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Would the Porsche Cayman Make a Good Race Car?

Posted by: David Hurth  /  Category: Porsche, Racing, Video
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All Porsche sports cars were meant to be raced. The cars while quite good at the normal daily driving, really come alive on a track, especially when race prepped. While Porsche mainly races the Porsche 911 and at times special race variants, cars such as the Porsche 914, Porsche 944, Porsche Boxster and Porsche Cayman [...]


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Porsche ALMS Leguna Seca – Video

Posted by: David Hurth  /  Category: Porsche, Video, Video of the Day
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Today’s video features highlights from last weekends American Le Man’s race at Leguna Seca. The video shows action from the race and highlights how the top Porsche teams did in the race. While in the GT class the race outcome wasn’t as good as it could have been for Porsche, they did contend for the [...]


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Porsche 911 Turbo S vs Nissan GT-R Track Pack – Video

Posted by: David Hurth  /  Category: Porsche, Video, Video of the Day
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This video is of the Porsche 911 (997) Turbo S being reviewed against the Nissan GT-R Track Pack. The video features Chris Harris testing both cars on the track and then recommending a car that he would prefer. Will the Porsche be able to keep its top of the heap status or will the Nissan [...]


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Porsche 918 Spyder’s Heritage the Porsche Carrera GT – Video

Posted by: David Hurth  /  Category: Porsche, Video, Video of the Day
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Yesterday, I posted information and photos of the new Porsche 918 Prototype (you can read that post here). When the Porsche 918 is available it will be the next top level non-911 Porsche supercar. The car will follow the footsteps of the Porsche 928, Porsche 959 and the Porsche Carrera GT. Because of this upcoming [...]


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Porsche Classic Workshop: Keeping the Past Alive – Video

Posted by: David Hurth  /  Category: Porsche, Video, Video of the Day
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This video is about the hidden workshop in Stuttgart Germany that is Porsche Classic. The workshop restores classic and future classic Porsches for people all over the world. Porsche Classic not only restores cars, but they make parts available to enthusiasts through Porsche dealers, so if you are looking for a hard to find part [...]


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Porsche 918 Spyder Prototype Testing – Includes Photos and Video

Posted by: David Hurth  /  Category: News, Porsche, Video
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The Porsche 918 Spyder looks like it will perhaps be the most fun hybrid available. The car will be able to be extremely frugal with fuel or can be a monster with more than 770hp available when the electric motor boosts the strong V8 gas powered engine. While I don’t generally like hybrids (they tend [...]


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A Busy Racing Weekend for Porsche – Includes Highlight Videos

Posted by: David Hurth  /  Category: Porsche, Racing, Video
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The racing weekend started on Saturday with the American Le Mans Series race at Leguna Seca. The fight for first place in the GT class was fierce. In the last 90 minutes of the GT race undoubtedly was the highlight of the race. Seven cars in the class were within two seconds in the closing [...]


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Porsche Experience Silverstone: Take Your Own Ride – Video

Posted by: David Hurth  /  Category: Porsche, Video, Video of the Day
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This video is an overview of the Porsche Experience at Silverstone. The video shows how people in Great Britain can take their own cars to the event and learn how to drive them safely and quickly in a controlled environment. With the event people are also given the opportunity to drive the new 2012 Porsche [...]


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Top Gear’s Rutledge Wood Says Favorite Performance Car Brand is Porsche

Posted by: David Hurth  /  Category: News, Porsche, Video
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Over at the Jalopnik blog today they had an “ask me anything” featuring Rutledge Wood of U.S. Top Gear fame. I was able to ask him what his favorite performance car brand is and he answered Porsche (and apparently we have that in common). You can read the full “ask me anything” conversation here. In [...]


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Patrick Long’s Morning Commute in a Porsche GT3 RS 4.0 – Video

Posted by: David Hurth  /  Category: Porsche, Video, Video of the Week
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This video is of three-time ALMS GT2 Driver’s Champion, Le Mans winner and Porsche’s only American Factory Driver, Patrick Long going on a morning coffee run. He is getting the coffee for fellow Porsche driver Hurley Haywood at the Porsche Driving School at Barber Motorsports Park in Alabama. He wants to get the coffee as [...]


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