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2021 Porsche 911 Targa Review 2021 Porsche 911 Targa review by The Straight Pipes. The 992 Porsche 911 Targa is pumping out 379hp and 331lb-ft from a Twin Turbo 3L Flat 6. At $184,940 CAD, would you take it over a Porsche 911 Turbo, Porsche 911 GT3, Porsche 911 GT3...
In a recent video, Parker Nirenstein the host of Vehicle Virgins YouTube channel gets an unexpected opportunity to test drive the Gunther Werks Turbo Mule. This isn’t your average Porsche 911; it’s a stripped-down, monstrous machine built for pure power. The Turbo Mule serves as a testbed for Gunther Werks’...
Celebrating six decades of the Porsche 911 Targa, Porsche Post editor Adam Towler from Porsche Club GB on YouTube takes the wheel of every generation, driving them back-to-back—from the simple and charming “soft-window” Targa of the 1960s to the high-tech 992 with its fully retractable roof. At this year’s Goodwood...
Rod Emory and his team at Emory Motorsports are experts in restoring and customizing Porsche 356 coupes and convertibles. Although this timeless model ceased production in 1956, it remains a favorite of car collectors worldwide. One of their best creations, the “Emory Special”, offers a modern twist on this classic...
Evolution at its best The Porsche 911 GT3 has broken the mould in recent years. Not by developing cutting edge new technology or integrating complicated hybrid systems, but by staying true to what made the original so brilliant. For petrol heads, it’s a last of the breed and one that...
JayEmm on Cars takes a close look at the Porsche 928, the model Porsche once positioned as a potential successor to the 911. Launched in 1977, the 928 was designed as a modern, front-engined V8 grand tourer meant to widen Porsche’s reach, especially in the U.S. market. It offered genuine...
Matt Farah Reviews the 991.1 GT3 The latest generation of GT3, the 991. Matt reviews a 2015 Porsche 991 GT3 on Little Tujunga Canyon Rd! The 991 GT3 features a 475 HP flat-six engine, PDK gearbox, and in this base model, steel brakes....
To most bystanders, the 911 S/T might pass as just another 911. But those in the know recognize it as one of the most exclusive and nuanced modern Porsches ever built. It’s a lightweight, heritage-inspired blend of the GT3 Touring and GT3 RS—packed with performance and subtle design cues that...
Magnus Walker’s Porsche 924 Carrera GT: The Unloved Outlaw Magnus Walker is more than just a well-known figure in the air-cooled Porsche world, but it would be wrong to assume that’s all he’s interested in. So rather than joining him for yet another jaunt in a naturally aspirated rear-engined machine,...
Let’s join Magnus Walker, Porsche enthusiast and collector, as he takes a stunningly preserved 1988 Rothmans Turbo Cup car for a drive. The the 944 Turbo Cup Series in Canada was launched in 1986, this naturally aspirated race series provided an affordable platform for amateurs, privateers, and professionals to compete,...
Porsche may be best known for its track-dominating sports cars, but the brand has a rich history of off-road adventures as well. The legendary Porsche 959 Paris-Dakar proved that a high-performance 911 could thrive in the harshest environments, winning the grueling 1986 Dakar Rally. More recently, Porsche released the 992...
Though not reaching the iconic status of Le Mans legends such as the 956, 962, or the numerous RSRs entrenched in motorsport history, the 944 GTR deserves recognition for its bold engineering. The Porsche 944 GTR showcased in the Goodwood Road & Racing video is the final example of only...
Rare Porsche 911 GT1 Racing I filmed the ultra rare 1997 Porsche 911 GT1 Straßenversion (street-legal) being unleashed on an airstrip during the Supercar Owners Circle 2018 at Ambri airport, Switzerland. Only 25 where made world wide! It has a 536bhp 3.2 liter, water-cooled twin turbo flat-six engine. Video shows...
The 911 Dakar and 911 S/T are two of the rarest and most unique Porsche 911s available today, each highlighting a different aspect of Porsche’s playful engineering. The Dakar is an off-road-ready sports car inspired by rally racing, while the 911 S/T is a lightweight, purist’s dream built for the...
Autocar Reviews both the Porsche 718 Cayman GTS & Boxster GTS Praise be, the regular Porsche 718 Cayman and Porsche 718 Boxster with a six-cylinder engine are back. When Porsche moved its 718 Cayman and 718 Boxster to four-cylinder turbocharged engines, a good old-fashioned flat six engine was reserved for the limited...
The loophole Porsche racecar Ferrari couldn’t touch! The Porsche 917 was the brainchild of engineering genius Ferdinand Piëch, the grandchild of Ferdinand Porsche and nephew of Ferry Porsche. The 917 was the only Porsche model produced with the 12-cylinder engine and experimentally even with the 16-cylinder. When the new rules...
Porsche 718 Cayman T Is Brilliant But Not Perfect. A Review The Porsche 718 Cayman T combines the best chassis, cosmetic, and interior bits from the high-up ‘GTS’ model, with the base 2.0L Turbo engine making 300 horsepower. It’s one of the lightest cars Porsche makes, bar none, but also...
Porsche 997 GT2 RS versus 991 GT2 RS Porsche’s 991 GT2 RS remains the most powerful and fastest 911 ever built, able to deploy 700 horsepower with a lightning-quick seven-speed dual-clutch automatic transmission and lap the Nürburgring in 6 minutes and 47 seconds. The 997 GT2 RS isn’t quite as...
Porsche 911 996 Turbo Review – Worth The Premium Over A C4S? Today I get to drive a car I’ve long lusted after – a 911 Turbo. My only experience of a Turbo so far was in a very heavily modified 993. The 996 has always been my favourite generation...
2020 Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 vs 718 Spyder This is the new 2020 718 Cayman GT4 and its joined by its slightly cheaper convertible twin, the 2020 Porsche Boxster Spyder. Both are a dream enthusiast formula. They are the Cayman and Boxster in their ultimate forms (until perhaps a GT4RS...
Porsche’s updated 911 Carrera S, now in its 992.2 generation, brings incremental but meaningful changes to the most popular trim in the lineup. The car still runs a 3.0-liter twin-turbo flat-six, now producing 473 horsepower and 390 lb-ft of torque. While torque output remains the same as before, it’s delivered...
The Full Gunther Werks Process This video is a great in-depth look at how the folks at Gunther Werks take a Carrera C2 manual donor car and turn it into their insane custom machines. We have covered Gunther Werks cars before and while some hate seeing perfectly good cars restomodded, it...
Bedford Hot Lap in a Porsche Cayman GT4 2019’s eCoty winner, Porsche’s Cayman GT4 is one of the best sports cars you can buy, and with the company’s PDK transmission it should also be one of the quickest cars we have lapped at Bedford Autodrome’s West circuit. Steve Sutcliffe discovers just...
The Air Cooled Classic 2.0L Flat Six You Need To Hear This 1969 911E is a great example of why the 911 made such an impact on the sports car market in the early days even with a small displacement air cooled flat six. In ’69 the E and S...
Most Porsche fans know little about this epic wide-bodied 911 based race car. While the iconic 2.7 RS is every fan boys dream car, the RSR is the whole reason for the RS’s existence in the first place so we are dedicating some space here to tell you all about it. Introduced in...
Two of our favorites… Head to Head The 2021 Corvette Stingray has arrived in the UK. And it’s ace. It has a mid-engined 6.2-litre V8 making 495bhp which means it’s good for 0-60mph in 2.9 seconds and a top speed of 184mph. And it costs? Well, it depends. It could be...
ENDURANCE is a look back at the two greatest endurance races that the Porsche GT Team faced on back-to-back weekends in 2019: the Le Mans 24 Hours and the 24 Hours of Nürburgring. It covers driver interviews explaining the highs and lows, including a look behind the scenes during both...
Based in Pfaffenhausen, Germany, near Stuttgart, RUF began its journey modifying Porsche 911s long before terms like “restomod” entered the automotive lexicon. Under the leadership of Alois Ruf Jr., the company evolved from a small family-run business to a manufacturer of some of the most exclusive and innovative cars. The...
1965 911 SWB by Sports Purpose. Is this £350,000 Porsche the purest driving 911 of them all? This ’65 Porsche 911 has been subtly modified by Sports Purpose to appear to be a regular 2.0 litre, SWB 911 but to be nothing of the sort. Powered by a high-revving, Tuthill...
The Porsche 911 is an adaptable platform capable of transformation for nearly any purpose. From factory models like the Carrera, Dakar, and GT3 RS to extreme custom builds, the 911’s versatility knows no bounds. Consider two remarkable examples: the RUF CTR and the Lanzante 930 TAG Turbo—both engineering marvels with...