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Post by struns on Feb 14, 2022 7:22:07 GMT -8
$2,110,000 .....3 1/2 hours to go
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Post by Carlo_Carrera on Feb 14, 2022 11:28:35 GMT -8
Sold for $2.12 million.
About 11 years ago there was one of these for sale at a collector car place a few miles from my house. I think they wanted somewhere around $400,000 for it. I try to convince my hedge fund managing brother-in-law to buy it as an investment, he laughed. I'm crying now.
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Post by wilmywood8455 on Feb 14, 2022 15:48:26 GMT -8
Sold for $2.12 million. About 11 years ago there was one of these for sale at a collector car place a few miles from my house. I think they wanted somewhere around $400,000 for it. I try to convince my hedge fund managing brother-in-law to buy it as an investment, he laughed. I'm crying now. Math is hard ...
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Post by wilmywood8455 on Mar 29, 2022 13:52:41 GMT -8
Brumos returns to competition at Pikes PeakThe Brumos Collection announced today that its iconic livery will return to professional competition for the Broadmoor Pikes Peak International Hill Climb (PPIHC) on June 26, 2022. David Donohue will take on the daunting mountain course behind the wheel of a Porsche GT2 RS Clubsport. This event is the first competition for Brumos since 2013, when it retired from 50 years of competing in a variety of series and classes. “Racing for Brumos has been a highlight of my career that I look back on with pride,” said Donohue. “I feel humbled to play a role in bringing back the No.59 to such a special race and its milestone running.” The PPIHC is Donohue’s 120th race driving for Brumos. He was part of the team that brought Brumos its fourth overall win at the 24 hours of Daytona in 2009, more than 30 years after three Brumos victories in 1973, 1975 and 1978. For Donohue, the son of 1972 Indy 500 champion Mark Donohue, the win came on the 40th anniversary of his father’s 1969 overall triumph in the same race. racer.com/2022/03/29/brumos-returns-to-competition-at-pikes-peak/?utm_source=RACER+%2F%2F+Newsletter&utm_campaign=cade124c4a-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2022_03_29_08_27&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_76623d07b6-cade124c4a-274287873
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Post by wilmywood8455 on Apr 28, 2022 7:27:56 GMT -8
The Porsche 911 Sport Classic Is a Manual, Rear-Drive Turbo With a DucktailAnd unlike the 997 Sport Classic, Porsche will sell these in the U.S.Boris Apenbrink, head of Porsche Exclusiv Manufaktur, believes the original 911 Sport Classic was ahead of its time. As a brief refresher, the Sport Classic was a retro-themed version of the 997, of which 250 were built. It got a bit of extra power over the Carrera S of the time, and a number of new design features, most notably a ducktail spoiler aping the 1973 Carrera RS. Wolfgang Durheimer, then Porsche R&D head, apparently wondered why anyone would want a ducktail, yet all 250 cars were quickly sold. Now, the idea of a retro-themed 911 feels like something akin to fan service. Porsche generally, and the 911 especially, is hot right now, and this new 911 Sport Classic seems a very savvy way to capitalize on it. Porsche will make 1250 examples, and unlike with the previous Sport Classic, some will make it to the U.S. If you're a Porsche nerd, you'll want one. www.roadandtrack.com/news/a39837963/porsche-911-sport-classic/?source=nl&utm_source=nl_rdt&utm_medium=email&date=042822&utm_campaign=nl27524119&utm_term=AAA%20--%20High%20Minus%20Dormant%20and%2090%20Day%20Non%20Openers
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Post by wilmywood8455 on May 22, 2022 10:57:12 GMT -8
The Brumos Collection 35m · Exercising our cars is vital to maintaining them. Enjoy more than two minutes of our Porsche 908 driving and revving as we prepare it for the Highlands Motoring Festival! 💥 www.facebook.com/watch/?v=724072142117708
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Post by wilmywood8455 on Jun 24, 2022 7:57:37 GMT -8
File under the world's fastest race cars are all mid-engine ... The Porsche GT4 RS Is the Cayman That Finally Beats the 911The GT4 RS smashes the hierarchy. The Cayman Complex is a phenomenon I identified about seven years ago. While the concept isn’t limited to Porsches, the Cayman is the ultimate example. It means an automaker knows how to build the best-possible car but chooses not to. If every car were as good as it could be, then a hierarchal model range would be meaningless. Plus, every vehicle would cost a fortune. So how do you maintain a hierarchy without being too obvious about it? You want to impress prospective buyers with the spec sheet, making them feel like they’re getting their money’s worth. You also want to offer an even more aspirational product. The Cayman GT4 and its topless sister, the Boxster Spyder, are Porsche’s best sports cars. But they’re not the best they could be. They are light and the right size for two passengers and luggage. They have excellent transmissions. Their naturally aspirated engines are 4.0 liters—a number that makes Porsche aficionados weep with joy—and are placed amidships for balance that flatters any driver. But at Porsche, the 911 has its engine out back for various long-standing reasons. The middle is better, which is why Porsche finds creative ways to move every new 911’s engine a bit farther forward. Porsche won’t admit that the Cayman has the better platform. It can’t. The hierarchy must be maintained. Porsche found ways to tie the Cayman GT4’s hands without making that choice seem conscious. The 4.0-liter engine in the GT4 could be the same as the one in the 911 GT3. Porsche claims cost drove that decision, but Cayman and Boxster buyers regularly add tens of thousands of dollars in options. They would spend for the best. Then there’s the gearing, which is far too tall. Second goes to 83 mph and third all the way to 114! Porsche knows that tighter gearing improves acceleration and shorter ratios don’t cost more than tall ones. Why do this? The new Cayman GT4 RS proves the existence of, and puts an end to, the Cayman Complex. It’s the lightest Cayman ever, with a GT3 engine and nearly 500 hp attached to a close-ratio PDK gearbox. And there’s downforce. I had only one day on the roads in the GT4 RS. I did 50 highway miles and another 120 in the hills, then ran a bunch of errands on the way home—a real “one-car solution” day. So, what’s this hierarchy-busting Cayman like? www.roadandtrack.com/reviews/a40364303/porsche-cayman-gt4-rs-finally-beats-the-911/?source=nl&utm_source=nl_rdt&utm_medium=email&date=062422&utm_campaign=nl28167915&utm_term=AAA%20--%20High%20Minus%20Dormant%20and%2090%20Day%20Non%20Openers
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Post by wilmywood8455 on Nov 9, 2022 8:35:53 GMT -8
The Off-Road Porsche 911 Dakar Is Debuting Next WeekAs expected, Porsche is officially getting in on the "Safari" trend.In the mid-Eighties, Porsche entered the 911 in one of the most difficult races in the world—the Paris-Dakar. Its first entrant, the 953, a lifted, all-wheel-drive version of the then-new 911 Carrera 3.2 finished sixth in the 1984 race. In 1985, the 953 evolved into an early version of the 959, with a 3.2-liter naturally aspirated flat-six, though none finished. Nineteen eighty-six saw Porsche triumph at the Paris-Dakar, with a further developed, turbocharged 959. Those Dakar cars have inspired countless "Safari" 911 builds, and Porsche itself. The company confirmed Wednesday it's building a lifted version of the 911, called the Dakar. The car will make its full debut next week at the Los Angeles Auto Show, and while we'll have to wait until then for full details, we have these pictures of prototypes testing to pore over. The rooster tails coming off the front wheels show us the car is all-wheel drive. It's lifted over the standard 911, and the prototypes wear off-road tires. The cars testing on rocky trails and in sand dunes appear to have a standard 911 bodyshell with small bolt-on fender flares and some sort of skid plate on the underbody. Interestingly, all these pictures of the car show its deployable spoiler raised. www.roadandtrack.com/news/a41910577/porsche-911-dakar-debut/?source=nl
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Post by wilmywood8455 on Jan 21, 2023 0:29:40 GMT -8
Porsche Of The Day: 1985 Porsche 959 RallyThe greatest version of the 959 is, and always will be, the Rothman’s liveried Paris-Dakar racing version. Built in 1985 for three-time Dakar winner René Metge, this 959 is just one of three cars produced by Porsche to take on the grueling Paris-Dakar rally that year.
The 1985 rally didn’t go well for Porsche, unfortunately, as this very car retired early with an oil line failure, and the other two cars crashed. Many a lesson was learned, however, as Porsche took first, second, and sixth in the following year.
Porsche produced only seven examples of this race-prepped rally rocket. Five of those remain and it is believed that two or three reside in private collections. As a 1985 model, this car boasts a naturally aspirated 3.2-liter flat-6 out back.
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Post by struns on Sept 24, 2023 9:45:37 GMT -8
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