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  • Porsches in the Rain at Luftgekühlt

    Porsches in the Rain at Luftgekühlt

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    Mikey Snelgar
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    On Sunday morning I met up with Head Mechanist in Charge, Hedi Sersoub, to head to this year’s British Luftgekühlt, which is arguably the coolest and most confusingly named Porsche meet in the world. However, unfortunately, our chariot for the day was not the coolest thing in the world; a black Fiat 500. No, it…

  • Monday Money – Turbo Fried Egg

    Monday Money – Turbo Fried Egg

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    Hakim Driouche
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    ​ Coming to replace the 993 was no easy task, especially while changing an essential part of the engine architecture by discontinuing the air-cooled units for the more efficient water-cooled, which raised a lot of eyebrows at the time in the Porsche community. However, unbiased opinions recognised the benefits of the more modern engines even…