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| | PCA—Porsche AG was faced with a tough decision around its 70th anniversary. It could have easily let the milestone go by with just token recognition. Instead, it launched a largely social media-driven worldwide campaign entitled “Sportscar Together Day” and hosted drives and events June 8-10 in Germany. |
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PCA—Porsche announced a new 911 Speedster concept and the Taycan, the latter of which was known as the Mission E concept
electric sedan. The Speedster, with a lightweight design and a naturally aspirated engine, looks back to Porsche’s past, while the Taycan points to the company’s future. | | PCA—Drive, dine, and explore in Canada's Banff National Park during the upcoming Treffen North America from Sept. 12-15, 2018. Registration opens tomorrow, June 13, at 3 PM
EDT. Pricing and details about driving tours and Navigator's Day Off excursions can be found at Treffen.PCA.org. |
| | PCA—Most people agree on what the undeniably great Porsches are—they gather crowds at Werks Reunion and enthusiastic bidders at fancy auctions. It’s the merits of the hidden gems of the Porsche world that are the bones of contention among enthusiasts. They’re often cars that were overshadowed by what came next or were underappreciated back in the day. Here are five Porsches that are much
better cars than most people realize: |
PCA—Every
few years, Porsche Panorama conducts a survey of its readership to ensure that we produce the Porsche content you want to read about. Make the magazine yours by filling out the survey in its entirety. It should only take about five to ten minutes. Only current members and Test Drive participants logged in to the PCA website are allowed access to the survey. | | |
| | PCA—Looking for the ultimate Father’s Day gift, but he already has ‘everything’? Porsche Club of America has researched Porsche-related gift ideas to create the Ultimate Father’s Day Gift Guide for Porsche enthusiasts. The 2018 gift guide includes over 40 items that any Porsche Club of America member would love to have. Each product image in the 11-page gift guide contains a link to the
product order page. Find the perfect gift, click and order. Father’s Day shopping has never been this easy! Delivery by
Father's Day, June 18, cannot be ensured at this time. |
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 1990 911 Carrera 4 Cabriolet, a 1973 914 2.0, and a 1965 356. | | |
| | PCA Club Racing—Founded in the 1990s, Porsche Club of America’s (PCA) Club Racing program entertains the world’s largest, single-marque, auto-enthusiast network in the world. Practically three decades of competition etched into history, many have to look back and appreciate how far the sport has come. |
Motor
Trend—On this episode of Head 2 Head presented by Tire Rack, hosts Jethro Bovingdon and Jonny Lieberman take a look at two California-built custom Porsche 911s: the Gunther Werks 400R and the SharkWerks GT3 4.1. The Gunther is the dancer of the two, a prima ballerina that teaches a master’s course on the very notion of steering feel. Sharkie, on the other hand, is a sledgehammer, taking a naturally aspirated Porsche to a level of violence and fury never seen
before. | | |
| | Car and Driver—Most concept cars are improbable concoctions with impossibly sexy profiles, impractical packaging, and wildly optimistic performance claims. Porsche doesn’t usually tread in this tall-tale realm, and with its production-bound Mission E project, it has become apparent that the claims it makes for the Mission E concept hew closely to what Porsche says will be delivered less than
a year and a half from now: zero to 62 mph in 3.5 seconds, 600 horsepower, a driving range of 310 miles, and a game-changing charging capability to regain about 250 miles of range in 15 minutes. |
PCA—Join
Porsche Cars Canada and Porsche Club of America at the Porscheplatz, Saturday and Sunday, July 7 and 8, at the Canadian Tire Motorsport Park for the Mobil 1 SportsCar Grand Prix. At the Porscheplatz you can relax, watch the races on live feed TV, and enjoy a cool beverage. There will be presentations by Porsche GTLM Team drivers, Porsche Motorsport North America, and Porsche Global Partners. Register to win an exclusive "IMSA Hot Pit Experience" and more. Admittance into the Porscheplatz is
exclusively for PCA members and Porsche owners only. Remember to bring your PCA membership card or proof of Porsche ownership for admittance to the Porscheplatz. (Porsche key, insurance papers, etc.) | | |
| | PCA—Porsche Club of America (PCA) welcomes all Porsche clubs, owners, and enthusiasts to Werks Reunion Monterey on Friday, August 24.
Werks Reunion was created by the Porsche Club of America as an event to celebrate both the Porsche marque as well as the camaraderie of being an
enthusiast.
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Jalopnik—Everybody loves a 911, but—and trust me on this—the Porsche Cayman GT4 is the best road car the company has ever delivered. The mid-engine layout gives it incredible balance, the six-speed manual makes it highly engaging. So when you add $20,000 in upgrades to that brilliant base, you’re pretty much into a superhero on wheels. | | |
| | Carfection via YouTube—Henry Catchpole demonstrates why the manual is something to be treasured in a 991.2 Porsche 911 GT3. |
Motor1—Germany's Sport Auto has released the in-car video of its Porsche 911 GT2 RS test at the Nürburgring. The clip provides another look at the vehicle's impressive performance. As an even more interesting comparison, it shows the difference between the driving skill of a very talented racing driver and Porsche test driver Lars Kern. Watch Video | | |
| | PCA—Described as a museum springing to life, the Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion is the largest event held during the famed Monterey Classic Car Week, and is the only event where vintage race cars are doing what they were originally intended to do…race.
And what better way to enjoy this step back
into history than to watch the races from the PCA Car Corral and Hospitality Tent? The Car Corral and Hospitality Tent are open to PCA members and Porsche owners. This year our Corral and Tent are located inside Turn 5. For those of you that attended the Porscheplatz at Laguna Seca, you know this is probably one of the primo-viewing areas on the track.
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Car and
Driver—For Porsche, going electric presents some challenges. The brand has insisted that its upcoming electric sedan, signaled by the Mission E and Mission E Cross Turismo concepts, will be a high-performance car and a true Porsche. But for a brand that built its reputation in part on glorious-sounding engines, it can’t shortchange owners on the sensory part of the driving experience. | | |
PCA—PCA
Hill Country Region (HCR) has worked with Circuit of the Americas to provide an exclusive ticket offer for PCA members planning to attend the Formula 1 U.S. Grand Prix, October 19 – 21, 2018 at Circuit of the Americas (COTA), Austin, Texas. COTA has dedicated seating exclusively for PCA members in the T12 and T15 grandstands. Turn 12 prices range from $325.00 - $395.00 per ticket. Turn 15 prices range from $445.00 – $645.00 per ticket. Other ticket options are also
available. COTA is also offering PCA members discounted parking in Lot T or Lot F for $100.00. |
| | Petrolicious—This is the story of following a trail of gas into the a tractor barn. It is a story of a family legacy of mechanical inclination and a desire to learn from and build upon classic machines. A story of a father and son taking seven long years to transform a 356 shell and a box of parts into a car that reflects their histories and their personalities. The Auratium Green 356 A Type
2 is the culmination of more than just the hundreds of hours of patient toiling that went into its resurrection, for it represents the passing down of talents and a way of living and approaching material objects with a calculated but still very human touch. It is one thing to understand how it all works, another to to fall in love with the act of making it happen. |
Road & Track—Yesterday's announcement that production-based hypercars could race at Le Mans in 2020 has us thinking about the last time a road car won the famous 24-hour race. It was 20 years ago, and the car was a Porsche 911 GT1 driven by Allan McNish (in his first of three Le Mans wins), Laurent Aïello, and Stéphane Ortelli. | | |
PCA—Porsche Parade: Lake of the Ozarks is only four months away, and event registration opens April 2 at 12 PM EDT. Here is the Parade Competition Rules (PCR) book, a guide to the various competitive events on offer at Parade.Read More |
| | Autoblog—There are a ton of reasons to take interest in the Porsche Panamera Turbo S E-Hybrid Sport Turismo: its mouthful of a nameplate, stunning performance, paramount luxury, the fact that it's a wagon and a PHEV. We covered the basics — and then some — in our First Drive review late last year. It's already clear this car is a freakin' rocket, going from 0 to 60 mph in a little over 3
seconds. Now, with a second chance to drive the car, I wanted to see what it was like to live with. |
Roadshow by CNET—I've been more than a little eager get behind the wheel of Porsche's all-electric Taycan (neé Mission E) since I had my first sight of the thing. Immediately after it rolled out at the 2015 Frankfurt Motor Show I remember standing next to this low, sculpted vision for the future and being totally, utterly smitten. Porsche said they'd build it, and so I started counting the days to when I might get a go. | | |
| | Road & Track—The new Porsche 911 GT3 RS is an amazingly capable rear-drive monster, and the most extreme version of the 911 money can buy. . . if you want to stay away from turbochargers, but still need a license plate. It's quick a straight line, crazy fast around a race track, and it's got looks that'll ensure no one will confuse it with your dentist's 911. |
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Road & Track—If you're a small family-run car company like 911-wizard RUF, certain hard decisions have to be made to keep your R&D budget in balance. For Alois Ruf, the good news is that blasting down the Autobahn at well over 220 mph in the name of science is a low-cost, yet more efficient alternative to
spending weeks at a wind tunnel. | | |
The Drive—Porsche announced that it will sponsor the ADAC SimRacing Expo, a massive gaming convention located right next to the Nürburgring. The 2018 rendition of the SimRacing Expo will be the second time that Porsche partners with ADAC's virtual racing division, this time as the venue's title sponsor. |
PCA—Want to get published in PCA.org and e-Brake News and be part of the 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. | | |
Griot's Garage partners with PCA for e-Brake Photo of the Week contest |
| | PCA—We are excited to announce a new partnership with Griot's Garage for our Porsche Photo of the Week contest. Starting in May, winners will receive a Griot's Garage Concours Lawn Kit, a $99.99 value. We will also randomly award a PotW voter each month a PFM Speed Shine Kit, a
$28.99 value. All you have to do is cast a vote for your favorite Porsche photo. |
Photo by Danny Reynolds. Michiana
Region. "I was shuffling my Guards Red group of '80s Porsches as the sun was setting and turned around to this spectacular view. My first thought: It's 1986, do you know where your cars are? My second: Just add parachute pants. Pictured are: 1983 928S, 1985 944, and a 1986 911 Turbo. All cars are 100%." 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. |
e-Brake News
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