e-Brake News: Meet 718 Cayman, Porsche's least expensive sports car, and Cayman S [w/video]

Published: Tue, 04/26/16

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April 26, 2016
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PCA—The 718 Cayman, unveiled by Porsche last night along with the Cayman S, has become the automaker’s entry-level sports car with a price that undercuts the new 718 Boxster by more than two grand.
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 Porsche Newsroom—Around 70 per cent of all Porsche models ever built are still in drivable condition today. To satisfy the need for suitable tyres, Porsche has developed, tested and released tyre products that are properly tuned to specific vehicle generations – including tyres released in coordination with Pirelli.
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PCA—The tradition of memorable sports car racing continues at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca with the Continental Monterey Grand Prix powered by Mazda featuring the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship (WTSC).

PCA and Porsche Cars North America (PCNA) will again host our annual Porscheplatz during the WTSC races. Porscheplatz dates are April 30 – May 1, 2016.

Click the link below for full details and the schedule, plus special events taking place on Sunday: PCA Café, Team Forum, Live Painting and Auction
 
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The Globe and Mail—‘We’re all Type-A personalities,” says Ken Jensen in a matter-of-fact manner. “Type-A people like high performance cars, it’s that simple.”
Jensen is explaining the common trait shared by members of the Porsche Club of America (PCA), of which he has belonged to for more than 25 years.
 
PCA—It's that time of year again folks: The Spring Member Only Raffle is now open! Members have a choice between the new 718 Boxster S or the Macan GTS should they buy a winning ticket. All entries submitted by the June 1 deadline will be accepted.
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PCA—Porsche Club of America's newest event, Treffen North America starts this September with Treffen Lake Tahoe, Sept. 7-11. The website is now live and contains the information about upcoming and future Treffen's. Registration dates will be announced in a future edition of e-Brake and on PCA social media.
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Jalopnik—Jazz in the background. Peaceful scenes of European city life, the beach, racing and the open road. And of course, everyone wants to take a look at this early example of a Porsche 944 in bright Guards Red. Sit back, and enjoy.
 
PCA—Phase 2: Event Registration: Event Registration is open to PCA members. Everyone attending Parade will need to participate in Phase 2 Event Registration to select their meals and activities for the week.

Refer to http://2016parade.pca.org for Jay Peak Resort registration details.
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Gizmodo—Lego just officially confirmed that its massive 2,704-piece Technic Porsche 911 GT3 RS set will be available on June 1 for the hefty sum of $300. Originally teased at the Nuremberg Toy Fair wearing dazzle camo to hide its curves and final design, the creation is quite simply a work of art.
 
Jalopnik—When I first heard that Porsche was developing their first new production flat-four engine since the 356 era, I was understandably and visibly aroused. But not for any rational reasons; mostly because for me (and a good number of fellow loons) a flat-four anything is something that should be shoved in the [back] of an old Beetle.
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Wired—Nowadays, turbochargers are found anywhere you find cars. They’re an established tool for increasing engine power without burning up a T-Rex worth of gasoline, and come in everything from Formula One cars to the new Ford Fiesta.
 
MultiBriefs—It took six weeks.

But approaching the port's storage yard rubbed out the wait. Now it was a matter of how she fared 5,573 miles of the Atlantic's temper tethered deep in Pluto Leader's bowels.
 
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Jalopnik—ESPN’s “Secret History Of Tiger Woods” is a must-read, all about the fascinating real story of a complex person. It also has an anecdote about the famous golfer’s experience with one infamous supercar, the Porsche Carrera GT.
 
The Truth About Cars—​​​​​​​According to official Porsche lore, the automotive design firm, Dr. Ing. Hc F. Porsche GmbH, was founded in Stuttgart-Zuffenhausen in 1931 by Dr. Ferdinand Porsche and his son-in-law Anton Piëch. The Porsche and Piëch families still control the sports car company and the larger Volkswagen Group that owns it. At that beginning though, there was a third, now forgotten man without whom there would likely not be a Porsche company today.
 
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The Drive—The air-cooled Porsche 911 wasn't some south-European filly. It was a mass-produced product, designed for simplicity and factory-built with the occasional compromise. That's not to say the 911 wasn't a sports car of quality, but its relative quantity kept it accessible to multiple generations of fans, who, for Camry money, can still enjoy one of the most expressive driving experiences ever devised.
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PCA—Porsche Club of America (PCA) welcomes all Porsche clubs, owners, and enthusiasts to the third annual PCA Werks Reunion to be held Friday, August 19, during the world-famous Monterey Car Week on California s Monterey Peninsula.
 
The Truth About Cars—The Porsche 944 is an excellent example of the kind of car that’s worth pretty decent money when in great condition … and worth scrap value beyond a fairly strict threshold of perceived thrashedness. I see plenty of 944s at the fixed price, high-inventory turnover, self-service yards (not to mention many more blowing up in 24 Hours of LeMons races), but I don’t feel inspired to document these cars in their final parking spaces most of the time.
 
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Bloomberg—Porsche Automobil Holding SE, the investment vehicle of Volkswagen AG’s billionaire owner family, reversed course on its dividend proposal by seeking a more generous payout than the one announced just three days ago.
 
Motor Trend—A new bill proposed by California Senator Ted Gaines (R-El Dorado) that would change the California smog exemption year cutoff from 1975 to 1980 passed through the Senate Committee on Transportation and Housing earlier this week. The next step for SB 1239 is to be approved by the Senate Committee on Appropriations.
 
Bloomberg—Peter Daniell Porsche spent much of the first 42 years of his life keeping a distance from his family’s automotive legacy, the source of his wealth and famous name.

Now, the former teacher at alternative schools is changing course, building up his own business holdings and embracing a growing role at Volkswagen AG, where he is set to become one of his family’s largest stakeholders.
 
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PCA—Want to get published in PCA.org and e-Brake News and be part of the new, volunteer-fueled PCA Media Gruppe? Send us your original PCA or Porsche-related content and we'll consider it for publication. Contact Editor Damon Lowney at damonl@pca.org with submissions and story ideas, and he will help with writing and editing as needed.
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Porsche of the Week
Photo by Hal Grossglass. Mid Ohio Region. “My wife Linda and I traveled from Ohio to Rapid City, SD to attend the Escape to Rushmore 2015. En route we visited the Badlands National Park and took this picture of our 2013 Carrera S. The Badlands were described to us as something from another world, and it certainly lived up to its billing. We are first-time Porsche owners and MORPCA members, trying to participate in as many club events as we can to catch up for lost time. Escape 2015 was our first national event, and we would like to tell any PCA member who didn’t make it last year that you missed a very special experience.”

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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