Yearly Archives: 2013

A non-mainstream car like the +Porsche 911 doesn't stick around for fifty years…

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A non-mainstream car like the +Porsche 911 doesn't stick around for fifty years without a lot of passionate people behind it

Fortunately the +Ford Motor Company Mustang has also had equally passionate people to keep it alive through many trying times. 

How an American saved the Porsche 911 from extinction
Peter Schutz was the first American to hold the CEO title at Porsche. He’s also the reason the 911 still exists today. Read the incredible story of how he saved Porsche from making a mistake that would have haunted the company forever.

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Freeman Thomas was fortunate to get a strong start to his automotive life

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Freeman Thomas was fortunate to get a strong start to his automotive life

Growing up as a childhood friend of Jeff Zwart is a good way to get started. I've been lucky enough to get to know a lot of fascinating people in the auto business over the past 23 years and I've interviewed Thomas twice.
http://www.autoblog.com/2007/07/12/freeman-thomas-ford-never-planned-to-build-the-interceptor/
http://www.autoblog.com/2010/04/23/beijing-2010-ford-start-concept/

Where passion meets profession: Designing the Porsche 911
Freeman Thomas is an American car designer who worked for both Porsche and Ford and also co-founded R-Gruppe. Here, he discusses work with the Porsche 911, and the effect it had on shaping his life.

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I learned at the wheel of a '73 +Dodge Dart and a 81 +Honda Civic but fortunately…

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I learned at the wheel of a '73 +Dodge Dart and a 81 +Honda Civic but fortunately emerged without being scarred for life

Jeff Zwart was very fortunate when it came to his parent's taste in cars. To my parents, a car was simply an appliance.

Learning to drive in the 35th Porsche 911 ever built
Pikes Peak record holder and professional filmmaker Jeff Zwart talks about the profound effect that learning to drive in a Porsche 901 had on him.

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Can you ever have too many great hot hatches? I think not

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Can you ever have too many great hot hatches? I think not

The Case for a New Focus RS is Strong
While America has always been deprived of the hottest Focus, and the world has been deprived of anything more hopped up than the current Focus ST, it seems that both of those issues may be at an end. Focus RS coming soon? Here’s Hoping.


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It's long past time for copyright to be dramatically scaled back 1

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A five-minute video recorded on the International Space Station had the potential to create a tangled web of intellectual-property issues. How does copyright work in space? http://bit.ly/197x7GO

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