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“High-Speed Chase through Downtown Aachen!” proclaimed the headline in the Aachener Nachrichten on December 15, 1951: a Porsche 356 from the German customs investigation authority dramatically pursued an Opel Kapitän through the West German border town.

Woodstock, Concorde, moon landing: in 1969 not even the sky is the limit anymore. Many western societies are shaking off the old to make way for new endeavors. With the 917 and the 914, Porsche presents two cars that could hardly be more different. How did it all come to pass?

Fifty years ago Porsche brought the mid-engine from the racetrack to series production with the 914. The latest incarnations of the engine in front of the rear axle include the Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 and the 718 Boxster Spyder.

The world’s first car race started in Paris 125 years ago.

In December of 2019 Neel Jani will enter the first Formula E race in Porsche’s history.

Then as now, it’s about the future of motorsports.

With the new 911 Speedster, Porsche is presenting a Heritage Design package—the first in a series of iconic design options for the sports cars of today and of the future.

The Editorial for Issue 390 of Christophorus.

The members of the R Gruppe in California have been indulging their special passion for Porsche for twenty years—and neither the weather nor other people’s opinions make a shred of difference.

This Porsche 911 first touched American soil in Florida, where it’s now on display in a museum. It also wrote history in that state as the first 911 to win a major international circuit race: the GT class in the 1966 running of the 24 Hours of Daytona.

There’s no instruction manual for getting started in the world of motorsports. Karting is one possibility. The Porsche Racing Experience is another.