Porsche News
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If you had 48 Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge Brazil cars gathered at Portugal's Estoril Circuit, what would you do with them? You could clearly hold a race, but that’s not going to fill a whole weekend. Since you have the cars on hand anyway, why not be creative? Creativity was behind this publicity stunt for Porsche, as the company used 48 GT3 Cup Challenge cars to spell out the word “Porsche” on Estoril’s main straight. The cars were at Estoril for the opening race in the 2012 Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge Brazil Series, which is the (primarily) South American equivalent to...
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2012 Porsche 911 Carrera S Recalled For Potential Fuel Line LeakPorsche is recalling some 1,232 Type 991 Carrera S models built for the 2012 model year and assembled between October 26, 2011 and January 24, 2012. At issue is a potential manufacturing defect that could cause a fuel leak under a particular set of circumstances. On certain cars, the release button...
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Four Sports Cars To Watch In 2012: VideoThe economy is finally rebounding and people are spending money again. Well, a little. Just in time, a new batch of sportscars are coming to market. In this video, we're taking a look at four sports car to keep an eye on in 2012, in case you're one of the lucky ones to see a bounce in your paycheck...
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Volkswagen Plant To Start Building Porsches This YearPorsche will call on its Volkswagen parent should additional capacity be required to build its 2013 Boxster and soon-to-be launched 2013 Cayman. That additional capacity will come from Volkswagen’s plant in Osnabrueck, Germany, where more mundane models like the Golf Convertible are built. As...
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Porsche Panamera Plug-In Hybrid Coming In 2014: ReportPorsche’s first plug-in hybrid model will be the highly-exclusive and stupendously-expensive 918 Spyder due next year, but as we confirmed only last week Porsche’s near future will be enriched with even more plug-ins. While a plug-in hybrid version of its Cayenne makes the most sense...
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Chris Harris Drives Porsche's New Boxster S: VideoEvo's Chris Harris drives the new Porsche Boxster S to reveal the good, the bad and the ugly.
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Restyled, redesigned, and thoroughly updated for the 2013 model year, the new Porsche Boxster is undoubtedly (to our eyes, anyway) the best yet. It's also the fastest yet, lapping the benchmark Nurburgring Nordschleife in just 7 minutes, 58 seconds, according to a photo from Porsche's official launch presentation grabbed by Autoblog.nl. For those keeping score, that's just 18 seconds slower than the brand-new 2012 Porsche 911 Carrera S, which itself nearly matches the 997 911 Turbo's lap time of 7:39. The last-generation Boxster S took 8:10 to lap the 'Ring. The new Boxster S gets its power...
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Porsche Sets Sales And Profitability Records In 2011Porsche saw growth in sales and profitability in 2011, and appears to be on track for reaching its Strategy 2018 business plan goals.
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Porsche's Near Future: Macan, Plug-In Hybrids, 'Customer Experience'Wrapping up our series of articles generated from a roundtable discussion with Porsche chief Matthias Mueller, management board member for sales and marketing Bernhard Maier, and Porsche Cars North America chief Detlev von Platen at the Geneva Motor Show, we take a look at the near future of...
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Porsche CEO Mueller: Sub-Boxster 550 Spyder Still On The TableAs one of the great on-again, off-again projects of recent years at Porsche, the sub-Boxster roadster, referred to internally as the 550--after the historic 550 Spyder--has at times straddled the cusp of both reality and cancellation. In a way, it continues to--but we recently sat down with...
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Hybrid 911 Possible, Hints Porsche--But Not Until We Have ToAs the maker of the first racing hybrid that would do serious business on the track--courtesy of an F1-style kinetic energy recovery system--Porsche is no stranger to the idea of high-performance hybrids. But the brand, under then-CEO Michael Macht, has said as recently as 2010, that it won't build...
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2013 Porsche Boxster Live Photos: 2012 Geneva Motor ShowThe 2012 Geneva Motor Show is well underway even though it's still early morning in the States, and one of the highlights thus far--aside from the odd one-off Lamborghini--is the official auto show unveiling of the 2013 Porsche Boxster. With a much cleaner, more powerful look than its predecessor...
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On certain 2011 and 2012 Porsche Cayennes, the headlights may become loose and detach from the vehicle.
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Photo And Video Of The First 2012 Porsche 911 CrashThe sad-looking 991-series Porsche 911 involved in this crash is believed to be only a month old.
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Porsche Engineer Predicts Demise Of Manual 911sThe Porsche 911 may no longer come with a three-pedal manual option by the end of the decade.
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Porsche’s New SUV To Be Called The MacanPorsche has confirmed today that its upcoming compact SUV will be called the Macan. The name is derived from the Indonesian word for tiger and according to Porsche it embodies the suppleness, power, and dynamics of the new model. Along with the reveal of the new name, Porsche also dropped this...
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Walter Röhrl Takes The Porsche Panamera GTS To Ascari: VideoPorsche brand ambassador and test driver Walter Röhrl has taken the new 2013 Panamera GTS for a hot-lap around the Ascari race track near Ronda, in southern Spain. Filmed from a dash-mounted camera, this new video gives us a clear view of the action as the racing legend carves up the track in...
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'Ferdinand' Digital Magazine Celebrates All Things PorscheA new online magazine, named for the founder of Porsche, promises to deliver content for Porschephiles worldwide.
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Although the Porsche 911 is now in its fifth decade of production, the iconic sports car remains true to the original's styling.
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First Details On Porsche’s Modular Standard Platform (MSB)Yesterday we brought you the first details on the Volkswagen Group’s new Modular Transverse Matrix architecture that will go into several models from Audi and Volkswagen including the next-generation A3 and MKVII Golf. Today we have details of another modular platform being developed for...
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2012 Porsche 911 Carrera Cabriolet Spotted On The Road: VideoThe 2012 Porsche 911 Carrera Cabriolet has been spotted on the road near Porsche's Zuffenhausen headquarters.
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Next Porsche 911 Turbo To Get Tri-Turbo System: ReportPatent filings have revealed that Porsche is developing a tri-turbo system for its next 911 Turbo.
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Kahn Design Unveils New Wide-Body Porsche PanameraAfzal Kahn, owner of the eponymous A. Kahn Design outfit (formerly Project Kahn), has unveiled his latest creation in what has become a long line of customized luxury and high-performance cars. Treading more along the lines of sophistication and style rather than overt showiness often shown by...
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American Porsche Pilot Breaking Monticello Lap Record, In Stereo: VideoPorsche factory driver Pat Long sets a new record at Monticello Motor Club during his first time driving the track, and the event is caught by a pair of videos.
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