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| | PCA—The first Porsche 911 came to the market in 1964, and after seven generations of evolutionary change, Porsche is set to announce the eighth generation of the rear-engined sports car in Los Angeles tonight, Nov. 27, at 8 PM local time (11 PM EST).
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PCA—With the Holiday Season in full swing, check out our Gift Guide to find something special for the PCA member in your life. The PCA Web Store and other vendors listed here have all sorts of PCA, Porsche,
and other automotive products that any Porsche owner would appreciate. Browse our gift guide below, and click on the picture of the product in which you're interested to purchase it.
| | PCA—The sports car that took the reigns from Porsche’s stalwart 356 in 1964, the 911, was an improvement in almost every way. Yet the basic formula to which the 911 adhered — engine at the rear, rear-wheel
drive, sporting pretentions — were all present in the 356. And so it goes at Porsche, an automaker obsessed with finesse and fine-tuning rather than radical change.
Leading up to tonight’s debut of the newest generation of the 911, Porsche has sought to explain how the 911 has evolved over seven generations.
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| | PCA—Each fall and spring, Porsche Club of America opens a member only raffle, in which you, the member, may purchase entries for a chance to win a brand-new Porsche. For the Fall 2018 Member Only Raffle, the grand prize is a 911 Targa 4 GTS plus $25,000 in cash.
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Petrolicious—In the 1970s, the Belgian gendarmerie had its stable of national police cars bolstered by the likes of BMW’s 2002ti, and later on they counted the Golf GTI and Volvo 240 Turbo among their mechanized ranks, but no cop in the country — or the rest of the world — had ever kept the streets safe with the same pace as
provided by the 2.7 RS-powered 911 Targas.
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| | Fast Lane Travel—After forty five dynamic years Fast Lane (link is external) is still creating NEW tours each year that underscore the quality, ambience and enjoyment their PCA guests have become accustomed to.
From the eyes wide-open unlimited speed sections of the German Autobahn, to the hair-raising world-famous Swiss and Austrian Alpine Passes, to the very narrow, pedestrian-only, streets of ancient medieval villages, where Peter Sontag has organized special police permission to drive and park... Fast Lane Travel does it all.
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PCA—PCA's Spring 2019 Treffen will take place over Wednesday, April 3 through Saturday, April 6 in the beautiful central California coastal town of Santa Barbara. Join us for this four-day event as we tour, explore, and experience the American Riviera. Registration fee includes full breakfasts Thursday, Friday, and Saturday;
themed dinner with entertainment on Thursday; themed social on Friday; and closing dinner on Saturday. Event apparel and Treffen bag are also included. Treffen Santa Barbara schedule and activities are now available on the Treffen North America website at treffen.pca.org. Registration for this event and room reservations at our host hotel will open on January 16, 2019, at 3:00 PM (EST). You won't want to miss
this breathtaking seaside town, its culture and history flanked by the Santa Ynez mountains and the Pacific Ocean.
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| | Porsche Newsroom—Alongside Vice President Product lines 911 and 718, “Mr 911” August Achleitner, who was keen to learn what the former racing driver thought, Webber had the chance to inspect the car with its camouflage almost completely removed.
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Jalopnik—Historically, the Porsche Boxster and Cayman never received the same amount of love as their 911 older sibling. Sure, there were great variants like the Cayman GT4, but never any absurd Turbo or Turbo S models, as if the mid-engine cars were purposely undercut to keep the 911
on its king’s throne. This, I suspect, has led many to believe the 911 to be inherently the superior car. They are wrong. The 2018 Porsche 718 Cayman GTS is as perfect a sports car as they come.
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Photo by Robb Pritchard / courtesy Petrolicious
| | Petrolicious—Boats are known to bob quite idyllically on the azure waters in the harbor of Rovinj, a stunning mediaeval town on Croatia’s Istrian coast. Carefully, we park the 356 on a pier so the patchwork of pastel-colored houses in the background are visible for the photoshoot, but we have to wait patiently for a crowd of tourists to take their fill of the 1963 BT6 Super 90 before
we can get to it.
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2019-2020 PCA National election — cast your vote by Dec. 1 |
| | PCA—Our club is fueled by volunteers, and every two years PCA National holds an election to inaugurate volunteer members of the Executive Council. The voting process is important, and we encourage eligible voters to participate in the election of candidates. Members should have received ballots (like the one below) with the October issue of Porsche Panorama. Be sure
to cast your vote by December 1. |
Road & Track—Rally videos never get boring. This one, taken from inside the cabin of an air-cooled Porsche 911 from an event that happened in September in Germany, might be one of the best.
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Photo courtesy Petrolicious
| | Petrolicious—In the 1970s, the Belgian gendarmerie had its stable of national police cars bolstered by the likes of BMW’s 2002ti, and later on they counted the Golf GTI and Volvo 240 Turbo among their mechanized ranks, but no cop in the country—or the rest of the world—had ever kept the streets safe with the same pace as provided by the 2.7 RS-powered 911 Targas.
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Road & Track—If there's one car that represents vintage Porsche racing best, it's the 917. With a roaring engine, iconic looks, and bundles of race wins under its belt, it's truly a legend to see (and hear) out on the track. We got to witness it on the move first-hand, and it was a true delight.
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Auto Classics—“Dr. Wolfgang Porsche is one of the most influential personalities, not only in the Volkswagen Group, but also in the entire automotive industry,” explained Stephan Winkelmann, president of Bugatti Automobiles.
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Road & Track—We pick the winner of PCOTY with our hearts. The numbers aren't everything, there's more to a car than how quickly it gets to 60 or how many gs it pulls in a corner. But we also can't ignore the numbers. And that you don't want us to. So here's the hard data for all eight of this year's contenders.
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| | Engineering Explained via YouTube—How do manual transmissions work? We'll learn how clutches work, how gears work, and how shifting works with a detailed explanation using a 5-speed manual transmission as an example.
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The Drive—Current battery and charging technology make refueling an electric car significantly longer than filling up a traditional gasoline-powered car at the pump, which is Porsche has been actively working to improve this with its upcoming Tesla riva: the Taycan.
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Bloomberg—Porsche AG has an ambitious plan to improve operating profit by 6 billion euros ($6.8 billion) over eight years by streamlining operations as the automaker spends more to develop and manufacture electric cars, according to people with knowledge of the matter.
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The Drive—Porsche Taycan project lead Stefan Weckbach insists that the company's upcoming electric Taycan model will be a Porsche at heart because of the attention paid to how it handles.
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PCA—To celebrate 70 years of Porsche, the world’s greatest sports car, Porsche Design has created a timepiece exclusively for Porsche Club of America (PCA) members: the Chronograph 70Y Sportwagen PCA Edition. Strictly limited to only 70 timepieces worldwide, this masterpiece pays tribute to the passion, commitment and camaraderie of PCA members, as well as the legendary Chronograph I,
the first-ever timepiece developed by Porsche Design. | | |
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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METROVAC partners with PCA for e-Brake Photo of the Week contest |
| | PCA—PCA—We are excited to announce a new partnership with METROVAC for our Porsche Photo of the
Week contest. Starting in October, winners will receive a VAC N BLO 500, a $152.99 value. We will also randomly award a PotW voter each month an Air Force Blaster Sidekick Car and Motorcycle Dryer, a $119.99 value. All you have to do is cast a vote for your favorite Porsche photo! |
Photo by Keith Antal. Carolinas Region. "Here is a photo of my 1992 911 Carrera 2, under one of the live oak plantation
trees, which I took on our PCA March Spring Tour. The Carolinas Region had a spring tour from Hickory, NC to Pawleys Island, SC. We visited the Mepkin Abbey, which is a Trappist monastery located on the historic Mepkin Abbey Plantation with its beautiful gardens situated next to the Cooper River."
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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e-Brake News
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