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Best Porsche 911? Porsche has plenty of variations of the 911, and the new 992 version of the car is still seeing those different versions roll out. Recently, Carscoops shared an image of the Porsche 911 GTS without any camo wrap on it. The car has been spotted out testing...
Porsche’s Game-Changing Electric Car The Porsche Taycan was revealed today at 9 am. In an extremely elaborate showing of the car, the company had the live stream presentation span across three locations around the world: Germany, Canada, and China. After a whole lot of discussion about what the Taycan means...
Porsche Taycan World Premiere on September 4 at 9 am And so the future begins. Porsche’s Taycan will be one of the most advanced production all-electric cars the world has ever seen. Porsche will reveal the car in all its splendor tomorrow, September 4th at 9 a.m. eastern time. You...
It may have taken place just over a week ago, but the Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion 2019 was another top-drawer event that should be celebrated for the manner in which it has lifted the profile of yesterday’s great race cars. The growth in historic race reunions, revivals, festivals and the...
The Speedier Macan Porsche unveiled a refreshed Macan last year. Now a Macan Turbo joins the ranks. The 2020 Porsche Macan Turbo features a 3.6-liter V6 engine that puts out 434 hp and 405 lb-ft of torque. Mated to that engine is a seven-speed PDK dual-clutch transmission. Porsche Traction Management...
Professor Ferdinand Porsche (centre) with F. A. ‘Butzi’ Porsche (left) and Ferdinand Piëch (right), ca. 1949 Ferdinand Karl Piëch was born in Vienna, Austria, on 17 April 1937, to Louise (daughter to Ferdinand and sister of Ferry Porsche) and Anton Piëch, a lawyer. He was the grandson of Ferdinand Porsche,...
The Electric Porsche’s Cabin Is Gorgeous The Porsche Taycan is the company’s first all-electric car, and it will be an impressive machine by all accounts. The company will reveal the car in full on September 4 of this year. That’s not far away, and the company has been teasing the...
More Powerful Than Most 911s We’re pretty firm believers that sports cars are always going to be more enticing than SUVs, but the Porsche Cayenne Turbo S E-Hybrid that Porsche recently released wants to challenge that assertion. The SUV is a super-powerful hybrid that can sprint to 60 mph in...
Richard Wiley at Le Mans 24H, 2019 PORSCHE ROAD & RACE is proud to announce that contributor Richard Wiley was recently honoured by the South African Guild of Motoring Journalists. Following his passion for writing on all things motoring and motorsport related over several decades, the honour of Fellow of...
Over the years, the Goodwood Festival of Speed has hosted hundreds of historic Porsches in its paddocks and up Lord March’s sinuous driveway, but this year the limelight was usurped by a newcomer from Weissach – the 95% new 992-based RSR for the upcoming WEC and IMSA campaigns. The fact...
Drawing Inspiration from the 1950s and 1980s Porsche Exclusive Manufaktur made an announcement that it will build some retro-inspired models based on cars from the 1950s and 1980s. There isn’t a lot of information at this time, but the company said it’s building these cars as lifestyle cars and that means...
Feast Your Eyes on These Porsche 935 Tribute Colors The modern 935 Clubsport from Porsche is a car that’s simply to die for. It’s drop-dead gorgeous and features a 700 hp and a body reminiscent of the legendary Porsche 935/78. Now the modern car will really look the part thanks...
The Porsche 917-001 will be shown in the Porsche Museum for the first time in its original condition My 2019 European Expedition had been organised for some months, which was to take in the WEC Spa-Francorchamps 6 Hours (1-4 May) followed by almost a week in Stuttgart (5-10 May). It...
Last week, at the New York International Auto Show, the iconic new 911 Speedster was unveiled by Porsche North America. Following on in the tradition that less is more, the Stuttgart manufacturer revealed to the public the latest model that will carry the Speedster flame for a lucky few. Of...
Porsche Taycan In Final Testing Phase Before September Reveal The Porsche Taycan has rather quietly, become on of the most anticipated cars to come out of Stuttgart in a long time. The fully-electric car has the potential to be precedence-setting, both within the company itself as well as the broader...
More Horsepower? Yes Please The Porsche 911 GTS is an excellent car, one you might think could not be made any better. Well, the tuner company RUF Automobile GmbH is here to prove you wrong. RUF’s new GT car is based on the Porsche 991 generation of the 911 GTS....
The Images Look Straight from the Assembly Line Here’s your first look at the 2020 Porsche 911 Turbo (992). The leak comes from an Instagram user named t_schleicher. Schleicher’s image provides what appears to be a very clear look of the upcoming car. It’s a gorgeous-looking version of the 911, and...
The 2018 prize giving ceremony for the Porsche Carrera Cup France took place on Wednesday 30 January in Paris. Not only were all the main actors in this intensely competitive championship present for this occasion, but also the official Porsche works driver Patrick Pilet and other media, journalists and racing...
The Heart Wants What the Heart Wants Porsche Classic has done some fantastic restorations of all kinds of Porsche vehicles, but the Carrera GT pictured here is a true stunner. The owner of the car commissioned Porsche Classic to not only restore the car but to completely strip it down...
The author at the entrance to the Automuseum Prototyp, December 2018 This last December, we planned a trip to Hamburg to visit with family and to see the Automuseum PROTOTYP. This time, though, I wanted to travel via a different route, not the normal Dover-Calais channel crossing. Stena Line offer...
Hopefully, Porsche Pays Attention The Porsche Taycan will come to the market as one of the company’s most highly-anticipated models ever. It’s an important car, too. It has a fully electric powertrain and the rumors say 600 hp. It will have a range of around 310 miles and can charge...
As we wave goodbye to 2018 and usher in a brand-new year, we look back on the top ten favourites that we were privileged to publish in the last twelve months. We have decided to bring you our top 10 from 2018 (in chronological order) to show you, our valued...
The new Type 992 Porsche 911 Carrera 4S There was a sensation on the West Coast of America last night with the Porsche 911 World Premiere in Los Angeles. This is the eighth generation of the iconic sports car, which was introduced to the world on the eve of the...
Porsche scores fourth place at Macau in the 2018 FIA GT World Cup in Macau. In a fiercely contested race on the Guia Circuit, works driver Earl Bamber narrowly missed out on claiming a podium spot. Mathieu Jaminet concluded his maiden outing in the Macau race in seventh position, while...
There will be four Porsche 911 GT3 R on the starting line of the world’s toughest street race, the FIA GT World Cup in Macau (China) from 15 to 18 November. The Manthey-Racing team will be fielding two of the vehicles to be driven by Earl Bamber and Laurens Vanthoor....
The Porsche 911 undergoes testing ahead of its launch in 2019 The endurance tests for the eighth generation of the Porsche 911 enters the home straight as the new model will be brought to the European market at the beginning of 2019. The schedule to complete the Porsche 911 MY2019...
With an investment of €6-billion and 1200 new employees, Porsche will enter the electric era with the new Taycan. The launch of the Taycan will see ongoing development of Porsche Production 4.0 and an unparalleled knowledge campaign rolled out throughout the entire company. Through this initiative, Porsche is firmly committing...
Porsche 911s on track at the Porsche Experience Centre Atlanta (Courtesy of the Porsche Experience Centre Atlanta) RM Sotheby’s, in collaboration with the Porsche Experience Centre Atlanta, will host the Porsche 70th Anniversary Auction, an exclusive, single-marque auction to be held on the weekend of 27 October at the home...
Porsche’s sixth edition of the by now much-anticipated Rennsport Reunion kicked off on Wednesday 26 September 2018. You could have expected that this would be a really big one for Porsche, with it being their 70th anniversary year, but the Stuttgart manufacturer really pushed the boat out with this one....
‘Porsche around the World’ is a new section of the Porsche Road & Race online journal where we will post items of interest that have either just happened, or are about to happen, anywhere on our planet, in the Porsche community. Feel free to get in touch with us to...
Porsche’s New Take On The Old 993 Porsche announced earlier this year that the marque’s 70th anniversary would in part, be celebrated with the release of a special ‘restomod’ car. Dubbed ‘Project Gold’, this endeavor was delegated to Porsche Classic, the company’s department in charge of restorations. The finer details...
The 2018 Concours Masters at Salon Privé on Saturday, 1 September will celebrate 70 years of Porsche with a spectacular timeline of models. The Stuttgart manufacturer has achieved much within the past seven decades, and as a relatively small player in its early years, the company’s race cars would frequently...
With Porsche steeping up their focus on electric technology, they finally released details regarding the new electric supercar, the Taycan, and they’re impressive. It’s a dual-motor setup between the axles, together producing more than 600 horsepower or 440kW(!), “We opted for a permanently excited synchronous motor(PSM) in the Taycan; They combine a...
Singer Vehicle Design is at it again with another delicious rendition of the Porsche 911. The California restomod company has been focusing on 911’s and a lot of detail goes into one production car. The work they put goes beyond the engine: the selection of leathers, the design of the...
Luftgekühlt 4, Port of Los Angeles, 7 May 2017 This year’s venue for the Luftgekühlt 5 gathering will be the recently opened Ganahl Lumber Company South Bay at 2600 Del Amo Blvd in Torrance, CA. Luft 5 will be taking place on Sunday 22 April 2018 from 09h00-15h00. Luftgekühlt 4,...
As the main racing championships are about to begin the 2018 season, the Porsche Carrera Cup France has seen its first collective Testing Day on the circuit of Nevers Magny Cours, on the 20 March. Despite poor weather all over France, the Porsche Carrera Cup France 2018 test day was held...
With a clear focus on motorsport, the Porsche Motorsport department will present its latest project at the Geneva Motor Show, the new Porsche 911 GT3 RS. Following in the revered tradition of RS derivatives of the 911 coupe, the new model combines a race car chassis with a track-proven, high-revving,...
The Bathurst 12 Hour race serves as the opening round of the Intercontinental GT Challenge. First held in 1991, the Bathurst 12 Hour initially catered for production-based vehicles before becoming a race for international GT vehicles in 2011. The race has been held fifteen times, seven of them for GT3...
Solitude, 15 July1962: Dan Gurney behind the wheel of a Porsche 804 Formula 1 at the Solitude Dan Gurney, the well-known racing driver, passed away on 14 January 2018. Where does one start with a driver like Dan Gurney? He was an inspiration to many, admired by both rivals and...
Ulli Upietz poses with the 2010 model year Type 987 Boxster S outside the Porsche Museum, 1 Porscheplatz, Stuttgart On 7 January 2018, Ulli Upietz, the well-known Porsche photographer and founder of the publishing company Gruppe C Verlag, passed away after an illness. Over four decades, he made a name...
1965 Porsche 901 chassis #57 After three years of restoration, the Porsche Museum will finally present one of the newest additions to its collection – and the oldest 911 that it holds – at the special exhibition “911 (901 No. 57) – A legend takes off” from 14 December 2017...
Somerset driver Ryan Cullen finished his Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup series with two confidence-boosting performances in Mexico. The 26-year-old qualified in tenth place at the season-ending final race in Mexico City and then made his way consistently through the field to finish in ninth place in both races. The results...
A rare and iconic ex-Le Mans Porsche 550A Spyder will come under the hammer at Bonhams’ Scottsdale sale on 19 January 2018 in Phoenix, Arizona. Chassis #550A-0145 is the second-to-last 550A built and is a veteran of four world championship races while being campaigned as a works entry by Porsche...
Peter W. Schutz, CEO of Porsche from 1981-1987 (ca.1984) Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG this week announced the death of Peter W. Schutz. The former President and CEO of Porsche AG passed away on 29 October 2017 at the age of 87. Schutz is perhaps best remembered for his...
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Peter W. Schutz, CEO of Porsche from 1981-1987 (ca.1984) Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG this week announced the death of Peter W. Schutz. The former President and CEO of Porsche AG passed away on 29 October 2017 at the age of 87. Schutz is perhaps best remembered for his...
At the ten-hour Petit Le Mans race contested on the tradition-steeped Road Atlanta racetrack last Saturday, the new 911 RSR scored its first two championship titles. There, Patrick Pilet and Dirk Werner won the prestigious North American Endurance Cup driving the new 911 RSR. The long-distance classics that count towards...
Porsche set a new record for road-approved sports cars on the 20.6-kilometre Nürburgring Nordschleife in the 911 GT2 RS on September 20. The record time of 6 minutes and 47.3 seconds was achieved in the presence of a notary and surpassed even Porsche’s own expectations. Frank-Steffen Walliser, Vice President Motorsport...
The Porsche Carrera Cup GB rolled into Silverstone for the penultimate meeting of the season. The Free Practice sessions on Friday were run in damp and slippery conditions. However, John McCullagh made the most of it around the National circuit and was able to take many positives through to qualifying on...
Last weekend the competitors in the French Carrera Cup travelled to Nevers Magny-Cours for the fourth race meeting of the 2017 season, for rounds six and seven of the Porsche Carrera Cup France. The series accompanied the newly created GT4 Southern Cup and other French racing series. The 4.4km racetrack...
Porsche never fails to impress us when it comes to creating niches with their introduction of a new edition 911 based GT3, the Porsche 911 GT3 Touring Package. It’s the car for drivers who wants only pure performance and does not concern themselves about any aesthetics. Porsche really answers the...
The 911 GT3 with Touring Package was unveiled yesterday at the 67th International Motor Show (IAA) in Frankfurt, Germany. Available exclusively with a manual six-speed gearbox, the new no-cost option extends the choice of models available to the 911 enthusiast, perhaps further highlighting the popularity of the manual gearbox in...
Porsche Junior Matt Campbell (AUS/Fach Auto Tech) scored his second victory of the Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup season on Sunday at Monza, Italy. Zaid Ashkanani (KUW/MRS GT Racing) and Mattia Drudi (I/Dinamic Motorsport) finished second and third respectively after an eventful ninth championship round.   In the overall classification heading...
As the season approaches its latter stages, the duel for the crown of the Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup has come to a head. Porsche Junior Dennis Olsen (N/Walter Lechner Racing Team) won round seven and eight at Spa-Francorchamps/Belgium in the Porsche 911 GT3 Cup. On Saturday, 26 August 2017, he...
Following a successful return to Porsche Carrera Cup GB at Snetterton a fortnight ago, John McCullagh returned to the Redline Racing line-up for Rounds 10 and 11 of the thrilling championship at Knockhill. Porsche Carrera Cup Round 10: Knockhill The weekend began with a Porsche exclusive test session on Tuesday...
John McCullagh announced his return to the Porsche Carrera Cup with a magnificent third-place finish for Round 8 of the UK’s fastest single-make racing series at the Snetterton circuit in Norfolk on 29/30 July. Starting in 13th position overall on the grid, John made a good start and began to...
Thirty drivers took part in last Sunday’s round of the Mobil 1 Porsche Supercup action at the Hungaroring. This was the fifth Supercup meeting of the season (although the sixth race), and coincided with the Hungarian Formula 1 Grand Prix weekend. The thrilling Hungarian track, located north of Budapest, has...