This year marks the 50th birthday of the most iconic sports car of them all, the Porsche 911. Now you can go the Jeremy Clarkson way and start bitching about how the whole idea of putting the engine in the rear was stupid, or start an argument about how it is only a tuned up Volkswagen, but no matter what you think,…
Shake It Like A Polaroid Picture
Now all Beyonces, and Lucy Lius, and rally Porches. Get on the track. You know what to do-oo-oo, you know what to do-oo-oo. Photo Credit: Photopalooza)
Ducati 916: The Superbike, Evolved
Ducati's legendary 916 all but set the blueprint for the modern superbike, changing the way the motorcycle industry approached both styling and technical sophistication. Kilometer Magazine assembled this history of one of Italy's most fascinating machines. —Ed.
Attention, Dramatic YouTube Guy: You Watch Entirely Too Much Top Gear
Few things make your hair stand on end like the shout-howl of a 997 RSR getting its groove on. Jerez, artful editing, and Calexico's "Pepita" — real life is rarely this LOOK AT ME, but if it works, who cares?
Crazy Downforce: The J.N. Hephaiss Porsche GT3
New Porsche mod house, J.N. Hephaiss, aimed high with their first tuner. The company sent Porsche's new GT3 (996) into the lab, and came up with an extreme version that has more tail than Moby Dick. An adjustable exhaust allows the driver to hush the flat six in public, while letting it roar on track day. Its front…
Hoo Ha! Porsche 996 GT2 Slays the Nurburgring
Sure, watching driver-POV videos of N rburgring burns can be tedious as waiting for your girlfriend to finish her turn at GT4. But this one, of a Porsche 996 GT2 devouring the Green Hell in just over seven minutes, has that stomach-dropping effect that's missing from most run-of-the-mill lappage vids. Take Dramamine…
Electric, Aye! Ellica Beats Porsche
Think a Porsche 911 (996) Turbo could outgun the Eliica (short for Electric Lithium-Ion battery car) — an eight-wheeled electric supercar from Japan? Place your bets, kids. As this clip from Japanese TV shows, the Eliica can shoot to 100 mph in seven seconds, where the Porsche needs 9.2 to break triple digits. With…
Hamann Creates Porsche Update Kit
Porsche 996 owners won't have to settle for their cars' fish eyes and bubble butts any more. German tuning shop Hamann created an appearance kit that makes over last-generation 911s to look like the back-to-hotness 997s. Of course, purists would stick a chopstick in their eye over performing a poseur update, but in…
