Following a debut in South Carolina last Fall, Auctions America returns to the Hilton Head Island Motoring Festival and Concours...
This new book from Dalton Watson about the Porsche 917—one of the most successful and iconic racing cars of all...
At a recent party celebrating the introduction of the new book, Racing Demons: Porsche and the Targa Florio, given at the Sea Palace hotel in Cefalu, Sicily, each of the 100 guests—including local hero Nino Vacarella—received one of these 13-x19-inch posters. Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This...
Stuttgart’s Porscheplatz outside the Porsche Museum is now graced by the towering centerpiece sculpture by British artist Gerry Judah titled...
The world may be in an economic downturn, but there wasn’t much sign of that at the 2009 edition of...
The headline story from this year’s Le Mans Legends race, prelude to the main 24-hour event, was the announcement of the retirement from racing of Sir Stirling Moss. Sir Stirling was entered to race his Porsche RS61 this year, co-driving with Ian Nuttal, but upon his withdrawal Nuttal continued as...
Vintage and historic racing—at least as we enjoy it today in the United States—has been around since the 1970s. That’s...
T Top cars have been around since the 1940s. They were originally designed to offer a convertible-like experience in various...
Automobile manufacturers consistently look to various sources of inspiration when designing their cars. A current trend or future direction in the industry can ignite the spark for a new design. It is also not uncommon to revisit vintage designs, blending nostalgic elements with modern technology into one seamless package. The...
A double handful of desirable air-cooled Porsche 911s will highlight RM Sotheby’s 11th annual London sale on September 6 at...
The 1939 Porsche Type 64 Berlin-Rome will be among headline offerings at the 2019 RM Sotheby’s Monterey auction, scheduled for...
Gabriele Guidetti paints an evocative picture of the aluminum–bodied Porsche 356 that Schlutter and Polensky drove to victory in the 1952 Liége-Rome-Liége Rally. Artist: Gabriele Guidetti, Via Varolio 4, 40133 Bologna, Italy [email protected]...
Racer Hurdles Crowd and Lives.” This was the Sunday, August 31, 1952 headline story in the Buffalo Courier Express. The...
The 24 Hours of Le Mans; Le Mans, June 13–14, 1953. The experimental Porsche 550 coupe, which was driven by...
The main thing about the 1953 race at Watkins Glen was the question of whether there would be a race at all. The previous year there had been a fatality on the 6.6-mile course that ran right through town on Franklin Street. The Austin-Healey 100 pace car leads the pack...
The 7th running of the fall races at Watkins Glen, N.Y., was held at the Interim Course, a 4.6-mile, 9-turn...
Few cars have had more racing success and are more legendary than the Porsche 550 Spyder. From the model’s first...
Porsche put the word out to all its foreign concessionaires, in the summer of 1958, the now 4-year old rough and ready Speedster that had been created especially with the Western American market in mind was not fairing so well in other parts of the world. Become a Member &...
Just how good a racecar was Porsche’s 356? Since the model’s introduction, Porsche 356s of all types (77,895 cars built)...
In the early ’70s, Gary Emory was working at Chick Iverson’s VW/Porsche dealership. But as time went on he was...
At the end of September, I spent a week in a RSR Project 911 driving from Colorado to California and ending up at Rennsport Reunion VI.You would think I would have had enough of Porsches for a while.Wrong!Especially, when I got a chance to spend some quality time with a...
This year is the 50th anniversary of the 911. Its first public viewing was at the September 1963 Frankfurt Auto...
In the mid-1960s, as fuel injection systems swiftly replaced carburetors, Porsche enlisted Bosch to install a state-of-the-art slide-valve injection system...
It was September of 1964, when Porsche brought out the Ferry “Butzi” Porsche designed 6-cylinder 911 as the successor to the much loved 356. But the price of the new offering was making Porsche owners cringe. At the time, a 1600 SC 356 coupe was going for DM 16,450 and...
A 1969 Gulf Porsche 917, chassis 017/004, will be shown at several events during the 2014 Monterey Classic Car Week....
The Nürburgring 1000 km Race; May 31, 1970. Airborne! A Dechent-team Porsche 908/2 driven by Rudi Lins and Willy Kauhsen...
The 908/03 used the know-how from the super lightweight 909 Bergspyder. The 3-litre 908/03 was just 4″/10 cm longer than the 2-litre 909, so with a length of 139″/354 cm it is a small car. Here’s a video of 1970 Porsche 908/03 showing off around Spa....
Just a few years into the life of the 911, Porsche was already looking ahead. In their minds, to have...
I have been asked, a number of times, which branch of motor sport I enjoyed the most: driving, management, or...
What a question! It’s all so difficult because I’ve driven many varied cars across several eras of racing. Technology and development have played a part during my years of racing too; racecars have become better as time goes on. I started racing with a Lotus Seven at Goodwood, which was...