Daily Drive: Massive vintage Porsche collection set for auction

HOME   |   CAR NEWS   |   CAR REVIEWS   |   RACING   |   AUTO SHOWS   |   VIDEOS   |   COLLECTOR   |   SUBSCRIBE Monday, August 12, 2013                  A few of the many Porsches for sale.... Vintage Porsche 911s, 912s and 356s to cross the block Aug. 24 Porschephiles: This is your time to buy, this is your best chance to get in the game, this is your nirvana. On Aug. 24, a collection of nearly 200 squashed Beetles from Stuttgart are going on sale through Anglia Car Auctions in Kings Lynn, England. The collection is made up of barn finds, projects and completely restored cars, and vehicles will be sold by the handful over the next year or so....   Explore the earliest automaker websites The years before the dawn of the New Millennium added up to one singularly fascinating, exciting era. Personal computers existed. The Y2K Bug was seen as a grave threat to civilization (remember that?). Pets.com was still believed to be a viable enterprise. Perhaps coincidentally, so was...   2013 Audi Q5 3.0 TFSI Premium Plus review notes ASSOCIATE EDITOR GRAHAM KOZAK: Automakers enjoy using words like “powerful,” “athletic” and “muscular” to describe their offerings. The less-flattering “bulky” rarely makes the list, but it's how I'd describe the big, heavy   Rear-wheel drive Hyundai sport sedan in the works for 2016 Hyundai has been building out its vehicle lineup with new nameplates and eye-catching redesigns of existing products since 2010. Now that it fields an entry in most major vehicle segments, with the exception...   Land Rover testing electric Defender 110 pickup Land Rover has begun testing an electric version of the Land Rover Defender first shown at the 2012 Geneva motor show. The electric Defender prototype ...   Honda Civic Tourer shown ahead of Frankfurt motor show reveal Honda has shown its new Civic Tourer just ahead of its reveal at the Frankfurt motor show in September. Designed by Honda's European design studios, the Civic Tourer is...   Honda trying to save the drive-in theater High-def television, rated at 1080 lines of resolution, is now the standard across the board in broadcasting. 3D is advancing quickly and 4K Ultra HD is on its way. Unfortunately distribution of 35mm film, the old standard, is slated to close at the end of this year. Honda must be feeling a little...   Tyler Clem debuts in an 805-hp sprint car -- at age 11 The summer of bad news for sprint cars began May 24, with the death of 22-year-old Josh Burton in a crash at Bloomington Speedway in Indiana. It continued on June 12 with the death of Jason Leffler at Bridgesport Speedway in New Jersey, four days after Leffler, 37, raced in the NASCAR Sprint Cup...   One Lap of the Web: Nine cars you'll drive in hell, airbag watermelon destruction and luxury, Soviet-style -- After carefully weighing the options, Motor Authority has arrived at a list of the nine cars you'll drive in hell. The   Mercedes B-class fuel-cell drivers tell all We met in a Los Angeles gas station, directly under the landing lights of LAX's south runway, our conversation interrupted regularly by the Prattt & Whitney thrust of 757s and Super 80s. We could easily be the main characters in an espionage thriller, handing off secret documents at great personal...   Jean-Eric Vergne claims he’s a better Formula One choice for Red Bull than teammate Daniel Ricciardo Jean-Eric Vergne, reportedly overlooked for the 2014 Red Bull Formula One seat that will be vacated by Mark Webber next season, claims he has done a better job than Daniel Ricciardo this year. The Frenchman conceded recently that the world... You May Have Missed...   Kyle Busch survives late restarts to win NASCAR Cup race at Watkins Glen: Brad Keselowski finishes second as Busch wins for third time this season The third time may have been the charm for Kyle Busch, but it was a jinx for pole winner Marcos Ambrose. Having surrendered the lead late in the last two NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races at Watkins Glen International, Busch reversed the trend Sunday in winning the Cheez-It 355 at the 2.45-mile road...   Luhr, Graf continue ALMS dominance for Muscle Milk; Viper wins in GT at Road America Lucas Luhr and Klaus Graf rolled to their fifth consecutive American Le Mans Series victory on Sunday at Road America in Elkhart Lake, Wis., holding on after a surprisingly strong challenge by the DeltaWing LM12 in its best showing to date.The race featured a pair of ALMS milestones. The DeltaWing...   Jeff Gordon's NASCAR Chase chances take a hit at Watkins Glen Fighting a car whose handling wasn't to his liking, Jeff Gordon wrecked near the end of the esses on lap 14 of the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at Watkins Glen on Sunday and put his chances of qualifying for the Chase in serious jeopardy."It's unfortunate," said the four-time champion, who fell...   Short-Track Roundup: Donny Schatz continues Knoxville Nationals dominance Donny Schatz did it again. The five-time World of Outlaws STP Sprint Car Series champion won the 53rd annual Knoxville Nationals Saturday night at Iowa's Knoxville Raceway. It was the seventh time in the last eight years and the third consecutive year that Schatz won the most important sprint car...   Mercedes F1 driver Nico Rosberg says pulling the plug on 2013 a tough call More wins in 2013, or the 2014 title? Driver Nico Rosberg is can see both sides of the question about how Mercedes should tackle the second half of the 2013 Formula One season. The German has won two races in the ever-improving Mercedes so far this year, while his teammate Lewis Hamilton won the... CLICK HERE TO UNSUBSCRIBE from the Autoweek Daily Drive E-mail or to sign up for other Autoweek e-mail products. IMPORTANT: Please add Autoweek.com to your E-mail Address Book to ensure you will continue to receive our newsletters. Please DO NOT reply to this e-mail. You will not receive a reply if you use this e-mail address. Crain Communications, 1155 Gratiot Ave. Detroit, MI 48207.