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| | PCA—A trip to Nova Scotia had been on my bucket list for a while. The idea was born after watching the Targa Newfoundland on TV (near, but not in, Nova Scotia), and when I realized I didn’t have the time, the money, or the skills to participate, I thought the Canadian maritime province would be a nice road trip destination. |
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PCA—Porsche Parade 2018 Phase 1 Registration is open! Have you reserved your housing? Ample options are still available. Phase 2 Event Registration will open April
2.
Porsche Parade, PCA's annual weeklong event, takes place in a new location each year. For 2018, we're heading to the midwest — the summer resort town of Osage Beach on the Lake of the Ozarks. In addition to traditional Parade activities such as concours, autocross, time-speed-distance and gimmick rallies, the location provides family friendly fun with watersports, boating, golf, an indoor
waterpark, and more. | | PCA—Can’t attend the 48 Hours at Sebring Club Race? Experience the event and all the action by following the live blog on Friday, February 2 and Saturday, February 3. The blog starts at 8 AM each
morning and runs throughout the day. You may follow along on PCA.org's home page, the dedicated blog page, or the 48 Hours at Sebring
website. |
| | PCA—For those who were disappointed to find the Chimayó and Acoma Pueblo Tours sold out, we have new openings! Act fast to make sure you can join us on these tours. Experience
some of North America’s best driving roads. Savor the sumptuous blend of flavors, from Spanish and Native American cultures. New Mexico offers a host of wonderful destinations. |
PCA—Tech Tactics East
registration for Sunday is open. Saturday has sold out. The event takes place February 17 and 18. Rob Ida, the man behind the "Less is More: Idatude 930" Panorama article and video will be presenting. | | |
| | PCA—Werks Reunion in Amelia Island is scheduled for March 9, but to put on a show, we need your Porsches! Vehicle registration for display and judged Porsches is open. Only a few spots remain open in the judged class.
Spectators are welcome to join in on the fun! Free admission. Parking on the fairways at the event is $20
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One of
the largest exhibitions of historic Porsche cars and artifacts in North America! |
| | Petersen Museum—Prior to the public opening on February 3rd, the Petersen will host an exclusive reception to unveil, The Porsche Effect, on Thursday, February 1st, 2018. The stunning array of Road vehicles and racecars are the main event, and we will have a discussion panel featuring some of the most iconic larger-than-life personalities associated with the marque, live
music, food, wine, and Porsche-themed Vault tour. |
PCA—The following items were
submitted for membership comment/input prior to being finalized and implemented for 2017. Comments, in writing, were sent to Dan Saxton or any other members of the Porsche Club of America Competition Rules Committee (as listed on the Porsche Club of America website). Comments submitted prior to December 20, 2017 were included in the final discussion, via email. The PCR Committee approved the rule changes for 2018. The following will be incorporated into the 2018 rule book that is currently being
edited. |
Congratulations to the winner of a set of Pirelli tires, part of PCA's 12 Days of Giveaways in December |
PCA—Larry Lorenz, a member of PCA's Pacific Northwest Region, is the winner of a drawing for a set of Pirelli tires! He was selected randomly from more than 1,600 members who
joined or renewed in December. Thanks to those who took part in the drawing by renewing their membership or joining as new members. 12 other members received other PCA-style gifts. Look forward to more promotions in the future! |
Porsche Newsroom—Fifty years after Porsche’s first overall victory at the 24 Hours of Daytona, the Porsche GT Team fielded two 911 RSR this weekend at the long distance classic in Florida. The racer with the starting number 912, driven by two-time overall Le Mans winner Earl Bamber (New Zealand), Laurens Vanthoor (Belgium) and Gianmaria Bruni
(Italy), finished sixth in the strongly supported GTLM class. The second 911 RSR with the starting number 911, in which Patrick Pilet (France), Nick Tandy (Great Britain) and Frédéric Makowiecki (France) led the field at one point in the first third of the race, took the flag in eighth. Two pit stops for repairs after leaving the track in the Bus Stop chicane hampered a top result. | | |
Petrolicious—This week we head a
few hours north of our Los Angeles HQ to catch up with Bruce Canepa and one of his Porsche 959s. It’s one of the rarest cars to wear the company’s crest, but he’s certainly no stranger to the thing—after spending over a decade trying to find the legal loopholes necessary to put one on the road in the United States, one tends to form a bond, become familiar.
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| | Car and Driver—We’ve proclaimed to have found the sweet spot of Porsche’s 911 lineup so many times that it’s starting to lose its meaning. Or maybe Porsche keeps finding sweeter spots. This 911 in Targa 4 GTS trim with a manual transmission certainly is vying for our utmost affection. |
Road & Track—Air-cooled 911s sound great on their own, but this supercharged all-wheel drive 964 safari rally car is on a completely different level. Please, take a listen | | |
| | Jalopnik—The 996-generation Porsche 911 was a break from tradition. Not air-cooled, not overbuilt, not right, at least if you listen to the hardcore Porsche enthusiasts. And the car’s original brochure from the end of the ’90s reads like Porsche knew that a backlash was coming. They knew it. |
Motor Trend—Porsche launched the last manual-roof Boxster Spyder back in 2015, just before the Cayman and Boxster adopted the new 718 nomenclature and new turbocharged 2.5-liter flat-four engines. Thus, the Boxster Spyder was sort of a last hurrah for the six-cylinder mid-engine cars, receiving lots of goodies from the 911 and Cayman GT4 parts bins. Now, as these spy shots show, Porsche is bringing the Boxster Spyder back—likely with flat-six power
once again.
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Cars with Luke via YouTube—Really some of the most fun Ive had on snow, I only wish I
could have driven and filmed more! | | |
| | The Drive—We know all too well how much prices for vintage Porsche 911 models have skyrocketed in recent years. Seven figure price tags have turned them into shiny baubles for an elite few—but consider this barn find 1965 Porsche 912 set to be auctioned by Sotheby's next week an alternative path to joining their
ranks. |
Road &
Track—Porsche has built SUVs for nearly 20 years, yet people still complain about them. They complain that they aren't real Porsches and that they tarnish the brand. Yet, without SUVs, these people likely wouldn't be talking about Porsche in the present tense. | | |
| | The Truth About Cars—Porsche threw a party at its museum on Thursday, marking and celebrating 70 years of sports cars. The first vehicle to bear the Porsche name was registered on June 8, 1948 – a 356 “No.1” Roadster. With it, Ferry Porsche’s dream of a sports car turned into a reality. |
Jalopnik—Oszkar Bacsi told me that every time he goes out in his heavily modified 1969 Porsche 912 Slantnose, he wonders if he’ll come back in one piece. Not exactly the most comforting thing to hear while riding shotgun up a worn out canyon road at dusk, but I understood why he said it. |
The Drive—Despite significant performance improvements to automatics in the past couple of decades, the manual transmission is still the weapon of choice for car enthusiasts, but most will make an exception for one specific auto-shifting gearbox—the Porsche PDK. Known for its seamless and lightning-quick shifts, the PDK is revered as the gold standard by which all dual-clutch transmissions should be measured. | | |
Photo by Art Machines / courtesy Petrolicious | | Petrolicious—My first Porsche was a 2009
Cayman dressed in Midnight Blue Metallic — dark as a starless sky and absolutely stunning on delivery. I never thought a car could look that good, but keeping it that way presented a real challenge. I barely got my new car home from the dealer and into the garage before dust and dirt began to accumulate on every surface. |
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Motor
Trend—Our spy photographers have caught the next-generation Porsche 911 Turbo testing for the first time wearing its production body. Expected to debut sometime this year, the next generation of Porsche’s iconic sports car will feature an evolutionary exterior design and feature some new elements that should help differentiate it from the car it replaces. |
Autoblog—Ruf and Singer have been
honing their products for years, developing instantly recognizable products with a character all their own. But Gunther Werks is the new kid in town, with a different vision — to create an air-cooled 911 GT3 RS with modern tech, using a Porsche 993 Carrera 2, the final iteration of the original air-cooled 911 as the starting point. An ambitious goal, and we're here in Southern California to see if Gunther Werks can deliver. | | |
| | Jalopnik—Lego’s Speed Champions line of sets already has an impressive roster of classic and contemporary race cars like the Bugatti Chiron and the original Ford GT40. According to Lego enthusiast site The Brothers Brick, Lego has expanded their garage to include at least nine new
models. |
Automobile—A new 911 should mean revamps for the 718 Cayman/Boxster.
But with demand for compact sports cars in free fall, Porsche is rethinking the future of its mid-engine two-seaters. | | |
| | Motor Trend—As Porsche prepares to introduce the Mission E in 2019, it’s naturally looking to bolster its technology in the EV space as well. In an interview conducted with Porsche, Uwe Michael, head of electrics and electronics, talks about the direction of batteries and ways the brand will improve the charging experience on high-performance electrified vehicles of the
future. |
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
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Photo by John Masella. Rennsport Region. "Here’s a picture of my Forest
Green Metallic 1999 Boxster. I snapped the photo late in the afternoon with my iPhone 5s not far from my home. This old Texaco service station seemed the perfect backdrop for my green machine. I purchased this car in 2004 when I was living in Chicago and then joined PCA's Central Indiana Region. I'm also a member of the PCA Boxster Register. In 2011, we moved back home to Montreal and became part of the Rennsport Region. We’ve attended two parades so far … Hershey and French
Lick." 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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