I spent a large part of today in touch with friends in the US. Some positive feedback on the new Ferdinand artwork, and interesting discussions with potential Porsche 911 Carrera 3.0 buyers stateside. Anyway, while chatting over a few features coming up in Ferdinand Magazine, and a potential features trip to the US East Coast [...]
Car culture lost a favourite son last Friday, when the sad announcement came that Ferdinand Alexander Porsche had passed away. Ferdinand ‘Butzi’ was the eldest son of Ferdinand ‘Ferry’. Ferry once said: “We all have a desire to create something that will show we were here, and did something of value. To create something timeless.” [...]
I just got back from two days at Essen Techno Classica. I really enjoyed myself, but the show was a little disappointing compared to previous years in terms of the things I like to look at. One gap I felt in the show was the historic race cars: those Porsches and other cars that really [...]
Tomorrow morning, we drive from the UK to Essen for the 2012 Techno Classica. Porsche has just released details of a greatly increased AG presence at the event, which I’m really looking forward to seeing. Here’s their update: Porsche Classic will be exhibiting from 21- 25 March 2012 at the biggest Classic trade fair in [...]
Porsche legend, Hans Hermann, has been inducted into the Sebring Hall of Fame. Hermann’s award came this weekend, during the 2012 12 Hours of Sebring. 2012 was the 60th running of the historic half-day race, an event Hermann (seen above with Fangio and Karl Kling) won twice in his career. In 1960, he won at [...]