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For the past 5-years T.J. Kessler (Grandson of Leonard and Betty Jo Turner, who for more than 40-years were the moving forces behind Porsche Panorama magazine) have gone
on assignment to the Amelia Island Concours for FLATSIXES.com. This year, while on the Concours with his grandfather TJ got the idea to pair his shots of Porsches on the Concours with period shots from Leonard's archives of the same cars in action on the track. It's a great reminder that the Porsches we see on the Concours used to work for a living on the track.
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PORSCHE'S RESULTS, VIDEO AND PICTURES FROM THE WEC SEASON OPENER AT SILVERSTONE |
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You already know from the headline of this email that one of Porsche's 911 RSRs most likely didn't finish the race. But what about its sister car, or their two LMP entries? No spoilers here, but once you click through you'll know exactly how Porsche did at Silverstone, be able to see their pictures and read their
full race reports.
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PORSCHE ANNOUNCES 6-YEAR PARTNERSHIP WITH FORZA MOTORSPORTS |
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Porsche announced a partnership with Microsoft's Forza Motorsport franchise during the New York International Auto Show, proving once again that ending their long-running exclusive partnership with Electronic Arts was a wise decision. In addition, Porsche recently confirmed their inclusion in Gran Turismo Sport, iRacing and Assetto Corsa giving the brand its broadest presence in video games in recent memory. The growing popularity of eSports, online competition in video games, makes this
partnership a valuable one. Forza's Racing Championship is currently the largest eSport racing community, and allows Porsche to reach a younger audience with a high degree of realism.
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PRODUCT DESIGNER MODELS CHAIR BASED ON '64 911 |
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Miseop Woo is a Product Designer in Seoul, South Korea. Using a 1964 Porsche 911 as his inspiration, Woo designed a chair. That's right, a chair. Not surprisingly, this isn't the first Porsche inspired chair we've seen and I'm sure it won't be the last.
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PORSCHE JUST RECORDED ITS BEST QUARTER IN THEIR
HISTORY |
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Porsche AG just released delivery numbers for the 1st quarter of 2017 and they are off to a strong start. With nearly 60,000 Porsches delivered to customers worldwide they are up 7% over the same period last year. This makes Q1 2017 Porsche's best first quarter in the history of the
company.
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If you enjoy these Porsche cartoons (or any of our other posts for that matter) we would love it if you would take a minute to share them with other like minded Porsche friends. All you need to do is click any of the social sharing buttons you see below this entry. Alternatively, you can click here, or on the image above, and then share it by selecting any of the social network buttons you find on the side and bottom of the post. |
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WHAT'S RIGHT FOR YOU, AN AWD 911 OR RWD 911? |
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Porsche's website shows 20 different 911 models available including the Carrera, Targa, Turbo, GTS and GT3. For the Carrera, Targa and GTS versions you can choose some variation of all-wheel drive: Carrera 4, Carrera 4S, Targa 4S, and so on. But how do you choose? What are the major differences between Porsche's
all-wheel drive models and rear-wheel drive models?
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THESE ARE THE WINNERS OF OUR TEQUIPMENT CONTEST |
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In one of our earlier newsletters we offered to give away five (5) Tequipment Charge-o-mat Pro Battery chargers. Entry was simple and we promised to reveal the winners today. Without further ado, our five lucky winners are: - David Young of San Francisco, CA
- Eurgene I Novosad of Lake Zurich, IL
- David Readling of Raleigh, NC
- Jim Lytle of Orlando, FL
- Philip Adler of Langhorne, PA
To claim your prize, please send us an email with the name and address of your
preferred Porsche dealer where you would like to pick-up your prize (prizes will not be shipped). Once we receive that information someone from your local dealership will be in-touch to provide instructions on when you can come pick-up your new charger. Please use this link, or our contact form, to send us the information above. You'll have until Monday, the 24rd of April, 2017 to respond. Unfortunately, if we haven't heard from you by then you'll forfeit your prize and we'll award it to the next eligible
entry. THANK YOU TO EVERYONE THAT PARTICIPATED. PLEASE STAY TUNED OVER THE NEXT FEW WEEKS AS WE HAVE FIVE (5) MORE
BATTERY CHARGERS TO GIVEAWAY. |
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PORSCHE'S LMP TEAM HAS MORE SPONSORS THAN YOU THINK |
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Sponsorship and motorsports go together like chicken and waffles. It's a strange combination, but done correctly it just works.
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NEXT ON OUR READING LIST. WHAT'S ON YOURS? |
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At least once per week a new Porsche themed book shows up in our mailbox. " Porsche - The Racing 914s" - is next on our reading list and we'll have a review
for you soon. However, given that it's a limited edition with very few left in stock at Amazon, we thought we would point it out now. In addition, we're curious if there are any specific Porsche books you would like us to review? If so, let us know by using this link or the button below to send an email.
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MID-ENGINE 911 RSR CATCHES FIRE DURING SILVERSTONE RACE |
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Three hours into the WEC season opener at Silverstone, Porsche's GTE cars looked to be doing well. Frédéric Makowiecki, in the #91 911 RSR, was in and out of the lead and the #92 car wasn't far behind. Unfortunately, Porsche's chances for a double podium in GTE went up in smoke when Estre's 911 caught
fire.
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