Porsche News

The new 991 series Porsche 911 is about to make its debut, but the sports car company from Stuttgart is making sure that its 997 series doesn't go out without a bang. Having already unveiled the 2012 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup race car, Porsche has now taken the wraps off the last 911 GT3 R race car for...

The first 2012 Porsche 911 models will arrive in U.S. dealerships in February of next year, but you can already starting plan just how you’d like the car thanks to the latest online configurator. Nestled in with the rest of Porsche’s lineup on the automaker’s official website, the...

Porsche has barely gotten the wraps off the 2012 911 and it's already jumping to the next best thing. Rumors of a mid-level Porsche supercar have been frothing for some time. And CEO Matthias Mueller has teased in the past that Porsche had its sights set on a mid-engined sports car between the 911...

Porsche enters new territory with the introduction of the world's first seven-speed manual transmission. Fortunately, the gear pattern is exactly what you'd expect it to be.

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...

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...

With only a few months to the release of Forza Motorsport 4 (FM4) on Xbox 360, Porsche fans the world over were looking forward to getting behind the wheel of several dozen of the Stuttgart sports cars. Only now, they won't be able to. Thanks to rival developer Electronic Arts (EA) tightening its...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Porsche has announced a recall of certain 2011-12 Porsche 911, Boxster and Cayman models to repair a potentially defective seat belt anchor plate.

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...

Bentley chief Duerheimer is talking about the future of powertrains for the company, and it could include diesels, hybrids. [MotorAuthority] The Audi Urban Concept gets a preview video. [MotorAuthority] We're not going to run out of lithium for electric car batteries anytime soon, say researchers...

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

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 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.

Porsche may be getting ready to jump into the executive limo segment with a long-wheelbase version of the Porsche Panamera, due to hit the streets early next year, according to a report. Whether it's slated for worldwide sale or a China-only run is unknown. The possibility of a special...

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...