Porsche Commercial Peking to Paris in a 912 2025

VIDEO Porsche Peking to Paris in a 912 TV commercial 2020 • Crossing 12 countries, covering over 8,500 miles, conquering dirt roads, river crossings and mountain pass’ in a 1967 Porsche 912. The Peking to Paris Rally is the ultimate event for any fan of old-school adventure and classic motoring. Over 12 episodes, Petrolicious documented Kuhrt Gerhardt and Derek Boycks as they transformed their run-down Porsche 912 into a race-ready machine and take on perhaps the toughest driving challenge for vintage and classic cars. 00:00 I had a dream about going on the journey 00:04 it's just one of those dreams like you 00:06 I've got to do it 00:07 so the Peking to Paris is a rally that 00:12 starts from Beijing all the way to Paris 00:15 it's a timed rally so it's not a race 00:17 although from what I've heard people are 00:19 racing because it's people are just they 00:22 have that mentality it's us too and we 00:27 rely on ourselves and we were you know 00:29 we prepared the car get it ready for an 00:31 80 500 mile journey through anything my 00:36 motto in life is keep it simple stupid 00:38 and when I look at a Porsche it's very 00:41 much that to me so it attracts me 00:48 getting to know the car is really 00:50 important to me and not just driving it 00:53 but the engineering aspect of it is was 00:57 key you need four wheels you need a seat 01:05 they need headlights you sort of wrap 01:08 the car around that no more no less than 01:11 you need 01:12 I love the mechanics of it I love the 01:14 engineering I think it's a really basic 01:16 car it just makes sense and I love 01:19 Porsches 01:22 I think it's it's good to confront fears 01:28 and I think it's good to challenge 01:31 yourself all the time I mean life's 01:33 short so we have to we have to do it I 01:36 mean or else it's gonna be just boring 01:38 you know anybody can sit at home in 01:40 front of a TV and watch other people 01:42 doing this stuff but I would rather be 01:43 doing it 01:44 [Music] 02:02 [Music] 02:18 the whole Peking to Paris journey is not 02:21 really necessarily the challenge it's 02:24 it's the adventure it's the adventure 02:26 that I'm looking for 02:31 it's always an adventure with the 02:33 classic car you could make it a thousand 02:36 miles without a problem sometimes you 02:38 can't make it ten miles without having a 02:40 problem so you know you just never know 02:44 the entire build of the car and the and 02:47 the getting there is the challenge and I 02:51 think once you're in the car and once 02:52 you're on the trip then that's the 02:54 adventure it's just the we'll just want 03:00 to do it- advertisement spot 2020