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First Look: The Porsche 911 Speedster Concept

Porsche unveiled a thrilling concept as part of the 70th anniversary of its sports cars: the 911 Speedster Concept is a drivable vision of a particularly exciting open-top sports car. It links the very first Porsche 356 “No. 1” Roadster, which received its operating permit on June 8, 1948, with today’s Porsche cars. The purist concept and historically accurate execution of the 911 Speedster Concept clearly reflect the essence of the Stuttgart-based sports car manufacturer. All elements of the car emphasize a pure driving experience. The powertrain under the two-tone painted body of the concept is derived from current GT models. It was developed at the Porsche Motorsport Center in Weissach, which is the birthplace of the 911 GT3, the 911 GT2 RS and, most recently, the 911 GT3 RS. The 911 Speedster Concept celebrated its premiere as part of the “70 years of Porsche Sports Cars” anniversary celebration in Stuttgart-Zuffenhausen.

The characteristics of the 911 Speedster Concept include a shorter windshield frame with a greater windscreen angle and shorter side windows. These features give the concept an even more pronounced stance with a very low fly line, which is reminiscent of its predecessors, for example the Porsche 356 Speedster. A special rear decklid made of carbon fiber connects behind the front seats, covering supplemental safety bars and featuring two “streamliners”, a traditional element of this sports car design since the first 911 Speedster was introduced in 1988. Two contrasting black slats between the “streamliners” add an aerodynamic touch, and a transparent Plexiglas wind deflector features an etched ‘70 years of Porsche’ logo.

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1969 Porsche 911 Targa

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Probably every #porscheist knows the 1,000,000th Porsche 911 colored in Irish Green 🍀 due to Ferry Porsche’s favorite car! - But do you know which car was No. 999,999? 😉 - It was this beautiful 911 Targa! 😍 © Photo: @porsche _________________________________ 👉🏻Tag: #911LegendsNeverDie 👍🏻Like: www.fb.com/911legendsneverdie

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Porsche reflections

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The models of “American Gothic” stand next to the painting - …painting by Grant Wood, 1930 -

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One of the most beautiful women in the world, along with Heidi K, tonight. Happy 50, Laurel!! (at Dolby Theatre)

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#backyard summer evenings (at Los Altos Hills, California)

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Probably every #porscheist knows the 1,000,000th Porsche 911 colored in Irish Green 🍀 due to Ferry Porsche’s favorite car! - But do you know which car was No. 999,999? 😉 - It was this beautiful 911 Targa! 😍 © Photo: @porsche _________________________________ 👉🏻Tag: #911LegendsNeverDie 👍🏻Like: www.fb.com/911legendsneverdie

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The Mountain Ahead

By Jack DeVine (my dad), Jan 2017

This is not a column about Barack Obama, but it starts there. It’s a column about where we are as a nation and what we might – and must – learn from the best teacher on earth, hard experience.

Eight years ago, we were in exactly the same position as we are today - on the threshold of a new political era, with newly chosen leadership, about to push off on a difficult journey. We would succeed or fail, together. For Barack Obama, the opportunity was unparalleled. He was to be the post-racial, post-partisan president; Democrats held commanding control of the presidency and both houses of Congress, And unlike Trump, he enjoyed remarkable broad-based support from public and media. The sky was the limit.

He failed. We are today more divided than at any time in my memory, more angry, more partisan, less safe. Sure, many will disagree. As Obama leaves office we are immersed in warm, fuzzy commemoratives of these eight years. But the objective record is quite clear and the 2016 election results confirm it.

Obama’s Nobel Peace Prize in early 2009, while perhaps not sought by him, is to my mind emblematic of his tenure’s sharp disconnect with reality – he collected the prize and the adulation before achieving anything.

The lesson is this: the mountain is still in front of us. We’re at the base camp, poised to push off. We’ve been preparing, provisioning, and training, but we’ve not yet taken our first step up that steep slope. At this point, the left’s hysterical predictions of Donald Trump’s failure (or for that matter, the glowing expectations of the Trump faithful) are no more meaningful than the rhapsodic certainty eight years ago of Barack Obama’s success.

Worse, we’re not together at all. The 75 days between Election Day and the presidential inauguration are supposed to be a period of orderly, collaborative, constructive transition. Instead it has been openly confrontational.

The post election top-to-bottom Democratic meltdown has been bizarre – a cringe- worthy tantrum on the national (and world) stage. There is the string of the-dog- ate-my-homework excuses for Clinton’s embarrassing loss. We’ve had pointless recounts, angry protests, celebrity insults, pledges of organized obstruction from House and Senate Democrats, and relentlessly negative media spin at every turn.

President Obama could easily restore civility to the process, but instead he’s chosen to fan the flames with a flurry of last minute executive actions, policy decisions, condescending remarks and tacit endorsement of the Democrat shenanigans.

On the GOP side, I believe president-elect Trump has gained – and earned – a measure of respect based on his energetic and business-like work in structuring his new team. But at the same time, he seems incapable of keeping above the fray, firing off tweets at every affront, real or imagined.

Republicans are understandably relishing their return to power and prominence, but they are skating awfully close to the gloating, the unrealistic optimism and the premature victory dancing reminiscent of the Democrats in 2008.

And while the children are squabbling, what’s happening in the world? It’s unraveling - North Korea with its nuclear-armed missiles; China’s expansion in the South China Sea; the Middle East in shambles; Israel under fire; emboldened Iran; Russia meddling; terrorism unchecked. Incipient crises, world and national, are circling like airliners in a holding pattern on a foggy night - they will come down, one way or another.

Through it all, our two political parties are each on a mission to make sure that as things go wrong the other outfit will get the blame. Democrats, Republicans, media and public advocates on both sides are perilously close to full-on role reversal, swapping positions and then plodding right down the same dead-end path.

A case in point is ObamaCare. It is collapsing of its own weight and requires replacement or complete overhaul (essentially one and the same). Republicans are committed to repeal and replace as the first priority for the new administration. The Democratic leadership, with counsel from Obama, has vowed to provide zero support to any such Republican effort.

That’s precisely what got us in this fix in the first place – a massive, enormously complex entitlement program that affects virtually every American, crafted in isolation by one party, reflecting only their perspective, passed by one side and forced down everyone’s throat. Brilliant.

There’s not a lot of mystery here. The recipe for success and the recipe for failure are both well known. Health care could be the ideal platform for the parties to work together and put the nation first for a change. What a difference that would make.

Jack DeVine

January 2017

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