Everything about Porsche model line
by porker • 05 Mar : 10:35
 
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Porsche Super 75
by porker • 08 Mar : 16:48
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Sometimes a test car reveals its personality rather slowly and a neutral first impression is succeeded by a growing like (or dislike). The Porsche, on the other hand, has an immediate attraction for most people; several passengers expressed this feeling spontaneously before completing their first mile. Essentially its charm springs from a very rare blend of first-class sports car virtues with touring car amenities and from the overall balance of its design. A surprisingly large percentage of the most desirable cars available have some features which fall far below the general standard—it may be noise, heavy controls, harsh suspension, an unpleasant gearbox, uncomfortable seats, a bad driving position, poor visibility, etc. The Porsche is not perfect and it does not reach the highest standards in everything but it does get the "above average" rating in more aspects than almost any other sporting or G.T. car we have tried.
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Porsche Carrera 2
by porker • 08 Mar : 16:14
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 Let's look back a few years: When the first Porsche appeared in 1948, it was little more than a hotted-up VW beautified by a streamlined coupe body—made of aluminum at that time—produced in very small numbers in very small workshops at Gmund in Austria. The 1131-cc, air-cooled flat-4 engine had been talked into producing 40 bhp, the transmission incorporated that remarkably solid crash box good for a) delightfully professional, doubleclutched changes, or b) changes without any use of the clutch, or c) the production of horrible noises without apparent ill effects, and the brakes used the original small VW drums. Top speed was around 87 mph, and the car soon got a reputation for "difficult" cornering because of a strong addiction to oversteer. To the surprise of many, this modest theme—just like that of the VW itself—proved capable of fantastic development. After Porsche had returned to Stuttgart, large-scalc production methods were adopted, and numerous improvements made later models faster, quieter, more refined and led to better handling and reliability. |
Porsche Super 90 -356B
by porker • 08 Mar : 16:01
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 One of the many things Porsche owners boast about is their air cooling which "neither boils nor freezes." With a Porsche Super 90 to test in the middle of winter it seemed an excellent time to see if the car is really that docile in snowy surroundings-and incidentally whether the prospective S 90 owner could expect his bomb to perform on less violent days around a ski resort, for instance.The fact that a Porsche will out=handle, out-perform and one-up just about anything in its class is no news. |
Porsche Super 90
by porker • 08 Mar : 15:46
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 Twelve years of Porsche progress have been little short of remarkable. We have been fortunate enough to drive every new model including the new Carrera 2=liter, summer and winter, over the twisting high= ways of Europe—and the Super 90 is the best yet. Current production concentrates on the 6ohp Normal, 75hp Super and the 90hp Super 90. The 130 horse Carrera 2liter GS is being built at the present time. Only 200 of them will be produced in Zuffenhausen. So the Super 90 is the most powerful in series production. Horsepower ratings, incidentally, are German DIN roughly equivalent to 70, 83 and 105 bhp respectively. |
Porsche Boxster RS 60 Spyder Limited Edition
by porker • 05 Mar : 15:31
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 Boxster RS 60 Spyder Limited Edition built to honor Porsche's 1960 win at the 12 Hours of Sebring in the Type 718 RS. It features a six-cylinder engine pumping out 303-hp, sport exhaust, 19-inch Porsche SportDesign alloy rims, GT Silver Metallic paint job, Carrera Red interior, a new front spoiler. Only 1960 made available worldwide. |
Porsche 718 RS 60 / 61
by porker • 05 Mar : 15:27
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 For the 1960 season the FIA made changes to the regulation regarding the windscreen and cockpit size. These rules changes together with a larger (1.6 litre) Type 547/3 engine, developing 160 horsepower (120 kW) and a new double wishbone rear suspension brought about the RS 60 model. The RS 60 brought Porsche victory at the 1960 12 Hours of Sebring with a car driven by Hans Herrmann andOlivier Gendebien. 1960 also saw Porsche win the Targa Florio with Hans Herrmann being joined on the winnner podium by Jo Bonnier and Graham Hill. The RS 60 also ensured that Porsche successfully defended their European Hill Climb Championship for the third year in a row. After 50 years passed, Porsche manufactured limited series of 1960 cars and named it Boxster RS60 to celebrate legendary RS60 victories of last century. |
Porsche 718 open cockpit racing car
by porker • 05 Mar : 15:06
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 The Porsche 718 was built by Porsche 1957-1962. It was a development of the Porsche 550A with improvements to the body work and suspension. The new front frame resembled the letter K and this lead to the car being referred to as the RSK. It had a mid-engined layout and used the Type 547/3 1.5 litre quad cam engine (142 horsepower (106 kW)) which was first introduced in the 550A. The car made its racing debut at the 1957 24 Hours of Le Mans driven by Umberto Maglioli and Edgar Barth. The car failed to finish the race due to an accident. |
Porsche 360 Cisitalia "E Type"
by porker • 05 Mar : 14:02
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 "Consorzio Industriale Sportive Italia" ordered this racing car from Porsche and it was intoruced in 1949. The car was commissioned by Piero Dusio in 1946. Dusio paid a large sum of money up front, part of which was used to free Ferdinand Porsche from the French prison in which he was being held effectively for ransom. Dusio gave Porsche only 16 months to complete the car which proved too short a time to sort out the advanced design. |
Porsche 356 brochure (1953)
by porker • 04 Mar : 15:05
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 Original Porsche 356 brochure of 1953 text. You can also download the brochure itself in TBP downloads section. 8 pages of text and photos, including Porsche history facts and biographies.Porsche Model 356 - this car embodies the sum of all the technical experience gained by Prof. Porsche and his cooperators. The saying goes that it looks like a racing car, it is so low, like a panther crouched to spring. There is a lot of truth in this opinion. It is an elegant and comfortable passenger car bearing the Porsche countenance that has remained fresh in the memory of auto racing fans the world over, for 20 years. |
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