Current Issue - Porsche Club News - Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG

Dear Friends of Porsche Club News,

An unusual year is behind us – but perspectives seem to change and give us the confidence that some aspects of our lives could return to normal in the course of season 2021.

During this difficult time we saw the Clubs buck the trend with creative ideas, and withstand the general lockdown – both physically and mentally – by generating a wealth of new ideas, unusual activities and enormous vigour.

The much-quoted mantra: “The Clubs keep the Porsche flag flying” has proved impressively true during last year, once again, though this time probably more so than ever before. The Clubs demonstrated what people are capable of achieving in a strong, positive community that is prepared to take on social responsibility. This is what the spirit of the Porsche Clubs is all about.

Dear friends from the Club world, loyal Porsche Club News readers: keep on staying healthy, take care of yourselves and your loved ones. Keep your spirit alive! Enthusiasm, courage, determination, passion and responsibility: with these attributes that are so typical of the Clubs, we will continue to endure this test with flying colours.

Your Porsche Club News Online

News

“Porsche Clubs are the way into the future”

Interview with Sebastian Mertke, Manager Global Community Management

Our offer especially for Porsche Clubs: the Porsche Track Tour

Exclusive and individualised Club Events with perfect motorsport-flaired Porsche set-up

“My heart belongs to the Porsche Clubs”

After 15 years in Club Coordination and Porsche Community Management, Sandra Siegloch is moving into the area of brand management as she takes over as Head of Sponsoring & Partnering at Porsche AG. The end of an era.

Together with Porsche Club News she looks back at wonderful moments, personal highlights and the successful development of the Club community to a close-knit worldwide Club family.

World premiere of the Cross Turismo: the all-rounder among electric sports cars

Porsche drives forward electric offensive with new variant of the Taycan

Changes at Porsche Community Management: the turning point of an era.

After almost 15 years of working for the Porsche Clubs worldwide, Sandra Siegloch takes over the management of Sponsoring & Partnering at Porsche AG. In our video message, Sandra Siegloch together with Ragnar Schulte, Director Experiential Marketing, once again addresses “her” Porsche Clubs with a farewell.

Porsche 911 GT3 with Motorsport expertise

High-performance sports car with sports suspension and highly efficient aerodynamics

60+1

It’s almost a year since Club President Frank Mischlich had to cancel the anniversary event of the Porsche Club Nürburgring due to the coronavirus. Now the new date has been finalised: 9-10 October 2021, coinciding with the final weekend of the German Endurance Championship.

Limited-edition anniversary model: Boxster 25 Years

Porsche pays homage to the 1993 Boxster concept car

Porsche is celebrating the 25th birthday of its roadster family with a special anniversary model: the Boxster 25 Years.

The people – and thinking – behind the Boxster

Out of the crisis with a brilliant idea

The Porsche Boxster concept resulted from a change in strategy – 25 years on it remains one of the company’s.

The Boxster sports car concept Trendsetting design and clever detailed solutions

In 1993, the Porsche Boxster faced its first and biggest test: the public unveiling of the concept car at the Detroit Motor Show.

Calling all Club sim racers

Invitation of Porsche Club Great Britain and Porsche Club of America for the second Club sim racing challenge

Become a Pro.

Porsche Sim Racing Experience: The new Porsche Racing Experience programme

Out and about with “Roads” – because driving in a group is the most spectacular way to travel

With “Roads”, Porsche drivers can record their routes and share their trips with the community. Or they can use the app to arrange joint excursions with other Porsche enthusiasts – with the new “Tours” function.

Magic Places: Gmünd – Where everything began

The first sports car going by the name of Porsche was built in the middle of green pastures and forests – in Gmünd in the Austrian state of Carinthia. In difficult times, Ferry Porsche pursued a dream, thus sparking a success story.

United against the coronavirus: Clubs become a community

Club life is also suffering as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. But Porsche Clubs have not let this stop them – and have started numerous activities which clearly demonstrate that the Porsche community is also incredibly creative online. And that it is also united.

Porsche Experience Center Hockenheimring: Accelerate Legends

A very special day with the legend of your choice awaits you: Learn how to tame the power of the Carrera GT or 918 Spyder.

Porsche GT Trackday

You are aiming for the challenge, you want to explore your Porsche in its natural element? Take your Porsche GT street or race vehicle to the max – and your racing pulse, too.

Porsche Adventure Experience

Namibia – Fascinating Expanses.

Wilderness, desert and impressive moonscapes. Are you ready for the African adventure? In addition to exhilarating drives in a Porsche Cayenne, a varied programme of supporting events awaits you.

Porsche Track Experience

Precision – Getting Started Safely.

Time to look forward to your first sporting challenge: Precision. For pure driving pleasure and maximum safety at the wheel – on selected training grounds. Are you ready to get started?

Porsche Ice Experience

Sleep. Drift. Repeat. Ready for 2022.

The indescribable anticipation of adrenaline-charged drifts. Join the interest list today and be ready to book your winter training when it becomes available. Finland's ice tracks are waiting!

Tracktime Special for Porsche Clubs

25 percent rebate on all courses of the PEC Hockenheimring for Porsche Club Tracktime Specials and Club events

Porsche Travel Experience

25 Years Full of Unforgettable Moments.

Exclusive journeys and impressive sports car performance. Discover the variety of programmes on offer for 2021 and celebrate a special anniversary year with the Porsche Travel Experience.

Porsche Track Experience

On the Ideal Line Towards 2021.

Your first sporting challenge on the racetrack or a step towards motorsport. The 2021 season promises maximum driving pleasure and learning success. Secure your preferred training now.

Porsche Ice Experience

The Most Beautiful Moments of Winter.

Share your greatest memories with the Porsche Ice Experience. And look forward to the 2022 season with anticipation and excitement – together with countless Porsche enthusiasts from all over the world.

Porsche Travel Experience

Southern Spain – Bienvenido a Andalucía.

Culture, curves, culinary delights – Andalusia is a true eldorado for connoisseurs. Explore famous cities and idyllic provinces in a Porsche, igniting your senses just like the fiery flamenco.

News from Porsche Motorsport

Renewal of the agreement between Porsche Motorsport and Stand 21

Already 15 years of continuous and successful operation of Stand 21’s exclusive worldwide Porsche Motorsport license.

Christmas is coming to town.

Share and give away special moments.

With the Porsche Drive Rental Voucher.

Let the eyes of your beloved ones shine with a Voucher from Porsche Drive Rental. With the matching Porsche Drive Rental gift box, you can perfectly give away and share joy.

Porsche Classic

ORIGINALE 06 – the first series is complete.

Each genuine part has its own exciting story to tell: Discover the latest topics of Porsche Classic. ORIGINALE 06 is available at your Porsche Partner in limited quantities.

Porsche Drive Rental

Experience driving pleasure with the current Porsche model range in Germany, Switzerland, France, USA and Canada. Enjoy also an exclusive discount of 10% as a Porsche Club member on all Porsche Drive Rental rates at selected locations.

Porsche 4Kids as a welcome distraction

Porsche guarantees to stop the kids becoming bored at home

Car care products of sports car standard.

The White Edition car care case.

Special cars deserve special attention. Therefore, Porsche Tequipment has developed a high-quality car care range that offers a wide selection of products for protecting and maintaining your vehicle.

Porsche Drive

Experience driving pleasure with the current Porsche model range in Germany, Switzerland, France, Japan, USA and Canada. Enjoy also an exclusive discount of 10% as a Porsche Club member on all Porsche Drive rates.

Porsche Classic

ORIGINALE 05 – the new Porsche Classic catalogue is here.

Read the exciting background stories about our parts, types and technology. ORIGINALE 05 is available at your Porsche Classic Partner or your Porsche Centre in limited quantities.

Porsche Exclusive Manufaktur

Create something unique.

Design your Porsche the way you like it. Be inspired by the new Macan in volcano grey metallic with the sportdesign package painted in black (high-gloss).

Learn more

Porsche Online Shop

Important things are protected.

For example, your Porsche is covered by a car cover. And your iPhone 8, iPhone 8 Plus and iPhone X with these Porsche Cases. Perfect ﬁ t. Athletic. Shapely. Timeless.

Shop now

Porsche Approved Pre-Owned Cars

We are convinced of the quality of our pre-owned cars. This is why the Porsche Approved Warranty provides you with a comparable level of reassurance as our new car warranty.

Porsche Approved Warranty

The Porsche Approved Warranty covers all components of your Porsche and offers the same level of service as our new car warranty.

Porsche Genuine Parts

High performance is in our DNA.
And in every Porsche Genuine Part.

Porsche Passion: Leonard Zechiedrich

“I build them, and I drive them.”

Porsche Club of America member at a young age, President of the PCA White River Region in Arkansas and founder of the second-largest annual PCA Porsche event, the “PCA Palooza”. And not least a dedicated enthusiast of early air-cooled 911s. Leonard Zechiedrich’s life is all about Porsche and Porsche passion. “There is no single day without Porsche,” says the American. “My life is Porsche.”

80/80

Ottocar is an old-school gentleman driver. And a collector whose passion for cars has cemented his loyalty to the Porsche brand for decades. The Austrian Porsche Club member has owned 80 Porsche cars during his life as a collector. He collected his 80th car, a latest-generation Boxster Spyder, from Zuffenhausen together with Porsche Community Management on the occasion of his 80th birthday.

Death is always on board

Lauda, Linge, Clausecker and the ONS mobile track marshalling crew

Hans Clausecker was one of the first drivers in the ONS mobile track marshalling crew established by Herbert Linge in 1973. Over the course of 15 years, the old Porsche hand experienced many tragic moments, but was also right in the middle of the motorsport action, and learned a great deal about camaraderie, racing and legendary race tracks.

Proudly bearing the Porsche Crest

A Porsche bicycle adventure on the 184.5-mile C&O Canal Towpath from Washington, DC to Cumberland, Maryland, USA.

Bernard Blouin – Factory collection in difficult times

This factory collection made a lifelong dream come true for the member of the Canadian Rennsport Region. “My dream, as a lifelong Porsche enthusiast, was to pick up a Porsche that has been customised according to my specifications from where it was actually built.” After all, it was quite a brave undertaking in the middle of the coronavirus pandemic.

Club moments: roads back to normal

The coronavirus pandemic has meant one thing above all for Porsche Clubs worldwide: having to forego many things that make up Club life. But in some places, creative Clubs have shown how it is possible to return to normality step-by-step and mile-by-mile in spite of the need to keep your distance.

Club Moments: Porsche Rennbow – The Fascination of Colours

“Rennbow” is the colour database of the Porsche Club of America (PCA). Here, Porsche enthusiasts from the US collect all the paint finishes of Porsche models from 1950 to 2020 – a fascinating play of colors.

At home in the Green Hell

It is both revered and feared. It characterises the Eifel region and its people. Its Nordschleife tells stories of tears, victories, defeats and triumphs. The Nürburgring is called the “Green Hell” for a good reason. But the people at the Ring also shape the stories of the legendary race track. They carry the Ring in their hearts and the Ring is an integral part of their lives. Here's to the Porsche Club Nürburgring on its 60th anniversary.

“The Diamond is on fire”

A man from Upper Palatinate in Leipzig: Christian Hartinger has been President of the Porsche Club Leipzig for two years. His motto: “The Club must be alive”.

A Club portrait on the occasion of its anniversary.

A year for celebration — despite the coronavirus pandemic

Numerous Porsche Clubs are celebrating their anniversaries this year. However, several celebrations had to be cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic. But the Clubs will not let this get them down. Because one thing is certain: there is a Club life both during and after Covid-19.

“We are a big Club in small places“

The Porsche Club Norge is celebrating its fortieth anniversary. A profile.

Club Racer

At 16 years of age, Mateo Llarena Rosenthal is the youngest racing driver in Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup history. And what is more: Mateo is an enthusiastic member of the Porsche Club Guatemala.

Porsche Community Management’s Mathias Menner welcomed Mateo to the nucleus of Porsche’s world and made a very special wish come true for the young racing driver: a personal tour of the museum and a visit to Porsche Collection’s non-public vehicle storage facility.

The international Club world is diverse and unique. You can write about your trips, anniversaries and Club events in the “Porsche Clubs report for Clubs” section. If you upload a report to Porsche Club News and wish to share it with the Porsche Club Community, write to us at contact@porscheclubnews.com.

Porsche Live

May 2021

Porsche Club Online

Porsche Community Management

Porsche Club Addresses

Porsche Classic Clubs

porsche.com

News

“Porsche Clubs are the way into the future”

Our offer especially for Porsche Clubs: the Porsche Track Tour

“My heart belongs to the Porsche Clubs”

World premiere of the Cross Turismo: the all-rounder among electric sports cars

Changes at Porsche Community Management: the turning point of an era.

Porsche 911 GT3 with Motorsport expertise

60+1

Limited-edition anniversary model: Boxster 25 Years

The people – and thinking – behind the Boxster

The Boxster sports car concept Trendsetting design and clever detailed solutions

Calling all Club sim racers

Become a Pro.

Out and about with “Roads” – because driving in a group is the most spectacular way to travel

Magic Places: Gmünd – Where everything began

United against the coronavirus: Clubs become a community

Info

Porsche Experience Center Hockenheimring: Accelerate Legends

Porsche GT Trackday

Porsche Adventure Experience

Porsche Track Experience

Porsche Ice Experience

Tracktime Special for Porsche Clubs

Porsche Travel Experience

Porsche Track Experience

Porsche Ice Experience

Porsche Travel Experience

News from Porsche Motorsport

Christmas is coming to town.

Porsche Classic

Porsche Drive Rental

Porsche 4Kids as a welcome distraction

Car care products of sports car standard.

Porsche Drive

Porsche Classic

Porsche Exclusive Manufaktur

Porsche Online Shop

Porsche Approved Pre-Owned Cars

Porsche Approved Warranty

Porsche Genuine Parts

Reports

Porsche Passion: Leonard Zechiedrich

80/80

Death is always on board

Proudly bearing the Porsche Crest

Bernard Blouin – Factory collection in difficult times

Club moments: roads back to normal

Club Moments: Porsche Rennbow – The Fascination of Colours

At home in the Green Hell

“The Diamond is on fire”

A year for celebration — despite the coronavirus pandemic

“We are a big Club in small places“

Club Racer

Porsche Live

May 2021

Porsche Club Online