e-Brake News: Werks Reunion 2016 registration open: Featuring the water-cooled Porsches that started a revolution

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May 3, 2016
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PCA—Werks Reunion, the premier Porsche event during “Monterey Car Week,” is back on August 19. The concours and car show at Rancho Cañada Golf Club is free to spectators and will have a field of up to 1,000 Porsches, with 924/944/968 and 928 as the featured model ranges.
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Jalopnik—If you like old Porsches and the history of the 20th century, try to become friends with a chap called Dieter Landenberger. You can also ask him about the Porsche Museum’s latest project, the restoration of the 1980 Porsche 924 GTP Le Mans racer.

Porsche’s famous museum keeps around 100 cars on display at all times, but a few streets from there, they also have a “secret” warehouse with more than 300 prototypes, time capsules and other historic vehicles. In fact, why don’t you take a peek inside? They even have an Audi!
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Car and Driver—Porsche’s cars have always been expensive, and watching this early 1960s documentary on how the 356 was made, you get a sense of why. Things have been different since the Boxster was introduced 20 years ago, ushering in a leaner, more cost-effective manufacturing process, but Porsche’s earliest cars were truly handmade. Hence, the name of this documentary, Made By Hand.
 
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Oppositelock—About a week ago, I got an unexpected early morning message from a man I’d spoken to, but never met in person.

“Hey man, still interested in some early 944 fun/shooting?”

Now I don’t know about you, but when someone offers me a chance to spend some time with a vintage Porsche, I agree first, and ask questions later.
 
PCA—It's that time of year again folks: The Spring Member Only Raffle is now open! Members have a choice between the new 718 Boxster S or the Macan GTS should they buy a winning ticket. All entries submitted by the June 1 deadline will be accepted.
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PCA—Porsche Club of America's newest event, Treffen North America starts this September with Treffen Lake Tahoe, Sept. 7-11. The website is now live and contains the information about upcoming and future Treffen's. Registration dates will be announced in a future edition of e-Brake and on PCA social media.
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/Drive via YouTube—Has the new, turbocharged Porsche 911 Carrera changed everything, or just some of the things? The/DRIVE's Mike Spinelli heads to Mount Teide on the volcanic island of Tenerife to find out.
 
PCA—Phase 2: Event Registration: Event Registration is open to PCA members. Everyone attending Parade will need to participate in Phase 2 Event Registration to select their meals and activities for the week.

Refer to http://2016parade.pca.org for Jay Peak Resort registration details.
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Road & Track—Pop the bubbly and bust out the noisemakers—the Porsche Panamera Wagon is officially coming to America!
 
Jalopnik—Porsche has introduced the new Cayenne Platinum Edition.
Set to go on sale later this year, the Cayenne Platinum Edition features a modestly revised exterior with gloss black accents and 20-inch RS Spyder alloy wheels.
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/Drive via YouTube—This season, The Drive brought 11 of today's best performance cars to Thunderhill Raceway Park in Willows, CA for a group test and quick reviews. With contributors A.J. Baime, Matt Farah, Mike Guy, Mike Spinelli and Lawrence Ulrich. This week, It's the delicious Porsche Cayman GT4.
 
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Jalopnik—​​​​​​​The new 718 Boxster and Cayman models lose the wonderful naturally aspirated flat-six, but gain a pretty gnarly turbocharged boxer four. That means more power at a lower price. The configurator is up for both models; what does yours look like?
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Motorweek via YouTube—For the 911 fans who like their engines and their heads to be air-cooled.
 
The Truth About Cars—In 1936, Rosenberger first visited the United States and eventually emigrated there, changing his name to Alan Arthur Robert. He tried his luck looking for work in the auto industry in Detroit, but moved to California after failing to find opportunity in the Motor City.
 
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Road & Track—The Panamera certainly isn't be best-looking car Porsche currently makes, but it definitely sells well. In fact, it outsold both the Boxster and the Cayman last year. We already knew a second-generation Panamera is coming in a few years, but what if Porsche also offered a two-door version? And a convertible?
 
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Porsche via YouTube—Join two Porsche enthusiasts on the road to perfect vehicle control – a driving training with Porsche works driver Patrick Long. In our last episode, our two participants will put the knowledge they have gained and their driving skills to the test.
 
ABC News—Volkswagen's Porsche division has replaced a top vehicle development manager suspended since the start of the Volkswagen group's scandal over diesel cars rigged to cheat on emissions tests.
 
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Autoblog—Want to pick up a new Porsche from the factory? That's an option, but you have to fly out to Germany and then have your car shipped back Stateside. If that sounds like too much globetrotting, Porsche Cars North America is now offering the next best thing at its new US headquarters. It even includes some extras you don't get with factory delivery.
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Porsche—Porsche Cars North America, Inc. (PCNA), importer and distributor in the United States of Porsche 911, Boxster, and Cayman sports cars, Macan and Cayenne SUVs, and the Panamera four-door sports sedan line-up, today announced April 2016 sales of 5,410 vehicles, up 3.7 percent compared to April 2015.
 
Bloomberg—Porsche Automobil Holding SE, the investment vehicle of the billionaire family that controls Volkswagen AG, stuck to a goal of making acquisitions beyond the beleaguered carmaker, even as its dwindling cash on hand reduces the scope of possible transactions.
 
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Autoblog—Porsche may be arguably best known for its rear-engined sports cars, but it makes huge money today selling front-engined, all-wheel-drive crossovers. For certain, Porsche has made more than its fare share of mid-engined models as well, but four decades ago it started making a different type of sports car altogether.
 
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Racer—After winning the GT Daytona (GTD) class TOTAL Pole Award on Saturday at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca, Alex Riberas said, “Everybody tells me this is a Porsche track.”
 
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Motor Trend—Rumors about a Porsche 960 have been swirling around for a few years now, but a new report from CAR Magazine suggests the supercar is still on the table and will likely feature a flat-eight engine with variable compression ratio technology.
 
Automotive News—As the diesel emissions scandal roiled Volkswagen Group last autumn, Wolfgang Porsche -- the elder statesman of the clan that controls the automaker -- did what he does every autumn. He put on his boots, picked up his rifle, and went deer hunting near the half-timbered Austrian farmhouse where he spent his childhood.
 
PCA—Want to get published in PCA.org and e-Brake News and be part of the new, volunteer-fueled PCA Media Gruppe? Send us your original PCA or Porsche-related content and we'll consider it for publication. Contact Editor Damon Lowney at [email protected] with submissions and story ideas, and he will help with writing and editing as needed.
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Porsche of the Week
Photo by Dan Rock. Diablo Region. “I just returned from a round trip (Clayton, CA to Chicago, IL) in my 2013 Boxster. On the way back to California I had the opportunity to swing past the Bonneville Speedway and put the car out in the flats for some pictures. Hopefully you won't see too much bug juice. Truly an excellent road machine!”

Got a stunning shot you want to share? Submit your pictures to [email protected]. Be sure to include your contact information, your region name, and a few sentences about your picture.
 
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