It’s not often that Patrick Long has time to relax. The three-time ALMS GT2 Driver’s Champion and Le Mans winner is Porsche’s only American Factory Driver. When at the Porsche Sport Driving School at Barber Motorsports Park in Alabama, Patrick took the opportunity to help fellow Porsche driver Hurley Haywood with one of his morning routines: Fetching a cup of coffee as fast as possible.
The McLaren MP4-12C has just arrived in North America. Watch as they take the streets for the first time. Turn the volume up to get the full experience.
Our newest project kicks off in 2012: TangentVector is the new team behind YouTubes featured automotive channel. Drive celebrates the culture of cars. On the road, to the races, to the factories, to the studios — to the places you can’t go. Cars may be something you need, but drive with us and you’ll never look at them the same way again.
Watch as Porsche engineers rigorously test the all-new 2012 Carrera 911 in South Africa and the Arctic Circle. Our engineers took the car on the most demanding road trips imaginable while in the most punishing of climates. They pushed the test vehicles to operating extreme months before the cars global debut. Why? To guarantee that the seventh-generation 2012 Carrera 911 will perform to Porsche Standards on the German Autobahn, interstate highway in the U.S. and anywhere else a car’s owner might be.
The most ambitious engineering project the world has ever seen, the space shuttle has inspired many to go places they otherwise wouldn’t have gone. That includes Aprilia USA, which pays tribute to the brave men and women who made the shuttle possible as its last ever launch approaches. Crossing performance boundaries never thought possible and forging new frontiers in innovation, making and racing motorcycles wouldn’t be entirely alien to the people that created a bridge between earth and space.
Porsche Cars North America held an internal contest to send seven employees to accompany American LeMans champion, Melanie Snow to the Carrera World Cup race at the Nurburgring.
The Aprilia RSV4 Factory APRC SE uses the most sophisticated set of performance-enhancing electronics ever fitted to a road legal motorcycle. The Nissan GT-R similarly relies on revolutionary electronic driver aids to set lap records the world over. But, which vehicle is faster, bike or car? Both vehicles in this race are completely stock down to the tires and piloted by professional racers. Lap times are real.
Aprilia Performance Ride Control is the most sophisticated set of performance-enhancing electronics yet fitted to a road-legal motorcycle. Very similar to the system Max Biaggi used to win the 2010 SBK World Championship, the 2011 Aprilia RSV4 Factory APRC SE incorporates launch control, wheelie control, traction control and quickshift. All together, those systems give Aprilia riders more control, enabling them to ride faster, safer.
The Porsche Sport Driving School – USA isn’t just for novices, and it isn’t just for veteran drivers either; it’s for anyone with a love of performance vehicles and a desire to learn something new and exciting.
Two minute promotional spot produced for Porsche Cars North America.
Chef Angelo Sosa from the hit TV show Top Chef cooks a healthy driver’s meal for Porsche Works Driver Patrick Long.
Two minute promotional spot for Lexus IS Precision Tour, customer event Fontana California.
Gotham Dream Cars is New York & Miami’s premier exotic car rental company featuring “ultra-exotic” and luxury vehicles from the most exclusive manufacturers in the world.
This week-end’s Daytona edition ended with yet another victory for Porsche. A pair of 911 GT3 Cup cars scored a double win in GT. Learn more about the special relationship between Daytona and the 911 in this video.
Michael Mauer discussed his newly designed 918 RSR, Porsche’s 918 based race car with proven flywheel technology from the GT3 R Hybrid. Revealed at the North American International Auto Show, Jan 2010.
The Porsche Carrera GTS in Palm Springs California on the international press drive. Jörg Bergmeister compares the new Carrera GTS to his Flying Lizard GT3 RSR, referencing how the technology and refinement found on the racetrack trickles down to the production cars.
The new Porsche Cayman R World Debut from the 2010 Los Angeles Auto Show.
New footage of Jeff in one of his shakedown runs in the 911 GT3 in preparation for his record setting Pike’s Peak hillclimb. »
In the first annual “Drift With The Supercars” at New York’s Monticello Motor Club, an impressive variety of expensive cars turned up for an outrageous tire-smoking competition. »
Porsche’s racing laboratory, the 911 GT3 R Hybrid, with 24 Hours of Le Mans champions Timo Bernhard/Mike Rockenfeller (both Germany) and Romain Dumas (France) aboard, was the 18th best finisher in a starting field of 41 cars. »
Porsche Cars North America, Inc., is taking the stress out of Fashion Week with its own unique style statements – the 2011 Porsche Panamera and Porsche Cayenne. Beginning Sept. 9, Porsche chauffeurs are whisking busy models from the iconic white tents at Lincoln Center to the Smartwater Model Lounge at Gansevoort Park Avenue South. Along the way, models can strike a pose of utter relaxation in Porsche’s spacious ‘sports car for four,’ the Panamera — or kick off their stilettos in the equally sporty 2011 Porsche Cayenne.
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This is the third installment of the Aprilia “Winning is…” series, focusing on Aprilia’s RSV4 failed efforts to create art with its race-inspired bike. »
Patrick Long gets behind the wheel of a 1960 Porsche 356B 2000 GS Carrera GT and drives on the world famous back roads of Monterey California. »
Monterey California, August 2010: The Porsche 918 Spyder Hybrid made its driving debut on a closed road in Monterey California »
A Typical Day at Monticello Motor Club as Lexus drives their new LFA supercar and Porsche Works Driver Patrick Long tests the JLowe Porsche GT3 Cup. »
