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| | PCA—This year Tech Tactics East at Porsche Cars North America's East Coast Training Facility and Parts Warehouse covered topics that ranged from Porsche to Tucker automobiles to the new GT3 and GT3 Touring and much in between over the course of two days. Atttendees learned about their Porsches straight from the source as well as from PCA Tech
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PCA—The first era of the Porsche 911, aka, “early 911” or “longhood,” was from 1965 to 1973 — a period of considerable change. The sports car was at first built much like the 356 it replaced,
yet over the years developed its own flavor and style that served to define what a 911 would be for years to come. | | Car and Driver—In the winter of 1846, a group of pioneers seeking a better life in the vast unknown of the American West got trapped by weather in the mountains of the California territory.
Bored and running desperately low on cheesy Pringles, they had to turn to the most cursed of sustenance: putrefied beef jerky from the Sherman Oaks Chevron station.
Did we say 1846? We meant 2018.
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| | PCA—In this issue, Randy Wells compares and drives a 1976 911 Carrera 2.7 and 1977 911 Turbo in “Back to Back.” In “Barrier Breaker,” by Sean Cridland, read the exploits of 356 racer René Brinkerhoff, who has competed in La Carrera Panamericana four times and will embark on an international tour. Nathan Merz explores how different shades of paint go beyond aesthetics in “The Power
of Color.” Robert Plotkin couldn’t escape his seller’s remorse after letting go of a 1973 911S — until he bought a special 1971 911S in Italy and drove it around Europe, as you’ll find out in “Albert Blue.” Grant E. Stoecker walks us through a handful of spectacular timepieces in “Porsche Inspired.” |
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 Porsches is open.
Spectators are welcome to join in on the fun — for free!Read More | | |
| | PCA—The New York International Auto Show is just around the corner, on March 30, and that means PCA members have an opportunity for a preview of the Porsche booth a couple hours before it opens to the public. Registration opens February 28 at 12 PM EST. The event normally sells out quickly, so be sure to act fast to reserve your
spot. |
| | PCA—A popular PCA member benefit is The Mart, the club’s classifieds section online and in each issue of Porsche Panorama. Mart Fresh is a bi-weekly column in which PCA media staff pick what they think are the "freshest" Porsches currently available, and then attempt to explain their reasoning. Up this week are a 2012
Boxster Spyder, a 1992 911 Turbo, and a 1963 356. |
Carfection via YouTube—In
the Porsche 911 Carrera T Henry Catchpole revels in the delights of no distractions and asks whether this new stripped-out 911 is a GT3 Touring for the masses. Watch Video | | |
| | 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. |
Car and Driver—Before you buy a new Porsche 911 Targa 4 GTS, you need to know a few things: 1) Drive it on a freeway in Los Angeles, and every dweeb in a lowered Honda Civic will want to race you; 2) The guy on the Pacific Coast Highway in his new black Ferrari F12tdf won’t even acknowledge your presence; 3) Porsche lies about the
car’s performance. The company says the all-wheel-drive Targa 4 GTS can accelerate from zero to 60 mph in 3.5 seconds with the PDK dual-clutch automatic transmission (a $3720 option). Hogwash. Our test car did it in 3.1. | | |
| | The Smoking Tire via YouTube—This 1973 Porsche 914-6 was the owner, Marco's car when he was in high school, originally a four-cylinder. He sold it and bought it back later, in pieces, with no engine, but the full 914/6 bodywork. It now features a 2.5L twin-plug flat-six engine, and though not an original, factory-built /6, it was converted using OEM Porsche parts so for our
road testing purposes, should prove an accurate example. |
| | MultiBriefs—I took delivery on my 718 Cayman on July 1, a little more than six months ago. The next weekend, I drove 150 miles to Monticello Motor Club for the Stuttgart Challenge in a monsoon. Within weeks, the Northeast was hit by two successive heat waves of nearly 100 degrees, and now more recently we've seen as many subzero cold fronts. |
Road & Track—The UK's Autocar claims to be the world's oldest car magazine. More crucially for us, being in the business since 1895 also suggests that it's printed more automotive advertisements than any other publication.
Lucky, some of those end up on a dedicated Twitter account, like this gem from 1984, which informed the public about
Porsche's involvement in designing the Airbus A310's flight deck. The wide-body jet was introduced just a year earlier by Swissair.
| | Photo courtesy Kozuch via Wikimedia Commons |
Motor1—It was barely a
week ago when we saw what was reported by Australia’s Drive as the new Porsche 911 GT3 RS. Wearing green with bold GT3 RS striping, it was a massive leak on what promises to be the most powerful naturally aspirated Porsche ever to come from Stuttgart. We still haven’t heard an official word from Porsche on the GT3 RS, but spy photographers have caught the car testing in snow without any camouflage. It’s got the same vents, same wheels, and yes, the same bonkers
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| | Motor Trend—Despite Porsche’s decision to turbocharge the 911 lineup, our first drive convinced us the 911 is “a better sports car today than it has ever been.” Certain dedicated Porsche fans won’t believe us, but we stand by our conclusion that turbocharging didn’t ruin the 911. That said, if you refuse to buy a turbocharged 911, you can always spring for the GT3 or GT3 RS.
They’re the only naturally aspirated cars in the 911 lineup, and from the sound of it, that won’t change anytime soon. |
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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. | | |
Motor1—An anonymous tipster has brought
to our attention that someone has posted an image of what seems to be the new Porsche 911 (992) on Instagram. In fact, the photo has been up on the social medial channel for nearly a week, but it’s only now the very interesting image is beginning to make the headlines (you'll see it everywhere in the following hours.) While we can’t say for sure it’s 100% legit, there are reasons to believe that it is. |
| | Road & Track—John Frankenheimer's Ronin is a no-CGI thriller starring Robert De Niro, Jean Reno, Natascha McElhone, Stellan Skarsgård, Sean Bean, and Jonathan Pryce. Oh, and around eighty vehicles that got destroyed in one way or another to give us arguably the greatest movie car chase of all time. |
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.
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The Truth About Cars—Silver on the outside, and multi-shaded maroon on the inside, this Porsche 959 is the most expensive car we’ve featured in the Rare Rides series to date. What do you get for $1.25 million dollars, aside from service visits costing $100,000? | | |
Motor1—[Update] 23 new spy shots have been added at the beginning of the gallery.
Porsche was seen the other day in northern Europe while perfecting what will become the range-topping 718 Cayman version taking the shape of the mighty GT4. Positioned above the recently launched GTS, the new crown jewel of the Cayman family appears to be virtually undisguised, thus hinting that
an official reveal is right around the corner. Our money is on the Geneva Motor Show set to open its doors at the beginning of next month.
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| | Car and Driver—While very fast charging may have been the main motivation for engineering the upcoming Porsche Mission E on a new 800-volt platform—versus the 400-volt standard used for every other current EV—the decision won’t disadvantage the EV in the measures that matter a lot to Porsche buyers: performance, of course. So far, Porsche has teased us with news that there are
separate motors for the front and rear axles, with a combined output of more than 600 horsepower, and acceleration times of less than 3.5 seconds to 60 mph and less than 12 seconds to 124 mph. |
Motor1—If you happen to
take a ski vacation to the resort town of Méribel in the French Alps, take some time away from the slopes to check out a Porsche Cayenne in a crystal dome. At an altitude of 7,546 feet (2,300 meters), the odd display is the German brand's highest-ever pop-up store. | | |
| | Car and Driver—The Porsche Mission E will charge its battery pack, Porsche promises, in half the time it takes present-day Tesla vehicles, which are the charge-rate champions now. Porsche certainly plans to deliver on the strong and silent straight-line performance that has been Tesla’s longtime YouTube party trick—and
to add the sustained hot-lap capability that comes with the Porsche pedigree and has been missing from Tesla. But when the test-drive gasps subside, it may be its charging performance that will set the Porsche Mission E apart when it arrives late next year. |
Motor1—Those who make
a living working in hazardous environments will recognize PPE as the acronym for Personal Protective Equipment. SEO and digital advertising gurus might give this a quick glance and mistake it for some kind of new pay-per-click arrangement. In this instance, however, PPE stands for Premium Platform Electric – a new all-electric vehicle architecture that Audi and Porsche will develop together. |
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 Bruce Bade. Potomac Region. "The light
was right one evening when I took this photo of my '58 356A coupe in Fort Hunt Park near Mount Vernon. We've had the coupe for fifty years; it's clocked 239,000+ miles and still thrills on a spirited drive. Long-term participation in the Potomac 356 Owners Group, 356 Registry events, and PCA Potomac events was rewarded with 2nd in the 356 Class at the May 7 Deutsche Marque Concours, the premier annual PCA Potomac concours event." 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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