The Porsche Club of America (PCA) will hold their annual open house at the PCA Headquarters in Springfield, Virginia, on Sunday, September 23 from 10:00 am to 2:00 pm. The schedule is: 10:00 – Welcome / Social in parking lot with refreshments 11:00 – Start guided office tours, lead by Vu Nguyen. Tours will be [...]

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After practice and qualifying, it seemed certain that Audi would claim the overall victory at Road America. But, a thunderstorm that put the race under a full caution for over an hour and differing pit strategies between the Penske Porsche and Audi in the final 30 minutes of the race gave the Penske Porsche team [...]

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The Transsyberia 2007 Rally reached the halfway point when the competitors arrived in Mongolia. Leading the race is ex-European rally champ Armin Schwarz of Austria and Oliver Hilger of Germany in their 385 hp Cayenne S Transsyberia. The teams have a day off before they begin the next stage, a 440 kilometer trek to the [...]

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Qualifying at Road America is complete and Porsche RS Spyders have qualified 3rd, 4th, 7th and 9th. The two Penske entries qualified behind the 1st and 2nd place Audi R10 TDI LMP1 cars, which have been beaten five times this season by the LMP2 RS Spyders. The two Dyson entries qualified 7th and 9th. Meanwhile, [...]

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Autocar has revealed an illustration based on “leaked official technical drawings” of Porsche’s new supercar, planned for 2009 and expected to be called the GT1. The car is based on the Carrera GT chassis, and in the rendering looks basically like a closed version of the Carrera GT. However, the GT1 is expected to feature [...]

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Porsche has released pricing details and the launch date for the Limited Edition Boxsters announced earlier this year. The Limited Edition Boxster will have a base price of $49,990 while the Limited Edition Boxster S will start at $59,990. Both cars will go on sale in September. The Limited Edition Boxsters feature the same Orange [...]

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Gemballa has unveiled their latest 911-based car, dubbed the Avalanche GT2 EVO-R. Based on a 997 turbo, Gemballa ups the power to up to 750 hp, which is good for a 0 to 62 sprint in 3.3 seconds, 0 to 125 in under ten seconds, and a top speed of 208 mph. In addition to [...]

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No sooner did we blog about the Panamera sightings in Spain, then Jalopnik posts a gallery of spy shots of the Panamera in South Africa. And it looks like these shots give us the clearest view of the rear spoiler yet. Check out the full gallery at Jalopnik. [source: Wheels24 via Jalopnik]

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Jalopnik had a post about the whereabouts of the famous 928 that Tom Cruise’s character drove in the movie “Risky Business.” Lewis Johnsen of Denver owns this car, and he is producing a film documenting his search for this 928. From now until next year’s Sundance Film Festival, the car is on display at the [...]

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The 911 GT2 is shaping up to be quite the beast. As mentioned earlier, its 530 hp pushes it from 0 to 60 in 3.6 seconds and to a top speed of 204 mph. But what is even more impressive is Porsche is now saying it laps the legendary Nurburgring’s Nordschleife in 7:32. So how [...]

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