F.A. “Butzi” Porsche (1935 – 2012) Better known to Porsche enthusiasts as F.A. “Butzi” Porsche, he was the son of...
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The Story of The Porsche Crest As Germany underwent a revolution in 1918, a German state of Kingdom of Württemberg...
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I must be crazy Why on earth would someone sell a perfect color combination 911 Turbo with manual transmission and...
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911 Carrera 3.0 “Arschloch” I have an Australian delivered 1977 Porsche 911 Carrera 3.0, which I purchased in 1985 from...
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Held in the grounds of Hedingham Castle, Classics at the Castle is a very special Porsche car show held annually....
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Movie star and racing driver Steve McQueen had an idea to make a film based on the Le Mans 24H...
Porsche at Le Mans – The Ultimate Guide to Every Year & Every Result Circuit de la Sarthe is situated...
Kineo 27 Porsche Design Speed Boat 1991-1993 When Dr. Horst Stross presented the first Kineo, the 46-foot version, at the...
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We never forget where we come from. Our tradition and our history are part of our DNA. And we are...
Film “Independence” (ca 1991). Listen to the words of Ferry Porsche. These principles are exactly why people started to love...
Ferry Porsche 1909 – 1998 Born on September 19, 1909, of Austrian descent, Ferry Porsche kept the Porsche flame alive...
Ferdinand Porsche (1875 – 1951) Ferdinand Porsche was an Austrian-German automotive engineer and founder of the Porsche car company. He...
Silverstone, FIA GT Championship, 15 May 2005: The #66 GruppeM Racing Porsche 996 GT3 RSR was driven by Marc Lieb...
Don’t Wash Mine: Kirk F. White © Dalton Watson Fine Books I have been looking forward to seeing this new...
Porsche 911 G-Model: The Book 1974-1989 by Andreas Gabriel, Manfred Hering & Tobias Kindermann © Berlin Motor Books Hot off...
50 Years Porsche 914 by Jürgen Lewandowski, published by Delius Klasing Verlag – © Virtual Motorpix/Glen Smale Whether you love...
Inspiration for this feature came from the post published by Porsche in December 2020. It covers the seven generations of...
DBR 9 – The Definitive History by Christoph Mäder and Thomas Gruber © T.A.G. Motor Books GmbH At Porsche Road...
Porsche 964: The Modern Classic by Paul Koebrugge – © Paul Koebrugge The history of Porsche sportscars is peppered with...
Porsche: The Carrera Dynasty by Glen Smale © Glen Smale A Spanish noun, ‘carrera’ can mean road, track or race...
Ferrari 250 LM – The Remarkable History of 6313 by James Page – © Porter Press International Clearly it isn’t...
Porsche Unseen by Jan Karl Baedeker & Stefan Bogner – © Delius Klasing Verlag Consider what it would be like...
This large poster announced the 50th anniversary of the first victory by the Porsche 917 at the 1970 Le Mans...
ROFGO Collection by Doug Nye – © Porter Press International Most motorsport enthusiasts will have attended historic races, events such...
Racing Porsche with Style © Stéphane Coradi This is Stéphane Coradi’s third publication, and the third of his books that...
PORSCHE Speedster: Legends 1954–2020 by Andreas Gabriel, Manfred Hering & Achim Kubiak © Berlin Motor Books There is a model...
Taken just a year after its completion, the new Porsche Museum presents a striking silhouette on the Stuttgart skyline Have...
Twice Around the Clock: The Yanks at Le Mans by Tim Considine © Toll Hall Sexton Books Over the years,...
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Ferrari 333 SP – A Pictorial History 1993-2003: by Terry O’Neil © Dalton Watson Fine Books I first caught sight...
Le Mans: The Official History 1970–79 by Quentin Spurring © Virtual Motorpix/Glen Smale This edition of Quentin Spurring’s fabulous series...
SportErfolge: by Tony Adriaensens – page photographs by © Virtual Motorpix/Glen Smale Simply titled, SportErfolge (English: Success in Sport), this...
25 Years of GT Racing: Stéphane Ratel and SRO Motorsports by Andrew Cotton © Virtual Motorpix/Glen Smale On the world...
Porsche 904 by Jürgen Lewandowski © Delius Klasing Verlag The introduction of the Porsche 904 Carrera GTS, to give it...
Shelby Cobra Daytona Coupe: The autobiography of CSX2300 by Rinsey Mills – © Porter Press International Most motorsport enthusiasts are...
Sports Car Racing in the South: Texas to Florida 1957-1958: by Willem Oosthoek © Dalton Watson Fine Books Motor racing...
Porsche 356 Cabriolet competing at an aerodrome race in the USA, ca. 1952/1953 America has for decades been Porsche’s biggest...
Porsche 993 Carrera RS ‘RSR 9’ parked in the pit lane at the 10th RS Track Day Oulton Park, March...
Porsche 356 – Made by Reutter: by Frank Jung © Delius Klasing Verlag When the second edition of this fine...
1957 Porsche 356 A Speedster – looking chocolate box pretty! It was Max Hoffman, the New York-based Porsche importer, who...
PORSCHE 993 “25 YEARS” 1994–2019: by Andreas Gabriel, Manfred Hering & Thomas Nehlert © Berlin Motor Books Berlin Motor Books,...
Porsche 911 Carrera 3.2 Clubsport (1985) in the Museum workshop As I’ve explained on the few occasions I’ve burst into...
1973 Porsche 911 Carrera RS 2.7 Lightweight presented by Serge Heitz Automobile Between 5th and 9th February, the Porte de...
Porsche Sport 2019 – © Gruppe C Motorsport Verlag The 27th publishing of this superb edition of Porsche Sport 2019 by...
Le Mans: The Official History 1960–69 by Quentin Spurring © Virtual Motorpix/Glen Smale This edition of Quentin Spurring’s fabulous series...
24 Stunden Nürburgring Nordschleife 2019 © Gruppe C Motorsport Verlag It must rank as one of the most awesome races...
Classic Car Auction Yearbook 2018-2019 Edition © Historica Selecta It’s a case of, more of the same for the 2018-2019...
1956 Porsche 356 A Carrera 1500 GS – 752 LMA For many years now, the name ‘Carrera’ has been associated...
Porsche: Excellence was Expected by Karl Ludvigsen – © Bentley Publishers For many years, Excellence Was Expected, the book on...
The Ford that beat Ferrari – A Racing History of the GT40 © EVRO Publishing In 1963 Enzo Ferrari made...
The Ultimate Book of the Porsche 356 by Brian Long © Veloce Publishing Limited Brian Long’s original book on the...
© Porsche 917 – Zuffenhausen’s Le Mans and Can-Am Champion Porsche 917 – Zuffenhausen’s Le Mans and Can-Am Champion, is...
Works Porsche 956 – The Definitive History: by Serge Vanbockryck – © Porter Press International I met the author, Serge...
Motor Racing – The Pursuit of Victory 1963-1972 by Steve Wyatt © Veloce Publishing Limited The age of motorsport, when...
Porsche 956 & 962 Owners’ Workshop Manual by Nick Garton – © Haynes Publishing It is a well-known fact that...
1976 Porsche 924 Coupé It is a fact that most of us with an interest in roadgoing or race cars,...
The Complete Book of Porsche 911 – Every Model Since 1964 by Randy Leffingwell: © Quarto Publishing The name, Randy...
Kyalami – A Reflection on the History of the Original Circuit 1961-1987, published by Aquarius Publishing CC – © Virtual...
A 1997 Porsche Boxster (left) and a 1958 Porsche 356 A Speedster (right) The day dawned bright and clear with...
Nissan GTP & Group C Race Cars 1984-1993 by John Starkey © Veloce Publishing Limited Yes, I know, this is...
John Fitzpatrick Group C Porsches – The Definitive History, Mark Cole. © Porter Press There seem to be a number...
© White Racers from Zuffenhausen: Porsche 904, 906, 907, 908, 909, 910 In 2018, we reviewed one of the other...
IMSA 1969-1989 – © Octane Press Simply titled, IMSA 1969-1989, this recently published book gives the inside story of how...
The Porsche 917-001 will be shown in the Porsche Museum for the first time in its original condition My 2019...
Targa Florio – 20th Century Epic: Pino Fondi & Gianni Cancellieri © Virtual Motorpix/Glen Smale Mention the words ‘Targa Florio’...
It is forty years since the introduction of Porsche’s first RS, the mighty Carrera RS 2.7, back in 1973. For...
Porsche 911 ST 2.5: Thomas Imhof, Jürgen Barth and Michael Keyser © Virtual Motorpix/Glen Smale It landed on my desk...
Mid-Atlantic American Sports Car Races 1953-1962: by Terry O’Neil © Dalton Watson Fine Books This is the beginning of a...
Porsche 959 by Jürgen Lewandowski, published by Delius Klasing Verlag – © Virtual Motorpix/Glen Smale When the Pearl White metallic...