Porsche 911 News
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The forthcoming 2017 Porsche 911 Carrera GTS has lapped the 12.9-mile, 73-turn Nürburgring-Nordschliefe in 7 minutes 26 seconds. That's 12 seconds faster than the last 911 Carrera GTS and four seconds faster than the latest 911 Carrera S. The so-called 991.2 generation of the Carrera GTS features a twin-turbocharged 3.0-liter flat-6 engine that puts out 450 horsepower, 30 horses more than the same engine in the Carrera S. The 991.1 version of 2015 had a naturally aspirated 3.8-liter flat-6 that made 430 hp. CHECK OUT: 2017 Porsche 911 first drive review Porsche also made another attempt...
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Porsche to offer track-focused 20-inch tire for 911
With the release of the 911 Carrera GTS this April, Porsche will also offer a factory approved aftermarket tire for customers who want more grip at the racetrack. The tire, a Pirelli P-Zero Corsa N0, will be offered through TireRack.com or through dealers, and fit all current 911 Carrera, GTS...
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2017 Porsche 911 GTS range unveiled, includes new Targa variant
Porsche has both expanded and updated its 911 Carrera GTS lineup for 2017. Following tradition, the GTS is both more powerful and sharper-handling than the standard 911 Carrera S, but the big news here is that there's now a Targa version on offer. That inclusion expands the 911's Carrera GTS...
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First Porsche 901 Cabriolet Prototype to be auctioned off
Long-time Motor Authority readers know the story of Porsche and its 901. The plan was to graduate from the design designated 800-series cars and move into the 900 range. The first car was the 901, which was shown at the Paris Auto Salon in 1964. Peugeot didn't take too kindly to that number scheme...
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Carbon fiber Porsche 911 body panels, from Russia with love
Do you think your Porsche 911 is a little, well, over fed these days? If only there was a way to shed some of that weight without altering the lines of your precious super Beetle. Maybe you could even buff up the styling a bit while you're at it. Thanks to TopCar, a Russian aftermarket company, you...
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Porsche 911 finally adopts mid-engine layout with 2017 RSR
Since the first 911 entered production in 1963, Porsche has been faithful to the iconic sports car’s rear-engine layout, Beetle jokes notwithstanding. But when it comes to performance, it appears Porsche has finally reached the limits of having so much mass so far out the back. How do we know...
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The 911's flat-6 engine has been one of its greatest strengths. The naturally aspirated boxer engine, in displacements ranging from 3.4 to 4.0 liters created great sounds, and put out linear, tractable power that somehow delivered than its power figures would indicate. For 2017, however, Porsche has updated the 991 generation of the 911, adding turbochargers to the base and S models. The new so-called 991.2 generation 911 features two new twin-turbocharged flat sixes. The base version displaces 3.0 liters and puts out 370 horsepower and 331 pound-feet of torque. Those numbers represent...
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2017 Porsche 911 GT3 spy shots
Fans of Porsche’s track-focused 911 GT3 can look forward to an updated version of the car coming later this year. The complete 911 range is currently undergoing its mid-cycle update, with the most recent model to be updated being the Turbo. It looks like the next will be the updated GT3, and...
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1995 Porsche 911 GT2 sells for $2.4 million
Looking for a collector car for investment and think you want to get ahead of the curve on the last of the air-cooled Porsche 911s? Too late. At the RM Sotheby's London auction last week, a 1995 Porsche 911 GT2 sold for a ridiculous £1,848,000, which calculates to about $2.4 million in U.S...
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How Porsche gave the world more turbos, faster
Buried deep within the 2017 Porsche 911 Turbo is an engineering "no-duh." Talk to anyone with a cursory knowledge of the widowmaker from Stuttgart and they'll say the old Turbo 911s required three feet in any given corner: one for the brake, one for the clutch, another to feed the throttle so...
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2017 Porsche 911 Turbo first drive review
The more the 2017 Porsche 911 Turbo talks, the more it sounds like the end. In many ways, it's coarse and gruff—the way a 911 Turbo should sound. Noise from the turbochargers force-feeding a 3.8-liter flat-6 to within an inch of its life howl through the straights, rear tires wail from...
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Singer trots out its latest reimagined Porsche 911s for Pebble
When Singer sets to work on a Porsche 911, you know the end result will be even more special than the car that initially stood before. A "standard" 964-era Porsche 911 (1989-1994) is a marvelous machine, but one "reimagined" by Singer takes it to a whole new place. Now, granted, it's quite an...
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When an automaker is developing a new vehicle, it will often seek out examples of the competition to use in creating benchmarks to meet or beat. In the sports car universe, the go-to benchmark is quite often the Porsche 911. So when Acura was prepping its latest NSX, it looked to the 911 GT3 to find ways to make its own top-tier sports car better. This isn't a one-off practice. Acura purchased its own GT3 through standard dealer channels, and that's something all automakers do when they want to scope out the competition. Usually, however, it goes unnoticed by the automaker whose product is...
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Webber congratulates Verstappen on Porsche 911 GT3 RS purchase
It recently emerged that Formula One driver Max Verstappen had purchased a 2016 Porsche 911 GT3 RS. Thanks to a Twitter post from Mark Webber, who ended his F1 career with Verstappen’s current team Red Bull Racing, we now know what color Verstappen chose. Shunning the more radical orange and...
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Porsche 911 R selling for almost $1.3 million on used car market
There appears to be no slowdown in the collector car market with limited edition models from prestigious marques continuing to skyrocket in value. And one of the most sought after is the 2016 Porsche 911 R, which in the United States retailed for $185,950, including destination, but on the used car...
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F1 youngster Max Verstappen buys Porsche 911 GT3 RS
Formula One driver Max Verstappen has just bought himself a Porsche 911 GT3 RS. The Dutch youngster didn’t escape the hefty markup that the limited edition sports car has been attracting, however, with Swiss newspaper Blick (via Autoweek) reporting that he paid $400,000 for the car...
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2017 Porsche 911 GT3 leaked
The Porsche 911 GT3 is soon to receive some mid-cycle tweaks that other 911 family members such as the Carrera and Turbo have already undergone. The updated 911 GT3 is due to arrive later this year as a 2017 model, but it may just have been inadvertently revealed. Porsche of the Netherlands has...
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Bentley Bentayga lines up with 911 Turbo at the drag strip
A Bentley Bentayga and Porsche 911 Turbo recently lined up at the drag strip. Considering the Porsche is one of the quickest sports cars in production and the Bentley is a big brute of an SUV, you don’t have to be a genius to predict the results. Nevertheless, it’s fun to watch the two...
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One lucky enthusiast now has a very special Porsche among his or her collection. This is the only Porsche 911 GT1 race car to be converted for street use, and it was just sold at an RM Sotheby's auction in Monaco for €2.77 million (approximately $3.14 million). Handling the conversion was British firm Lanzante, the same firm that converted a number of McLaren F1 race cars for street use and is now doing the same for the McLaren P1 GTR. ALSO SEE: Will the new Camaro Z/28 come with a 7.0-liter V-8? The car had just two previous owners and the sale in Monaco represents the first time...
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Ultra-rare Porsche 911 Turbo Flatnose comes up for sale in U.K.
One of the rarest configurations of Porsche's classic 1989-1994 911, the 911 Turbo Flatnose, has come up for sale in a high-end British vintage car showroom. Officially known as the X4 option package, the Flatnose, or Flachbau, was released in late 1993 to mark the end of the 964-body 911 just as...
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Zolland Design comes out with tasty retro kit for the 911
Prices for older Porsche 911s have risen along with those of numerous other classics as more and more purchases are made with a view for investment rather than purely interest or collectability. This has seen new businesses that focus on making modern 911s resemble the classics flourish. One of the...
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2017 Porsche 911 first drive review
The Porsche 911 isn’t just a car. It’s car history, one of the foundation garments on the body of work that includes everything from the Model T to the Beetle to the Corvette. Catch us on the right day and we'd argue the 911 is one of the cars mankind will be measured by, if there's...
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Porsche's Patrick Long takes a 911 R on historic Tour de France Automobile stage
As Porsche factory driver Patrick Long points out in this last installment of his driver's training course video series, 55 corners and 2300 feet of elevation change over the course of 7.5 miles is bound to be a good time in the proper car. But it is even more fun when the driver has the proper...
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Lego unveils its take on the Porsche 911 GT3 RS
Lego enthusiasts can now put together their own Porsche. The Danish toy manufacturer has unveiled a brick-by-brick version of Porsche's 911 GT3 RS sports car. Although it looks slightly bionic, the Lego 911 GT3 RS is full of proper Porsche cues all the way down to a script RS logo on the model's...
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