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| | PCA—We recently visited TECHART's headquarters in Germany, where CEO Steven Ratz walked us through various stages of the in-house manufacturing process that allow the company to build fast, stylish, and comfortable cars. We captured it all on video and also got a preview of three of the company's latest creations.
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PCA—In what could be the most earth-shaking news to come out of the vintage Porsche world in several years, RM/Sotheby’s has announced that it has consigned the earliest car to wear the Porsche badge,
the famed 1939 Type 64 Berlin-Rome competition special.
| | PCA—This is the first of 18 small PCA surveys that will be included in e-Brake News this year. These surveys are quick and easy and will help improve PCA. We appreciate your time and feedback! Each month one person who
takes the survey will win $100 credit to the PCA Web Store. There will be another survey later this month, which improves your odds to win the monthly prize. Only one entry per survey counts toward prize. May's winner will be announced in the June 4 edition of e-Brake. Good luck!
Any questions? Contact PCA National Office: 410-381-0911.
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| | PCA—True artistry is found in originality. Yes, inspiration has its place in the process as an energetic wave of enthusiasm serving something new. But the artist must deliver his or her original ideas and vision to the act of creation overall. When Ferdinand Porsche created his now iconic car company, each original design had to be
imagined.
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PCA—The popular Porsche show Werks Reunion will be headed back to the Corral de Tierra Country Club on August 16, 2019 near Laguna Seca Raceway, during Monterey Car Week. Porsche Club of America (PCA) welcomes all Porsche clubs, owners, and enthusiasts to join us at the fifth Werks Reunion in Monterey. Membership in PCA
is not required to participate in this celebration of Porsche automotive engineering. Expect to view a breathtaking array of Porsches at this free-to-spectators event, from rare classics to current models and everything in between. Display your own cherished car in model-specific Porsche Corrals or enter the Porsche Judged Field and compete to win in more than 20 prize categories.
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| | PCA—Join us at the Porsche Club of America Car Corral for the Chevrolet Detroit Grand Prix presented by Lear at the Raceway at Belle Isle Park, Detroit Michigan, May 31-June 1, 2019. The event will feature the cars of the NTT IndyCar Series, the IMSA WeatherTech Sports Car Championship, and the Trans Am Series presented by Pirelli. At the PCA Car Corral
Hospitality Tent you can enjoy a cool beverage and watch the racing on our live feed TV monitor. We will also have “Meet and Greet” Porsche teams and driver visits, paddock tours, and raffles. (including a raffle for an IMSA “Hot Pit” Experiences) Kick start your race day on Saturday at the PCA Café with some coffee and donuts, and some special guest appearances.
The PCA Car Corral Hospitality Tent is open to PCA members and Porsche owners with your general race admission ticket.. Just be sure to bring your PCA membership card or proof of Porsche ownership (key, insurance paper etc.).
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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 Spring 2019 Member Only Raffle, the grand prize is a brand-new 992-generation Porsche 911 Carrera S plus $25,000 in cash. And the best part is that
we will likely be giving away more than one grand prize! After the initial 8,500 entries, another Grand Prize will be added for every additional 4,500 entries sold. Raffle entries are $50 (USD) each.
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| | Automobile—Riding in a preproduction Porsche Taycan Turbo with chief project engineer Stefan Weckbach at the wheel is a bit like living inside a Marvel movie while wearing a VW headset while sitting in a Dallara race-car simulator. The whisper-quiet all-electric Porsche with a driveline on steroids lifts the terms “velocity” and “acceleration” to altogether
different levels.
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| | Trailer. Set. Go!—From your newly acquired barn find 944 to 911 Cup racecar, towing your prized Porsche takes care and good trailer maintenance.
To ensure the most service life out of your trailer tires, proper inflation techniques and tire pressure maintenance are critical. Before you take your Porsche its next long trip, be sure those aspects of your tires are meeting the manufacturer’s recommendations. In addition to tire pressure and inflation, inspect the suspension, bearings, and lug nuts to make sure they’ve been properly torqued to the manufacturer’s
specifications.
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Porsche Parade is PCA’s biggest event! You do not want to miss it. It’s not too late to register or modify your registration to add an activity or banquet!
Be sure to sign up for the Parade Banquet Package, which gets you ticket to all the Parade banquets:
- Pirelli Welcome Party
- Porsche Concours d’Elegance and PCA National Awards Banquet
- Porsche Design TSD Rally Awards Dinner
- Michelin Autocross Awards and Parade Kids Recognition Dinner
- Reliable Carriers Victory Awards Banquet
Parade banquets feature:
- Parade Event Awards. Pro tip: If you signed up for an event, you’ll want to be at its awards banquet.
- PCA National Awards such as Enthusiast of the Year, Family of the Year, and Region of the Year
- PCA Best Newsletter and Best Website Awards
- Door prizes, including sets of tires and a trip to Germany
- Family-friendly pricing and Parade Kids activities
- And more!
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| | PCA—Gear up for the 2019 Porsche Parade! Limited edition T-Shirts, polos, jackets, and hats are available in the Parade Store until May 31. Orders will be shipped prior to Parade (by mid-June). Order now! Pre-Sale merchandise offered will not be available for sale at Parade.
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Motor Trend—It's become an article of faith among some enthusiasts that a real driver would always choose a stick shift over flappy paddles. OK, quick quiz. Money no object, which would you choose: Porsche's 911 GT2 RS or the 911 GT3 Touring? Turbo and PDK with flappy paddles or naturally aspirated with an old-school
six-speed stick shift and a third pedal in the footwell? Two different solutions to the same challenge, each quintessentially 911, and there's really no wrong answer. But after a bunch of miles in each, I know which transmission I'd choose. Every time.
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Hagerty—A lithe young woman with big, teased hair leans against the driver’s door of a white Porsche, flashing her beguiling smile at a seemingly older and clearly enthusiastic man at the wheel. It’s not an ad for male “assistance.” It’s the cover of Motor Trend’s June 1988 issue, and it set off some sparks with a cover
line that coyly posed the question, “Porsche’s New Speedster?”
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Autocar—Here's a fast estate straight line speed test with a bit of a difference.
Two cars here are the obvious new ways of going really, really fast while having space for, I don't know, some luggage or a dog or something. They're a Mercedes-AMG E63 S estate, and a Porsche Panamera Turbo S E-Hybrid Sport Turismo.
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PCA—Its F1 time again in Austin, Texas. And yes, the stars at night are big and bright deep in the heart of Texas. PCA Hill Country Region (HCR) has worked with Circuit of the Americas (COTA) to provide an exclusive ticket offer for PCA members planning to attend the Formula 1 U.S. Grand Prix, November 1 –
3, 2019 at COTA, Austin, Texas.
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| | Motor1—This past weekend, Italian golfer Marco Leoni made the shot of a lifetime – and he got to drive home in a brand new Porsche as a result.
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PCA—The rules and regulations set forth herein are the Parade Competition Rules, known as the PCRs. The purpose of the PCRs is to provide for the orderly conduct of all official and unofficial competitive events of the Porsche Parade and to make provisions for participant and spectator safety. Fairness to and among
competitors is the goal of the PCRs.
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Electric—As Porsche is getting closer to bringing the Taycan, its first all-electric vehicle, into production, we are gradually starting to get our first look at the production version and today, leaked images show the interior of the new electric car.
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The beauty of PCARMARKET lies in the diverse selection of vehicles being offered. PCARMARKET attracts all types Porsche enthusiasts from all over the
world from an RSR backdate to a low mileage Porsche Carrera, PCARMARKET is sure to please all Porsche buyers. Please visit PCARMARKET.com to register, bid, and watch the action!
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| | The Drive—Do you hear it? Is it the sound of the air-cooled Porsche 911 bubble reaching maximum tensile resistance after nearly a decade of unstoppable price inflation? The bubble that’s pushed air-cooled Porsche 911 prices into the stratosphere finally appears to be ready to pop—or at least deflate. Based on recent auction results, air-cooleds could
finally be coming back down to reality.
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Motor1—While brief, this spy video provides an amazing chance to hear the 992-generation of the Porsche 911 GT3 while it laps the Nürburgring. Judging by the sound, the reports are seemingly true that the new model might retain a naturally aspirated engine because there's no hint of a whistling turbo in this
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Autocar—The new 911 Speedster’s heavily revised 4.0-litre flat-six engine will be carried over to future GT models as Porsche’s GT division persists with naturally aspirated engines.
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| | Jalopnik—We’re all encouraged to have dreams, from around the time we have a vague understanding of what the word “dreams” means. While most of the people who encouraged us to have those dreams probably meant college or something, the roughly $300,000 2019 Porsche 911 Speedster definitely counts.
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The Drive—The Porsche Cayman GTS and all-wheel drive Audi RS5 essentially need no explanation when it comes to performance—their lineage and proven street cred have that taken care of. But what happens when you throw a featherweight, hardcore Lotus Exige Cup 430 into the mix to see which is fastest?
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Roadshow by CNET—The air-cooled engine was the stuff of legend, powering the Porsche 911 and VW Beetle (the real Beetle, not the ersatz New Beetle) to enduring fame in automotive history. And then it was gone.
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Road & Track—Want an old Porsche race car, but don't want a 911? Well, you're in luck. This 904 GTS just popped up for sale in the Netherlands. It raced in period, including in the 1964 Spa 500 Km, finishing second in class. Now, it can be yours.
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Motor1—Last week, the Porsche Cayman GT4 was seen around the Nurburgring making beautiful noises. It also lapped the Green Hell for its testing session and we could definitely see more of its skin than the previous spy shots.
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| | Autoweek—Imagine this: You’re driving along in a caravan of high-end Porsche 911s and you’re in the Porsche du jour -- a 911 reimagined by Singer. Sure, you might not have all the modern tech of the latest 911 GT2 RS, but you’ve got something somehow even more special. Now also imagine overcooking a corner on the Tail of the Dragon and almost taking a trip
through the woods in said Singer. That’s probably not a good feeling and could easily be one of your life’s worst pucker moments.
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| | Hagerty—"I fell in love with the Porsche 356,” Renee Brinkerhoff says. She was 57 years old, with no prior competition experience, when she started running her highly-modified, 914-powered, 152-horsepower 1956 Porsche 356 coupe in road-rally events. The car hasn’t always loved her back; it’s been in the weeds and in the shop as well as on the podium. But the two
have carried on in pursuit of Brinkerhoff’s personal goal: to compete on six continents.
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Jalopnik—I will clarify at the start of this that I am, and always have been, a Porsche nerd. I love these cars, the community of enthusiasts they engender, and the history on display at the show colloquially known as “Luft”. Racing driver Patrick Long and master of artistic visuals Jeff Zwart, along with hundreds more
car owners, fixers, and background workers, have built a truly massive shift in car show culture with Luftgekühlt.
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The Car Guide—Consumers who still prefer large luxury sedans over an SUV equivalent have plenty of choices. From eco-friendly cars to supersport cruise missiles, there is something for everyone and it’s sometimes hard to make a sound purchase decision. That’s why every year, the team over at The Car Guide publishes
its Best Buys.
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The Detroit News—Porsche AG is exploring joint projects with Chinese technology giants including Tencent Holdings Ltd., Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. and Baidu Inc. to expand digital offerings in its largest market and bolster sales.
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contest. 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.
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Photo by David Gilbert. Milwaukee Region. "This 2014 Boxster S is not at a space colony on Mars. It is at the
Horticultural Conservatory in Milwaukee, Wisconsin."
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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