Your PCA e-Brake News June 2018 Recap

Published: Sun, 07/01/18

July 1, 2018

Dear e-Brake subscriber,

As you know, Porsche Club of America delivers e-Brake News to your inbox every Tuesday. This is the June monthly recap.

To the left, check out the June issue of Porsche Panorama. Scroll down to find a recap of the top five e-Brake News articles of the month.

As always, scroll to the bottom to vote for the Porsche of the Month, and to see May's winning photo.

1. Why the 986 Boxster is a Porsche that we should all be shopping for

PCA—The 986 Boxster is today’s 914. We have not-so-scientific proof: According to the Mart section of the September 1997 issue of Porsche Panorama (which incidentally, featured a brace of new 986 Boxsters on the cover), the price of a great then 20-year-old 914 was about $4,000 to $5,000. Adjusted for inflation, that figure becomes about $8,000 in 2018 money. Coincidentally, eight grand or so is about what a nice early Boxster will set you back today. But with the Boxster, you get over 200 horsepower, air-conditioning that will freeze you out, and heat that will more than keep your blood circulating on a sub-zero day. It’s an enormously underrated car that a lot of us should be looking at adding to our garages.

2. Five vastly underrated Porsches

PCA—Most people agree on what the undeniably great Porsches are—they gather crowds at Werks Reunion and enthusiastic bidders at fancy auctions. It’s the merits of the hidden gems of the Porsche world that are the bones of contention among enthusiasts. They’re often cars that were overshadowed by what came next or were underappreciated back in the day. Here are five Porsches that are much better cars than most people realize.

3. PCA Spotlight: How Akrapovič makes titanium exhaust systems

PCA—Today Akrapovič is known for making high-quality titanium exhaust systems for both cars and motorcycles, but it wasn't always so. The Slovenian company started with motorcycles in the early 1990s and didn't venture into systems for cars until the mid-2000s. It's first four-wheeled project? Making the 2008 Porsche 911 GT2 sound and perform as great as possible.

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4. Video: Driving Porsche's Mission E/Taycan Cross Turismo concept

PCA—Much has been written about Porsche's Mission E electric sedan concept (recently renamed Taycan), yet for all of the information about it floating around the internet, there's nothing like seeing the EV in action.

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5. The Best Looking 911 Won The 24 Hours Of Le Mans As Porsche Owns Both GT Classes

Jalopnik—Porsche celebrated its 70th anniversary this year with utter domination of both GT classes at the 24 Hours of Le Mans. Porsche’s beloved “pink pig” livery finally redeemed itself with a commanding win of LMGTE Pro, and that’s on top of the No. 77 Dempsey-Proton Racing Porsche 911 RSR winning the LMGTE Am class.

Griot's Garage partners with PCA for e-Brake Photo of the Week contest

PCA—We are excited to announce a new partnership with Griot's Garage for our Porsche Photo of the Week contest. Starting today, with the May monthly recap, winners will receive a Griot's Garage Concours Lawn Kit, a $99.99 value. We will also randomly award a PotW voter each month a PFM Speed Shine Kit, a $28.99 value. All you have to do is cast a vote for your favorite Porsche photo.

Vote for your favorite Porsche Photo of the Week

Each month, we will feature the Porsche of the Week photos from the previous month. Then we will tally the votes and crown a new Porsche of the Month winner. Starting with this monthly recap edition, PCA, in partnership with Griot's Garage, will be giving away a Concours Lawn Kit to contest winners and a PFM Speed Shine Kit to randomly selected voters.

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