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Deconstructing the Porsche Emblem

Posted on 19. May, 2010 by PB.

The Porsche name is recognized for superb styling on top of innovative engineering, but until 1952 the Stuttgart-based automotive manufacturer portrayed itself to the world as only that: a name. For 31 years, the Porsche brand consisted of seven sleek letters but had no face attached to its name. No mark, emblem, nor ideogram to distinguish its cars from the masses and therefore no burning scar in the minds of consumers embodying the Porsche experience and history.

Thanks to the team at vintage racing video website RaceFansTV for guest writing this fantastic post for us. RaceFansTV is an international initiative led by motorsports enthusiasts that aims to bring back much of the great historical racing footage that has been captured since the video camera was invented. Well worth checking this fantastic new site out!

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Limited Run 911 Sport Classic

Posted on 08. Sep, 2009 by PB.

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9ff GTurbo’s Speedo, Pure Acceleration Video

Posted on 24. Jul, 2009 by PB.

How much would you love one of these…check out this video of a 9ff GTurbo doing 0-273kph! The video is from the guys over at Wildest Cars and is most definitely worth of a re-post. Keep up the good work!

“The turbocharged GT3 RS with 750bhp, doing what it does best. Now we didn’t actually start from 0, it was more like 8, but you know, we tried…It can’t get the power down in the first few gears, but the sheer thrust of the thing in the higher gears was and is borderline insane! Distributed by Tubemogul.”

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Exclusive Spy Shots: The 2011 Porsche Cayman & Carrera caught testing in SA

Posted on 01. May, 2009 by PB.

The next generation Porsche Cayman and Carrera S for 2011 has been caught by EasyCarBlog undergoing heat testing in South Africa. On the back of the Carerra you will see a sticker which says “Government approved high speed testing vehicle”. This means that the car can travel up to 350km/h on public roads without prosecution. Pretty unfair eh?

The little city which hosts all of these exotic prototypes is called Upington and it is based in the Kalahari desert. Dean from EasyCarBlog got in touch with these exclusive spy shots and kindly let us feature them on the site.

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The Perfect Pink Porsche?

Posted on 29. Apr, 2009 by PB.

We just had to post about this Porsche belonging to Amanda Vega. I first saw her car in her Twitter profile and right away thought – right…I’m following her!! I added her to my list of followers and she returned the favor. Amanda sent me a wee tweet “why I love my pink Porsche even if everyone thinks it’s weird.”, and that settled it – we just had to post about this 911 soft top.

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So what the heck is this PDK all about then?

Posted on 11. Apr, 2009 by PB.

I was harping on about wanting PDK in my next toy, and thought I’d better find out what it actually is! And probably more importantly – is it any good?

Porsche PDK, (Porsche Doppelkupplungsgetriebe), which simply means Porsche double-clutch gearbox, was initially developed for motor sports. It was developed to benefit drivers in terms of speed and acceleration by allowing them to change gears while still keeping both their hands on steering wheel. Seems like a great idea to me!

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What is it with white Turbos!?

Posted on 05. Apr, 2009 by PB.

Another real nice example and the white is totally growing on me. I know there seem to be loads of white cars kicking about, but this 911 turbo does look good in it’s white paintwork. Looks like it was a nice night down inStonehaven. If anyone is ever up in this part of Scotland, there is possibly one of the best roads I have driven called the Slug road.

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Stunning 997 GT3

Posted on 27. Mar, 2009 by PB.

Spotted this Porsche 997 GT3 on Flickr. The photo was taken by Brandon Perdeck and it is well worth checking out his photostream.

This 997 GT3 just looks perfect. Aggressive, yet not overly in your face. I’m not normally a massive fan of white cars, but the black splitter and alloys on this example really finish it off. Hmmmf…I might need to re-think the plan of a Ruf…this just looks cleaner, less in your face and, well awesome! I want!

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