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| | PCA—Eight months ago Porsche introduced a new generation of the 911 at the Los Angeles Auto Show, but there was something conspicuously missing, the base Carrera. That’s no longer the case as the automaker announced the Carrera and Carrera Cabriolet yesterday, joining the S and 4S models. All-wheel-drive Carreras will be announced soon, according to
Porsche.
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PCA—After the whirlwind of members prepping for concours, the welcome party, the concours itself, and then the concours banquet, the first half of Porsche Parade in Boca Raton, Florida gave way to
time-speed-distance and gimmick rallies, tours, two days of autocross, various seminars, and that’s just scratching the surface.
| | PCA—These 60 Second Surveys are a quick and easy way to 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. You
can still complete the July 2nd and 16th surveys, which improves your odds to win the monthly prize. Only one entry per survey counts toward the prize. July’s winner will be announced in the August 6 edition of e-Brake. Good luck!
Congratulations to our June $100 credit to the PCA Web Store winner: Helmut Waedt from Red River Region! If you didn't take the May, June or July surveys yet, you can still do so. Please note you are no longer eligible for the May or June prizes.
Any questions? Contact PCA National Office: 410-381-0911.
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| | PCA—How volatile is the Porsche collector car market? Join Hagerty’s Brad Phillips and our panel of experts to discuss the Porsches that have had the biggest gains or losses in the past year in the video above. We’ll hear what Dave Kinney, Nathan Merz, Rob Sass, and Porsche’s Ray Shaffer have to say regarding the ups and downs of the Porsche
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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.
Registration closes tomorrow, so if you want to display your Porsche on the show field, be sure to sign up by July 31, 2019 at 11:59 PM EDT. 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 Porsche Cars North America and Porsche Club of America for the Porscheplatz at Road America, August 3 and 4, for the IMSA/Continental Road Race Showcase. The IMSA WeatherTech® SportsCar Championship and IMSA Michelin Pilot Challenge take over Road America's four-mile circuit for what will be one of the most incredible weekends of sports car racing
in the world. Fans will get to see the IMSA Michelin Pilot Challenge race on Saturday, Aug. 3, with the WeatherTech® SportsCar Championship race on Sunday, Aug. 4., plus races from the IMSA Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge USA all weekend.
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Motor1—Driving any car around New York City is notoriously difficult. That said, Sean from Top Gear Imports New Jersey takes NYC driving to a new level with the Porsche Carrera GT. Youtuber Shmee150 went along for the ride to capture the moment.
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| | Autocar—It is a measure of the way the wizards of Weissach go about their work that this new GT4 is not the quickest Cayman on sale. Despite its new 4.0-litre engine, despite it being the first mid-engined Porsche to offer more than 400bhp (Carrera GT and 918 Spyder hypercars aside), if you look at the numbers you’ll discover that, thanks to offering more
torque lower down and offering the option of a paddle-shift transmission, a humble GTS can be configured to be quicker to 62mph and no slower to 100mph. Criticised though they are, you can’t say those turbo motors are entirely without merit.
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WHSV—Madison Automotive Apprentices, or MAAP, won big at the annual Porsche festival in Florida. The James Madison University organization worked on a 64 Porsche 356 donated by a couple in Charlottesville.
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| | PCA—After WERKS Reunion, you dont want to miss all the historic race activities at WeatherTech Laguna Seca Raceway, Our PCA Car Corral will open August 17 and 18. PCA Car Corral Parking Passes are on sale now!
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 cars are doing what they were originally intended to do…race. Approximately 550 race cars are invited to compete in the world’s premier motoring event, and are accepted based on the car’s authenticity, race provenance, and period
correctness.
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PCA—Get ready for another PCA National Office Open House! Join us on Saturday, September 14, 2019 for cars, food, and fun with your fellow club members. Tour the national office, learn some cool PCA history with Executive Director Vu Nguyen, and pick up some PCA gear at our pop-up store. We'll also be raffling off some
great prizes, so be sure to register and save your spot!
Registration is open at the following link.
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| | The Drive—Although Porsche was the featured marque at the Goodwood Festival of Speed last year, the automaker celebrated another anniversary at the annual hillclimb—the 50th birthday of the 917 sports prototype racer. To honor the beloved racecar's golden anniversary, Porsche paraded a number of 917 variants up the hill at Goodwood, highlighted by the
appearance of one of the only road-legal Porsche 917Ks in the world.
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Road & Track—Space-saver spare tires are a menace. They're even worse when you're driving an endurance prototype with a 620-horsepower, 5-liter air-cooled flat-12 engine and rear tires that are a foot and a half wide. Mind you, the Porsche 917 wasn't designed for the road at all, but that wasn't going to stop Count
Gregorio Rossi di Montelera, heir to the Martini & Rossi booze fortune—and one of Weissach's favorite customers.
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The Drive—It seems this is the summer for some genuinely incredible automotive-related artifacts to come out of hiding. Earlier this month, we saw a portion of Elvis Presley’s private car collection surface, which will be auctioned off for the first time ever in history. Now, RR Auction in Boston is listing some
never-released photos of James Dean’s horrific and fatal car accident in his Porsche 550 Spyder.
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| | Too Fab—Alex Rodriguez gifted Jennifer Lopez a beautiful Porsche for her 50th birthday, the only problem was J.Lo hadn't driven a car in over 20 years.
In a video posted to the former MLB star's YouTube channel Monday, Rodriguez documented how he pulled off the exciting surprise for his fiancee.
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Autoblog—The 2019 Porsche Cayenne E-Hybrid may have lost the S in its name, but its performance potential has actually been increased from its predecessor. The name change, or letter deletion, comes from Porsche's decision to better define this plug-in hybrid’s space within Cayenne lineup, making it less of an outlier.
It now highlights its performance advantage over the base model but acknowledges the supremacy of the non-hybrid S.
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| | Road & Track—Porsche, Holbert Racing, and driver Teo Fabi made history 30 years ago this week at the 1989 CART IndyCar Series event held at Mid-Ohio, when the German manufacturer captured its first win in the American championship. To date, it's been the only IndyCar victory for Porsche.
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The Drive—It's often said that smell is one of the most memory-invoking senses the human body possesses. But car fanatics might argue that the sounds of a particular vehicle—everything from the engine note to the door closing to the action on the window switches—that can inflame old passions and bring overwhelming joy.
A specific sound can send you spiraling back into history. And thanks to the BBC, we now have free access to one of the most fascinating collections of aural automotive ephemera in the world.
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| | PCARMARKET continues its PCA tour around the US. After spending a few days meeting the great PCA staff and members at the Porsche Parade in Florida, PCARMARKET is now preparing for the Werks Reunion in Monterey, CA on August 16th. Meeting all of the enthusiasts, collectors, racers, and allied business partners has been an educational and enjoyable experience. Please visit the PCARMARKET display in
Monterey. In the meantime, be sure to check out the current auctions on PcarMarket.com. With over 100 top Porsches at seller ready pricing, the Deal Tank continues to be the fastest growing location to find your next Porsche. Consign your Porsche on the 24/7 Exclusively Porsche Auction Marketplace, PCarMarket.com.
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Motor1—After sampling it across the pond, the 2019 Porsche Cayenne E-Hybrid has arrived in the U.S. to disrupt the traditionally horsepower-based hierarchical order of submodel trim levels. With a peak output of 455 horsepower from its 335-horsepower turbocharged 3.0-liter V6 engine and 134-hp electric motor, the
$81,100 E-Hybrid houses 21 more ponies than the $3,200-pricier Cayenne S.
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| | Petrolicious—Judging by the number of Porsche specialists out there offering to update, remake and generally redesign classic 911s, we may well be heading towards a future where these retro modded variants outnumber the originals. This one from Ateliers Diva Targa is the latest to enter the market; a hand-built carbon fiber-bodied machine styled to resemble
the early narrow body 911s.
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Autoweek—Nearly 30,000 people have written deposit checks for Porsche’s all-electric vehicle, the Taycan. With a few more buyers, about 5,000, it could overtake the 911. And the car hasn’t officially been revealed yet. That happens in September.
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| | Road & Track—IMSA racing is some of the best in the business, and last week's Northeast Grand Prix at Lime Rock Park was one to remember. The 160-minute race had some seriously close last-minute battles and plenty of heart-stopping passes. If you missed the race last weekend, you can watch the entire thing right here.
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| | Porsche Newsroom—The concept car is the prototype for the first all-electric Porsche, the Taycan, which will be launched in September. In the movie, the character of secret agent Rex Dasher drives a white Mission E. The German premiere will take place in Munich on August 4. The film will then open in cinemas throughout Germany on August
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Motor1—Scale car models may seem like their target audience is kids. However, one of the beauties of collecting car models is they are accessible to people of all ages. Now, Porsche fans around the world have the chance to own a scale model of the new 935. The 1:43 scale model is available for just $95 directly from
Porsche.
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Car—With the new 911 (992) mostly rolled out – apart from the hotter GT and Turbo models – Stuttgart is now readying a tweaked version of the Panamera. Our spy photographers have caught the Sport Turismo estate model of Porsche’s executive car testing, and these new photos point to a more 992-looking
design.
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Sportscar 365—GPX Racing won the Total 24 Hours of Spa with its one-off all-factory Porsche lineup of Kevin Estre, Richard Lietz and Michael Christensen.
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METROVAC partners with PCA for e-Brake Photo of the Week contest
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| | We are excited to announce a new partnership with METROVAC for our Porsche Photo of the Week contest. Starting with the July recap on August 1, 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!
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Photo by Tony Booth. Vancouver Island Region. "October 17, 2018 was the 50th anniversary of the production date of our
1969 Porsche 912. It is all-original and has been 100% reliable for our 28 years of ownership. It has been a frequent concours winner in Western Canada and took second place in the 2009 Porsche Parade, in Colorado (only bettered only by a lower mileage model found parked the Historic Display — ouch!)"
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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