Porsche News
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Most of us probably aren’t up to snuff to complete a 2,000-mile-long road race. Heck, some of us likely have difficulty during long stretches of comfortable, well-paved freeway driving. Thankfully, there are people in the world who document the hardships many of us likely will never face. That includes the lost and dangerous tradition of road races from yesteryear. The documentary “The Last Great Road Race” takes viewers on a journey across Mexico for a running of La Carrera Panamericana—in a period correct 1962 Porsche 356B. The road race was created in the 1950s by...
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Russian presidential limo (Kortezh) spy shotsNo, you’re not looking at a new Bentley or Rolls-Royce in the works. Rather, this stubby, high-sided sedan is the next presidential limo for the Russian state. Referred to as Project Kortezh, the sedan is the result of Russia’s request for a locally-developed car to transport...
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Porsche highlights its top 5 most memorable Exclusive models
Since 1986, Porsche has offered customers the opportunity to build a bespoke sports car. In the process, Porsche has also treated enthusiasts at large to Exclusive models to mark various occasions. Those Exclusive models are the subject of Porsche's latest Top 5 video. At number five comes the 2012...
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Porsche: What's new for 2017
Porsche’s lineup may be small, but the automaker keeps things interesting with the many model variants it has an offer. It’s a formula that seems to be working as Porsche raked in 238,000 deliveries in 2016—a remarkable figure when you consider that the automaker operates in the...
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Porsche profit per car totaled $17,250 in 2016, could go higher with digital services
Porsche delivered 238,000 cars in 2016 and banked 3.9 billion euros (approximately $4.1 billion) in operating profit. That works out to roughly $17,250 in operating profit per car, up 9 percent on 2015's results. BMW and Mercedes-Benz are looking at around $5,000 per car. Ferrari, meanwhile, can...
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Porsche counts down top 5 motorsports milestones
Somehow, Porsche managed to squeeze five historical moments from its motorsports history into a video just 3 minutes 31 seconds long. We’re not complaining, though, as Porsche makes the case for each of the five quite convincingly. The brand traces its motorsports timeline back with a little...
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Porsche loves its motorsports. That's actually an understatement, as Porsche is devoted to motorsports in an incredibly passionate way. It's a good thing for Porsche customers, too, because a lot of racing-derived technology often works its way into the road cars. According to Porsche, here are the top five bits of technology that have made the jump from the track to the street. And the man to tell us about all these technologies? Legendary rally driver Walter Rohrl. First up, we have Carbon Fiber Reinforced Polymer, which is often just shortened to CFRP. This technology debuted in 1996 on...
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Here's how the 2017 Ruf CTR 'Yellow Bird' homage flies
“It’s a love affair with our own history and with our own car that we created 30 years ago. We’re trying to bring it back in a little bit more modernized way.” So says Alois Ruf Jr., about the fourth-generation Ruf CTR, a car that his company is building as an homage to the...
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Production Porsche Mission E confirmed as oft-rumored 'Pajun' sedan
Talk of Porsche adding a second sedan to its lineup has been making the rounds since 2011. We’re talking about the oft-rumored Pajun, whose nickname, a portmanteau of “Panamera” and “junior,” was chosen due to the car’s expected smaller size than the Panamera...
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Porsche picks its five best concept cars, including one stinker
Porsche has been handing out a lot of "Top 5" accolades to itself as of late. We're not complaining, mind you, as it's brought us videos showing off the tope five rear spoilers and wings, the best noises, and the rarest road cars. Now Porsche is exploring the world of its concept vehicles, and the...
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Porsche to offer 911 GT2 with PDK only, manual as no-cost option on GT3
There’s a new generation of the Porsche 911 brewing but the current 991 series still has some life left in it. In fact, it’s about to spawn a new GT2 variant. We’ve been spying prototypes for almost a year but now Porsche CEO Oliver Blume has dropped a few details. Speaking to...
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Safari-ready Porsche 911 stops by Jay Leno's Garage
Turning a stock automobile into something more interesting and more fun is limited only by the builder's imagination. You can accomplish this goal with anything from light mods up to an engine transplant, and anything else in between or even beyond those approaches. One of my favorite ways to...
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Porsche broke with over 50 years of 911 rear-engine tradition when it rolled out the mid-engine 911 RSR race car at the 2016 Los Angeles auto show. The primary benefit of going with a mid-engine design is weight distribution, since you no longer have the heavy engine behind the rear axle. Keeping the weight closer to the center of car leads to better balance which in turn leads to more stable and predictable handling. At the reveal of the RSR, Porsche was adamant the mid-engine design was for motorsport only. However, one of its top engineers has since hinted that a mid-engine 911 road car is...
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Porsche shares 5 of its most iconic rear spoilers
Porsche has been on a bit of a Top 5 kick as of late. We're not complaining, though, because it's always fun to list off an automaker's greatest hits, especially when those hits are of this caliber. Today, Porsche is taking a look at what it believes to be the cars wearing the five wildest rear...
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Porsche Panamera Turbo S E-Hybrid revealed with 680 horsepower
Porsche revealed the 2018 Panamera Turbo S E-Hybrid a couple weeks before the Geneva auto show and now it has made its public debut in Switzerland. A plug-in hybrid luxury sedan, this monstrously powerful beast combines a twin-turbocharged V-8 with an electric drive system—a powertrain...
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Porsche goes practical(ish) with 2018 Panamera Sport Turismo
Don't call it a wagon—or, maybe you should. Porsche has taken the wraps off of the first true body style evolution of its Panamera flagship, a five-door wagon-like hatchback that the German automaker says improves the model's load-carrying ability without diminishing its performance. The car...
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Ruf unveils rear-engine, carbon fiber CTR sports car
Famous Porsche tuner Ruf has returned with a new generation of its CTR sports car, and the latest is the first car completely developed in-house by the still family owned business run out of Pfaffenhausen, Germany. On display this week at the 2017 Geneva auto show, the new CTR, the fourth in the...
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Porsche listens, reunites 911 GT3 and manual trans for 2018
Porsche 911 GT3 owners had every right to be angry after the 911 R debuted at the 2016 Geneva auto show. Not only did the R get an extra 25 ponies via the GT3 RS's 4.0-liter, 500-horsepower flat-6, it had what numerous GT3 owners wanted in the first place—a 6-speed manual transmission. A year...
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Famous Porsche tuner Ruf has dabbled in standalone sports cars in the past, though these have all been based on models from Porsche’s regular fleet—the most recent being 2011’s CTR 3. At the 2017 Geneva auto show starting tomorrow, Ruf will present a new standalone sports car, one the company designed, engineered and manufactured entirely in-house. Ruf says it’s the first time it’s attempted such an ambitious undertaking. No details have been released but we know the model helps celebrate the 30th anniversary of Ruf’s first standalone sports car, the CTR...
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These are the five rarest Porsche road cars
Porsche has been cranking out special versions of its sporting machines for decades now. Some of these are relatively high-volume trims or upgraded variants of existing models. Others are ultra-rare low-volume runs of highly desirable and capable Porsche all-stars. These are the five rarest road...
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Are these the five best sounding Porsche cars of all time?
Porsche makes cars that drive phenomenally well. They also sound pretty amazing to boot. Porsche thinks it knows which of its cars sound the best overall, which is why the automaker rounded up five from the museum and put microphones to the exhaust. Do you think Porsche found its five...
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Lexus, Porsche top 2017 J.D. Power Dependability Study
Lexus has been rated the most dependable brand in the annual J.D. Power Dependability Study for the sixth time in a row. Porsche is also in the top spot after just missing out last year. The annual study examines problems experienced during the past 12 months by original owners of vehicles bought...
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Porsche dealer hints at Cayman GT4 RS with 4.0-liter flat-6
There have been rumors for years of an extra spicy “RS” version of the Porsche Cayman GT4, and now one of the automaker’s dealerships may have just confirmed it. Porsche Centre Brisbane recently posted a photo of a Cayman GT4 on its Instagram page along with the message that a...
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Fast camp: Take me to Porsches on ice
Drivers dread the moment they effectively "run out of talent." That sinking feeling in the bottom of your stomach when a turn goes pear-shaped and the car goes sideways isn't exactly thrilling. For some, talent runs out on the day's last lap, when tires are hot and tensions are hotter. For others...
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