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| | PCA—The 986 Boxster is today’s 914. We have not-so-scientific proof: According to the Mart section of the September 1997 issue of Porsche Panorama, the price of a great then 20-year-old 914 was about $4,000 to $5,000. Adjusted for inflation, that figure becomes about $8,000 in 2018 money. |
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PCA—If you watched the latest season of “The Grand Tour,” you probably saw the episode in which host Richard Hammond crashed a stupendously powerful electric supercar after the
finish of a hillclimb. That car was the Rimac Concept One, heralded for its technology and performance. Porsche recently announced it has purchased a 10% stake in the company, forming a partnership to co-develop electric vehicle technology. | | 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 2009 911 Carrera S, a 1999 911 Carrera, and a 2012 Cayenne. |
PCA—We invite you to vote for your favorite in the category of Best Cover for a Regional Newsletter. Voting closes Tuesday, July 10. Here are some things to consider when making your selection: - Overall layout and composition
- Photo quality and subject matter
- Does the cover peak your interest?
- It is clear it is a regional Porsche club newsletter?
One vote per person, must be a member of PCA and logged into the website. The winner will be announced during the Rally Banquet on Wednesday evening, July 11.
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| | Road & Track—The first, rather conservative objective was to beat the electric car record set by Rhys Millen in his Latvian-built Drive eO PP03 back in 2015. Mostly because Volkswagen's motorsport crew just couldn't be sure that their freshly developed I.D. R would be fast enough to take home the overall record, which was previously set in 2013 by Sebastian Loeb and his insane
875-horsepower Peugeot. (Ed.: The VW I.D. R is based on Porsche's Le Mans-winning 919 Hybrid race car.) |
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. | | |
| | Cocomats-Fürstil—Cocomats-Fürstil Auto Floor Mats is proud to announce it is an official sponsor of the Porsche Club of America. “We are very excited to continue our support and increase our commitment to the Porsche Club of America and its members,” said Jeff Allwine, president of Cocomats-Fürstil Auto Floor Mats
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| | Jalopnik—Volkswagen took a car to the famous Pikes Peak International Hill Climb with the intention of beating the record for fastest electric vehicle up the mountain, but it didn’t just beat that one. It also beat the all-time record—leaving both so far in the dust that all the dust had probably settled by the time they got there. |
Join Porsche Club of America at the Porscheplatz |
PCA—Following the Porsche victory at Le Mans, the teams will be back in North America for some exciting racing this summer. At the Porscheplatz you can watch all the
racing tracksides or 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.)
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Jalopnik—In the late 1970s, Pikes Peak saw an influx of small lightweight open-wheel Neaman-Dreager roadsters powered by Porsche 914 aircooled flat-fours with barely 100 horsepower. These little under-1000 pound cars were taking the fight directly to the larger and more powerful USAC-style front-engine sprint cars and Indy roadsters. In 1979, California dirt track racer Bruce Canepa figured more power would be the correct
answer, and slung a Porsche 911 RSR engine off the back end of his Neaman-Dreager chassis. | | |
| | Praemio via YouTube—After a career in sales and marketing, Gareth Crossley partners with car collector Bryan Webb to establish a premiere vintage motoring destination in South Africa in the form of a 1400 sq. meter warehouse housing sales, restoration, detailing and more, all centered around a coffee bar.
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Car and Driver—Porsche’s most famous race cars were funded, and its drivers fueled in celebration, by a bottle of 30-proof vermouth. As a result, many Martini & Rossi liveries have graced special-edition road cars from Zuffenhausen, but perhaps none so lovingly as this hand-painted 911 GT2 RS. | | |
| | The Drive—If the Porsche Museum in Stuttgart, Germany is ever robbed, the criminals might get away with a garage-full of rare cars, but at least the company's secret formulas will remain locked away. An extension of the Porsche Archive is located 17 miles away in Weissach, containing a monstrous collection of Porsche's design drawings. |
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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| | Porsche Travel Experience—When the road and the car are both on your bucket list, Porsche offers all-inclusive vacations that deliver. Announcing Travel Experiences California and Route 66. Drive an assortment of 911 models on America’s most desirable driving roads. Each tour is 6-night, 5 day event where guests can expect luxury resort lodging, fine dining and entertainment commensurate of
the Porsche brand. Elevate vacation driving to an entirely new level with one of these two tours.
Something truly magical happens when you experience a Porsche vehicle in a relaxed and exclusive setting. Your sense of adventure awakens and you are rewarded with once in a lifetime memories.
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Automobile—Nostalgia is one hell of a drug, a slippery sentiment that can coax mortgage-sized sums of cash into otherwise obsolete sports cars, transforming them into novel combinations of old-school architecture and new-world engineering. | | |
CarFax via PR Newswire—Ceramic Pro is helping maximize the resale value of their customers' vehicles by reporting product installation details to Carfax. Vehicles treated with Ceramic Pro, the revolutionary liquid nanotechnology that protects paint and eliminates the need to wax your car, now are
identified on Carfax Vehicle History Reports and the myCarfax.com mobile app.
| | Click on the photo to watch our video about ceramic coating products. |
| | Oversteer by Autotrader—For years, I've been annoyed by the air-cooled 911 -- mostly because I didn't buy one 5 years ago. To car enthusiasts, recent skyrocketing prices on vintage Porsche cars is a prime example of their gripe against the "investment" era of car collecting -- but if I've proven anything since documenting my stupid car antics on Oversteer, it's that old cars make terrible
investments. Still, I've always wanted an air-cooled 911 -- and just like everybody else in recent years, I had to massively overpay for the privilege. |
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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| | Road & Track—The overnight is the most interesting part of an endurance race—everyone settles into a rhythm, hustling their cars around hard in total darkness. Watching a high-definition lap of Le Mans at late night from the dashboard of a Porsche 911 RSR, the GTE-Pro winning #92 car, is quite beautiful. And strangely, sort of lonely. |
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—2018 is a very special year and the 8th of June was an even more special day for one of the most beloved sports car manufacturers going: Porsche celebrated their 70-year anniversary.
On the 8th of June, 1948, the first Porsche prototype with the chassis number 356-001 received its general roadworthiness papers. It was the birth of a brand which quickly made a name for itself and produced one of the most iconic cars soon after: the 911. | | Photo by Laura Kukuk / courtesy Petrolicious |
| | The Drive—The Drive got a chance to catch up with motocross legend-turned-racing driver Travis Pastrana before this year's Pikes Peak International Hill Climb, in which he will compete using a Porsche Cayman GT4 Clubsport. In a quick Q and A session, we talked about Pikes Peak, the future of Pastrana's racing career, and what it's like to fly through the air upside down on a
motorcycle. |
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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 |
Petrolicious—Sports car competition in the 1970s was a fierce affair; highly competitive, spanning circuit races to long-distance, multi-border-crossing rally raids, and featuring some of the most renowned marques duking it out with highly modified road cars and more bespoke prototypes, often in the same race. | | Photo by Patrice Minol / courtesy Petrolicious |
| | Road & Track—German manufacturers have built some of the greatest cars on earth, including purpose-built extreme performance machines — what we know as supercars. Here are the best. |
Autoclassics—Marlon Goldberg is a young guy, not yet 40. But he’s spent much of his life (working and personal) around cars – and Porsches most particularly. New York state born and raised, Goldberg has been a mechanic, a Porsche-certified technician, a Porsche new-car salesperson, and did a two-year stint in the earliest days of Singer Vehicle Design (SVD). Got your attention yet? | | |
| | The Drive—At the beginning of June, Porsche fans around the world celebrated the brand's inaugural Sportscar Together Day to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the Porsche sports car. If you thought the festivities were finished you're quite mistaken, because Porsche announced that it has created its own brew of wine to continue celebrating its birthday. |
Fox News—Cars are getting better according to the latest 2018 J.D. Power Initial Quality Study, but Korean ones are the best.
The Hyundai Motor Group took the top three spots on this year’s list, with luxury brand Genesis ahead of Kia and Hyundai, with Porsche and Ford rounding out the top five.
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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
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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. |
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
I hope you enjoyed this issue of Porsche Club of America's e-Brake News. If you have any questions or
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Damon Lowney Digital Media Coordinator & e-Brake News Editor damonl@pca.org (410) 381-0911
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