Porsche’s Pepita houndstooth pattern cloth has a long history of cosseting the backsides of P-car drivers, having been used in its interiors since the mid-1960s. The pattern is inextricably linked to Porsche history. Likewise, furniture design owes much of what it is today to Ray and Charles Eames. Back in 1948, the Eames brothers developed a … Read more
I’m about to drive the all-new and all-electric 2025 Porsche Macan 4 and Macan Turbo. The automaker is completely retooling its most popular vehicle for its second generation. Gone are the internal combustion engines and PDK gearboxes. In its place are powerful-as-hell electric motors. Before I drive these cars around the south of France on … Read more
I have never truly understood why some convertibles are called spiders, since spiders are creepy and generally undesirable creatures and not small sporty topless fun machines. There are a few potential origins for this automotive arachnidian nomenclature mashup, one rooted in a poor translation, and one that comes from way back in the horse-drawn carriage … Read more
Image: Bowers & Wilkins The average price of a new car is damn near 50,000 dollars, or a little more than eighty percent of the annual salary of an average American. That is a lot of money to spend on an automobile, so you’d better be damn sure it has all of the stuff in … Read more
Driving a car with more than 1,000 horsepower can be a bit nerve-wracking, a feeling that would seemingly be compounded if your first experience with it is on a race track you’ve never driven on before. But as I’m lapping Circuito Monteblanco near Seville, Spain in the 2025 Taycan Turbo GT, Porsche’s first attempt at … Read more
There aren’t many racing cars that are still relevant on track over a decade after their first outing. For Kremer Racing to enter a Porsche 917 in the 1981 running of the Le Mans 24, 12 years after it first raced there, was unusual at the time and unthinkable today. A regulations loophole allowed the … Read more
Building a car collection can be hard, and if the cars you’re interested in are rare or limited in production, it can be even harder. Most importantly, it takes a lot of time, since you can’t just hop on Autotrader and be guaranteed to find whatever you’re looking for. Alternatively, you could simply buy somebody … Read more
Porsches: 986 Boxster S. The first time ever that the Boxster posed a threat to the 911 is with the S version. More power, optional sport suspension, lighter than a 911, mid-engined. Rare because it was so expensive at the time. Get the IMS bearing mod done. 987.2 Cayman/Boxster Base or S, but especially the … Read more
I’m not sure I can explain my anti-chrome obsession to anyone who doesn’t get it. I am repelled, repulsed, and sickened by the shiny mirror-like finish that so many automakers love to apply to vehicles. I often find myself in fear of losing my lunch when I even think about it, especially when it’s a … Read more
It’s safe to say that Porsche isn’t fucking around with the Taycan Turbo GT. This EV track monster is the company’s next step in the evolution of electric performance. You can bet that this isn’t the last step, either, as they continue to push the envelope with upcoming hybrid 911s and EV Caymans. I’m a … Read more
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