Porsche Prototype with "Alternative Drive" Catches Fire in Germany - plus 6 more Porsche posts

Published: Thu, 06/27/13

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An Ode to the First Real Day of Summer   
Porsche Le Mans Results
For those of you who live in the warmer climates you may not appreciate this post from contributor Bradley Brownell quite as much as those of us who put their Porsches away for the winter.  Regardless, take and see what the warm weather means to a Porsche driver from the great white north.  It just might make you appreciate your situation a little bit more.  

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What Was the Porsche Prototype That Caught Fire in Germany?  
Porsche Le Mans Results
Reports of a fire involving an "alternative drive" Porsche prototype in the home garage of a Porsche employee have started to make the rounds online.   There's not a huge amount of official information available yet, but we've been able to piece together details from German edition publications and a statement from Porsche to Dow Jones. 

Here's What We Know
Jeff Zwart Driving a New Kind of Porsche Hybrid at Pikes Peak This Year  
Jeff Zwart GT3 cup Turbo
The video we showed you earlier this week of Jeff's 2010 GT3 Cup created quite a stir. We received all sorts of questions from readers wanting to know what the sound in the video was.  Porsche finally got back to us and we were able to confirm our suspicions.  

Read on to Learn What Makes Jeff's GT3 Cup so Special and How You Can Watch Him Race
Pictures from the Concours at the PCA Parade in Traverse City, Michigan 
PCA Parade Concours
This Year's PCA Parade is already half over and if you didn't make it you might consider booking a room for next year's Parade as venues will probably sell out quick.  In the mean time, thanks to a PCA member in the Dakotas region, we have more than 100 pictures from the Concours on Monday.  Click here or on the image above to browse through and view some of the amazing Porsche history in attendance. Hopefully, we'll see you at Parade next year!
Turns Out All the Rumors Were True!
mark webber signs with Porsche
For the past few months rumors have circulated about Mark Webber leaving Formula 1 and moving over to Porsche to drive their new LMP1 at Le Mans in 2014.  No one thought it would happen.  After all, who leaves F1.  Well, turns out the allure of driving Porsche's newest sport prototype was too strong as Porsche announced this morning that they have officially signed Webber starting with the 2014 season.

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The New Cayenne Handles Going Off-Road Quite Well
Cayenne Off-Road
We receive a number of emails from readers wanting to know our opinion on the Porsche Cayenne and if it is truly an off-road capable vehicle. We tell each one of them the same two things: 1. We like the Cayenne so much we bought one for ourselves  as a utility vehicle to haul our boat, travel with our dogs and as a test bed for this site. 2. The Porsche Cayenne can handle off-road challenges that would destroy most other vehicles in the same class.

Watch This Video and See What We Mean
Check Out the New Porsche 918 Microsite
Porsche Astronauts
It doesn't matter if you have a better chance of beating Hurley Haywood on the track than you do of owning a 918, the new site is worth of a visit.  Most of the information you'll find are items we've learned over the past months and years. However, this is the first time they're all together and there's bound to be something you haven't seen before. There was for us!

Read more and Check Out the Site Yourself