Stealing A Classic Porsche Is About To Get Really Tough

As values of old 911s continue to rise, Porsche has announced a neat new range of measures designed to keep its classic models as safe from theft as possible
Stealing A Classic Porsche Is About To Get Really Tough

Porsche has announced a raft of anti-theft measures designed for its older cars, as values of old 911s in particular continue to shoot through the roof.

It starts with a satellite-monitored tracker, adapted from the one already available on brand new Porsches and capable of following a car anywhere in Europe. A series of sensors are placed around the car making it extremely tiresome work to find and disable all of them. There are various versions offered, suitable for everything from the 356 to the Carrera GT.

Stealing A Classic Porsche Is About To Get Really Tough

Going forward, the tracker’s functionality will expand with a smartphone app that will receive instant alerts if the system thinks anything is wrong or that it’s being tampered with. It has its own battery and won’t deactivate if the main battery is disconnected – a common trick among thieves.

In fact, with this system installed, disconnecting the main power source just triggers an alarm anyway. The system can also optionally engage an ignition cut command via wireless instruction. Stop the engine and you won’t be able to restart it unless you work for the remote security team contracted by Porsche.

Stealing A Classic Porsche Is About To Get Really Tough

If a thief does get past the system and manages to move the car from its parking place, the team will be alerted. They automatically call the owner to confirm a theft, liaise with local police and begin the hunt for the thieves. It’s all quite reassuring and costs around €1000 (£900) fitted, with a roughly €20 (£18) monthly subscription after that.

Equally well-hidden but much simpler is the Bear-Lock. It fits inside the transmission tunnel and physically locks the gear linkage in place. A hole is drilled in the tunnel skin so that a bolt can push into place out of sight beneath the lever and prevent a manual gearbox moving out of reverse – or an automatic out of park. The simple key-operated system can’t easily be attacked with tools, either, and costs €250 (£225).

Looks like it’s bad news for anyone graduating from a classic Porsche theft course at college, but it’s clearly great for anyone trying to protect their old Carrera.

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Comments

Anonymous

That’s extremely cheap all things considered, and fait game from Porsche.

12/21/2018 - 17:57 |
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Anonymous

You just need a flat bed truck and
Slightly modified fork lift and you could be gone in minutes without tripping any alarms

12/21/2018 - 20:11 |
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ᴶᵘˢᵗᴬᴿᵃⁿᵈᵒá

Well,now nobody can recreate a “Gone in 60 Seconds”….

12/22/2018 - 02:26 |
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Harold Potato

Stupid. Just put a Disklok on it

(where are they? :()

12/22/2018 - 07:27 |
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Anonymous

Unfortunately, such systems are absolutely helpless against thieves equipped with gps/radio/mobile jammers. The only viable option are mechanical locking systems e.g. a bonnet locks, the aforementioned transmission lock etc. Can still be broken, but needs quite some time and draws attention. Also I’ve seen some smoke generators being installed in the motor bay, which activate, when the car is being towed or put on a transporter, increasing the chance of being noticed almost to 100 percent.

12/22/2018 - 14:37 |
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Monty4248

Great, as if the 993 disabling itself wasn’t annyoying enough lol

12/23/2018 - 20:45 |
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That’s a yellowbird tho.

12/24/2018 - 13:27 |
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Anonymous

We better hurry then

12/24/2018 - 18:26 |
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Dominik Maslyk (Euro & JDM Addict) (Autistic boi)

Just put a bomb under it.

Or use MAGNAVOLT

12/27/2018 - 22:54 |
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(⭕⭕olickSTANCE ⭕⭕) #savect

there go my plans for the day

12/28/2018 - 20:04 |
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