e-Brake News: Porsche quietly unveils new Black Edition 911 and Boxster models

Published: Tue, 05/19/15

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May 19, 2015
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PCA—Yesterday when I visited Porsche's US website, I saw that five new model variations had been added to the list: four 911 Black Editions and one Boxster Black Edition. Only base models will get the special treatment, which should be thought of as a bargain-priced high-end trim package.
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PCA—Last month, PCA released the first of many small bi-monthly surveys that will be included in e-Brake Newsthis year, and the response to it was astounding! Thank you for your time. Don’t forget to take the first May surveythis month, which improves your odds to win the monthly prize, and the grand prize at the end of the year. May's winner will be announced in the June 2 edition of e-Brake. Good luck! 

Grand Prize: Free registration and lodging for you and a guest to two PCA National events in 2016! Choose from Porsche Parade, Werks Reunion, and PCA Escape. 

Any questions? Contact PCA National Office: 410-381-0911.
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​PCA Webstore—The next best thing to the real life version. PCA, in partnership with Porsche, is offering a 1:43 scale model PCA 60th Anniversary 911 GTS Club Coupe to its members. Only 1955 units are being made. The model will certainly stand out amongst your other die cast models currently on display. This is being offered on a first come basis.
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PCA—In the May 2015 issue, read about a 912 prototype that received a thorough restoration in "Prototyp 13415." What's it like to drive a 570-horsepower Cayenne on ice? Find out in "Heavy Mettle." There's the much-loved Carrera GT, then there's the 924 Carrera GT — perhaps not as loved except by left-of-center enthusiasts such as Phillip Toledano, who shares his story in "Down the Rabbit Hole." A race photographer drove a 356 366,000 miles to race tracks around North America then gave it to a friend to restore and enjoy in "Been Around." In "The Once in a While Racer," learn about a flat-six-powered 907 that saw just three races in its factory career yet was a crucial step to the legendary race Porsches of yore. We've watched them race at tracks around the world, now read about what it's like to race with legends Hurley Haywood, Patrick Long, and Gijs van Lennep in "Driving with Legends."

Of course, regular Panorama departments Tech Q&A, European Windows, From the Regions, Street Talk, Art & Canvas, Junior Driver, and zwART are all present and accounted for. Enjoy the issue!
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CAR—This is it. The most extreme Porsche 911 of the current 991 generation - and, possibly, of any: the new 2015 GT3 RS. After all the rumours, the patent leaks, the toy model cars spilling the aero secrets and the motor show debut at Geneva, we've finally got behind the snug, suede-rimmed wheel and driven the socks off Zuffenhausen's new road and track hotshot.
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Bold Ride—This 1962 Volkswagen Bus was once a rusted hunk of metal. Until Swiss coachbuilder Fred Bernhard got his hands on the thing and spent six years turning it into a whole new vehicle. Instead of the engine it was born with, this Volkswagen has an engine straight out of a Porsche 993.
MultiBriefs—My stomach was filled with butterflies as I tossed an overnight bag into the 911 to head north. This was no ordinary weekend getaway with my husband. This weekend my ego, skill and everything I knew about driving would be put to the test.

This weekend was my first PCA Driver's Education at Raceway Park of the Midlands.
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 PCA—Porsche Cars North America (PCNA) officially opened its new headquarters and Porsche Experience Center (PEC) in Atlanta last week, and with them comes a new brand campaign dubbed “Forever Amazing.” The campaign utilizes a hashtag, #ForeverAmazing, so be sure to look it up on your social media platform of choice and use it to share your Porsche stories.

The campaign places more focus than ever before on Porsche consumer and ownership experiences, made possible in the US in part due to the marque’s Atlanta PEC. Los Angeles will get its own soon, adding to the excitement.
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/Drive—Matt Farah tests the SharkWerks Porsche GT2, a 700HP beast of a car, and joins Magnus Walker for coffee.
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PCA—The Spring Member Only Raffle is open with a stunning grand prize: a Cayman GT4, the most performance-oriented model in the Cayman lineup stuffed with a 385-horsepower 3.8-liter flat six and GT3-derived suspension. If raffle entries pass 12,500, a Cayman GTS will be added to the mix — plus a Cayman S after 16,000 and a Cayman should members submit more than 19,000 entries! Of course, each prize includes $25,000 cash.
 
Reuters—Ousted Volkswagen (VOWG_p.DE) patriarch Ferdinand Piëch did not attend a shareholder meeting of the carmaker's controlling clan on Wednesday, fuelling uncertainty about his stake and future involvement in the family business.
 
Piëch, at the helm of Europe's biggest carmaker for more than two decades, was forced out as VW chairman last month over his criticism of Chief Executive Martin Winterkorn, who was backed by other stakeholders and family members.
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PCA—PCA Club Racers competing in the West Coast Series presented by TraqGear and Coolshirt received a slick T-shirt in reconigition of their campaigning in the series, in addition to earning all-important series points when competing at Buttonwillow this past weekend.
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PCA—A couple weeks ago IMSA held the Monterey Grand Prix at Laguna Seca, a world-renowned California race track. If you’re a PCA member and were there, chances are you visited the Porscheplatz for the Porsche Corral, fellow PCAers, snacks, beverages, Parade laps, and a great view of the track at Turn 5. Of course, presentations by Mobil, Michelin, Porsche North America drivers, and more were peppered in throughout the weekend.
Porsche—Based on the 911 GT3 RS production sports car, Porsche has designed a customer sport race car for GT3 series around the world: The 911 GT3 R. In developing the more than 368 kW (500 hp) racing nine-eleven, special attention was paid to lightweight design, better aerodynamic efficiency, reducing consumption, improved handling, further optimized safety as well as lowering service and spare parts costs.
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PCA—The Porsche Club of America will hold it's second annual Werks Reunion Friday, August 14, 2015. It is the premier Porsche event during the world-famous "Monterey Car Week" on California's Monterey Peninsula. Thousands of spectators are expected to descend on the fairways at Rancho Cañada Golf Club and will be treated to a stunning display of more than 700 Porsches — from “rat rods” to garage queens — and enjoy the camaraderie of fellow car enthusiasts.
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Huffington Post—Electrified vehicles are getting a shake up now that the Porsche plugin hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV) (aka the 4S e-hybrid) is here. Luxury, refinement and serious efficiency. Really! That PHEV is exciting. For starters, the all electric range of 21 miles rated by the EPA. When you include the regenerative braking and drifting tests resulted in 30 miles all electric. That's competitive with the Cadillac ELR (not in luxury) and the BMW i8 ($10,000 more to start at $135,000).
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Autocar—Porsche has been granted the trademark ‘GT5’, suggesting that a new motorsports-developed version of one of its line-up may be in the works. 

Historically, the company’s flagship high-performance models have always featured numbers that correlate with the FIA class in which they are designed to race. For example, the Porsche 911 GT3 was designed for use in the FIA Group GT3 class.
Road & Track—Porsche's taking cues from the Chevrolet Corvette's optional built-in racetrack data logger, but with a smartphone twist: A new Porsche app turns your Apple or Android pocket computer into a dash cam, lap timer, and telemetry recorder, so you can analyze your track day like Roger Penske.
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Jalopnik—The element of surprise can be critical to the global reception of new cars. These are the 10 cars nobody expected to happen.
Motor Authority—Porsche officials have hinted at the possibility of a four-cylinder engine for the Boxster and Cayman since at least 2008. And in 2011 a senior Porsche exec confirmed that a four-cylinder engine with a horizontally-opposed ‘boxer’ design was in fact in the works. Now, Porsche CEO Matthias Mueller has confirmed a launch date for the four-cylinder-equipped Boxster and Cayman.
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PCA—Experience the exhilaration of driving your Porsche through history. Roam the hills with free-ranging buffalo, mine for gold at an old miner’s camp, explore some of the world’s largest caves, dine where Calamity Jane and Wild Bill Hickok once called home, tour monuments like Mount Rushmore and Crazy Horse. Escape to Rushmore 2015 is an event that you will not want to miss.
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Porsche of the Week
PCA— Photo by Brian Grossi. Loma Prieta Region. "I have owned Ludwig since February 1979 — and it has been a slow, purposeful, methodical restoration project for the last 35 years! As a 1968 vintage, Ludwig represented my high school senior dream car. He acquired his name on my ‘evaluation drive to my mechanic’ back in 1979. The original Blaupunkt radio had four folded bands, and when I was trying to see if it was operational, I tuned to the classical radio station just as Beethoven’s fifth symphony started — the first movement. Inadvertently I had set the volume to high, so 'Da Da Da Daaaaaaah……' came through the speakers and I agreed to name the car Ludwig if I went through with the purchase!"
 
Got a stunning shot you want to share? Submit your pictures to potw@pca.org. Be sure to include your contact information, your region name, and a few sentences about your picture.
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