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Concours Masters at Salon Privé celebrates 70 years of Porsche

Porsche 911 Sport Classic arrives at Salon Privé 2017 (Courtesy of Salon Privé) The 2018 Concours Masters at Salon Privé on Saturday, 1 September will celebrate 70 years of Porsche with a spectacular timeline of models. The Stuttgart manufacturer has achieved much within the past seven decades, and as a...

1998 Porsche 911 Turbo: Project Gold

Porsche’s New Take On The Old 993 Porsche announced earlier this year that the marque’s 70th anniversary would in part, be celebrated with the release of a special ‘restomod’ car. Dubbed ‘Project Gold’, this endeavor was delegated to Porsche Classic, the company’s department in charge of restorations. The finer details...

VIDEO: A Perfect Partnership – Porsche’s Nick Tandy On How Mobil 1 Powers The 919 Hybrid Evo

Mobil 1 The Grid attended the recent Festival of Porsche at Brands Hatch, where 2015 Le Mans winner Nick Tandy got his hands on an enhanced version of the 919, dubbed the ‘Evo’. Olivier Champenois, LMP1 Performance Engineer at Porsche, and David Tsurusaki, Global Motorsports Technology Manager at ExxonMobil, explain...

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Porsche 918 Spyder Concept Study

Geneva Motor Show press days, 2-3 March 2010: Porsche 918 Spyder Concept Study It was eight years ago, in March 2010, that Porsche presented its first hybrid supercar, the 918 Spyder Concept Study, at the Geneva Motor Show. I was fortunate enough to be present at this launch, and what...

RM Sotheby’s Porsche 70th Anniversary Auction

Porsche 911s on track at the Porsche Experience Centre Atlanta (Courtesy of the Porsche Experience Centre Atlanta) RM Sotheby’s, in collaboration with the Porsche Experience Centre Atlanta, will host the Porsche 70th Anniversary Auction, an exclusive, single-marque auction to be held on the weekend of 27 October at the home...

Ayhacan Guven 2018 Porsche Carrera Cup France champion

After racing at Spa, Zandvoort, Dijon, Magny Cours and Barcelona, the Porsche teams and drivers went to the south of France for the season finale. The 2018 season of the Porsche Carrera Cup France ended last week at Le Castellet – Paul Ricard circuit, where Ayhacan Guven was declared the...

Porsche enters the electric era with the new Taycan

With an investment of €6-billion and 1200 new employees, Porsche will enter the electric era with the new Taycan. The launch of the Taycan will see ongoing development of Porsche Production 4.0 and an unparalleled knowledge campaign rolled out throughout the entire company. Through this initiative, Porsche is firmly committing...

Suspense at the 2018 Supercup finale in Mexico

Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup, 2018 The 2018 Supercup finale in Mexico will quite literally go down to the wire! Fans in Mexico can look forward to a suspense-filled season finale of the Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup at the Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez. The three competitors in the frame will fight for...

Thrilling finale to the 2018 Porsche Supercup in Mexico

Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup, Mexico, 27/28 October 2018: The start of Round 9 Perhaps it was inevitable that Michael Ammermüller took the title, but there was a thrilling finale to the 2018 Porsche Supercup in Mexico. Consisting of two rounds, one on Saturday and one on Sunday, the title went...

Porsche 911 MY2019 endurance testing regime

The Porsche 911 undergoes testing ahead of its launch in 2019 The endurance tests for the eighth generation of the Porsche 911 enters the home straight as the new model will be brought to the European market at the beginning of 2019. The schedule to complete the Porsche 911 MY2019...

The world’s toughest street race

FIA GT World Cup Macau (China), 15-18 November 2018: #911 Manthey-Racing Porsche 911 GT3 R of Laurens Vanthoor and the #912 Manthey-Racing Porsche 911 GT3 R of Earl Bamber There will be four Porsche 911 GT3 R on the starting line of the world’s toughest street race, the FIA GT...

RM Sotheby’s Celebrates 70 years of Porsche with a Stellar Selection

Lot 200 – 1983 Porsche 956-110 awaits its turn on the auction block The mental wheels started turning when RM Sotheby’s announced on 9 March 2018 that a single marque Porsche auction would be held at the Porsche Cars North America facility in Atlanta on the weekend of 27 October....

Porsche scores fourth place at Macau

Macau, FIA GT World Cup, 18 November 2018: The #912 Manthey-Racing Porsche 911 GT3 R was driven by Earl Bamber Porsche scores fourth place at Macau in the 2018 FIA GT World Cup in Macau. In a fiercely contested race on the Guia Circuit, works driver Earl Bamber narrowly missed...

Porsche 911 World Premiere in Los Angeles

The new Type 992 Porsche 911 Carrera 4S There was a sensation on the West Coast of America last night with the Porsche 911 World Premiere in Los Angeles. This is the eighth generation of the iconic sports car, which was introduced to the world on the eve of the...

Porsche 911 GT2 RS Clubsport World premiere in Los Angeles

Porsche 911 GT2 RS Clubsport (Type 991, Gen. 2) The new Porsche 911 GT2 RS Clubsport celebrated its world premiere at the Los Angeles Auto Show on 28 November 2018. The near standard 700 hp racing version of the road-legal 911 GT2 RS sports car is limited to just 200...

Our top 10 from 2018

As we wave goodbye to 2018 and usher in a brand-new year, we look back on the top ten favourites that we were privileged to publish in the last twelve months. We have decided to bring you our top 10 from 2018 (in chronological order) to show you, our valued...

Porsche Taycan GT3 Rendering Looks Awesome

Hopefully, Porsche Pays Attention The Porsche Taycan will come to the market as one of the company’s most highly-anticipated models ever. It’s an important car, too. It has a fully electric powertrain and the rumors say 600 hp. It will have a range of around 310 miles and can charge...

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The Falken Porsches

Falken Motorsports team 2017 Falken Tyre Europe GmbH is the European subsidiary of Japanese tyre manufacturer Sumitomo Rubber Industries Ltd. The Falken brand was born in 1983 and five years later the company’s European headquarters was established in Offenbach am Main, Germany. A similar operation followed in 1991 in the...

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Falken Motorsports starts 2019 with new Porsche 911 GT3 R

2019 Falken Motorsport Porsche 911 GT3 R (front) with the 2018 Porsche 911 GT3 R (back) – signed by hundreds of Porsche enthusiasts after the car’s last race in 2018 Falken Motorsports starts 2019 with a new Porsche 911 GT3 R, which will be used alongside the proven BMW M6...

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Porsche 911 GT3 R wins farewell race in Bathurst

Intercontinental GT Challenge, Bathurst 12 Hour, 3 February 2019: The 05h45 start to the 2019 Bathurst 12 Hour In its final performance at a major endurance race, the Porsche 911 GT3 R has won its farewell race in Bathurst, adding yet another title to its long list of international endurance...

Automuseum PROTOTYP in Hamburg

The author at the entrance to the Automuseum Prototyp, December 2018 This last December, we planned a trip to Hamburg to visit with family and to see the Automuseum PROTOTYP. This time, though, I wanted to travel via a different route, not the normal Dover-Calais channel crossing. Stena Line offer...

Porsche Classic Rebuilds Carrera GT From Scratch

The Heart Wants What the Heart Wants Porsche Classic has done some fantastic restorations of all kinds of Porsche vehicles, but the Carrera GT pictured here is a true stunner. The owner of the car commissioned Porsche Classic to not only restore the car but to completely strip it down...

Porsche Carrera Cup France 2018 prize giving ceremony

The 2018 prize giving ceremony for the Porsche Carrera Cup France took place on Wednesday 30 January in Paris. Not only were all the main actors in this intensely competitive championship present for this occasion, but also the official Porsche works driver Patrick Pilet and other media, journalists and racing...

2020 Porsche 911 Turbo Leaked

The Images Look Straight from the Assembly Line Here’s your first look at the 2020 Porsche 911 Turbo (992). The leak comes from an Instagram user named t_schleicher. Schleicher’s image provides what appears to be a very clear look of the upcoming car. It’s a gorgeous-looking version of the 911, and...

The RUF GT Is the Porsche 911 GTS We Really Want

More Horsepower? Yes Please The Porsche 911 GTS is an excellent car, one you might think could not be made any better. Well, the tuner company RUF Automobile GmbH is here to prove you wrong. RUF’s new GT car is based on the Porsche 991 generation of the 911 GTS....

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Porsche double-header at Sebring – weekend preview

Porsche 911 RSR – Porsche GT Works Team #91: Gianmaria Bruni, Richard Lietz; Porsche GT Works Team #92: Kévin Estre, Michael Christensen This weekend sees the first double-header at Sebring with the running of both round 6 of the World Endurance Championship WEC, as well as round 2 of the...

The Next Porsche Hypercar Might Be An EV and Involve Rimac

The 918 Successor Would Sit Atop the Lineup Porsche’s 918 successor is in the works, but it’s a long way from coming out even in concept form. The team is still deliberating on how to make the vehicle and what it should be. According to CEO Oliver Blume in a...

Don’t Get Carbon Ceramic Brakes If You Plan to Track Drive Your Porsche

Save Some Money and Don’t Go Carbon Ceramic Carbon ceramics, Porsche cars, and racetracks go together, right? Well, apparently not. According to Paul Watson, a technical representative for Porsche Australia, you actually want the regular brakes, not the carbon ceramic ones. Watson said to Wheels Magazine that the heat build...

This Porsche 357 Speedster Study Is the Porsche You Didn’t Know You Needed

The Future of the Porsche Speedster If there’s one thing you need in your life in the future, it’s this Porsche 357 Speedster. The rendering comes from Clement Lacour and hints at what the future of the Porsche speedster could be. It’s absolutely gorgeous, and we hope Porsche takes it...

2019 Porsche Taycan Nearing Production Phase

Porsche Taycan In Final Testing Phase Before September Reveal The Porsche Taycan has rather quietly, become on of the most anticipated cars to come out of Stuttgart in a long time. The fully-electric car has the potential to be precedence-setting, both within the company itself as well as the broader...

Porsche Could Reveal a 911 Speedster In New York

The Concept Finally Comes To Life The Porsche 911 Speedster concept was a beautiful example of what a speedster would look like from the brand. Now it seems that the company will debut the production model of the car at the New York Auto Show. The production model of the...

The Porsche 911 Speedster Debuts In New York With Gorgeous Styling

The Best Looking Porsche? We reported on the fact that Porsche was going to pull the cover off the 911 Speedster at the New York Auto Show, and now it’s happened. The car looks better than we expected. The car isn’t just all about looks, though. It has the same...

The iconic new 911 Speedster breaks cover

2019 model Porsche 911 Speedster Last week, at the New York International Auto Show, the iconic new 911 Speedster was unveiled by Porsche North America. Following on in the tradition that less is more, the Stuttgart manufacturer revealed to the public the latest model that will carry the Speedster flame...

VIDEO: BMW Alpina B5 Bi-Turbo Touring AWD Passes Porsche and AMG in New Ad

It’s a Wagon with 608 hp The BMW Alpina B5 Bi-Turbo Touring AWD doesn’t look any more intimidating than any other wagon, but it hides a secret that you’re bound to find out about the moment you touch the throttle. The car has a 608 hp and 590 lb-ft of...

50 Years of the Porsche 917 – Colours of Speed

The Porsche 917-001 will be shown in the Porsche Museum for the first time in its original condition My 2019 European Expedition had been organised for some months, which was to take in the WEC Spa-Francorchamps 6 Hours (1-4 May) followed by almost a week in Stuttgart (5-10 May). It...

Porsche 935 Tribute

Stunning Porsche 935 Tribute Liveries

Feast Your Eyes on These Porsche 935 Tribute Colors The modern 935 Clubsport from Porsche is a car that’s simply to die for. It’s drop-dead gorgeous and features a 700 hp and a body reminiscent of the legendary Porsche 935/78. Now the modern car will really look the part thanks...

Porsche Will Offer the Cayman and Boxster With a Flat-Six Engine

Porsche Fans, Rejoice! Porsche appears to have made a decision that will thrill sports car enthusiasts and Porsche enthusiasts everywhere. The company will bring it’s silky smooth flat-six to the Boxster and the 718 Cayman. The flat-six mill will be in a car that sits below the model line toppers...

Porsche Panamera – 10 Years and Counting

Porsche Panamera Reaches Decade-Milestone Shortly before it was released, the Panamera could certainly have been considered a gamble by Porsche. While it is true that their SUV experiment conducted a few years earlier – with the Cayenne – was an overall success, further diluting its lineup with another 4-door vehicle...

Porsche CEO Says Taycan Handles Like the 911

A Bold Claim The Porsche Taycan is an important car for the company. It has to be truly good for the company to compete as it would like to in the market. If the CEO’s claims are true and the power and range ratings are accurate, we can see no...

Porsche’s 718 Spyder and 718 Cayman GT4 are Ready for Action

Meet the New Range-Toppers Porsche has unveiled the new 718 Spyder and Cayman GT4. The new top-of-the-lineup cars feature some updates to the body, borrowing from other Porsche models in some cases. However, the big news for the model is the newly developed 4.0-liter flat six-cylinder engine that makes a...

Porsche Has Retro-Inspired Special Editions Planned

Drawing Inspiration from the 1950s and 1980s Porsche Exclusive Manufaktur made an announcement that it will build some retro-inspired models based on cars from the 1950s and 1980s. There isn’t a lot of information at this time, but the company said it’s building these cars as lifestyle cars and that means...

Announcing the 2019 Porsche 911 RSR

Improving a Car That’s Already Excellent The Porsche 911 RSR is a car that has won more than 20 FIA World Endurance Championship races. Porsche hasn’t decided to rest on its laurels, though. The company didn’t even want to make evolutionary changes to its winning racecar. Instead, it replaced 95 percent...

The Flat Six in the New 718 Cayman GT4 Will Likely Go to Other Porsche Models

Getting the Most Out of the Engine At the Goodwood Festival of Speed, Porsche GT boss Andreas Preuninger sat down with Car Throttle to discuss the new engine in the 718 Cayman GT4. What he said about it sheds a little more light on the engine as a whole. It...

Porsche 911 and 718 Models to Become Even More Personalized

Get a Car Built for You Porsche cars are some of the most customizable from the factory that you can buy. There are 39 different variants between the 911 and 718 and then there’s a long list of options to choose from. According to Autocar, plant manager Christian Friedl said...

Porsche reveals new 992-based RSR at Goodwood

Over the years, the Goodwood Festival of Speed has hosted hundreds of historic Porsches in its paddocks and up Lord March’s sinuous driveway, but this year the limelight was usurped by a newcomer from Weissach – the 95% new 992-based RSR for the upcoming WEC and IMSA campaigns. The fact...

Contributor Richard Wiley is honoured

Richard Wiley at Le Mans 24H, 2019 PORSCHE ROAD & RACE is proud to announce that contributor Richard Wiley was recently honoured by the South African Guild of Motoring Journalists. Following his passion for writing on all things motoring and motorsport related over several decades, the honour of Fellow of...

2020 Porsche Cayenne Turbo S E-Hybrid

More Powerful Than Most 911s We’re pretty firm believers that sports cars are always going to be more enticing than SUVs, but the Porsche Cayenne Turbo S E-Hybrid that Porsche recently released wants to challenge that assertion. The SUV is a super-powerful hybrid that can sprint to 60 mph in...

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New 3.8-litre 911 GT3 RSR triumphs at Le Mans 2007

Le Mans 24 Hours, 16-17 June 2007: Busy grid just before the start of the race Porsche introduced their new 3.8-litre 911 GT3 RSR (Type 997) for the 2007 season, replacing the 3.6-litre 996 GT3 RSR. In many ways, this new model was a better all-round race car, being more...

Here’s a Look at the Porsche Taycan’s Interior

The Electric Porsche’s Cabin Is Gorgeous The Porsche Taycan is the company’s first all-electric car, and it will be an impressive machine by all accounts. The company will reveal the car in full on September 4 of this year. That’s not far away, and the company has been teasing the...

Porsche Appears to Underrate the 911 Carrera S’ Power Numbers

Making More Power Than Claimed Toyota doesn’t appear to be the only company understating the power of its sports cars. Recently, MotorTrend did a dyno test of the Porsche 911 Carrera S and found that the car is making different power numbers than the company states in its literature. By...

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Ferdinand Piëch: 17 April 1937 to 25 August 2019

Professor Ferdinand Porsche (centre) with F. A. ‘Butzi’ Porsche (left) and Ferdinand Piëch (right), ca. 1949 Ferdinand Karl Piëch was born in Vienna, Austria, on 17 April 1937, to Louise (daughter to Ferdinand and sister of Ferry Porsche) and Anton Piëch, a lawyer. He was the grandson of Ferdinand Porsche,...

The 2020 Porsche Macan Turbo Offers Up 434 HP

The Speedier Macan Porsche unveiled a refreshed Macan last year. Now a Macan Turbo joins the ranks. The 2020 Porsche Macan Turbo features a 3.6-liter V6 engine that puts out 434 hp and 405 lb-ft of torque. Mated to that engine is a seven-speed PDK dual-clutch transmission. Porsche Traction Management...

The Porsche Taycan Will Make 700 HP Thanks to an Overboost Function

Porsche’s Electric Car Is Wicked Powerful The Porsche Taycan is the electric car that will help change Porsche and the rest of the automotive world. The vehicle is a marvel of automotive engineering and recently set the record around the Nurburgring. Recent reports indicate that the car can make 700...

The World Premiere of the Porsche Taycan

Porsche Taycan World Premiere on September 4 at 9 am And so the future begins. Porsche’s Taycan will be one of the most advanced production all-electric cars the world has ever seen. Porsche will reveal the car in all its splendor tomorrow, September 4th at 9 a.m. eastern time. You...

The Porsche Taycan Officially Debuts

Porsche’s Game-Changing Electric Car The Porsche Taycan was revealed today at 9 am. In an extremely elaborate showing of the car, the company had the live stream presentation span across three locations around the world: Germany, Canada, and China. After a whole lot of discussion about what the Taycan means...

Top Gear Gets to Do a Deep Dive of the Porsche Taycan

Jack Rix Takes a Closer Look The Porsche Taycan just debuted. We watched the live stream and reported on the car and its reveal. The new Taycan is an important car for Porsche, and because of this the company wants to get as much coverage as possible. That’s why the...

Porsche Offers AWD 2020 911 Carrera 4 Coupe and Cabriolet

Your All-Season Sports Car is Here In an effort to expand its 911 lineup even further, Porsche added two all-wheel-drive models for 2020. The company recently unveiled the 992 generation of the 911, and now it has the 911 Carrera 4 Coupe and 911 Carrera 4 Cabriolet. The two models...

The Tesla Model S Is Faster Than the Porsche Taycan at the Nurburgring

It’s Not as Stock Model S In recent testing by Tesla, the company managed to get a Model S around the Nurburging track in just 7 minutes and 23 seconds, according to The Supercar Blog. That’s a full 20 seconds faster than the Porsche Taycan. Tesla has two Model S...

Rare Shades 4 brings a palette of painted Porsches to Los Angeles

Rare Shades 4, Los Angeles arts district, 14 September 2019 Why would dozens of Porsches converge on a side street nestled among gritty brick and mortar buildings covered with painted murals in downtown Los Angeles? But why would they do it on September 14? Rare Shades 4, Los Angeles arts...

2020 Porsche 911 GTS Spotted Without Camo

Best Porsche 911? Porsche has plenty of variations of the 911, and the new 992 version of the car is still seeing those different versions roll out. Recently, Carscoops shared an image of the Porsche 911 GTS without any camo wrap on it. The car has been spotted out testing...

The Porsche Taycan, Hennessey Performance’s First Electric Car

You Can Bet This One Will be Fast The Porsche Taycan will be the first electric car that the Texas-based tuner company Hennessey Performance will modify and sell. CEO John Hennessey confirmed this by saying, “We felt that the new Porsche Taycan was the right platform from which to modify...

The Porsche Museum Showcases Arab Prince’s Custom 959s

Feast Your Eyes on These Custom 959s The Porsche Museum has a couple of very special cars on display right now. They’re two of seven custom 959s that were built for an Arab prince in the late 1980s, according to Motor1. The Porsche 959 is an extremely rare car already,...

VIDEO: Michael Fassbender’s “Road to Le Mans” Hits YouTube Oct. 11

Actor Turned Racer Michael Fassbender documented his path to racing in Le Mans. The actor underwent some serious training in order to get ready for the most amazing endurance race in the entire world. Now that journey will come to the screen in a series on YouTube called Road to...

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Kyalami 9 Hour – Revival of a Great Classic

Kyalami Racing Circuit – 2019 Last held officially as a 9-hour race back in 1982, Kyalami will play host to the revival of a great classic endurance race next month, the Kyalami 9 Hour. Run by the masters of the international endurance motor racing scene today, the SRO Motorsport Group,...

Porsche Confirmed a Manual for the Carrera S and 4S Models

Yes, the Stick Is Available The manual transmission of the 992-generation 911 from Porsche was already promised but now it has been confirmed. The company finally released the information about the manual transmission. The U.S. will receive the manual transmission before other markets in the world. Euro-spec 911s could get...

Porsche celebrates “50 years of the 917”

50 years of the Porsche 917 Anniversary The most famous racing car of all time made its debut at the Geneva Motor Show on 12 March 1969, and the Porsche Museum is celebrating the landmark birthday with plans to restore the first 917 ever made to its original condition, as...

Could Lotus Be Planning a Porsche Boxster-Rivaling Elan Revival?

It Sounds Like It Lotus has long been held up as one of the best sports car manufacturers out there. The company builds excellent cars, one that went away a while back but was a staple in the sports car market was the Elan. According to Autocar, Lotus may be...

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Porsche comes full circle with Team Perfect Circle

1969 Porsche 917 and 1958 Porsche 356 Speedster at The Capital hotel, Johannesburg, South Africa It’s funny how things have a way of working out perfectly on the spur of the moment. Recently we covered the Team Perfect Circle’s preparation for the forthcoming Kyalami 9 Hour on 23 November 2019....

Porsche May Use a Hybrid Powertrain Designed for F1 in New Hypercar

The 918 Successor? Porsche was going to build an all-electric hypercar, but those plans got scrapped at one point, according to The Supercar Blog. Now, there’s new information from Autocar that suggests the company will build a 918 successor, a hypercar with a hybrid powertrain. That hybrid powertrain could be...

New Porsche Macan GTS Is Coming

The Audi SQ5 Had Better Watch Out Porsche has more competition than ever before for its SUVs. The 2020 Porsche Macan GTS is here to respond to other high-powered SUVs like the Audi SQ5. The vehicle has received some updates to keep it as the important vehicle it is in...

Best features of 2019

Total 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps, 4 May 2019: Imagine the surprise when we arrived at the track, to be greeted by a scene of snowy white with zero degrees showing on the circuit thermometer, and then to get a further snowy blast at the start of the race. This was...

Porsche Posts Record Sales in 2019

It’s Not All Doom and Gloom Porsche has always stood out as an automaker. The company makes some of the best sports cars out there and has for a very long time. While the cars stand out, so do the company’s sales numbers. If you look at the sales numbers...

Porsche Goes With a Flat-Six in Cayman and Boxster GTS

Kicking the Four-Pot to the Curb In the new 718 Boxster and Cayman GTS, Porsche has replaced the 2.5-liter turbocharged four-cylinder with a 4.0-liter naturally aspirated flat-six engine pulled from the Spyder and GT4. The four-pot engine is still available in the S version of the cars and below, but...

Could a Porsche 911 Rival Come to Life In the Next BMW 6-Series?

Don’t Hold Your Breath The automotive publication Autocar has a talent for making news when interviewing executives from various automakers. In a recent interview with Adrian von Hooydonk, BMW’s design boss, Autocar asked him about a Porsche 911 competitor in the form of a new BMW 6-Series and he seemed...

2020 Porsche 911 Carrera S & 4S (Type 992) Available With Manual Transmission

Last year, Car and Driver posted an article stating that the new 2020 Porsche 911 S and 4S of the Type 992 generation would have a manual transmission option. With Porsche updating their car configuration website recently, we have been able to confirm that for both US and Canada, the...

Porsche 911 Carrera Aero & Appearance Packages Announced

As seen on AutoBlog, if you own the latest generation (Type 992) 911 Carrera, and can’t either wait for, or afford, the impending GT3 or Turbo variants, Porsche has an answer for you. The Porsche Exclusive Manufaktur division has announced two new kits that should be available now from dealerships...

Bill Gates Now Owns A Porsche Taycan

While not exactly the first person you’d call a car guy, Bill Gates has owned some pretty impressive cars in his time. One of his prized vehicles is the Porsche 959 he bought in the mid 80’s, before they became illegal to import, which he sometimes uses as his daily...

Bugatti & Porsche Officially Suspend Production

As coronavirus continues to spread across Europe, both Bugatti in France, and Porsche in Germany, have released press statements regarding the suspension of production. Bugatti, after the French government this week imposed severe restrictions on which business could remain open, was already winding down production on their own. The reason...

Porsche Cayman GT4 RS Spied, Some Specs Revealed

There is a track drivers dream currently from Porsche in the 718 Cayman GT4. It has been known for a little while that a more hardcore version was coming. Now, as reported by CarBuzz, the upcoming 718 Cayman GT4 RS has broken cover and some juicy specs have been revealed....

2020 Porsche Taycan 4S Drives Farther Than You Think

When Porsche initially introduced the 2020 Taycan model range, they were claiming that it, with “normal” driving, could reach about 220-230 miles on a charge. The EPA did their tests, and claimed an even lower 200-205 miles, with an average of 203. So when AutoBlog reviewer Dan Edmunds got his...

VIDEO: Watch A German Racing Driver Push A 2020 Porsche 911 Turbo S

The Germans are a very interesting bunch. They are friendly, helpful, have good beer and great food. But they are also driven by precision. Everything about them is precise, from their public transit through to their race drivers. With that in mind, watch German race driver and occasional TV presenter Tim Schrick...

Two New Porsche Type 992 911 Models Coming Soon

Porsche is swinging for the fences this year, it seems. Not only is the Cayman GTS out, the new Cayman GT4 RS is coming, the new 911 Turbo S is out, and the Taycan is taking the EV world by storm. So what’s left for them to do? Why, announce...

Porsche Type 992 911 Targa 4 & Targa 4S Officially Unveiled

This morning, as was teased last week, on Porsche’s own 9:11 Magazine online “TV” channel, the new Type 992 911 Targa 4 and 4S models were officially revealed. The new Targa continues to use the fully automatic roof of the Type 991.2 variant. A few engineering tweaks and optimizations mean...

People & Profiles

Gérard Larrousse celebrates his 80th birthday

Gérard Larrousse (2017) Former Porsche works driver, Gérard Larrousse, celebrates his 80th birthday on Saturday 23 May 2020. Gérard Gilles Marie Armand Larrousse was born in 1940 in Lyon, where his father ran a textile factory. “I was fascinated by motorbikes and sports cars from a young age but my...

Redman’s Roast Coffee

Brian Redman in a relaxed mood in the Drivers’ Club at the Goodwood Festival of Speed, 2008 Not many folk would have heard about Redman’s Roast, unless that is, you attended Brian Redman’s Targa Sixty Six event in February 2020, at Palm Beach International Raceway. Most of us like a...

Porsche Unveils Heritage Design Editions Of The New Targa 4S

In a press release posted late in the day on June 2, Porsche revealed that the newly unveiled Type 992 911 Targa 4S will have a limited edition known as the Heritage Design Edition. What sets the Heritage Design versions apart from regular Targe 4S’s will be exclusive paint colors...

The Greatest Porsche Engineer, Hans Mezger, Has Passed Away

It’s rare for us here at Supercars.net to post any news other than the most exciting new cars, the latest and greatest. Yet, today, we must take a somber tone. Hans Mezger has passed away at the age of 90 on June 10, 2020. For those not familiar with the...

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Hans Mezger: 1929 to 2020

Porsche mourns the death of Hans Mezger – this photo was taken in 2007 It was with great sadness that the motoring and motorsport world learned last week of the passing of Hans Mezger, Porsche engineer extraordinaire. He died at the age of 90 years, having grown up and lived...

Porsche Possibly Testing A Type 992 911 Sport Classic

Dutch YouTuber Automotive Mike captured a pretty special little Porsche 911 development car at the Nurburgring Nordschleife… Wearing the same camouflage as the Porsche Type 992 911 GT3 models being developed, this car does not seem to be as hardcore as those RS model. What it does have, however, is...

Porsche Starts Prototyping 3D Printing Pistons For The GT2 RS

To think, ten years ago, 3D printing was a technology in its infancy and only available to massive organizations like NASA or militaries. Now, you can spend anywhere from a couple of hundred to a couple of thousand dollars and have a 3D printer sit beside your computer in the...

Porsche Museum and Archive – Then and Now

Taken just a year after its completion, the new Porsche Museum presents a striking silhouette on the Stuttgart skyline Have you ever been to the Porsche Museum in Stuttgart-Zuffenhausen? If not, you would do well to plan a visit to this modern and welcoming facility in the heart of Porsche-land....

VIDEO: Watch A McLaren P1 Drag Race Against A Porsche Taycan Turbo S

Whenever a new car is released, or you look at older spec cars, the first thing you usually find is the manufacturer’s pamphlet about it. This much weight, that much power, and then you get to the 0-62 MPH rating. There honestly is no real-world application that would ever need...

Porsche Type 991.X 911 GT3 RS Officially Gets The Manthey Racing Treatment

We’ve talked about the nutty-as-a-snickers-bar Porsche 911 GT2 RS MR before. In sum, it’s mental. It’s a car designed to be the absolute best that a GT2 RS can be. Now, however, as the Type 991.2 911 GT3 RS starts to wind down production in anticipation of the Type 992...

VIDEO: Drag Race: Porsche Taycan Turbo S VS Tesla Model S Cheetah Stance

While we keep saying that manufacturer quoted 0 to 60 times really don’t mean all that much, CarWow keeps doing drag races between cars, and honestly, as we have reported many times, we don’t get sick of them. This time, they’ve pitted the two “fastest” electric cars against one another,...

Mercedes-AMG “Not Happy” With Porsche’s Nurburgring Record

Porsche recently set the lap record for a premium luxury car around the infamous Nurburgring Nordschleife. It beat out the Mercedes-AMG GT63 S 4-door coupe by 0.3 seconds, with a total time of 7:29.81 to the Merc’s 7:30.10. Now, they say that competition breeds development and Mercedes-AMG is, in gentle...

Porsche To Add A Supercar-Level Panamera As Soon As This Month

In a bit of a bait-and-switch, after revealing the new 2021 Porsche Panamera lineup just a couple of weeks ago, apparently, the top of the range is not the 621 BHP Turbo S. In fact, according to Australia’s WhichCar, the range-topping car will be a new 2021 Porsche Panemera Turbo...

Special Exhibition at the Porsche Museum

#23 Porsche 917 KH 580 hp at the Le Mans 50 years victory celebration at the Museum on 13/14 June 2020

The 1970 #23 Porsche 917 KH at the Le Mans 50 years victory celebration at the Museum on 13/14 June 2020 More than 4.75 million visitors have passed through the doors of Porsche’s Museum in Stuttgart since the company officially opened its doors to the public on 31 January 2009....

TECHART Reveals Range Of Upgrade Parts For The Porsche Type 992 911

TechArt has been an upgrade, aesthetics, and tuning house for Porsche’s since it was first formed in 1987. Everything from power upgrades, aggressive aerodynamics, and even full conversions (such as the GT Street R) have passed through its doors. Now, TechArt has released their latest aesthetic accessories for the Type...

The Porsche Taycan Is Now the Company’s Best-Selling Model In Europe

Electric Car for the Win Porsche is known for its internal-combustion-engined sports cars, but soon it could be recognized for its electric cars instead of its rear-engined go-fast machines. The Porsche Taycan is now the best-selling car for the company in Europe. According to Carscoops, Porsche is doing pretty well...

Listen To The New Porsche Type 992 GT3 Touring Around The Nurburgring

YouTuber Automotive Mike, who has posted videos of the Porsche Type 992 911 GT3 and a possible Sport Classic before, has managed to capture the “more civilized” version of the GT3 on video and audio. The GT3 Touring is the sleeper of the series, the one that can quietly wander...

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