There was talk of snow over the weekend of 15-17 March 2018 in the east of England, but either very few gave the warning much thought, or they didn’t care. After all, it was the 76th Members’ Meeting at Goodwood, and who would want to miss that! Arriving at Goodwood on the Friday afternoon, it seemed inconceivable there would be snow anywhere in the UK over that weekend, as … [Read more...]
My Porsche
Pic of the Week – 2007 Porsche 911 GT3 RS
Snapped at the Geneva Motor Show held from 6-7 March 2007, was this new (Type 997) 911 GT3 RS, resplendent in striking Orange. While particularly well suited for track use, the car also meets all requirements for road-legal sports cars. In common with its illustrious predecessors, the 997 GT3 RS provides an homologation model for use in a range of racing series just as the … [Read more...]
Pic of the Week – Gallery Martini Porsche
Feel like having a Martini, we have four for you…stirred not shaken!! Up first is the 1974 Porsche 911 Carrera RSR Turbo 2.1, a 500 hp, 300 km/h rocket. This car spearheaded Porsche’s turbo era, being the first turbocharged race car to compete at Le Mans. This car finished fifth in the 1974 Monza 1000 km in the hands of Gijs van Lennep and Herbert Müller. Later that year, … [Read more...]
Vamos empuje! (Come on push!)
For some Porsche enthusiasts, the road to ownership follows a course which perhaps starts as an interest back as a young child, followed by increasing interest through those teenage years and early adulthood, ending in ownership at some later point. Others simply splash out later in life and buy a Porsche in what is generally termed a ‘mid-life crisis’. But there is always one … [Read more...]
Pic of the Week – Porsche 917 #025 at the 2018 Le Mans Classic
Last weekend, we would have been at the Le Mans Classic had the coronavirus pandemic not intervened. Now, thanks to this global medical crisis, all sports and major events involving large public gatherings have had to be either cancelled or postponed. One of our favourite historic race car meetings, the Le Mans Classic, fell victim to this pandemic and instead of taking place … [Read more...]
Pic of the Week – Porsche at the 2019 Le Mans 24 Hours
This weekend is just one month short of what would have been the original 2020 Le Mans 24 Hours race weekend (initially scheduled for 13-14 June). As the United Kingdom approaches 8 weeks in lockdown as a result of the Coronavirus outbreak, we thought that we would dig into our archives and bring you something from last year’s Le Mans 24 Hours. The 2019 Le Mans was one of … [Read more...]
Pic of the Week – 1966 Porsche 911
Designing and developing a new model to replace an already popular and successful one, is for any manufacturer, a difficult and stressful procedure, especially when the model being replaced is the much-loved Porsche 356. But with the benefit of hindsight, the 911 would shape the company’s future, as the new platform created by Butzi Porsche was sufficiently flexible as to allow … [Read more...]
Scarlet the 1957 Porsche 356 A Speedster
It was Max Hoffman, the New York-based Porsche importer, who was instrumental in getting the factory to produce a lightweight sports car for local competition in the USA. Hoffman’s clients were demanding a stripped-down factory version of the 356 to compete in the rapidly developing sports car racing scene in America. At less than $3000, the Speedster, which took the form of a … [Read more...]
A whale of a tale – maintaining an ‘89 911 Carrera Sport in Zimbabwe
As I’ve explained on the few occasions I’ve burst into print in Porsche Road & Race, my enduring love affair with the Porsche brand was developed and nurtured from the late 1950s. My father, a dentist by profession, was very mechanically-minded and owned Beetles – and Mercs – from the early ‘50s, but it was our family doctor who raced VW-powered single seaters at the … [Read more...]
Pic of the Week – 2016 Porsche 911 Carrera 4
In 2016, we spent a week on the island of Rügen, Germany’s largest island situated on the southern Baltic Sea coast, and located in an area that was previously East Germany. Being such an interesting part of Germany, we did a lot of exploring around the seaside resort of Binz. One day, our family took us to visit Prora, the site of Hitler’s grand-fantasy holiday project for … [Read more...]
