The biggest Porsche festival in the world — Rennsport Reunion V — is this weekend. Car enthusiasts from around the world will descend upon Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca to watch Porsches of all types and vintages race around the famous California race track, and we can think of no better way to build (warranted) excitement for the event than recording factory driver Patrick Long practicing behind the wheel of a 917K.
The car in question is the 917 recently restored by Porsche Motorsport North America, and it’s a different animal than the 911 RSR Long currently races. With 600+ horsepower, basic aerodynamics, and a throttle “made just zero and full … 917 video and more
The owner of a yellow Ferrari valued in the seven-figures captured on video speeding through stop signs and blazing past pedestrians in the wealthy city is Sheikh Khalid bin Hamad al Thani of Qatar’s ruling family.
Al Thani has been dubbed the “patron sheikh” of drag racing by the press.
But over the weekend, the twenty-something was just a guy driving a very fancy car very fast, police said. Al Thani denied to officers who investigated the incident that anyone was driving recklessly. He also said he had diplomatic immunity, Beverly Hills police said.
After discussing the matter with the U.S. State Department and the Qatar consulate, authorities concluded the sheikh did not have such immunity … More
An entitled Qatari speed demon who drag raced a Ferrari and a Porsche through a quiet Beverly Hill neighborhood claimed he was protected under diplomatic immunity — and then threatened to have an onlooker killed and yelled “F–k America,” witnesses said.
Police are investigating video from the harrowing Saturday night drag race between a yellow Ferrari LaFerrari with a Qatar license plate and a white Porsche 911. The wild ride ended in front of a $10 million rental home.
Freelance video journalist Jacob Rogers filmed … More
Several months ago, Porsche CEO Matthias Mueller alluded to the fabled sports car maker’s plans to offer a purely electric car by the end of the decade. Today, on the eve of the Frankfurt Motor Show, the Stuttgart-based automaker gave us a glimpse of what a purely electric Porsche for the masses might look like.
To counter Tesla’s meteoric rise to pre-eminence in the battery-powered luxury car market, as well as meet ever-tightening efficiency and emission around the globe, Porsche plans to differentiate itself in the market by focusing its development efforts on … More
