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PCA—A popular PCA member benefit is The Mart, the club’s classifieds section online and
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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 1964 356, 1965 912, 1978 928, and 2004 911 GT3.
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evo via YouTube—Six cars, five days, southern Spain's finest roads and the sublime Ascari Race Resort will result in the crowing of the 2019 one evo Car of the Year. Steve Sutcliffe is your host for our biggest test of the
year.
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Contact Michael Soriano at Awards@pca.org for an extension.
Attention all Region officers and board members: The National Awards are PCA's way of recognizing outstanding performance, achieving goals, and celebrating accomplishments.
We know that the regions within PCA all excel in their own way, and this should be recognized.
The submission process is easy. Just create a brief write up (in MS Word) and submit it via email.
We are currently accepting nominations for the following National Awards:
- The Glenn Lazar-Harry Blanchard Memorial Trophy - PCA Enthusiast of the Year
- The Ferry Porsche Trophy-PCA Region of the Year
- The Porsche (PCA) Family of the Year
- The PCA Public Service Awards
For details or to submit a nomination contact the National Awards Chair:
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| | PCA—Celebrating 50 years of the Porsche 914. PCA welcomes all Porsche clubs, owners, and enthusiasts to the fourth annual Werks Reunion Amelia Island on March 6, 2020. Join us at our new location: Amelia River Golf Club. 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. Judged Field registration almost sold out!
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PCA—PCA welcomes all members and Porsche owners to the PCA Car Corral Hospitality Tent at the Rolex 24 Hours of Daytona at Daytona International Speedway, January 24, 25 and 26. The PCA Hospitality tent is located trackside and infield at "The Kink" (Turn 5). There will be interviews with Porsche drivers, updates from Porsche Motorsports North America, paddock tours and more. Don’t miss your
chance to win one of the special drawings, such as a guided IMSA Hot Pit Experience during the races. (Must be present to win, 18 years of age or older.) You can also relax in the tent and watch the races on large screen television monitors.
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| | Engineering Explained via YouTube—For as long as there's been a Ford Mustang, there's been a Porsche 911. From nearly the moment the two sports cars were introduced—both in 1964—enterprising car enthusiasts have been turning the Mustang and 911 into road racers and rally cars. Perhaps none was more famous than Carroll Shelby's Mustangs or Porsche's early rally-winning 911s.
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Car and Driver—The one upside to being stuck in a four-hour-long traffic jam is that it gives you more than ample time to think. We were stranded in just such a jam on I-75 in the middle of Ohio cornfields during this comparison test.
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Autoweek—The 991-era 911 ushered in major changes for Porsche's iconic sports car.
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The Drive—In the order of birth to Super Formula F1 license, Power Wheels come between Hot Wheels and shifter karts. These are toys driven by your brood, but not yet the racy go-karts meant to stoke your child’s Senna-esque fires. They’re fun, safe, and usually shaped in the parent’s favorite automobile. One dad, however, wanted a blurrier line between toy and race and built a 450cc Porsche 911
GT3 Power Wheels because reasons.
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| | Esquire—Officially the Porsche Taycan (pronounced tie-khan just so you know) doesn’t hit the roads until early next year. The tens of thousands of people who’ve ordered one haven’t even signed the delivery papers yet. Which means calling it out as car of the year is probably a little on the premature side.
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Autoblog—The 2019 Porsche Panamera GTS is new to the Panamera lineup this year, and it creates a stepping stone in between the regular V6-powered Panameras and the uber-powerful Panamera Turbo. Under the hood lies a 4.0-liter twin-turbo V8 that produces 453 horsepower and 457 pound-feet of torque. That’s good enough for a 3.9-second trip from 0-60 mph and a 181 mph top speed, according to
Porsche. Since it’s the GTS, it also comes with the sport exhaust as standard equipment. The transmission is an eight-speed PDK unit that sends power to all four wheels. Porsche’s adaptive air suspension is standard equipment in the GTS, and it also sits 10 mm lower than a regular Panamera. Larger front brakes, the Sport Chrono package and Porsche Active Suspension Management (PASM) all come as standard equipment to the GTS, as well.
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Luftgekühlt Diplomacy in the Cold War
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PCA—In the 1980s, when the Berlin Wall still partitioned east from west, the local Region of PCA — yes, there really was such a thing — assembled 20 Porsches for a tour of the city’s Soviet sector. We’re working on an article for an upcoming issue of Porsche Panorama and would like to hear from anyone who was part of the group. Please send an email to Damon Lowney:
damonl@pca.org
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Petrolicious—Though I refuse to use the word – which is now as overused today as ‘literally’, ‘like’, and ‘fake news’, and equally as tedious – there’s little doubt that the 917 is the most ico… epochal Porsche sports cars of them all. This is the prototype after all that cemented the German marque the first two of its 19 Le Mans wins thus far, a race distance record unbroken for 39 years, a
World Sports Car Championship, and, once modified, 37 Can-Am wins from ’71 to ’75. On motor racing’s Mount Rushmore, the 917 is up there with the McLaren MP4/4, the Lancia Stratos, and the Ford GT40.
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| | PCA—Join us in Colorado Springs as we tour the spectacular roads surrounding the legendary BROADMOOR resort. Situated at the base of one of the most famous American Mountains, Pikes Peak, Colorado Springs is the ultimate driving getaway for enthusiasts and explorers alike. PCA Treffen will take place over April 29-May 2, 2020 and includes 2 days of touring the Rocky Mountains, and a Navigator’s Day Off to enjoy the resort or participate in
local activities. Event information, including tour and activity descriptions, can be found at treffen.pca.org. Registration will open on Wednesday, January 22, 2020 at 3:00 PM (EST). Keep checking the website and e-Brake for additional details and announcements.
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Motorsport Week—It's often rumoured that Volkswagen, or one of its many brands including Lamborghini, Porsche or Audi, is mulling an F1 entry, however it has never become a reality. Though rumours of an engine programme were true according to Enzinger, but VW's decision to focus on electric motorsport spelled the end of that dream.
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| | Motor1—We’ve seen some great cars at the Porsche Museum in Stuttgart, including the super rare 901, different 959s, and many, many others. It turns out there are tens (if not hundreds) of quite interesting vehicles Porsche is not currently displaying or hasn’t displayed at all yet. There’s a secret place where all these beauties sleep and that garage is the star of TheSpeedhunters’ latest video, which takes us on a 13-minute tour around the
Porsche Museum storage facility.
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Motor Trend—As we say goodbye to 2019, we also bid farewell to the 2010s. There's no doubt that the last 10 years have produced some truly influential cars, from electric vehicles with practical driving range to SUVs that helped shape the modern automotive landscape. But which cars from the outgoing decade are the most significant? Keep reading to find out what the editors of MotorTrend picked
as the most important cars of the decade. (Ed.: Can you guess which Porsche(s) made the list?)
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| | Motor1—JBR Capital, a direct lender specializing in premium vehicle finance has revealed the main trends in prestige car financing this year in the United Kingdom.
The average value of a car from all the vehicles financed by JBR Capital this year has been £96,000 (about $124,400), with Porsche being the top financed manufacturer, ahead of Ferrari which accounted for 34 percent of all pay-outs on supercars valued at over £250,000 ($324,000).
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Autoblog—The 2019 Porsche Panamera Sport Turismo is the Porsche Panamera you want to buy. It’s a wagon, and it’s a Porsche – enough to make any gearhead swoon. It might be even better than baby Yoda and his soup.
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Hagerty—If you’re looking for pop-up headlights, we’ve got ‘em! These hot cars from the 1980s all had a big 2019; in many cases, their upside in the overall collector market dramatically reversed from January to December, as measured by the the Hagerty Vehicle Rating. (Ed.: Can you guess which Porsche(s) made the list?)
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Car Reports—For anyone who appreciates electric cars and their potential to transcend existing boundaries, the Porsche Taycan—originally called the Mission E concept—was a rock star from the start.
In concept form in 2015, its propositions included 600 horsepower, 0-62 mph acceleration in 3.5 seconds, torque vectoring all-wheel drive, all-wheel steering, a Nürburgring lap in less than 8 minutes, and a recharge to 80 percent in as little as 15 minutes—all in a vehicle that looked very alluring to those who already had both a Tesla Model S and a Porsche 911 in the garage.
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Motorweek via YouTube—Yes, there's nothing new about seeing the 992-generation Porsche 911, but this one wears the optional Aerokit, which isn't yet available for delivery on the new model, according to our spies. The equipment doesn't arrive until the first half of 2020 The most noticeable addition from this package is the large, fixed rear wing on the back.
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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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Photo by Patrick Roussey, II. Michiana Region. "This was the drive home after picking up my new-to-me Iris Blue 1986 911 Carrera! Beautiful evening and smiles all the way home!"
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
I hope you enjoyed this issue of Porsche Club of America's e-Brake News. If you have any questions or comments, please contact:
Damon Lowney
Digital Media Coordinator & e-Brake News Editor
damonl@pca.org
(410) 381-0911
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