Classic Porsche

The definitive celebration of Stuttgart’s air-cooled classics. Published by the same team that brings you the market-leading 911 & Porsche World magazine, Classic Porsche is the only magazine which exclusively covers air-cooled Porsches, from the earliest prototypes through five decades of stunning road and race cars. Every issue is packed full of showcase features focusing on standout examples from the Porsche back catalogue, as well as profiles and interviews with key Porsche personnel (including legendary racing drivers), rare archive photographs, event reports, owner stories, in-depth articles focusing on restorations, Porsche-specific technologies and much more. Classic Porsche is brought to you by a team dedicated to the scene — all Porsche owners, drivers and enthusiasts, making Classic Porsche a must-have title for anyone who shares the same passion for this prestigious marque. Guarantee your regular fix of air-cooled classics by subscribing to Classic Porsche and get each issue at a cost much lower than you’ll find on the newsstand. Classic Porsche is published ten times a year.

Classic Porsche

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TARGA SAGA • It’s one of the most amazing backdates to grace these pages for a very long time, although you’d be hard-pressed to guess this eye-popping 911 started life as a 964 Carrera 4 Targa...

LIVEWIRE • Our look at what’s happening in the wonderful world of air-cooled classics…

PRODUCTS • Hot new products for you and the precious air-cooled Porsche in your life…

ALEX MANOS • In the near future, electrification is likely to rule the roost in main dealer showrooms, but do battery electric sports cars promise to hold their values in the way classic Porsches have done in recent years? And what impact does an electric motoring future have on the values of the air-cooled sports cars we know and love?

NICE NICHE NOTCH • We never tire of the Reutter 356’s teardrop lines, but the Karmann notchback is even more of an eye-opener, especially when turned into a 356 GT by marque specialist, PR Services…

DAUER DECEPTION • One of the most colourful episodes in the history of a colourful company was Porsche’s thirteenth victory at the 24 Hours or Le Mans, occurring in 1994 with the racing version of a road car derived from a race car...

THRESH METAL • When Charlie Thresh bought his 911 T, it appeared to be in need of only light restoration. After the shell was shot-blasted, however, the car’s poor condition was fully revealed. Fast-forward four years and we are in the presence of a masterpiece of reconstructive metalwork...

TO THE MANNER BORN • In the second instalment of our two-part series celebrating seventy-five years of 356, we delve further into the production and marketing of the 356/2 and discover how this now iconic Porsche sports car was initially received by the motoring world...

STREET FIGHTER • Against financial odds, Porsche built a customer racing 911 that not only flew off shelves at Weissach, but won in multiple global sports car championships. It’s time to reappraise the 964 Carrera RS 3.8 and its RSR offspring...

SOUTH-WEST WONDER • Jumping from Rolls-Royce to Porsche is a quantum leap, both stylistically and mechanically, but this is precisely what Classic Fabrications founder, Steve Kerti, hurdled when he began restoring 356s twenty-five years ago...

GLOBAL SUPERSTAR • Registered in the USA, restored in Germany and now residing in the UK, this immaculate 1984 Carrera 3.2 is looking for a new home after a round of chassis tweaking...

WINNING FORMULA • Porsche may not have dominated F1 as a constructor, but as an engine supplier, the Stuttgart brand proved a formidable competitor in the very top tier of professional racing...