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Putting air-cooled Porsche models in the spotlight in the heart of Hollywood with Luftgekühlt 6. “Luft came out of nowhere – I went to the first one in Venice Beach and it was just 12 cars around the corner from my house at Deus, in a little restaurant parking lot. I don’t know if it was the branding, the names attached to it or the fact it was curated, which made it sound very exclusive, but somehow they found this perfect niche.”Dressed in a faded T-shirt and squinting in the L.A. sun, motoring writer and social media star Matt Farah is trying to put his finger on why Luftgekühlt has turned into a global phenomenon, but he’s struggling to concentrate. Around him, air-cooled enthusiasts are swarming to get a look at his Leh Keen designed 1987 911 ‘Safari’ as the sixth gathering gets under way in the impossibly cool setting of the Universal Studios backlot.
The sixth part of the ‘959 Paris-Dakar' documentary with exciting insights into the recommissioning process.
The Porsche 911 GT3 RS achieves a mark of 6.49.328 minutes at the Nürburgring
The Porsche 911 Sally Special sold at the RM Sotheby’s Monterey Auction on Saturday evening for a record $3.6 million (auction hammer price). In the charged atmosphere of the packed bidding hall, the one-of-one car attracted significant interest, with the final winning offer coming from a telephone bidder. The price was a record for a new Porsche sold at auction, according to the auction house.The sale reunited members of the original Cars team who created both the car in the Disney and Pixar film and the life-size Sally Carrera, based on a 2002 Porsche 911 Carrera. That team included actress Bonnie Hunt, the voice of Sally Carrera, Jay Ward, Creative Director of Franchise at Pixar Animation Studios, and Bob Pauley, who, as Production Designer for Cars, sketched Sally for the first time 20 years ago. They were joined by Kjell Gruner, President and CEO of Porsche Cars North America, Inc. (PCNA), and key members of Porsche Exclusive Manufaktur’s Sonderwunsch team including Alexander Fabig and Boris Apenbrink.
The starting point of the series “The Success Story of Porsche in Le Mans” is 1951, when Porsche clinches its first class victory with the 356 SL. The triumph with the light alloy coupé was followed by a further 107 class and 19 overall victories. 70 years later, “Porsche Moments” is the start of a new series devoted to the glorious chapter in six episodes. The team pays tribute to the many historically significant moments at Le Mans in media, internationally and at the Zuffenhausen site. “In the new 'Porsche Moments' format, we highlight special moments from our past in which - from today's perspective - we wrote company, product or racing history. We recreate these moments as authentically as possible with contemporary witnesses and invite our fans via our social media channels to relive these special 'Porsche Moments', ”says Achim Stejskal, Head of Porsche Heritage and Museum. As the host, Le Mans winner and endurance world champion Timo Bernhard leads through a total of six episodes. In Zuffenhausen and Weissach he meets exciting contemporary witnesses on four wheels and two legs.
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