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PCA—Porsche in collaboration with RM Sotheby’s will be auctioning the very last 991-generation 911 to roll down the assembly line, a 911 Speedster, and the proceeds will be donated to United Way Worldwide’s COVID-19 Community
Response and Recovery Fund.
| | 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 and guest contributors pick what they think
are the "freshest" Porsches currently available, and then attempt to explain their reasoning. Up this week are a 2018 911 Carrera T, 2011 Boxster, 2001 Carrera Cabriolet, and 1995 968 Cabriolet.
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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 2020 Member Only Raffle, the grand prize is a Porsche Taycan 4S plus $25,000. Alternatively, winners may also choose $85,000 instead of a car plus $25,000. 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. The raffle closes June 5, 2020.
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PCA—Each Thursday PCA will release an article from a vintage issue of Porsche Panorama, mainly consisting of road tests but also other interesting articles we find in our archive. This week's edition of From the Archive features an article by none other than Hans Mezger, one of the main engineers behind some of Porsche's famous race and production car engines from the 1950s until he retired in
1994. Read "Turbocharging Engines for Racing and Production Cars" for an inside look at how Porsche approached turbocharging when it was still a relatively new technology.
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PCA—The California Festival of Speed may not be happening in reality, but it is happening virtually
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racing, a Porsche photo contest and kids online contests.
We will feature live broadcasted sim racing in three classes at the California Auto Club Speedway in Fontana, California — where the Festival has been doing live racing since 2002. PCA Sim Racers from across North America are invited to participate in the virtual version of the Pirelli West Coast Series Event. Click here for more information and
registration.
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PCA—Due to the novel Coronavirus and the disease it causes, COVID-19, automotive events around the world have been postponed or cancelled, and events held by and/or related to Porsche Club of America are no exception. Below is a list of PCA National and Porsche-related events and their current statuses. We will update this page as more information becomes available. PCA National-hosted events
are in bold.
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| | PCARMARKET’s comprehensive online Porsche Marketplace has experienced extreme success throughout the last several weeks! Many new people have been brought into the online landscape to purchase and sell vehicles, everyone is seeing the benefits. Our offerings continue to expand with transactions taking place across the globe. One area of PCARMARKET that has been gaining major attention is Lifestyle and
Memorabilia. Porsche has immense history dating back to the 1950s, many rare and collectible pieces that were hidden away throughout the years are surfacing and finding new homes via PCARMARKET. Rare dealership signage from Europe, custom enthusiast-built pieces, and even some of today’s hard to find Porsche advertisements have had success on PCARMARKET. Whether you’re looking to sell your
Porsche, buy a Porsche, or add authentic Porsche memorabilia to your collection, PCARMARKET has something for everyone. PCARMARKET has a large volume of traffic and is growing daily, there has never been a better time to list your Porsche for sale. The world is watching! Submit today:
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PCA—PCA— Matt Campbell, Porsche GT factory driver, will be interviewed during this Friday’s live broadcast of the PCA Sim Racing event at Silverstone Circuit. Campbell drives the Porsche 911 RSR in the WeatherTech SportsCar Championship, the same car PCA Sim Racers race virtually. Campbell will be comparing sim racing to real world racing. Watch the live race broadcast this Friday, starting at
7:30 PM Eastern time by clicking here.
Last week’s PCA Sim Racing event at Sebring International Raceway featured a first ever for PCA Sim Racing - four separate class races in one event. You can watch the recorded Podium eSports broadcast by clicking here. If you are interested in getting started in the fun and competitive PCA Sim Racing program, click here for more information.
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| | PCA—Each quarter PCA Club Racing News publishes a magazine, covering all types of subjects relating to racing with Porsche Club of America. In this issue, we preview the Virtual California Festival of Speed; learn about Dick Kjellsen, announcer for many PCA Club Races in the South; PCA Club Racing at Circuit of the Americas; an interview with Hurley Haywood; and more.
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Carfection via YouTube—Sit back and listen to the new 4.0 Cayman GTS do some laps of Estoril in the wet with Jörg Bergmeister behind the wheel.
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| | PCA—In our most recent Performance Car of the Year test, the staff of this publication crowned the Hyundai Veloster N the winner. My personal ranking, however, put Korea’s best three (and a half) door hatchback in second place, behind the Porsche 992 Carrera S, a vehicle whose only real flaw is that it costs more money than I have: around $130,000 for that test, loaded up with stuff.
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Motor1—Generally speaking, there are two main ways to improve the dynamic capability of a car. You can either reduce the weight or boost the power output. Of course, it’s always best to combine these two measures but that’s not always possible. In cases where upgrades to the powertrain are too expensive or too time-consuming, the easiest thing to do is to strip out the interior of a
car.
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| | Hagerty—As much of the world presses on with shelter-in-place policies designed to stall the spread of the coronavirus, brands the world over are doing their part to help encourage such practices. Automakers, too, have decided to put down the market-share boxing gloves (at least outwardly) and reach across the aisles to urge their audiences to practice smart social distancing. Porsche has begun a particularly neat campaign to do
so.
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Motor1—While many weekend warriors will spend countless hours detailing and taking care of their vehicles, Topaz detailing takes it to the next level in its latest YouTube video. It features a very special Porsche that receives an equally special pampering.
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Gear—Nine-time F1 race-winner and 2015 WEC Champion Mark Webber might not have raced since 2016, but he’s clearly still got it. As this on-board video of him driving a Porsche 718 Cayman GTS 4.0 around Estoril so ably demonstrates.
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Motor1—The Nissan GT-R is an old man by sports car standards by dating back to a premiere at the 2007 Tokyo Motor Show, but incremental updates over the years have kept the vehicle very competitive in the segment. Do you want proof? Check out this four-way drag race between a 992-generation Porsche 911 Carrera 4S, Audi R8 Performance, BMW M850i, and a GT-R Nismo.
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Car and Driver—The GT4 reintroduced Porsche's flat-six to the Cayman line after the latest redesign replaced it with a turbocharged flat-four. That 4.0-liter makes 414 horsepower. The RS's six will also displace 4.0 liters, but in the vein of the 690-hp 911 GT2 RS, figure on output approaching 500.
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Gear—Taken objectively, the last Porsche 911 Turbo was all the sports car you’d ever need. Its jet speed and sure-footed handling combined with all the boring-but-true facts about being reliable and easy to live to make it nigh on perfect. But, thanks to our monkey brains’ insatiable desire for more power, control, grip and car park status, it wasn’t all that you’d want forever.
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Inside EVs—This high-speed long-distance Autobahn trip proves plenty about the Porsche Taycan. In order to pull something like this off, the car needs to have a respectable range, it must charge rapidly, and it has to have the stamina to endure continuous high speeds. Moreover, it has to be able to pull off decent range numbers even though it's being driven quite fast.
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and Driver—Most of the C/D crew has been holed up at home for about a month. Because of that, this long-term Cayenne, as well as the rest of our fleet, has not been gathering miles at the usual pace. During this (so far) roughly monthlong containment, our Cayenne accumulated fewer than 1000 miles. (Someone at Porsche reading this just did the mental math, and no, it will not take 30 months more to complete this test.) But we have driven it just enough to break the 10,000-mile seal,
triggering an update.
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Motor1—With its low, raked windscreen, bucket seats, and minimal folding top, the original Porsche 356 Speedster became an instant hit when it was launched in 1954, especially in some parts of the United States. Just a few thousand of these were built on a unibody construction, which made restoration difficult.
Basically, this means there are probably just a few hundreds of the original cars still in existence and each one of them costs a little fortune.
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| | Motor1—The latest Bad Boys For Life trailer features all of the typical ingredients for Hollywood success. Yes, the movie hit theaters early this year, but this new clip from Porsche highlights a big chase scene as part of the promotion for the film’s arrival on digital formats for home viewing. It’s got all the makings of a high-budget chase, including flowing shots of the coastline, a hip soundtrack, and high-speed precision driving. Let’s
take a closer look.
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Motor1—Many auto manufacturers are shutting down their facilities temporarily in the wake of the novel coronavirus pandemic. Porsche announced the closure of its German Zuffenhausen plant and its Leipzig production facility beginning on March 18th, and just two days ago, said that those same facilities would remain closed until at least April 14th. Today though, the company is extending a kind
gesture to many of its out-of-work employees.
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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 needed.
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Griot's Garage partners with PCA for e-Brake Photo of the Week contest
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| | PCA—Griot's Garage is sponsoring our Porsche Photo of the Week contest. Starting with the October monthly recap, 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 Julian Devlin. North Country Region. "I have always had a compulsion for choosing my route based on topographical maps. I’ve done this wherever I’ve been over the years, whether it’s Napa, Italy, or Vermont. Sometimes this gets me to a destination
(only slower) - other times the roads become the destination. So naturally when I was staying in Lake Placid, I had to venture up Whiteface on the Veteran’s Memorial Highway."
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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I hope you enjoyed this issue of Porsche Club of America's e-Brake News. If you have any questions or comments, please contact:
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Digital Media Coordinator & e-Brake News Editor
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