See, this is the type of oddity I come to Craigslist for. GM motors in German bodies. That sounds like sacrelige for both parties at first, but the reality is that the LS is a great motor in just about anything. That, and people have been swapping them into Porsche’s for years. Typically though you’ll […] More »

Last week we kicked off October by showing you seven generations of the Porsche 911 gathering to sing “Happy Birthday” with engine sounds. This week we’re showing you how they did it with a behind-the-scenes look at what it takes to make Porsches sing. Fun fact: “Happy Birthday to You” is the most well-known song in […] More »

This is another all-generation Porsche 911 gathering that will make your heart melt faster than a Kit Kat bar thrown onto a Palm Springs sidewalk in August, and will make your brain grin from cranial wall to cranial wall. Congregating all 911s from 1963 to 2013 is great and all, but getting the cars to […] More »

At 440 feet from top to water level, the Sydney Harbour Bridge, built from 1923 to 1932, is the world’s tallest steel-arch bridge. Out of respect for the landmark, I’m using the Australian spelling of “harbor”. In 2010 my daily commute involved a northbound drive across the Sydney Harbour Bridge in Holdens, Nissans, Škodas, Renaults and […] More »

Why do we appreciate the Porsche 911’s evolution? When we see those ads and posters where every 911 generation is parked in succession, why do we gaze hypnotically? Is it because we love the progress the 911’s evolution represents? In 1998 when the 996 came out, the brochures read, “Everything we know … so far.” […] More »

The Porsche 911 has been around half a century, and is exciting as ever. Part of that excitement stems from its evolutionary lineage. In this video, Auto Express test drives each example of 911 beginning at the first generation, and ending at the 996. We would have liked to see Owen Mildenhall take a spin in the […] More »

Time to jump in the Mystery Machine, Scooby! We spotted the Competition Motorsports Porsche 996 Pirelli GT3 Silver Cup Trophy race car piloted by Australian David Calvert-Jones turning laps on Long Beach’s road course. Calvert-Jones is a “gentleman racer” who left a successful career in private equity to become a helicopter movie pilot. He transitioned […] More »