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It started with the Porsche 356 As we all know, the 356 was the first globally sold car made by...
At the start of 2023, after a few years of teasing and testing, the Porsche Type 963 LMDh Hypercar was...
Anatole Lapine, 1973 Anatole Lapine who was in charge of styling at Porsche under two disparate CEOs, Fuhrmann and Schutz,...
Two old friends – André Loubser hands a copy of his book ‘Kyalami’ to Sir Stirling Moss in the Drivers’...
Born: 19 November 1981 Where: Duisburg, Germany Lives: Tokyo, Japan Height: 1.84m Although it is his first year as a...
Andreas Seidl, Porsche LMP1 Team Principal (Le Mans 2016) Born: 6 January 1976 Where: Passau, Germany As a team boss,...
Arno Bohn at Weissach with the 968 Cabriolet (1991) Arno Bohn was managing director of Porsche from 1990-92. An outsider...
Brendon Hartley, Porsche works driver, Le Mans 24H, 2016 Born: 10th November 1989 Where: Palmerston North, New Zealand Lives: Monaco...
Richard Wiley at Le Mans 24H, 2019 PORSCHE ROAD & RACE is proud to announce that contributor Richard Wiley was...
Peter Gregg and Hurley Haywood won the 24 Hours of Daytona on 3/4 February 1973 driving this 911 Carrera RSR...
Solitude, 15 July1962: Dan Gurney behind the wheel of a Porsche 804 Formula 1 at the Solitude Dan Gurney, the...
We have partnered with Sports Car Digest to republish some of their Porsche-centric mcontent on Stuttcars for our members to...
The 1979 Sports Car season at Dick Barbour Racing would once again start with probably the toughest race, the Daytona...
Born: 25 May 1981 Where: Hannover, Germany Lives: Würzburg, Germany Height: 1.80m Career 2017 Porsche works driver, 2nd Daytona 24...
Dr. Ulrich Bez (1988) Hailing from the Bad Cannstatt district of Stuttgart, Ulrich Bez, who as Porsche Technical supremo hatched...
Dr. Frank-Steffen Walliser, Head of Porsche Motorsport (Le Mans 2016) Dr. Frank-Steffen Walliser joined Porsche as a mechanical engineering student...
80 years strong Porsche Newsroom: “The Porsche myth lives and will never perish!” – Dr. Wolfgang Porsche made this legendary...
Born: 9 July 1990, Wanganui, New Zealand Lives: Kuala Lumpur (MAL) Marital status: Single Height/Weight: 1.83m/74kg Hobbies: Fitness, surfing, skiing...
In the early 1950s, Porsche was still a very young company, and they certainly did not have the budgets enjoyed...
Ernst Fuhrmann at the 24 Hours of Le Mans, 12 June 1977 Porsche’s first CEO is frequently maligned as the...
Professor Ferdinand Porsche (centre) with F. A. ‘Butzi’ Porsche (left) and Ferdinand Piëch (right), ca. 1949 Ferdinand Karl Piëch was...
Editor’s Note: Stuttcars is proud to mark a milestone in Porsche history with this feature by Jay Gillotti. In honor...
Entering Porsche’s World He was not in the first wave, that small group of engineers supporting Ferdinand Porsche when he...
Fred Makowiecki, Porsche works driver, 2016 Le Mans 24H Born: 22 November 1980 Where: Arras, France Lives: Perpignan, France Marital...
Fritz Enzinger, Vice President Porsche LMP1 (Silverstone 2016) Born: 15 September 1956 Where: Oberwölz, Austria Lives: Munich Marital status: Married...
In the days before data logging transformed our sport into a science, the judge of all things was the simple...
Follmer was born in Phoenix in 1934, though effectively he became a Californian as his family moved to Pasadena before...
Gérard Larrousse (2017) Former Porsche works driver, Gérard Larrousse, celebrates his 80th birthday on Saturday 23 May 2020. Gérard Gilles...
Porsche mourns the death of Hans Mezger – this photo was taken in 2007 It was with great sadness that...
Obviously these two attractive models from the lingerie manufacturer Triumph (München) like this Porsche 914/6 – Rutesheim Athletics Club, Baden-Württemberg,...
The inspired engineer behind so much of Porsche’s success, Helmuth Bott has long remained the company’s eminence grise, but little...
Porsche’s Forrest Gump—the irrepressible Herbert Linge—pops up everywhere in Porsche history even after his retirement almost thirty years ago. The...
Mark Webber being interviewed at the Geneva Motor Show 2014, on the occasion of the world debut of the Porsche...
Starting his career in the early ’60s behind the wheel of a Mini, John Fitzpatrick quickly worked his way to...
Porsches have scored a record 16 overall victories at Le Mans, 14 similar triumphs in the Rolex 24 at Daytona...
Norbert Singer, 24 Hours of Le Mans, 1996 Norbert Singer must rank as one of the most successful race engineers...
Jean Behra following his accident at Caracas 3 November 1957 Staring out of period black and white photographs, Jean Behra’s...
This book not only describes the huge success of Jochen Mass as a racing driver, but it also reveals more...
We’ve partnered with Sports Car Digest to share Porsche content from its 23+ years of archives. This piece was originally...
Jörg Bergmeister, Porsche works driver, 2016 Le Mans 24H Born: 13 February 1976 Where: Leverkusen, Germany Lives: Langenfeld, Germany Marital...
Autograph card signed by Jürgen Barth (ca. 1980) More books have been written about Porsche than any other car company...
Born: 28 October 1988 Where: Lyon, France Lives: Höchst, Austria Marital Status: Single Height/Weight: 1.84 m/72 kg Hobbies: Badminton, skiing,...
Born: 8 May 1981 Where: Hasselt, Belgium Lives: Waiblingen, Germany Height: 1.80m Career 2017 Porsche works driver 2016 Audi works...
Marc Lieb, Porsche works driver, Le Mans 24H, 2016 Born: 4th July 1980 Where: Stuttgart, Germany Lives: Ludwigsburg, Germany Marital...
Marco Ujhasi, Porsche GT Motorsport Project Manager, at FIA WEC 6 Hours of Silverstone, 14 April 2017 To reach the...
If you were lucky enough to visit Rennsport Reunion 7 in Monterey, California, then chances are you gazed at one...
Mark Webber, Porsche driver, Silverstone 6h 2014 Born: 27th August 1976 Where: Queanbeyan, Australia Lives: Buckinghamshire, UK Height/weight: 1.83 m/76...
Origins in Speed: A Childhood Fueled by Motorsport Glen Smale was born in East London, South Africa, a scenic coastal...
For Stuttcars contributor Kieron Fennelly, the Porsche story didn’t begin with a test drive or a lifelong dream. It began...
Martin Raffauf’s connection to Porsche doesn’t begin in the usual way. There was no teenage dream of a 911, no...
Photography courtesy of Alex Papke / FXD. Christopher Rünge, a self-described coach builder and automobile designer, began Rünge Cars with...
Michael Christensen, Porsche works driver, Le Mans 24H, 2016 Born: 28 August 1990 Where: Greve, Denmark Lives: Vienna, Austria Marital...
The formidable Carrera 6 outside the Porsche headquarters, Stuttgart Zuffenhausen, 1966 The Carrera Six, as Porsche officially called the 906,...
Neel Jani, Porsche works driver, Le Mans 24H 2016 Born: 8th December 1983 Where: Rorschach, Switzerland Lives: Port, Switzerland Height/weight:...
Toine Hezemans in his Brussels home, 2015 One of the Netherlands’ most successful racers, Toine Hezemans is part of a...
Nick Tandy, Porsche works driver, Le Mans 24H, 2016 Born: 5 November 1984 Where: Bedford, UK Lives: Bedford, UK Marital...
Patrick Pilet, Porsche driver of #92, at the Silverstone 6h, 10 – 12 April 2015 Born: 8 October 1981 Where:...
Peter Falk sits on the sill of the famous #23 Porsche 917 KH Coupé, winner of the 1970 Le Mans...
As their race director and one of the leading figures in their experimental department, Peter Falk contributed significantly to the...
“Gregg, Peter (FA),” was filed between “Greenwood, John” and “Gregory, Masten.” The file, dog-eared and stained with the outline of...
The Seikel Motorsport team last raced in the 2007 Le Mans, having participated on no less than eleven occasions in...
Reviewed & Edited by Rex McAfee Only in SoCal: The Urban Outlaw Last year, to commemorate the 10th anniversary of...
Images by: Virtual Motorpix/Glen Smale and Corporate Archives Porsche AG The Porsche 908 is widely regarded as one of the...
Reproduced with permission from SportsCarDigest. Every legend has its debut day: this was the case of the Porsche 911, which,...
What makes the Porsche brand so legendary? What inspires people to keep it young and full of life 75 years...
Icons of Porsche – Taken seriously! Icons of Porsche is not just the theme for Rennsport Reunion 7, but represents...
For many Porsche enthusiasts, the name Emma Raducanu isn’t familiar. But if there’s one thing she shares with the world...
Hans Herrmann at the Retro Classics in Stuttgart, Germany 2010 Hans Herrmann, one of the most successful and popular racing...
“Aloha!” This Hawaiian greeting expresses compassion, sympathy, and affection, which all combine to form the multifaceted Hawaiian sensibility that also...
Hans Herrmann’s career was marked by numerous victories and unforgettable moments at Le Mans, the Mille Miglia, and the Targa...
Peter W. Schutz, CEO of Porsche from 1981-1987 (ca.1984) Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG this week announced the death...
Peter W. Schutz, CEO of Porsche from 1981-1987 (ca.1984) Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG this week announced the death...
Dr Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG is mourning the loss of the former racing driver and Operations Manager of the...
Love at First Sight: Graham Lister In 1977, Graham Lister flew halfway around the world to collect his first Porsche,...
In 1951, at 22, Rolf Wütherich, a mechanic and aircraft technician, had just the kinds of talent Ferry Porsche was...
The PFM 3200-powered Mooney is legendary among aviators. They all want this ‘Porsche of the skies’ – and today there...
In the past, we have covered a Type 964 911 Carrera 2 Speedster, a Type 986 Boxster spec race car,...
Let’s face it, the Porsche 914 was not the most iconic of sports cars in the storied history of the...
If there is one thing that Porsche does better than pretty much any other car manufacturer, that is providing their...
Editor’s note: Harvey Sherman recently covered several of the most iconic Porsche race cars in the Pacific Northwest. Below, he...
Except perhaps at one or two retirement parties or other formal occasions, no one ever saw Roland Kussmaul wearing a...
The manner in which a young agriculture trainee became devoted to motor racing, to endurance runs with a motorcycle, and...
It all began with a decision that Ferry Porsche would long regret. Beginning in 1970, the familial tensions described by...
For this special Porsche issue it was only right to interview the man who, in real terms, helped to put...
British GP meeting which Nick Faure led outright, starting from the second row, against the Falcons and BGG Escorts. But...
History At the start of the IMSA 1987 season, I was working for Bob Akin’s team running a Porsche 962...
Reno, Nevada’s Ranson Webster has carefully curated and assembled one of the world’s great Porsche Garajmahals. Other than a few...
Richard Attwood relaxing between stints in the Drivers’ Paddock during the 2013 Goodwood Festival of Speed On 4 April this...
Richard Lietz, Porsche works driver, Le Mans 24H, 2016 Born: 17 December 1983 Where: Waidhofen, Austria Lives: Ybbsitz, Austria Marital...
Rallye Paris-Dakar 1984: Porsche 911 Carrera 3.2 4×4 (Type 953) – driven by (from L-R) #175 Jacky Ickx, #176 René...
Rolf Sprenger pauses for a photograph during an interview in 2007 It was with great sadness that we learned last...
Mont Ventoux, 18 June 1967 – Rolf Stommelen won this hillclimb driving a Porsche 910/8 Bergspyder Rolf Stommelen was one...
Romain Dumas, Porsche works driver, Le Mans 24H, 2016 Born: 14th December 1977 Where: Alès, France Lives: Basel, Switzerland Marital...
Sir Stirling sits back and relaxes at the 2013 Goodwood Festival of Speed after being interviewed by the author It...
Born: 7 February 1992 Where: Mainz, Germany Lives: Bingen, Germany Height: 1.81m Career 2017 Porsche works driver 2016 Porsche Junior,...
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All photos by the author and courtesy Magnus Walker. Magnus Lucian Titus Bennett Walker is known for many things, and...
At the dawn of the 20th century, engineer Ferdinand Porsche laid down a technological and entrepreneurial blueprint that continues to...
In Memory of Bob Garretson (1933–2025) Bob Garretson passed away earlier this year, just after celebrating his 92nd birthday. He...
