For a car that, in its first iteration, quickly earned a reputation as a widowmaker, the Porsche 911 Turbo has rather remarkably managed to evolve into a quite docile machine. And whereas the original Type...
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The original Porsche 911 Targa, introduced in 1967, wasn’t the car Porsche necessarily wanted to build, but the one it thought it would have to build. You see, around that time the U.S. government was...
Classic cars that have reached collector status are easy to spot because, well, they’re the ones that show up the most often and bring the most money at auctions, specialty dealerships and other sellers. But...
The new 991-based Porsche 911 GT3 is the car diehard Porsche nerds love to hate. On the one hand, it’s stupendously fast and capable, and is by far the most exciting naturally-aspirated 911 made today...
History is littered with moments in which things that were considered pure, sacred and perfect just the way they were were either desecrated or improved upon (depending on how resistant to change you are) in...
If it’s March, it’s Geneva Motor Show time. And the 2015 edition has been one of the most performance-oriented we can remember, with a bumper crop of high-horsepower (and high-style) rides practically bursting through the...
The idea of picking the best car of the year – be it the one that’s just passed or the one about to begin – is hardly an original idea in automotive journalism circles. Perhaps...
It’s hardly unusual for automakers to bring out the big guns for their home auto show; the Germans do it in Frankfurt, likewise the French for Paris, and historically the Detroit Three have done it...
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Q-Q_8sx5-c&list=UUTYgn4oZnsKbGi_hlkLSGzA[/youtube] Magnus Walker is very much a Southern California fixture these days, but he was born and raised in Great Britain. And while the world’s most recognizable classic Porsche customizer may have been born in...
When the Russian Porsche primpers at TopCar announced their Stinger GTR package for the 991-generation 911 Turboand Turbo S back in June, our interest was more than a little piqued. After all, a widebody kit...