Arquivos de Tag: Porsche

Porsche Mission S Maps a Permanent Mid Engine Path Above the 911

Porsche chose a pier in Queens for the world premiere of its Mission S vision model yesterday, a spot that once framed the earliest photographs of the 550 Spyder back in 1953. That deliberate return to a mid-engine layout sets the tone for a new super sports car platform that will sit permanently above the […]

How One Collector Commissioned the Only Stretch Limousine From a 1953 Porsche 356

John Dixon already owned a building full of Porsches when he decided his daughter’s wedding needed something more personal than a rented car. Around 2001 he asked Don Boeke, the Dayton customizer known as The Egyptian, to turn a tired 1953 Pre-A 356 into a four-door limousine. Boeke and his crew chopped and grafted components […]

Mike Lake Printed a $750,000 Porsche GT3 RS and Took It to Sydney

Mike Lake wanted a Porsche 992 GT3 RS and refused to wait for a lottery allocation or a secondhand bill north of $750,000 Australian ($535,000). He bought a tired 986 Boxster for about $13,000, drove two thousand kilometers to collect it, and set out to wrap that mid-engine roadster in a full-size printed replica. He […]