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Ferry Porsche 1909 – 1998 Born on September 19, 1909, of Austrian descent, Ferry Porsche kept the Porsche flame alive...
Ferdinand Porsche (1875 – 1951) Ferdinand Porsche was an Austrian-German automotive engineer and founder of the Porsche car company. He...
I have been looking forward to seeing this new book from Dalton Watson, covering the very colourful life and times...
Hot off the press, so to speak, is Berlin Motor Books’ latest offering covering the 911 G-Model, and what an...
From 19-21 February 2021, Brian Redman will again host a superb gathering of top-notch high-performance sports cars and race cars...
Whether you love it or hate it, the 914 served as a very important family member in the Porsche model...
At Porsche Road & Race, we receive many books for review, and these include books on all manner of high...
The history of Porsche sportscars is peppered with iconic models that stand out as special, from the earliest models to...
A Spanish noun, ‘carrera’ can mean road, track or race and since the 1970s ‘Carrera’ has been a model name...
Clearly it isn’t a Porsche, but it must rank as one of the best looking sports cars of its era....
Consider what it would be like to be given the opportunity to glimpse behind the scenes, into Porsche’s inner design...
It all started back in early March of 2020. I had a trip planned to visit the Porsche Museum in...
Yes, you might think the title is a mis- print, but it is not. HSR (Historic Sportscar Racing) put on...
Most motorsport enthusiasts will have attended historic races, events such as the Goodwood Festival of Speed or Revival, or similar...
Under normal circumstances, this year’s Rennsport Collective would have taken place at the beginning of August, when the weather was...
Regular Goodwood attendees would have been starved of all the glorious action in 2020 that this venue has to offer,...
This is Stéphane Coradi’s third publication, and the third of his books that I am reviewing. It must be said...
There is a model in Porsche’s family line-up that receives little coverage and, as a result, it does not enjoy...
More than 4.75 million visitors have passed through the doors of Porsche’s Museum in Stuttgart since the company officially opened...
Have you ever been to the Porsche Museum in Stuttgart-Zuffenhausen? If not, you would do well to plan a visit...
Over the years, there has been a lot written on the history of the Le Mans 24 Hours, a race...
For some Porsche enthusiasts, the road to ownership follows a course which perhaps starts as an interest back as a...
I first caught sight of the Ferrari 333 SP at Kyalami in Johannesburg, South Africa, in December 1998. It was...
This edition of Quentin Spurring’s fabulous series covers the 1970s in his well-known and valuable decade-by-decade history of the Le...
Simply titled, SportErfolge (English: Success in Sport), this book came my way quite by surprise. It is not a book...
Not many folk would have heard about Redman’s Roast, unless that is, you attended Brian Redman’s Targa Sixty Six event...
On the world stage, GT racing has enjoyed as many ups as it has had downs over the years, but...
The introduction of the Porsche 904 Carrera GTS, to give it its full name, marked the beginning of an unprecedented...
Most motorsport enthusiasts are agreed on the fact that the 1960s was one of the most innovative and exciting decades...
Motor racing in America in the late 1950s was beginning to show a much more organised front across the nation....
America has for decades been Porsche’s biggest market, and this was important for the young and growing company. In some...
If any two letters have encapsulated Porsche’s sporting prowess over the years, it is these – RS. It is now...
When the second edition of this fine publication was released back in April 2019 in German, I enquired immediately as...
It was Max Hoffman, the New York-based Porsche importer, who was instrumental in getting the factory to produce a lightweight...
Berlin Motor Books, a boutique book publisher located not far from the Brandenburger Tor (Brandenburg Gate) in Berlin, has been...
As I’ve explained on the few occasions I’ve burst into print in Porsche Road & Race, my enduring love affair...
Between 5th and 9th February, the Porte de Versailles Exhibition Centre in Paris hosted the 2020 edition of Retromobile. This...
The 27th publishing of this superb edition of Porsche Sport 2019 by Gruppe C Verlag, opens with this paragraph, “The year...
This edition of Quentin Spurring’s fabulous series covering the Le Mans 24 Hours decade-by-decade, concerns the 1960s. Many will agree...
It must rank as one of the most awesome races in the world. This year was my first visit to...
It’s a case of, more of the same for the 2018-2019 Edition of the Classic Car Auction Yearbook. Once again,...
For many years now, the name ‘Carrera’ has been associated with Porsche sports cars. But the story of how the...
For many years, Excellence Was Expected, the book on Porsche’s models, motorsport, company history and much more, has been regarded...
In 1963 Enzo Ferrari made a decision that had far-reaching consequences, when he snubbed an attempt by Ford to buy...
Brian Long’s original book on the Porsche 356 was published in 1996, and this was later printed in softback form....
Porsche 917 – Zuffenhausen’s Le Mans and Can-Am Champion, is the third title we have reviewed in the Ludvigsen Library...
I met the author, Serge Vanbockryck, a good number of years back at the Le Mans 24 Hours, and since...
The age of motorsport, when an aspiring photographer could amble around the paddock snapping world championship drivers, team personnel and...
Feast Your Eyes on These Custom 959s The Porsche Museum has a couple of very special cars on display right...
It is a well-known fact that the Porsche 956 & 962 derivatives were together the most successful sports prototypes that...
The colour and style of Goodwood, were better than ever this year! The event has grown over the years, and...
Why would dozens of Porsches converge on a side street nestled among gritty brick and mortar buildings covered with painted...
It’s hard to believe that the Goodwood Revival 2019 has come and gone again. With memories of the deluge from...
It is a fact that most of us with an interest in roadgoing or race cars, will have a favourite...
The name, Randy Leffingwell, will be familiar to most Porsche enthusiasts. Leffingwell worked in Kansas City, Chicago and for the...
On 4 November 1961, the Kyalami International Grand Prix Circuit opened its doors for the first event to be held...
It may have taken place just over a week ago, but the Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion 2019 was another top-drawer...
Yes, I know, this is not a book about Porsches, but it does cover one of the 962’s greatest rivals...
The Hillsborough (California) Concours d’ Elegance, on 21 July 2019, has been held for 63 years. It started in 1956...
Hans-Joachim Stuck was observed trying to squeeze his lanky frame into the seat of the 935/78 Moby Dick at the...
Hans-Joachim Stuck was observed trying to squeeze his lanky frame into the seat of the 935/78 Moby Dick at the...
Under the welcoming embrace of sunny California skies over wine country, the Sonoma Speed Festival established a new tradition of...
There seem to be a number of books entering the market right now on Porsche’s motor racing history. This is...
They were all there, from a Pre-A 356 to the latest 991.2 GT3 Clubsport, by way of the most mouth-watering...
Just minutes after I drove out of our driveway at 06h15 on Thursday 18 July en route to the inaugural...
In 2018, we reviewed one of the other books in this series, Porsche Spyders 1956-1964, and this year we will...
Boasting the largest starting grid of the weekend with 201 qualifiers, the ADAC 24h-Classic race was always going to be...
Simply titled, IMSA 1969-1989, this recently published book gives the inside story of how John Bishop built one of the...
There was an obvious irony to Luftgekühlt 6. Somehow an event devoted to the gravitas and authenticity of the air-cooled...
My 2019 European Expedition had been organised for some months, which was to take in the WEC Spa-Francorchamps 6 Hours...
Mention the words ‘Targa Florio’ and any motorsport enthusiast’s thoughts will drift off to those tortuous roads, tight bends, sheer...
It landed on my desk one day, unannounced and unexpected. The package was large and covered in stickers and labels,...
This is the beginning of a series of book reviews on early American racing, written by some very committed authors...
When the Pearl White metallic Porsche Group B concept car was revealed at the Frankfurt Motor Show in September 1983,...
For those who follow Porsche motorsport closely, the 26th edition of the well-known annual, Porsche Sport 2018, is definitely a...
It is always a pleasure when a top-quality book lands on my desk, so when Porsche – The Golden Years...
Porsche Graphisme 917: This is Stéphane Coradi’s second publication in less than a year, the man is irrepressible. His enthusiasm...
There will be few who would argue that much of Porsche’s history has been shaped by motorsport. From the very...
Published in recognition of the company’s 70th anniversary, 70 Years of Porsche Sports Cars, understandably highlights and promotes the milestones...
After a 45-year hiatus, the popular Ice Race GP at Zell am See near the picturesque Austrian town of the...
This last December, we planned a trip to Hamburg to visit with family and to see the Automuseum PROTOTYP. This...
Porsche’s roadgoing model line-up has seldom, if ever, been very far removed from the company’s motorsport programme. This thread can...
It’s a heavyweight book, landscape in shape, with a cover picture to (almost) beat all other cover shots. Randy Leffingwell...
How do you improve on a product that is already the ‘go-to’ publication in the industry? The answer lies in...
Christmas shoppers in Los Angeles on December 8 had a special selection at the Petersen Museum as RM Sotheby’s hosted...
Amongst its numerous attributes, Porsche sports cars have always been about performance, engineering, innovation and being different. From the production...
The Porsche Rennsport Reunion VI in September 2018, was always going to be a special event, as the Porsche company...
The decline of Group 6 and the growth of Group C saw the emergence of what is today widely regarded...
The world has become obsessed with anniversaries or facts that you can leverage, in order to bring your message across....
Last year we reviewed the Porsche 911 flat-six boxer engine scale model by Franzis, but this year, we have the...
The mental wheels started turning when RM Sotheby’s announced on 9 March 2018 that a single marque Porsche auction would...
