Friends shift our view on life. Make it smoother. Or wilder. Like "friends with benefits". Minimal commitment, maximum fun. And from the perspective of an open-minded car culture magazine? That idea works just as well in a metaphorical gear. Which brings us — with a grin — straight to the sports cars.

We gathered legendary Porsche race cars in their true home—Weissach, Porsche Motorsport’s development center. Not in the factory halls, but right in the middle of the village. Turns out, some of them are "Reigschmeckte"—newcomers to the region.

A good way to start is with Bianco Cervino, the Matterhorn White of the blank slate.

Steve McQueen just wanted to ride a motorcycle in Bruce Brown's “On Any Sunday”. And that's exactly what his 1971 classic movie is all about. “On Any Sunday” is more than just a movie - it reminds us that freedom is often just one turn away - and that sometimes all it takes is one thing: the courage to ride.

Aston Martin presents the Vanquish Volante. Open-top driving with a V12 under the warming spring sun. That's the topic. Right from the start, we won't keep the necessary journalistic distance and won't pretend we're not fans.

An idea? A vision? Always exciting. Even more exciting is ­experiencing something like that in a dynamic balance of pure idea and unfiltered reality. Like in real life. And that’s exactly what we’ve done here with our current favorite Porsche design studies.