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Porsche Aerodynamic Development

Background Since the 1960s, Porsche has been optimizing the aerodynamics of future racing and production vehicles in the wind tunnel with the help of special miniature models. The example of the legendary Porsche 935/78 shows how this works. Model vehicles feature in many a display case as diminutive dream cars....

People & Profiles

Arno Bohn – The Porsche Outsider

Arno Bohn at Weissach with the 968 Cabriolet (1991) Arno Bohn was managing director of Porsche from 1990-92. An outsider who came from the computer industry, he arrived at a company seared by falling sales and riven by internal division about future direction. He left a Porsche which though still...

Motorsport & Racing

Announcing the 2019 Porsche 911 RSR with 4.2-litre engine

The new Porsche 911 RSR (2019) What better way to introduce a new race car model, than to do so as the 2018/2019 Super Season World Champions? This weekend, at the Goodwood Festival of Speed, Porsche launched the 2019 Porsche 911 RSR with 4.2-litre engine, the largest engine to power...

Book Reviews

Legendary – The history of the Porsche 919 Hybrid

Legendary – The history of the Porsche 919 Hybrid, published by Delius Klasing Verlag – © Virtual Motorpix/Glen Smale There will be few who would argue that much of Porsche’s history has been shaped by motorsport. From the very early race cars, some constructed by privateer teams (in the 1950s),...

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Porsche 956/962 remembered

The ‘white, red and blue’ 956 LHs line up at Weissach ready for their onslaught at the Le Mans 24-Hour 1982 The decline of Group 6 and the growth of Group C saw the emergence of what is today widely regarded as the most entertaining and successful era in modern...

Weissach – Centre of Porsche Excellence

Weissach – Porsche Werk 8 – on 9 June 2016 By the late 1950s, the German Wirtschaftswunder was well underway and as the economy grew, so traffic density increased. This was particularly noticeable around Stuttgart often making testing on local Autobahnen inconvenient and it caused Ferry to think about creating...

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The development of the new Porsche 911 RSR

Porsche 911 RSR 2017 development The 911 RSR, which the Porsche GT Team also campaigned in this year’s Sports Car World Endurance Championship WEC, is a completely new development. The key new feature is the positioning of the engine in front of the rear axle. Thanks to this, the weight...

People & Profiles

Peter Falk – Porsche’s enduring engineer

Peter Falk sits on the sill of the famous #23 Porsche 917 KH Coupé, winner of the 1970 Le Mans 24 Hours. On this occasion it is located in the Porsche Museum Workshop on 28 June 2010 In a 34-year career at Porsche, the influence of Peter Falk – Porsche’s...

Helmuth Bott – Porsche’s Quiet Engineer

The inspired engineer behind so much of Porsche’s success, Helmuth Bott has long remained the company’s eminence grise, but little has been written about him. Now, Porsche Road & Race, looks at both the professional and private life of one of Porsche’s most devoted servants, revered by his subordinates, but...

Model Focus: Porsche 991.2 Touring (2018-2019)

Porsche’s Final Safari: A Rallying Roar Across the Wild

Opening the 911 Top with the Porsche Targa

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