Mat Watson of CarWow lined up the heaviest Porsche ever built against a Ferrari 296 GTS to settle a simple question. Does massive electric power beat a lighter hybrid supercar when the lights go green?
Porsche just opened a new door into factory-backed racing with the 911 Challenge, a track-only car built from the current 911 GT3 and priced at $275,000 including import and delivery to the United States. That figure lands well below the 911 GT4 R and the latest 911 Cup, which is why Porsche is calling it the most affordable competition car in its current lineup. The car is aimed at the 2027 season of Porsche one-make series and also at private track days later that year.
Porsche Cars Australia chose a landmark anniversary to create something that could only exist in this place. Seventy-five years after the brand first reached Australian shores in 1951, the company worked with its Sonderwunsch team, Style Porsche designers, and Sydney artist Werner Bronkhorst to produce a single 911 Turbo S. They named it the Land Down Under.
Photo credit: Al YAsid
London digital artist Al Yasid, who goes by al.yasid online and treats his work like a full design studio, decided the Toyota GR86 needed more bite. He started with a simple equation. Take the GR86, add the legendary Porsche 935, and the numbers land on 1,021. That bit of playful arithmetic produced a widebody CGI concept he calls the GRRR 1021.
Rare does not quite cover spotting a Porsche Carrera GT on the street. Only 1,270 left the Leipzig factory between 2003 and 2006. Roughly half of those reached American buyers. Most wear silver, black, or grey. A handful left in factory red. Almost none wear the deep, liquid fire of Ferrari’s Rosso Fuoco. One does, and it is about to cross the block at Mecum Monterey on August 15.