The 911 Family Tree

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The GT3 Lineage

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They See Me Rollin' - Porshce Edition

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This Is One Bad Ass Bus

Volkswagen Renntransporter is home on the wheels for your Porsche 935

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Such A Powerful Punch From Only 1.5L Of Displacement

From 1984 to 1987, Porsche built a 1.5-liter turbocharged V6, branded as the TAG-Porsche TTE P01, for the McLaren MP4/2 and MP4/3; if the naming seems odd to cover four years, it's because McLaren raced the MP4/2B and MP4/2C in 1985 and 1986. The engine produced more than 1,000 horsepower in qualifying trim, and 750 hp in race spec.

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This Is The New Gold Standard For Porsche's

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The Only Way I Will Be Able To Afford A 911 R

Own a 2016 Porsche 911 R in the most affordable way possible: a puzzle 

Build it yourself, no wrenches required 

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This Is Disappointing To Find Out

Here's Exactly Why The Brand New 2018 Porsche 993 Turbo Isn't Road Legal

Philipp Salm, who heads up sales and marketing at Porsche Classic, explained that it’s a two pronged-problem.

This is not a 1990s car, as the 993 Turbo was when it originally came out. This is a 2018 model year vehicle. It was built by Porsche out of an old, never-used body-in-white. That is, the body shell, the frame, was hanging out somewhere and a couple years ago Porsche hauled it out and built a new 993 out of it.


As a 2018, it would have to follow 2018 regulations, Salm pointed out, for both emissions and noise. The noise regs, new in Europe, particularly would catch up this car, and you’d never be able to pass them with “an air-cooled engine with specs from the 1990s,” as Salm told me.

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Oh, How I Would Like To Have This

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You Sometimes Need To Reset & Restructure To Recapture

VW Group plan puts Porsche in charge of a 'super-premium' division 

It will coordinate efforts at Audi, Bentley, Bugatti and Lamborghini 

An Automobile report looks into what's happening on the organizational and technical sides of the Volkswagen Group, and what those changes could mean for the premium brands. The wide-angle view is that Porsche appears to have been anointed to "coordinate the future activities" at Audi, Bentley, Bugatti and Lamborghini. Audi would cede Lamborghini guardianship to Stuttgart, and Ducati — via a new concern called Ducati Enterprises — would become the shepherd for VW's other Italian investments. Executives target Jan. 1, 2019, to complete the reshuffle.

VW wants to save a boodle by tying up four of its five top-tier brands, and putting the one with the highest ROI in charge. Porsche, within its own house, wants to reduce expenditures by $2.3 billion per year over for four years, the savings already earmarked for improving internal processes like R&D and production. Having Porsche share those gains as well as lead development of platforms, components and future-tech strategies for the sister sports car brands could benefit everyone.

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They See Me Rollin' - 911 Edition

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This Is A Great Display Of It's Past & Of It's Future

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An Affordable Bottle Of Bubbly From An Unlikely Source

This Porsche Wine Will Definitely Give Those Air-Cooled Bores Something Else To Be Snobbish About

On its website, the wine is €19.50 per bottle, which shakes out to about $22.65. That’s not bad! It’s still about $12 more than my cheap ass is willing to spend, though.

Getting your hands on it isn’t the easiest, though, according to Motor1:

Getting ahold of a bottle of Cuvée 356 is a bit tough. Bottles are available from the Porsche Museum, or you can order a glass with a meal at the Christophorus restaurant in Stuttgart. Folks with a German address can order it directly from Porsche, but you have to get an 18-bottle case, which costs 366 euros ($425 at current exchange rates), including shipping.

Listen, if there’s a wine-lover’s will, there’s a way.

(Jalopnik.com)

Nice Name Choice (?)

Porsche Mission E's official name: 'Taycan' 

It means "lively young horse" 

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They See Me Rollin' - Porsche 911 Edition

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Because Even The GT3 RS Needs Its Own Special Edition Package

2019 Porsche 911 GT3 RS gets faster still with Weissach Package

$18,000, plus another $13,000 if you want the lightweight wheels 

Visually, the Weissach Package makes itself known with copious amounts of carbon fiber. The hood, roof, wing and trunk lid are all naked carbon. The wing itself features the Porsche logo across its width. Not that it needs it, but optional $13,000 forged-magnesium wheels further help the car stand out. Inside, the Weissach Package adds a logo on the headrests and a badge on the dashboard.

It's not just for show. All in, the Weissach Package and magnesium wheels drop the GT3 RS' weight to just 3,153 pounds. The carbon fiber adds up; 1.1 pounds from the roof, 11.9 pounds from carbon-fiber stabilizer bars and suspension coupling rods, and 0.5 pounds from carbon-fiber steering wheel and shift paddles. The wheels save 25 pounds compared to an aluminum set.

All the rest of the GT3 RS parts carry over — 4.0-liter flat-six, seven-speed PDK, NACA ducts in the front trunk lid, carbon-fiber bucket seats and more. The GT3 RS can be yours for the starting price of just $188,550. That's of course before any options, including the new Weissach Package or your special paint-to-match finish.

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There's No Direct Competition, But There Is Inspiration

Calty Design’s Kevin Hunter On Toyota & Lexus’ Living Legacy

TG: What could Lexus learn from a brand like Porsche?

KH: You know, they’re such different brands. I don’t know from my point of view that there’s a lot of learning, because Lexus is a really new luxury brand. We don’t have a racing history, and all the iconic vehicles that Porsche has. It’s just a totally different ballgame I think.

TG: You are building a racing history though right?

KH: We’re starting to, yeah. It’s beginning. It will take a while, and I really see Lexus as a company that is searching for a new innovative direction, not dwelling too much on the past, but trying to forge a new path and a new way through the future. I really find that exciting, I think that aspect is very interesting, and it’s very different from what Porsche does in a lot of ways.

TG: It’s funny actually, many many car designers that we speak to appreciate Porsche in the same way, they appreciate the heritage much like you do. It’s very interesting to hear that from different people. It speaks to a designer on a core level I think, and it’s cool to hear that you appreciate that as well.

KH: Yeah, I mean just as a designer, as a person who enjoys driving, I really love the functional aspect of the 911. To me it’s a perfect blend of form and function, and I really respect that. I think it’s hard to do that, and being in the design business, it’s incredibly difficult to pull that off in such a fluid manner in combining something that from my point of view still looks artistic, but also is rooted in functionality. I think it’s something that’s very difficult to pull off, but I’m excited by what cars like the LF-LC mean for us in a similar arena.

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They See Me Rollin' - Porsche Edition

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I Believe It

Jerry Seinfeld Says He Came Up With The Porsche 911 R

The 911 R is an ultra-expensive wingless manual 911. Seinfeld, jokingly, explains that he came up with it. He elaborates:

“I wanted to do a custom made, one-off 911 ten years ago Grant [Larson] and I had discussed this and he approached the board. What I wanted to build was a new 911 R, which they refused us. But then, 4-5 years later, aha, the new 911 R appeared.”

. . . . .

I want[ed] a super lightweight, no-wing GT3.

This is mostly in jest and Jerry Seinfeld doesn’t really think he has a lawsuit on his hands. But I wouldn’t mind seeing what other Porsche designs Seinfeld could come up with. That would mean Porsche would have to sever all ties with Vandelay Industries.

(Jalopnik.com)

If It Ain't Broke, Why Fix It

Here Is Why The Porsche 911 Is Still Rear-Engined

Porsche has stuck with a rear-engine bias for their 911 sports car for decades. Originally a carryover from the days of the 356 (and by extension the Beetle), Porsche’s 911 has had the engine slung out behind the rear axle since its inception, with two motorsport-induced exceptions: The 911 GT1 of the late 1990s, and the current 911 RSR, both mid-engine layouts.

So, is this rear-engine layout an anachronistic leftover from yesteryear, or does it still make sense for the German sports car maker to produce the ass-engine machine? Jason Fenske of Engineering Explained has produced this short-yet-entertaining video to give us some idea of the reasoning behind the design. Click play and nerd out.

The video breaks down a few of the reasons Porsche might be sticking with the 911's layout; including weight transfer under braking, weight transfer under acceleration, and fun-to-drive rear-wheel bias in all-wheel-drive cars. It’s a thorough argument, addressed from both sides, laying out the pros and cons therein. The fact is, if Porsche can produce a 700+ horsepower turbocharged rear-drive monster in the current GT2 RS, and not only maintain driveability, but set lap records in the process, it’s a layout that has proved itself.

Video link (Jalopnik.com)