me who were more interested in Big Bird than the Yellowbird when it was crushing the competition. […]
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Earlier this week we ran a story about the Rinspeed R69 Porsche Testarossa up for auction on Collecting Cars. The mutant coupe started life as a sane 911 Turbo before being brutally reshaped in the mid 1980s by Swiss tuning house Rinspeed – the same company that would later go on to create the even […]
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A Porsche 911, preferably the Turbo, Turbo S or GT3, would be the ideal sports car for most petrolheads. However, the 718 Cayman isn’t too shabby either, considering that Porsche has further refined it, and if you choose the GTS or GT4, then you probably won’t feel the need to upgrade too soon. This is […]
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