“End of the road” Fabcar Porsche 935/84
Highlight from WOB CARS' Porsche 75th Anniversary Race Car Collection
Porsche Race Cars
1956 Porsche 550A Le Mans Coupe
Factory werks prototype recalls Porsche's early competition era
1957 Porsche 356A 1500 GS/GT Carrera Speedster
The ultimate GT Speedster comes to light?
1966 Porsche 906 “Carrera 6”
Excerpts from Miles Collier as he explains a case study in archaeological restoration.
1966 Porsche 906 Carrera 6
$2M Porsche Prototype heads to Monterey
1969 Porsche 908/02 “Flunder”
Available is one of Porsche’s most successful racers
2007 Porsche RS Spyder
Porsche prototype heads to Monterey Car Week
2019 Porsche 935
Porsche track-day 935 on BaT
2023 SoCal Porsche Week
Would a blizzard stop the show?
2024 Icons of Porsche Festival
Estimated 50,000 attendance
2024 Targa California Rally
Successful 15th iteration includes IROC group
24 Hours of Le Mans 2022
Celebrating 24 Heures du Mans' 90th Anniversary Race
A Brief History of JLP-4
There are 935s, and then there are 935s…
Air | Water’s SoCal debut makes a splash
The second iteration reflects a dedicated and growing following
FOR SALE: 1966 Porsche 906 Carrera 6
Successful Italian period racing history
Historic 935 and 904 Porsche duo arrives in Monterey
Gooding & Co to auction significant chapters in Porsche's history
Iconic Porsche 550 RS Spyder Hits the Market
One of the last Porsche 550 RS Spyders produced, out of a total of 90
IROC Porsches: The 935 & the International Race of Champions
The made-for-TV IROC series was a remarkable innovation and the genesis of the all-conquering 935.
Le Mans 24 Hours Race Week
A pre-race teaser of the exciting weekend to come.
Luftgekühlt goes to Europe!
Summer shows in Wroclaw, Poland, and Copenhagen, Denmark
Luftgekühlt in Copenhagen
Porsche culture juggernaut rolls into Scandinavia
Luftgekühlt spin-off Air-Water show comes to SoCal
Tickets now available for Air | Water, April 27, 2024
Market Place: 1984 Porsche 962
Porsche 75th Anniversary Auction | Estimate: $1,000,000 - $1,300,000
Market Place: 1990 Porsche 962C #154
Artcurial Motorcars to auction historic Porsche 962C
Porsche 2708 Indy (1987 – 1988)
1987 - 1988. Unlucky and Unprepared Porsche CART Race Car
Porsche 550 – The Story
By the early fifties Porsche found that modified production cars would no longer win races. The 550 was the answer. The original giant killer had arrived.
Porsche 550 Prototype Coupé (1953)
The first two Porsche 550s (Chassis #550-01 & #550-02) were coupes
Porsche 550 Prototype Spyder (1953)
Only 15 prototypes (including coupes) were made until regular production began in 1954 of the Porsche RS Spyder.
Porsche 550 RS Spyder (1954 – 1956)
The giant killer
Porsche 550A RS Spyder (1956 – 1957)
The 550A was based on Porsche’s first purpose-built racing car, the mid-engined RS 550 Spyder.
Porsche 645 Spyder (1953)
Planned as a successor to the Porsche 550, the car was discontinued in favor of the revised 550A and the Porsche 718. Single example was destroyed in a spectacular crash.
Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 Clubsport (2019 – Present)
The 718 Cayman Race Car
Porsche 718 RS 60 Spyder (1960)
Changes thanks to new regulations and a larger engine gave us the RS60
Porsche 718 RS 61 Spyder (1961)
The 1961 Porsche RS was one of the last Spyders made by Porsche that used the potent 4-cam engine. It was a successor to the 1960 RS60
Porsche 718 RSK Mittellenker (1958)
For 1958, the 718 RSK Spyder was modified to compete in FIA Formula racing events. Gone was the conventional two-seat layout now replaced with a single seat in the middle.
Porsche 718/2 F2 (1959 – 1963)
For 1959, Porsche created a completely new Formula 2 car instead of the Mittellenker-version of the 718 RSK. Became known as the 718/2 or 718 F2.
Porsche 718/2-05 Experimental F2 (1960)
The fifth and the last of the 718/2 F2 cars, with chassis number 718/2-05 was an experimental formula racing car
Porsche 787 F1 (1961)
For the 1961 F1 season Porsche created a new car called 787.
Porsche 804 F1 (1962)
The Porsche 804 competed in Formula One (F1) in 1962. Porsche developed an 8-cylinder engine for it.
Porsche 904 – The Story
Porsche’s Type 904, officially called the Carrera GTS because Porsche and Peugeot were in dispute over numeric designations with “0” in them, succeeded the RSK Type 718 as the last sports-racing iteration of the 356 series.
Porsche 904 Carrera GTS (1963 – 1964)
The Porsche 904 debuted late in 1963, for the 1964 racing season. The 1965 Porsche 904 Carrera GTS variant to compete in the FIA-GT class
Porsche 904/6 Carrera GTS (1964 – 1965)
In 1965, the 904’s second and final production year, some examples received a version of the 911’s 2.0-liter flat-six. This version was dubbed the 904/6.
Porsche 904/8 Carrera GTS (1964 – 1965)
Three factory 904 race cars were fitted with a flat eight-cylinder power plant derived from the 1962 804 F1 car
Porsche 906 Carrera 6 (K Coupé) (1966)
Developed for endurance sports car racing, the 906 was a street-legal racing car that raced in the FIA's Group 4 class
Porsche 906 E Carrera 6 (1967)
Nine factory vehicles received the 2-liter, six-cylinder boxer engine with an injection system
Porsche 906 LH Coupé (1966)
For the 1966 Le Mans 24h race, long-tail LH ("Langheck") versions were made and now the standard 906 were called as 906 K ("Kurz", short in German)
Porsche 906 Spyder (1965)
The 906 Spyder was the first Porsche racing car built under Ferdinand Piëch's orders and there could be only a person as determined as Piëch to use Lotus parts on a Porsche.
Porsche 906/8 Coupe (1966)
Another four factory 906s received an air-cooled eight-cylinder boxer engine of the type 771, which was already used in the 904/8.
Porsche 907 K (1967 – 1968)
The 907 was conceived and built as a way to win the 1967 Le Mans race.
Porsche 907 LH (1967 – 1968)
The First Porsche Ever to Win a 24-Hour Endurance Race.
Porsche 908 K Flunder Spyder (1969 – 1975)
The 908/02 K Spyder and 908 K Flunder Spyder were basically the same cars with slightly different bodywork
Porsche 908 LH Flunder Spyder (1969 – 1975)
There was a belief that longer bodies are more aerodynamic and are therefore better for faster tracks, so a 908 Flunder Spyder with a longer tail was created
Porsche 908/01 K Coupé (1968 – 1969)
In the late sixties, Ferdinand Piëch wanted Porsche at the top of motor sports and the 908 was his answer.
Porsche 908/01 LH Coupé (1968 – 1969)
In the late sixties, Ferdinand Piëch wanted Porsche at the top of motor sports and the 908 was his answer.
