July 2010 Porsche Club News 3/10 PorschePorsche Club News 2/09 Porsche Club News 3/10 Editorial Dear Porsche Club members, Dear Porsche enthusiasts, Just a few weeks have passed since thanks for this on behalf of both myself my appointment as the new Sales and and my fellow board members. Marketing Director by the Supervisory Board of Porsche AG and I am de- We will continue to stoke the fire of your lighted that this role will involve a signi- passion for the company by building ficant degree of contact with the the hottest new Porsche sports cars Porsche Clubs. and inspiring our customers with elec- trifying ideas that crackle with origina- Over the past nine years, I have be- lity. Our new powerful and sporty mo- come well acquainted with the Porsche dels are a constant reflection of our Club scene in Germany through my commitment in this respect. attendance of numerous Club meetings and the Porsche Sports Cup in my Take the latest generation of the Cayenne function as Chairman of Porsche or the Porsche 911GT2 RS, which, with Deutschland GmbH. I have also been a an impressive 620 HP is the most power- member of Porsche Club Deutschland ful series-produced Porsche sports car myself for some time now. I am there- of all time. Both are extremely agile and fore very aware of the key role Porsche thanks to “Porsche Intelligent Perfor- Club members play for Porsche as mance” the best example for efficiency. brand ambassadors and exceptionally In addition to that, both cars are aesthe- Bernhard Maier loyal customers. The love of Porsche tically stunning and equally fascinating Club members for Porsche sports cars in their own way. indicates that a Porsche is something truly special. Each Porsche is built with As part of my new role, I am looking the same passion a good owner will in- forward to getting to know the inter- ject into caring for the vehicle. national Porsche Club scene and taking part in events around the world. I gai- Your enthusiasm and your personal ned a glimpse into the extensive world- with Porsche Club events that will pro- commitment to the Porsche brand is wide Porsche Club family at the Porsche vide living proof of the fascination inspi- not something that can be taken for Parade Europe in Vienna and I have to red by the Porsche brand around the granted, but it enjoys a long and extra- say I was overwhelmed by the vibrant world. ordinary tradition in the Porsche Club display of immaculately maintained scene. Porsche is incredibly proud to Porsche cars. The sea of Porsche mo- I wish you every success for all these be able to look back on almost 60 year- dels dating back to the very early days upcoming events, whether international s of unique Porsche Club history. A time of the company and the extensive array or regional, and hope that they will fuel which bases on a trusting alliance bet- of modern, high-performance Porsche many exciting conversations and good ween the company and our customers sports cars was a real treat even for times among like-minded Porsche en- and which has seen us share both good die-hard Porsche fans. thusiasts. and not-so-good times. Dear Porsche Club members, I would like to take this A glance on the 2010 Porsche Club Yours opportunity to express my sincere event calendar shows that it is packed Bernhard Maier 2 Porsche Club News 3/10 In-house business: Porsche Club News on the web: To make it easier for us to produce the Porsche Club News, we ask you to let us The latest Porsche Club News and the have your contributions by E-mail. Please attach text contributions as a Word file. We archived back issues from issue 1/99 prefer you to save your pictures in Tiff format, otherwise in JPEG format (minimum are available on the Internet at: resolution 300 dpi, at an actual size of at least 13 cm width, as RGB or CMYK). www.porsche.com Make sure there is no “pixelation” in the pictures and do not save the pictures as indexed colours (Web colour scale). We regret that we cannot process Word files or Powerpoint presentations containing embedded images to printable quality. Your editorial team Your team at Porsche Club Coordination: Sandra Mayr Tel.: +49 (0)711 911-7 80 14 E-mail: [email protected] Alexander E. Klein Tel.: +49 (0)711 911-7 89 67 E-mail: [email protected] Claudia Schäffner Tel.: +49 (0)711 911-7 83 97 E-mail: [email protected] Mathias Menner Tel.: +49 (0)711 911-7 83 07 E-mail: [email protected] Paul Gregor Tel.: +49 (0)711 911-7 89 68 E-mail: [email protected] Fax: +49 (0)711 911-7 89 89 Club E-mail: [email protected] Editorial: Photographic evidence: Closing Dates: Alexander E. Klein, Club Coordination Authors of the contributions Porsche AG Layout and design: Büro Linientreu Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche PC News 4/2010: 23/08/2010 Büro für Gestaltung, Stuttgart Aktiengesellschaft PC News 5/2010: 18/10/2010 Porschestr. 15 –19 D-71634 Ludwigsburg Publication dates: Germany 5 times a year www.porsche.com For U.S. only Dr. Ing. h.c. F. 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Porsche AG Created in Germany 3 3 Porsche Club News 3/10 Contents 1. News from Porsche AG page The new Porsche 911 GT2 RS – The most powerful street-legal Porsche model of all time 5 New drive variants – Porsche Cayenne roars to the starting line with efficient V6 petrol and diesel engines 7 2. Information exchange Porsche Tequipment – Black on white 10 Porsche Design Driver’s Selection – New event truck: A mobile shopping experience 11 Historic motorsports anniversary – Marking 40 years since the first Porsche victory at Le Mans 12 Command centre – The cockpit of the Porsche 918 Spyder 15 Porsche Travel Club – An Adventure Tour around Hamburg ⁄Sylt 16 Porsche Sport Driving School – G-force training at the Hockenheimring 17 Porsche number games – The number 386 18 3. Club Management The Club Management article can be downloaded by Club members who have access to the restricted area on the Club Homepage 4. News from the Club Coordination team Porsche Parade Europe 2010 – The Viennese spirit 26 Porsche Parade Japan 2010 – Parade in Suzuka 30 5. Reports Porsche Club Great Britain – “Modern Porsche Day” at the Porsche Experience Centre in Silverstone 32 Federazione Italiana Porsche Club – Meeting with Porsche Club Lithuania 34 Porsche Club Schwaben e.V. – Porsche Club Cup in Zandvoort 36 Porsche 356 Deutschland e.V. – 35th International Porsche 356 Meeting 38 Porsche Club 928 e.V. – Historic city of Trier transformed into a Porsche metropolis 41 6. An interview with Dr Heinz Rabe 44 4 Porsche Club News 3/10 1. News from Porsche AG The new Porsche 911 GT2 RS 620 highly efficient turbo HP: The most powerful street-legal Porsche of all time Ready for take-off: The new 911 GT2 RS is opening up a new universe The time: seven minutes and 18 sec- agile sports car featuring exceptional figures. This car can roar from 0 to 100 onds to complete the Nürburgring driving capabilities and exemplary km/h in 3.5 seconds, 0 to 200 km/h in Nordschleife. The power: 620 HP. The Porsche Intelligent Performance. In just 9.8 seconds and 0 to 300 km/h in weight: 1370 kilograms on the road in- spite of the additional power, fuel con- 28.9 seconds before reaching a top cluding all fluids. The car: the new sumption and CO2 emissions have speed of 330 km/h. Porsche 911 GT2 RS. The GT2 RS cele- been cut by around five percent to 11.9 brated its global debut at the Moscow l ⁄ 100 km and 284 g ⁄ km compared The high-performance sports car is International Motor Show on 25th of Au- with the 911 GT2. equipped with PCCB (Porsche Ceramic gust. The future top-range GT model Composite Brake) brakes, while the among all the “eleven” series is the The 3.6-litre, six-cylinder Boxer engine, sporty springs, active suspension man- most powerful and high-performance which is force-ventilated by two tur- agement system (PASM), stabilizers, series-produced sports car in the his- bochargers with variable turbine geom- engine mounts and stability manage- tory of Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG. etry (VTG) — unique to Porsche in con- ment system (PSM) specially designed Boasting 90 HP more power and 70 kg junction with petrol engines — drives for the RS ensure powerful longitudinal less weight than the 911 GT2, the the rear wheels via a six-speed manual and transverse dynamics.