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Classic Porsche News & Ferdinand Mag Preview

April 30, 2012

Got a few quick updates for you, and a heads up on some forthcoming content in Ferdinand Porsche Magazine. The Tuthill Porsche 3.4-litre dog ‘box rally 911 won its first event at the weekend. Recently featured in a Chris Harris ‘Drive’ video, the silver and yellow Almeras Porsche-style car will be featured in Ferdinand, along [...]

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England Beats Germany: Thrilling Start to Porsche Carrera Cup 2012

April 29, 2012

British media channels are obsessed with the 2012 London Olympics at present, but British athletes continue to impress beyond the Olympic microsphere. Good examples can be found in motorsport, such as Porsche Carrera Cup racing. English driver Sean Edwards (below) had a cracking start to the 2012 Carerra Cup Deutschland season at Hockenheim this weekend, [...]

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Porsche honours Girls’ Day with Seventy Schoolkids

April 25, 2012

April 26 is Girls’ Day in Germany: a joint initiative set up in 2001 by the Federal Ministry of Family Affairs, the Federal Education Ministry, the European Social Fund and the European Union. As the father of three girls, I love the idea. Porsche is continuing its long-standing support of the occasion with a series [...]

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Slippery Porsche Supercup Start in Bahrain

April 21, 2012

Reading Porsche’s press release from the first round of the 2012 Supercup, it’s tempting to think “procession”: a race led from start to finish, with a follow-me-home podium. In-car shots of winner René Rast en route to victory might help that impression, but footage screened on Eurosport from the on-car cameras tells a different story. Starting [...]

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Motormouse: Lateral Porsche Thinking

December 2, 2011

I don’t watch much TV these days. I suspect it’s the same for most of you reading this: fun work & online life means less time for the gogglebox. I’m happy with that. The advantage of not watching lots of TV is I’m not sufficiently addicted to sit through bad content. When I do sit [...]

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Porsche Cayenne Buying Guide: Reversed

November 3, 2011

Every now and then, I get a hankering to sell every car I own bar the 911 and buy a Porsche Cayenne. Yes, I know hardly a classic and to some people not even a Porsche, but I like the cut of the Cayenne’s jib. Admittedly there are many reasons NOT to buy a Cayenne. [...]

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