Porsche 911 News

  • Alleged patent for 2012 Porsche 911 Convertible

    Porsche is going to great length to break as much new ground as possible with its latest 2012 911, or 991 to the diehards. The automaker has already confirmed that a new seven-speed manual, a world first for a production car, will feature, but now it looks like the convertible version will get an intricate folding roof composed of both metal sections and traditional canvas. Patent drawings allegedly filed by Porsche with U.S. and European trademark agencies have surfaced online, revealing a new design where the main roof section is composed of a solid material and the section around the rear...

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    2012 Porsche 911 Official Video

    The 2012 Porsche 911 is scheduled for its world debut at the 2011 Frankfurt Auto Show on September 13, but the car has already made its online debut--both in Carerra and Carerra S trim. We now have a new video of the latest 911, giving us an intimate look at how the 991 series will look. The car...

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    Brumos Porsche 911 GTS B59 Edition Honors Hurley Haywood

    Brumos Racing is well-known as one of the leading Grand-Am GT efforts these days, and the principals also own and operate a Porsche dealership in Jacksonville, Florida. This month, they've announced plans to build a special-edition Brumos Porsche B59 911 GTS to honor Hurley Haywood. If you don't...

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    NADAguides Misses The Bus On Back-To-School Vehicles: No Porsche 911

    For those of you that aren't in the family-car loop, NADAGuides, a well-known vehicle valuation and advice service, has named its best back-to-school vehicles. The only problem is they missed the best one: the Porsche 911 school bus. Instead, the company chose the 2011 Chevy Cruze LS, the 2011 Ford...

  • Skip Barber 2-Day High Performance Driving School
    Skip Barber Two-Day High Performance Driving School: Review (Part 3)

    For the rest of the details on the Skip Barber High Performance Driving School, visit part one and part two of this review. We pick up with the last two elements, the slalom and the road course. Slalom The slalom might be the simplest of vehicle dynamics tests, but it's also one of the most...

  • Steve McQueen's 1970 Porsche 911S. Image: RM Auctions
    Steve McQueen's 1970 Porsche 911S Sells For $1.375 Million

    A 1970 Porsche 911S once owned by Steve McQueen and used in the movie Le Mans has set a new record for a Porsche 911 at auction, selling for $1.375 million.

  • 2012 Porsche 911 Carrera S

    Porsche unveils the new 2012 911. [MotorAuthority] Ferrari makes the 458 Spider official, retractable hard-top and all. [MotorAuthority] The rear-wheel drive Subaru version of the Toyota FT-86 will be called BRZ. [MotorAuthority] We drive the 2011 Lincoln MKZ Hybrid. [GreenCarReports] Jaguar is working on an XFR-S. [MotorAuthority] Lexus releases details regarding the 2012 RX 350. [FamilyCarGuide] It's a sad day for rotary fans as the RX-8 is now officially dead. [MotorAuthority] A new diesel land speed record has been set in a pickup truck. [GreenCarReports] The Mercedes-Benz C63 AMG Coupe...

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    2012 Porsche 911: 2011 Frankfurt Auto Show

    One of the most anticipated cars of the year, the 2012 Porsche 911, has finally made its official debut, and although we’ve known what it was going to look like for several weeks now, the information released today tells the full story--and it’s a very exciting one. The iconic 911...

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    2012 Porsche 911 (991) Images Leaked

    Long a favorite of sports car aficionados, the Porsche 911 is due for its next full redesign, to be unveiled in under a month at the Frankfurt Motor Show. As tends to happen with hotly anticipated cars, however, the images have been leaked in advance. Looking just like the cars captured in our spy...

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    2012 Porsche 911, V-6 Exige, 458 Spider: Today's Car News

    Volkswagen's 1-Liter car may live on as an Audi e-Tron concept. [MotorAuthority] The convertible version of the Ferrari 458 is due next month in Frankfurt. [MotorAuthority] Bernie Ecclestone gets a bit hysterical over "lethal" F1 hybrids. [GreenCarReports] Australia's FPV tweaks a sedan into GT...

  • Need For Speed: The Run luanches Nov 15, 2011
    Need For Speed: The Run Features Aventador, New 911 And ZL1

    Need for Speed: The Run is now available for pre-order and ships on November 15, 2011.

  • 2012 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup
    2012 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup: The (Next To) Last Hurrah

    With an all-new Porsche 911 on deck for the 2012 model year, the 2012 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup factory racer is very likely the last of the current model's progeny, and it's a good one. Powered by an engine that's "largely identical" to the production 911 GT3 RS unit, meaning a 3.8-liter...

  • Porsche 911 GT3 RS 4.0

    Porsche is already on track for a record year of sales but has even more models in the pipeline, including the 918 Spyder, Cajun crossover and a new entry-level roadster.

  • 2012 Porsche 911 GT3 RS 4.0 Preview
    2012 Porsche 911 GT3 RS 4.0 Presentation Video

    On the eve of the Goodwood Festival of Speed, a handful of very lucky (and very connected) U.K. customers got to see a special presentation of the new Porsche 911 GT3 RS 4.0, built to send off the current-generation 911 in style. It's one of the best official looks at the car we've had yet, and...

  • 2012 Porsche 911 Spy Shots
    2012 Porsche 911 Spy Shots

    Porsche is soon to launch its next-generation 911 and as can be seen by these latest spy shots, prototypes for the car appear to be almost complete. Shown in the least camouflage and from the closest distance yet, the new 911 looks to be just as its predecessors have been: a variation on the...

  • Ruf CTR 3 supercar
    Ruf adopts mid-engine design for updated CTR 3 supercar

    About four years ago German tuner Ruf first revealed its third-generation CTR supercar, the aptly named CTR 3, as well as announcing a new development center in Bahrain. Well, Ruf has now gone and updated its CTR 3, extensively redesigning the chassis so that the original rear-engine design adopted...

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    Fraudsters Claim Luxury Cars As Farm Equipment To Escape High Insurance Bill

    Fraudulent insurance policies for farming vehicles is costing insurance agencies close to $150 million per year.

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    Porsche Remains Committed To Doubling Sales By 2018

    Porsche should easily reach its ambitious sales target thanks to several all-new models in the works, as well as the next-generation 911 due out this year.

  • Is this the 2012 Porsche 911's 7-speed manual shifter?

    There are a lot of strange, unexplained things in the world. Some of them have been caught on video. Unfortunately, that video is almost always too grainy and shaky to draw any conclusions. So it is with the Porsche 7-speed manual transmission. Sure, we're pretty certain one is coming in the 2012 911. And yes, the shifter in the video we showed you a few days ago does kind of look like something more than a typical six-speed transmission. But so does this video of some Polish yetis look like something more than a few mountain climbers out for a hike. What does it all mean? Like a moving...

  • 1997 Porsche 911 GT1 street version
    Porsche 911 GT1 Straßenversion up for sale

    When it comes to rare Porsches of the modern-era, few are as hard to come by as the Porsche 911 GT1 Straßenversion (street version). However, one of these rare beauties is now up for sale in Kyoto, Japan, and if you’re interested, it will set you back a cool $1.7 million. The particular...

  • Porsche 911 crash-lands in parking space
    Porsche 911 Somersaults Into Parking Spot: Video

    There are crash videos, and then there are crash videos. This one is definitely one of the latter: a Porsche 911--or it could be a Cayman, the video is grainy and the car is damaged--traveling at what appears to be a very high rate of speed somersaults over a high wall before landing in a parking...

  • 2012 Porsche 911 (991) teaser
    2012 Porsche 911 (991) Hot Weather Testing In South Africa: Video

    Porsche is bound and determined to milk its redesigned 2012 Porsche 911 for all its worth, apparently, starting the drip feed of teasers more than two months ahead of its Frankfurt debut. We aren't complaining, though. Check out the video below to see what little of the 991 Porsche 911 they'll give...

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    Who's The King: Porsche 911 Turbo or Nissan GT-R? #YouTellUs

    It's Godzilla vs. The King. Which one's the winner in the death match between the Porsche 911 Turbo and the Nissan GT-R? #YouTellUs by sending in your answer via Twitter to @therealma -- and don't forget the hashtag.

  • Porsche at the 2011 Nurburgring 24 Hours
    Porsche Takes Top Honors At Nurburgring 24 Hours Race

    Porsche has done it again, managing to win its fifth Nurburgring 24 Hours endurance race in six years. This past weekend’s race, in particular, was one of the most exciting and dramatic 24 hour races at the Nurburgring, but in the end there could be only one clear winner: Porsche together...

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