Porsche has announced plans to enter this year’s Transsyberia Rally, an epic journey that sees competitors travel more than 6,200km through the roughs of Siberia. Last year, Porsche took the top three places in the event and to make sure it remains on top the sports carmaker has developed a number of modifications for its […]
For a lot of people, adding performance to a Porsche 911 is just unnecessary - it’s already blazingly quick. But to make it look unique, that’s something worth spending some time on. Cue Gemballa’s GT 380 appearance package.
Replacing the front skirt, the bonnet, the side and rear skirts, the rear spoiler […]
Porsche today officially applied for a judicial review challenging the London Mayor’s £25 ($50) congestion charge in the High Court of Justice. The sports carmaker believes the increase of the congestion charge from £8 ($16) a day, or £0.80 ($1.6) for residents, to £25 is both unfair and disproportionate and predicts that the charge could […]
Famed Porsche tuner Gemballa has released a new bodykit and performance handling pack for the 997 911 Targa, consisting of a customized font bonnet, an Avalanche front skirt and lip spoiler, a custom rear skirt plus a unique oversized GT wing. To top it all off, a set of sinister-looking 20in black racing […]
Porsche has a major challenge on its hands in the form of strict new fuel-economy and emissions regulations set to roll in across the U.S. and Europe in coming years. Carmakers are being forced to improve their average fleet-wide mileage and carbon emissions levels and for a niche brand like Porsche, which sells a limited […]
Waves from Porsche’s takeover of Volkswagen continue to send ripples through the corporate structure, and models once put on the back burner may finally see production. One such vehicle, Porsche’s long-rumored Roxster mid-size SUV, could be the first trophy of Porsche’s purchase.
For several months in 2007 speculation of a possible cooperation with Audi to use […]
There’s something very puzzling about Nissan’s all new GT-R supercar. Its official output figures read 480hp and 588Nm (434lb-ft) of torque and its mass registers at 1,723kg, but it can still outrun the 911 Turbo to 60mph even though the Porsche weighs in at a lower 1,633 and has a higher torque rating […]
Big, brawny V8s, screaming tires and high-speed circuit driving. No, it’s not a supercar showdown - it’s…an SUV comparison? In the case of these two rather extraordinary SUVs, that’s precisely what’s on offer. Ride along with the gang at Fifth Gear as they test the two mega-SUVs back-to-back on the course at Anglesey.
While both feature […]
Porsche is updating the 911 for the 2009 model-year in line with the sport carmaker’s usual practice of changing its models roughly every three to four years. It will be hard to spot the difference between the new and the old as this latest rendering reveals, because most of the changes will be […]
There’s been a great deal of speculation in recent months claiming Porsche would increase its stake in Volkswagen Group beyond the current 31% and now the carmaker’s board has given approval to raise the stake to more than 50%. Porsche CEO Wendeling Wiedeking has openly admitted to much bigger plans for the cooperation and now […]
Updated: Porsche has confirmed production of its 911 models will resume at its Zuffenhausen plant on Monday following the explosion in the plant’s paintshop earlier this week. Porsche said the explosion was due to a technical defect and that damage amounting to several hundred thousand euros will be covered by insurance. Production delays for about […]
Porsche is just over a year away from launching its first ever diesel model with news today the company plans to release a diesel powered Cayenne SUV next year. Porsche will likely go with a V6 diesel borrowed from Audi, which insiders claim will develop more than 300hp. Porsche had the option of selecting V8, […]
In terms of production numbers Porsche is considered a small player in the auto industry, churning out around 100,000 cars per year. Volkswagen Group on the other hand is one of the biggest players with the likes of Audi, Bentley and Laborghini under its belt and whose production numbers run into the millions. Despite the […]
Porsche is sticking by its earlier claims that London’s new £25 congestion charge is too harsh and that a majority of Londoners agree. The German sports carmaker has now published details of a recent poll of sentiment towards the new charges and is requesting that Mayor Ken Livingstone do the same.
The independent poll was referenced […]
Tuner cars are often works of art, flights of fancy or out-and-out racers, but rarely are the upper echelons of performance-tuned cars graced by models intended as daily drivers. Techart’s GTstreet Porsche is an exception to that rule, however - if you can afford the upkeep.
Starting with the Porsche 911 Turbo […]