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A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE WIESSACH AXLE |
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Toward the end of the seventies, it started to look as if the 911's days were numbered. Due to legal embroilments and a largely unjustified reputation, the rear-engined marvel was becoming feared by many, and the company was turning their attentions to a front-engined successor with a sweeter
disposition.
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John Benton has been a Porsche fanatic since he was 23, and has forgotten more about building fun to drive air-cooled back road burners than most of us will ever learn. Donut Media recent sat with him to talk, during a few minutes of John's rare downtime, to ask his opinion about the air-cooled Porsche scene,
and what's driving its continued popularity.
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PORSCHE POSTS THEIR BEST FIRST HALF IN HISTORY |
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Porsche saw a 3% increase in global deliveries in 2018, resulting in yet another record first half of the year.
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HERE'S HOW THEY CREATED THE GOODWOOD FESTIVAL OF SPEED SCULPTURE |
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At its base the fifty-two meter sculpture is just 12cm across. Its widest section contains six points holding six Porsches. Yes, real Porsches. You can see through the clear windows and into the interiors, and the underpinnings are visible from below.
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THE BEST OF PORSCHE'S PRESENCE AT THE GOODWOOD FESTIVAL OF SPEED |
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Everything from the very first Porsche—The 356 "No. 1" Roadster—to the most advanced Porsche race car of all time—The 919 Hybrid Evo—was at Goodwood for the Festival of Speed this year. Porsche, in their 70th year, went all out in their display, bringing dozens of historically significant street and race cars to
Lord March's driveway to play.
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PORSCHE INSTALLS FIRST 800V CHARGING STATION |
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Porsche's new innovative "Turbo Charging" station has seen its first customer facing installation this week featuring a pair of 800-volt charging stations in anticipation of the new Taycan full electric sedan set to launch early next year.
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ONBOARD MANTHEY'S TUNED GT2 RS RUNNING A 2:31 LAP AT SPA |
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Few racing outfits find the newest GT2 RS in need of modification, but Manthey found a few areas which could be improved. With tweaks to the suspension and the aerodynamics, their GT2 RS MR logged a lap of 2:31.00 around Spa-Francorchamps, where the Koenigsegg One:1 took 2:32.1 seconds to log its
best.
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WHY PORSCHE DOESN'T OWE ENTHUSIASTS ANYTHING |
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Porsche has been building cars longer than most people reading this have been alive. For seven decades they've been tearing up their own script and occasionally re-writing it wholesale. People complained when 356 production ended in favor of the heavier and more expensive 911. They complained when the 964
debuted because it had coil springs of all things. Similar levels of upset were thrown around when the 996 debuted with water-cooling. Enter the 991.2 with turbocharged engines in every trim and the roar could be heard around the world. There are always "purists" resistant to change and unable to accept that the way they like their Porsches isn't the way Porsche will build them forever.
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THE APPEAL OF THE FLAT ENGINE |
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Along with that telltale silhouette of the heavy-haunched 911, the other item synonymous with the Porsche brand is the flat engine.
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