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| | PCA—The past decade was new territory for Porsche. It added two sedans — one electric — and a second SUV to its model lineup. It won the World Endurance Championship and the 24 Hours of Le Mans three times in a row. Porsche was not an independent company for the first time since its founding in 1948. Read on to find out what we think are some of the most significant Porsche-related developments of the 2010s and why.
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PCA—I’ve mentioned in this column before, although I’m a fan of Porsche’s past entry-level efforts from the 912, 914, and 924 to the original 986 Boxster, I’ve accepted Porsche’s explanation as to why it no longer feels the
need to play in that sandbox. Ironically though, my first drive in the decidedly non-entry-level $150K plus Taycan Turbo has irrevocably changed my point of view on Porsche’s low-end strategy. Porsche desperately needs a new 914, and it needs to be electric.
| | PCA—PCA regularly features fun activities including car shows, racing programs, driving tours and club socials. With over 3,500 events each year, PCA members know how much fun our club offers. With so many events and activities
it can be difficult to keep up with everything. In addition to all the regular club benefits in 2019, PCA also had club milestones and new activities that are worth celebrating.
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Save the Date! Parade Registration Opens January 28 at 12 Noon EST
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PCA—Porsche Parade is PCA's biggest event and you don't want to miss it!
When: June 21-27, 2020
Where: La Quinta Resort, A Waldorf Astoria Resort near Palm Springs, California
Phase I Registration, where you sign up for Parade and reserve your accommodations, opens January 28 at 12 Noon EST.
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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 sold out!
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PCARMARKET - Up For Auction On PCARMARKET!
PCARMARKET offers a selection of unique and highly-desirable Porsches, parts and memorabilia at seller ready pricing. Visitors have the ability to bid, view comments, and ask questions on a global auction thread. See for yourself why PCARMARKET has become the world’s fastest growing Porsche Marketplace.
Check Out These Auctions Ending Soon on PCARMARET:
- Collector-Grade Condition
- One of Only 1,106 examples produced
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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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& Track—Racing can turn from fun to scary real quick. Take this in-cabin video from a Porsche 910 race car, for example. It shows the driver spinning out after a blind corner facing the wrong direction on the racing line, stranded as cars narrowly avoid driving right into him.
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TheSmokingTire via YouTube—For the first time ever for 2020, Porsche has brought the Boxster Spyder into Andreas Preuninger's 'GT' program as a full-fledged member. That means, aside from the lack of a roof, the Boxster Spyder is mechanically and physically identical to the glorious Cayman GT4. It's got a four-liter engine, though not *the* four-liter engine if you know what I mean; it's got six
manually-selected gears and a clutch, and it's one of the best motoring experiences on the market today.
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| | Automobile—There is nothing surprising about Automobile choosing a Porsche as our Design of the Year. But that the model we honor is a four-door sedan and doesn't have an engine, well, that might be a little startling to most of our readers. Yet we stand with the simple credo set out with our first issue 34 years ago: No Boring Cars. And, believe it, there's nothing at all boring about the Taycan.
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Car and Driver—Christopher Bullock couldn't have known his thought was incomplete when, in 1716, he wrote, "'Tis impossible to be sure of anything but death and taxes." Back then, the invention of the automobile was still 170 years off, and it would take another eight decades after that for the horseless carriage to evolve into the Porsche 911. In 2020, however, we know with as much certainty as
death and taxes that Porsches are very, very expensive.
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| | Engineering Explained via YouTube—The Porsche Taycan Turbo S has a claimed 0-60 of 2.6 seconds, and a top speed of 161 mph. The Tesla Model S Performance has a claimed 0-60 of 2.4 seconds, and a top speed of 163 mph. Well that settles it, the Tesla is faster, right? Not so fast. When you start to look at the two vehicles drivetrains, you'll find the Porsche might actually have an advantage as a result of the transmission.
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Road & Track—Say hello to 2020 with the trumpet of the gods.
In the first of a multi-part collaboration between The Marshall Pruett Podcast and Porsche North America, we have in-car audio from the glorious Porsche 911 RSR to offer, taken from the tail of the championship-winning IMSA GT Le Mans machines during practice for the 2019 Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring.
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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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Car and Driver—If you want to drive in the snow, it's a safe bet you can find some in Finland in December, particularly up above the Arctic Circle, in Lapland. That's where Porsche invited us to play with the 2020 Taycan 4S, the less powerful but more honestly named counterpart to the higher-end Turbo and Turbo S models. It's also where Porsche runs a winter driving school, complete with
snow-covered skidpads and slaloms. Thus, it's a great place to show off the winter-weather advantages of its EV's dual-motor all-wheel-drive system while generating headlines like, "Taycan It to the Finnish Line in Lapland."
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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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Motor Trend—It's deeply familiar but also clearly out of its time. The key is left of the steering wheel, as you'd expect, and the engine catches after just a few cranks. It feels almost modern. Something sounds different, though. The engine sound has more bass to it than a new 911 GT3, and there's more mechanical noise cluttering up the pretty notes, like you've fired it up inside an
old-timey factory. Open your eyes, though, and it's eye-bleeding obvious this 1999 Porsche 911 GT3 is from another century.
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| | Roadshow by CNET—The Porsche 911 is right up there with death and taxes in life's guarantees. For nearly six decades, Porsche's venerable sports car has persisted, continually improving as it makes its way through revision upon revision. Yet, despite all these adjustments, the 911 has remained true to itself, whether that's through its rear-engine layout or just how rewarding it is to drive.
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Jalopnik—My favorite automotive artist, Nicolas Hunziker, paints a new vintage racing-themed piece to celebrate each new year. It’s a fun and interesting automotive way to ring in the new year and show off his talents at the same time. This time he’s chosen to depict a scene of Jo Siffert jumping aboard the famous Porsche 908/2 Flunder. This year it’s even better because the 908 is my personal
fave Porsche race car.
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| | Motor1—People buying high-riding SUVs over small cars isn't a new trend in the U.S. – we have seen this one coming towards the start of the previous decade. For many car buyers, SUVs are more practical than smaller ones, and that translates to the increasing demand for SUVs on annual sales reports.
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Inside EVs—Porsche announced 130 deliveries of the all-new Taycan in the U.S., which is a pretty decent start, especially since the first was handed over around December 20.
With thousands of orders and pre-orders, Porsche is expected to deliver a three-digit number per month in 2020.
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| | Roadshow by CNET—When we think of spaceships and Star Wars, we usually have a short list of iconic designs in our minds: the Millennium Falcon. The X-wing. The TIE fighter. But what happens when Lucasfilm teams up with a car company that makes real-world vehicles?
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Architecture News—anySCALE has completed the Porsche HQ in Shanghai, in the Lu Jia Zui Financial Plaza. The new office is designed with a philosophy known as S.P.A.C.E, which stands for Smart, Passionate, Attractive, Collaborative and Engaging. It combines new technology and digital upgrades with tailored services for a holistic long term outlook aimed at realising the full potential and creativity of Porsche China’s workforce.
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Motor1—Australia definitely won’t be among the biggest markets for the Porsche Taycan globally but that doesn’t mean that customers from the Land Down Under don’t deserve special treatment. The Australian site of the Stuttgart-based company now offers a range of official merchandising products related to the all-electric sedan - and there are a few quite interesting
offerings.
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Autoblog—Earlier this year, a report came out that Porsche was working on an ultra-high performance variant of the Cayenne Coupe, possibly with the same kind of GT# naming scheme used on the top-tier 911s. One of our spy photographers has managed to get photos of a Cayenne that seems to fit the description. The giveaway is its exhaust.
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| | Autocar—One mistake car manufacturers make is assuming that customers always enjoy choosing options.
It can be fun equipping a new VW Golf, but when you’re talking about a Porsche 911 the whole thing gets nerve-racking. You’re induced to add big money to an already-large price, under the lingering threat that if you don’t fit the right wheels or seats your car won’t resell when the time comes.
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Motor Trend—If you don't know the name Jacky Ickx, it's about time you learn. The Belgian won the 24 Hours of Le Mans an incredible six times—four with Porsche—in addition to his impressive career in Formula 1 and a win at the Dakar Rally. He's won races in legendary cars like the Ford GT40, the Mercedes G-wagen, and the original Porsche 935. In fact, his time racing with Porsche was so
impactful that decades after his final day on track, the marque is honoring him with a special-edition 911.
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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 Joseph Muro. Connecticut Valley Region. "This picture is from the day I picked up my 911 GT3 Touring back in November 2018. My first drive was a leisurely drive home along the coast. The sunset was perfect, the timing was perfect, and the car is utter
perfection."
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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