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There was a time when the Tesla Model S was the pinnacle of the electric car market. It was fast, had an impressive range and, if you ignored the quality control issues, was a fairly nice place to be. But now, rich people with a hankering to go electric have…

It was only 7 PM, but it was impossible to see outside. The wind howled through every crevice and cranny of the old road-trip van I’d used to get out to this event, and even though I was bundled in as many layers as I could find, I could still feel the cold…

It’s amazing the vehicles designers can come up with when they aren’t constrained by the forces of nature or regulatory restrictions. From sci-fi-inspired motorbikes to a space ship based on an old RV, when limited by nothing but the world of make believe,…

“The 962 is the best race car that I ever drove,” German driver Hans-Joachim Stuck once said of Porsche’s legendary Group C machine. “Brute force and unbelievable ground effects. The centrifugal forces were enormous, and there was no power steering.…

This is just for the third quarter but it still feels like a watershed moment. All that and more in The Morning Shift for October 11, 2021.Read more...

If you’ve every dreamed of buying a vehicle owned by a motorsport magnate and then a drug lord, you may finally be able to satisfy your most niche desire. A 1974 Porsche 911 Carrera 3.0 RSR IROC initially owned by Roger Penske and later purchased by Pablo…

One of the rarest supercars in the world is for sale in California, ready to help you live out your Le Mans dreams. This 1991 Koenig Specials C62 for sale is a rare one of three road legal supercar based on a prototype racer.Read more...

The Porsche 928 from Risky Business just sold for a shade under $2 million at Barrett Jackson in Houston over the weekend. That’s way too much for a 928, even one that Tom Cruise supposedly learned how to drive stick in. It wasn’t the only 928 used for…

Another week means another entry into our series featuring the sweet cars I found for sale online.Read more...

Gran Turismo 7 finally has a release date. It’s coming March 4, 2022 for both PS4 and PS5 — barring further delays, of course. After 14 months of radio silence since the game’s reveal last June, Thursday’s PlayStation showcase trailer spilled damn near…

Car enthusiasm has become a numbers game and we have nobody to blame but ourselves. We’ve been doomed to this fate since the first cars were treated to an objective comparison of statistics. The 0-60 test, the quarter mile run, the Nürburgring lap; each of…

Toyota is spending billions on batteries, VW is confident that it will have billions to spend as well, and Lotus. All that and more in The Morning Shift for September 7, 2021.Read more...

Even before driving it, I can probably tell you that the 992-generation 911 GTS is a pretty good sports car. It’ll be comfortable and fast and fun and pretty, that’s a foregone conclusion. The GTS is basically a Carrera S with 30 more horsepower and all of…

I have to hand it to ex-EIC Travis—he has a good memory for some very obscure details about his former writers, like me. He was at the Monterrey Historics this week, saw a very rare VW/Porsche-based Denzel, and sent me the picture, because somehow he…

There is no doubt that Singer customizes its Porsche-based creations to the nth degree, taking things well beyond the scope of a restoration or customization project. But it has always felt weird to me that the company starts with a 964-generation 911, what…

To say Renee Brinkerhoff is ambitious might be a little bit of an understatement. This winter, she and her Valkyrie Racing Team aim to take her 1956 Porsche 356A out to Antarctica to complete her dream, which she’s been calling the Project 356 World Rally…

The Volkswagen Beetle was one of Adolf Hitler’s most pressing goals. Motor power was important to the German people, especially affordable, nationally-made vehicles, which became a point of pride for Hitler — he felt machine power was important, if not…

Earlier this year I wrote a post on Porsche’s new 992 GT3. I started off that post talking about how a lot of manufacturers talk about their cars being “race cars for the street” and how very few of those cars actually live up to that billing, Porsche…

Porsche is celebrating 25 years of Manthey Racing with a special edition model. The 911 GT2 RS Clubsport 25 commemorates the founding of Manthey in 1996 and brings together the expertise of both companies, which is extensive.Read more...

Porsche’s electric minivan will probably never make it to production, but that doesn’t mean the project was a bust. The company says that the Renndienst gave it a lot of insight into the future of car interiors, and it repeats the concept car trope…

America’s beloved good guy actor is selling off a couple of his toys. Alongside a gorgeous Airstream trailer, Tom Hanks is letting go of an awesome 1980 Toyota FJ40 Land Cruiser with a bunch of upgrades.Read more...

This year marks the 50th anniversary of Pedro Rodríguez’s death. The Mexican motorsport champ died racing at the 200 Miles of Norisring on July 11, 1971. Even though he raced bicycles, motorcycles, rally cars and Formula 1 machines, Rodríguez is…

Porsche’s second-best selling model globally, the internationally lauded Macan compact sport utility, has received a slight facelift for the third time since it was launched in 2014. With a bit of new sheetmetal to give it a fresh face, and a model reshuffle…

Peugeot’s 9X8 prototype is one of the many reasons the forthcoming era of Le Mans Hypercars and LMDh machines has sports car racing fans so excited. The smorgasbord of brands that is Stellantis will have a proper car to potentially win the world’s greatest…

Back in February, Marc Phillipp Gemballa — a new company started by the son of the late Uwe Gemballa who ran the Porsche tuner of the same name — teased a rally-ready machine powered by a Ruf engine, tentatively named “Project Sandbox.” This week, we…