September 11, 2008To celebrate Porsche’s 60th Anniversary, Porsche brought over the first Porsche ever built to display at the 2008 Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance. Porsche Type 356-001 was built in 1947 by Dr. Ferdinand “Ferry” Porsche in Gmünd, Austria. The mid-engined, 2-seat sports car featured a hand-built tubular frame and used mostly VW parts. The 1.31 liter [...]
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July 17, 2008Recently, CAR was talking to some Porsche engineers about reducing CO2 emissions. One of the technologies that a lot of car makers are looking at is “stop-start” technology, which is currently common in hybrids. This is where your engine shuts off when you come to a stop, then starts itself again when you are ready [...]
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May 12, 2008Now here’s a Porsche you’ve probably never seen before. This is a Porsche 597 Jagdwagen, built from 1955 to 1958 right alongside the 550 Spyder. A total of 71 were made, each by hand, so no two are exactly alike. A commenter over at Jalopnik named “Junkman” owns two of these rare Porsches. Here is [...]
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May 8, 2008CAR Magazine is celebrating 60 years of Porsche with a special June issue of their magazine. But they’ve also added a “Greatest Porsches” section of their website. Head over there to check out some awesome pictures, videos, and more. Go. Now. [source: CAR Magazine via Autoblog]
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May 8, 2008New NHTSA proposed fuel economy rules may hit small, niche automakers like Porsche. Under the new proposal, there would be two sliding scales of efficiency for cars and trucks of different sizes. Fuel economy standards would be assigned to automakers based on the “footprint” of their vehicles, so a short wheelbase vehicle means a small [...]
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May 8, 2008I came across this Porsche concept car that I’d never seen before. The Porsche Tapiro was designed by the famous Giorgetto Giugiaro of Ital Design in 1970. Based on the 914/6, it featured a 220 hp 2.4 liter flat-6, and gullwing doors. This was only Giugiaro’s 4th prototype at Ital Design, and was said to [...]
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April 27, 2008This is something I never knew. Back in the mid-1980s, when Porsche was racing the Gruppe B 959 in the Paris to Dakar Rally, they built some sweet VW Vanagons as support vehicles. Starting with a VW Type 2 Transporter, Porsche stuck a 3.2 liter 911 engine in the back, producing 230 hp. This could [...]
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April 27, 2008Kelley Blue Book recently gave out their 2008 Brand Image Awards, and Porsche was a winner. Porsche won for “Best Exterior Design in the Sports Car/Convertible.” I’m not sure if it was for a specific model, or for the entire line, but it was presented to David Pryor, vice president of Marketing for PCNA, at [...]
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April 27, 2008A 93-year-old man drove for 76 years without an accident. But when he ended that streak, he did so in grand fashion. Jack Higgs was driving his Ford Fiesta through the parking lot of a Porsche shop in Wales when he lost control and hit a Carrera 2, then flipped over onto another 911. He [...]
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April 11, 2008Wow, how cool is this? John Barker from Winding Road got to drive an actual Paris-Dakar 959 on the streets in Banbury, England. Read his full account here, then dream of 959s all night long… [source: Winding Road]
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