Top Gear Shuts Down LA for Drag Race in a Porsche 911 GT2 RS! - Plus 4 more Porsche Posts

Published: Thu, 06/06/13

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Man Builds One-of-a-Kind Porsche Dream Ride for Brother 
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Brotherly love is something that can't really be explained.  Brothers can be a nuisance, they can be bothersome, and they can be taxing, but for some inexplicable reason, you always seem to find yourself sharing a bond that is hard to break.  For Indiana service shop owner, Tony Griffin, the relationship with his younger brother Bill is a special one.  Bill has lived for 53 years with Down syndrome.

Check out the First Hybrid-Electric Porsche on Two Wheels That Tony Built for Bill
Top Gear Pits a 911 GT2 RS Against a 500hp Chevy Nova and a Dodge Viper SRT10
Top Gear Drag Race
It's the home of Hollywood so you know LA is film friendly.  However, who knew you could shut down the streets of downtown just to film a drag race.  Appartently, that's exactly what Top Gear did when Tanner Foust decided to "hoon" a 911 GT2 RS through the city streets.  In this nearly 10 minute long clip two other high horsepower contenders appear out of "nowhere" to challenge Foust to a drag race.  Too bad they didn't race for "pinks". 

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Porsche 911 50th Anniversary exhiit at Porsche Museum
Until September 29th, 2013 the Porsche T7 (the predecessor of the 911) greets all visitors to the new "50 Years of 911" Exhibit at the Porsche Museum.  To learn more about one of the most "extensive special exhibitions" to ever be presented at the Porsche Museum (or just browse through our gallery of images) simply click here or on the image above.
Rising Flood Waters Force Porsche to Halt Production
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Rising rivers in the Czech Republic, Germany and Slovakia caused widespread flooding Wednesday in the region.  As a result, Porsche was forced to halt production of both the Cayenne and the Panamera in their Leipzig plant.

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Sabine Schmitz Races her 450hp Porsche GT3 RS against a 570hp Ferrari around the "Ring" 
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Sabine Schmitz is known as "the queen of the ring".  It's possible she's taken more laps around this most famous German race track than anyone else.  Having started her career piloting the famous "ring taxi" Sabine now provides "taxi' rides in a GT3 RS as well as personal/private instruction (when she's not appearing on shows like Top Gear).   

Watch as Sabine Takes on a Much More Powerful Car in This Great Video